From left, Brehanna Porter, Allison McGuire, and Kristin Brooks, students in the Carroll County Accelerated Curriculum Extensions program, examine a human brain during a class in collaboration with the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, the Vanderbilt Virtual School, and the Science Technology Education Partnership. The class is part of Vanderbilt’s Brain Awareness Month activities. (photos by Dana Johnson)
Brent Thompson, left, a fourth-year graduate student in Ron Emerson's lab, shows Virginia King, the Tennessee statewide Brain Bee winner, how to pipette during a visit to the lab this week. Her teacher Angela Butler and first runner-up Rachael Schirmer, right, look on. All are from Immaculate Conception High School in Memphis. The Brain Bee is a 100-question Internet exam that is offered to high school students across the state as part of Brain Awareness Month.