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News Release

REF NO.: 35

SUBJECT: PSA: Faculty of Medicine to host provincial Brain Storm Competition

DATE: May 4, 2018

Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine is hosting a provincial Brain Storm Competition this weekend.
 
The goal of the competition is for interested students to have fun while learning about the anatomy of the brain, how it processes information and brain diseases.
 
The top 50 students from across the province will be in St. John’s to participate. The provincial champion will then represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the National Brain Bee competition to be held on May 26 at McMaster University.

The national winner will represent Canada at the International Brain Bee competition in Berlin, Germany, from July 5-9, 2018.
 
The event will take place on Saturday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.in the main auditorium, at the Faculty of Medicine on Memorial University’s St. John’s campus.

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