Hosting Nebraska’s first (and currently only) Regional Brain Bee Competition.
What is Creighton Brain Day (CBD)?
Creighton Brain Day is an annual event hosted by the greater Creighton Neuroscience community and organized by NuRhoPsi Neuroscience Honors Society.
High school students from around the state are welcomed to study for the Brain Bee and then spend a Saturday at Creighton for the competition, neuroscience labs, and a chance to experience Creighton’s campus.
What is the Brain Bee?
The Brain Bee is a National and International competition seeking to inspire high school students to invest in understanding the brain. Modeled after Spelling Bee’s, Brain Bee students study from a common, freely available text to learn facts about the brain from development to function to age-related disease.
Brain Bee competitors must compete at a Regional competition to be eligible for the National competition typically held during Brain Awareness Week every March. Each regional site nominates one student to attend the National event.
How do I participate?
To register your team for Creighton Brain Day and the Brain Bee, contact Dr. King (gwenking@creighton.edu).
To begin preparing for the Bee, a freely downloadable book as well as audio book are available through the Society for Neuroscience . As well BrainFacts provides a wealth of other study resources.
When is CBD 2024?
Creighton Brain Day and the Brain Bee will be held on Creighton’s campus in Omaha Nebraska on Saturday, February 17th, 2024.
Important notes:
There is no cost to attend Creighton Brain Day or complete in the Creighton Brain Bee competition. But we do not have funding to support travel to the National competition (but would love to talk to potential sponsors!).
We seek to register teams of students with a teacher advocate to support their study and growth. If you are interested in forming a team, contact Dr. King (gwenking@creighton.edu) for more details, our study guide, and video study resources.
King Lab at Creighton University 