[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING THE 2012 GOLD MEDAL WINNERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY 
                                OLYMPIAD

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2012

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues Mr. Stark, 
Mr. Carney, and Mr. Holt, to recognize the fine academic 
accomplishments of four of our constituents who were awarded gold 
medals at the International Biology Olympiad held in Singapore in July 
2012. Nikhil Buduma of Bellarmine College Preparatory School in San 
Jose, CA; Jing ``Raymond'' Liu of Mission San Jose High School in 
Fremont, CA; Lei ``Jerry'' Ding of the Charter School of Wilmington, 
DE; and Kevin Ma of East Brunswick High School in East Brunswick, NJ 
competed against secondary students from over 59 countries in this 
prestigious international competition.
  These talented students began their journey in the USA Biology 
Olympiad, which aims to enhance the life sciences education of nearly 
10,000 students annually across the United States each year. The 
competition provides the motivation, curricular resources, and skills 
training to take them beyond their classroom experience and enhances 
their adaptability, inventiveness, creativity and collaboration in this 
content area.
  After being selected among the twenty finalists, they participated in 
a residential training program at Purdue University where they learned 
advanced biological concepts and exacting laboratory skills and earned 
the right to represent the United States at the International Biology 
Olympiad.
  We congratulate and salute these fine young students and commend 
their accomplishments in the biological sciences. We look forward to 
reading about their future contributions to our society and to the 
international community.

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