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What is BSO?

We are an undergraduate organization at Brown that is dedicated to STEM education and outreach through the national Science Olympiad program. We do this by running two annual invitationals at Brown (for middle school and high school students), assisting in local tournaments like RI Science Olympiad, and mentoring Providence high school students. We held our first tournament on February 3, 2018, and it was a great success, bringing 30 teams from across the Northeast to Brown’s beautiful campus to compete in a day of fun, hands-on science. In the 2023-24 Science Olympiad season we hosted our first-ever Division B Invitational on December 2nd, 2023 (17 teams) and we hosted our 7th annual Division C Invitational on February 10th, 2024 (56 teams, 840 students)! Learn more about our invitational from this article!

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide an interactive, engaging, and fun Science Olympiad experience to a diverse group of teams from around the United States, each year. The core to this mission is our emphasis on encouraging the development of new teams and bringing students from both competitive, as well as burgeoning districts, to see Brown’s cutting-edge STEM facilities. 

2024-2025 Executive Board

Director: Kaitlyn Chan ‘25

Assistant Director: Hope Xu ‘26

Events directors: Evan MacLure ‘26, Tristen Ventura '26

Secretary: Vivian Chen '27

Treasurer: Lyons Wang ‘27

Logistics directors: Aryan Narayan ‘26, Bailey Merlino ‘26, Henry Zheng ‘26

Volunteer directors: Michael Sun ‘25, Seo-Ho Lee ‘25

Outreach and Urban Initiative Coordinators: Alicia Jin ‘25, Srishti Sankaran ‘27

Webmasters: Linus Sun ‘24.5, Andrew Mao ‘27

Social Media Chairs: Grace Martin '26

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair: Henry Zheng ‘26

Alumni Assistants: Kaitlyn Mi ‘22, JP Moise ‘21, Nick Sawicki ‘23, Sarah Wornow ‘23, Kevin Nguyen '23, Luke Randall ‘25, Jelynn Tatad ‘24

We acknowledge that Science Olympiad in Rhode Island is not the most diverse environment or community. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Board of BSO strives to creating the most equitable community possible, allowing everyone, regardless of one's race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity, to embark on their passion for science.

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