Congratulations to Our "Rocket Men"!

Congratulations to Tai Tang, Karuna Um, and Kevin Herman (in absentia) for their impressive showings in the first annual Machine Science citywide rocket-building competition. In the single-launch competition, Tai's rocket placed third and Kevin's placed fourth, against competition from other O'Bryant students, the Madison Park Robotics Club and Burke HS.

Stay tuned as our Gateway "Rocket Men" move on to participate in other engineering/robotics competitions this year, including the prestigious US FIRST Competition! For any other students who are interested in getting involved with robotics, please see Dr. Wu or Dr. Chiamaka Porter in the Boston Community Science Workshop on the first floor of the O'Bryant.

Gateway Biology I Welcomes Dr. Eva Guinan!

This morning, the Gateway Biology I classes welcomed our second visiting researcher from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Eva Guinan. Dr. Guinan provided our students with a detailed look inside the complex process of cell transplantation, from the physician's perspective. The students all got a close-up look at the needles used to extract bone marrow, although for safety reasons we could not permit them to handle the needles themselves!

All Gateway students now know the best place on the human body for extracting bone marrow - is the illustration in the photo correct? (The inset photo is taken from a computer simulator for bone marrow extraction from children.)

We hope that Dr. Guinan will return to visit us many times, to share with us other fascinating stories from her career in medicine.