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WHO:        More than 100 West Oso Elementary Fifth Graders and Neuroscience Professionals and Pre-Professionals
WHAT:       Brains Rule!  Neuroscience Exposition
WHEN:      Thursday, February 19 at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE:    Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi,UniversityCenterLone Star Ballroom
 
West Oso Fifth Graders to Judge Neuroscience Exhibits   
Local experts to participate in interactive science fair for neuroscience education
 
Brains Rule! will hold a neuroscience exposition on Thursday, Feb. 19 from9:30 a.m.to1:30 p.m.in the University Center Lone Star Ballroom. Local doctors, pre-professionals, and professors and students from A&M-Corpus Christi’s Office of Pre-Professional Education & Special Programs will present hands-on exhibits and demonstrations in basic or applied neuroscience to be judged by fifth graders fromWestOsoElementary School.

Brains Rule! strives to promote learning about the brain and nervous system among children and adults using exciting new teaching methods. The project is funded by a Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.