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CREC Math and Science Student to Compete in U.S. Brain Bee
(Windsor, CT) A CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science senior recently won the annual Trinity College Brain Bee and will go on to compete in the U.S. Brain Bee in Maryland this March.
Angela Marinello, of Avon, was one of 12 students from five area high schools to compete in the Trinity College Brain Bee, which was held February 7 on the college’s Hartford campus. During the bee, Sarah Raskin, a Trinity psychology and neuroscience professor, asked the participants challenging questions on neuroscience, including questions about anatomy, emotions, neurological disorders, and memory. To win the all-expenses paid trip to the U.S. Brain Bee, Marinello answered a tie-breaking question correctly.
Brain Bee competitions began in 1999 as a way to motivate students to learn about the brain, and the competitions encourage them to pursue neuroscience careers that will help treat and find cures for neurological and psychological disorders.
Students from CREC’s Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science and CREC’s Academy of Aerospace and Engineering compete annually in the Trinity College Brain Bee. In 2004, Bhakti Nagalla, a former CREC Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science student, won the International Brain Bee.
