Our Team:

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 2024-25 Science Olympiad season we hosted our second Division B Invitational on December 7th, 2024 (29 teams) and we hosted our 8th annual Division C Invitational on February 8th, 2025 (49 teams, 735 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: Hope Xu ‘26

Assistant Director: Lyons Wang ‘27

Events directors: Evan MacLure ‘26, Tristen Ventura '26, Jackson Osterhus ‘27

Secretary: Huyen Nguyen ‘28

Treasurer: Mia Frickey ‘27

Logistics directors: Bailey Merlino ‘26, Henry Zheng ‘26, Vivian Chen ‘27, Nathan Vuong ‘27

Volunteer directors: Aryan Narayan ‘26, Grace Martin '26

Outreach and Urban Initiative Coordinators: Srishti Sankaran ‘27, Rachael Yuan ‘27, Simon Nirenberg ‘28

Webmaster: Ellen Zhang ‘28

Social Media Chair: Selena Enoch ‘28

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair: Harrison Yang ‘27

Alumni Assistants: Nick Sawicki ‘23, Sarah Wornow ‘23, Luke Randall ‘25, Kaitlyn Chan ‘25

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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