Congratulations to Division Avenue High School student Adam Hong for winning the Long Island Brain Bee. Hosted by the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Department of Biology at the Hofstra College, this event exposes young students to the study of the brain early in their academic careers and aims to motivate students to pursue careers in neurology, neurosurgery, psychology, or neuroscience.

The Long Island Brain Bee involves two rounds of competition:

• A written test of multiple choice questions on brain facts
• A test to identify anatomical structures and functions in real human brain specimens

As the first-place winner, Adam has earned the opportunity to participate in a summer research project at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Adam has also earned a trip to the National Brain Bee competition, held at the University of California, Irvine on April 25, 2026.

We wish Adam good luck as he represents DAHS and Long Island, at the National Brain Bee.