High schoolers well-versed in brain knowledge were on campus March 28 as the Faculty of Science hosted its fifth annual Windsor Brain Bee competition.
Twenty-four students competed in the event, battling it out over hot brain topics such as stress, neurotransmitters and brain disease.
Hailing from grades 11 and 12, the top three competitors received entrance scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,500 to study the program of their choice in the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor.
High schoolers competed in the fifth annual Windsor Brain Bee competition hosted by the Faculty of Science.
Grade 12 student Adalyn Matteis from St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic High School claimed first place for the second year in a row. Sisters Nayanika Ghosh and Shayantika
Ghosh from Riverside Secondary School placed second and third, respectively.
As a regional Brain Bee winner, Matteis will represent the Windsor area in the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee, held virtually April 25, 2025. The top three competitors from that event will attend the Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Toronto in May and compete in the final round.
Brain Bee competitions are held globally. UWindsor's Brain Bee was organized by biomedical sciences professor Jeff Dason and student volunteers Dunya Assaf, Adam Sghaier, Allie St. Louis, Sana Assaf, Gwen Haslam and Marco Oliverio.
