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23rd Annual Northeastern PA Brain Bee! 2024

Sponsored by the University of Scranton, Neuroscience Program

Any regional high school student from grades 9 to 12 may compete.

Registration Form 2024 

The Brain Bee event is dedicated to the memory of J. Timothy Cannon, Ph.D. 

The University of Scranton, Founder of the Neuroscience Program, coordinator for Brain Bee for 11 years and judge for 20 years of Brain Bee




Saturday, February 10, 2024 , 12:30 pm

in 

Loyola Science Center 133 at the University of Scranton

Registration will close after Feb. 9, 2024

The registration form can be found in the 'Registration Form' page of this website.

**SNOW DATE: Saturday February 24, 2024 Room TBD at the University of Scranton.

                                                                                                                               


The winner of the NEPA Brain Bee is invited to compete in the 

The National Brain Bee!

The 2024 USA Brain Bee Championship will be held in-person. The 2024 in-person USA National Brain Bee Championship will be in Florida hosted by the University of Central Florida. It will be April 19 – 21, 2024. 



Winner will receive $300 award to offset travel expenses to the USA Brain Bee and a $1000 scholarship to the University of Scranton*.

*if winner receives a full scholarship this award will not be provided.

All regional bee questions will come from this booklet:

Brain Facts Book

For any other information about the National Brain Bee, please use the following link:

FAQs: https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/brainbee/about/faqs/


USA Brain Bee at Univ. California, Irvine Apr. 21-23, 2023

https://cnlm.uci.edu/2023-usa-brain-bee/#:~:text=This%20year%2C%20the%20USA%20Brain,April%2020%2D23%2C%202023.

                                                                                                                               


Directions and Parking to Loyola Science Center, Brain Bee

Sponsored by:

Neuroscience Program, University of Scranton, Scranton Neuroscience Society

                                                                                                                               

 

Past Judges: 

Joe Brague, Ph.D.

The University of Scranton

Marc Seid, Ph.D.

The University of Scranton

Jong-Hyun Son, Ph.D.

The University of Scranton

Robert F. Waldeck, Ph.D. 

The University of Scranton

Neuroscience Program, Director

Jeffrey P. Utz, M.D.

Alumnus, The University of Scranton ,

First graduating class of the Neuroscience Program



For More Information, Please Contact:

Dr. Robert F. Waldeck 

(570) 941-4324

robert.waldeck@scranton.edu