Made in Cayman: ‘Mangrover’ the carbon-catching robot
Grand Cayman, 10 October 2022: the Cayman Islands National Robotics team is flying to Geneva, Switzerland today to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge international robotics tournament with Mangrover, the robot they have custom-designed and built to represent the Cayman Islands in the ‘Carbon Capture’ themed event.
Forging a path for women in STEM
Grand Cayman, 3 October 2022: two young Caymanians, Emma Turnbull and Anja van Genderen, are at the cutting edge of scientific research as they continue their post-graduate studies in the STEM-related fields of virology and biochemistry.
Robotics team gears up for world stage
While their peers enjoyed vacation far away from the inside of a school, this group of students spent their summer days sitting together in a quiet classroom.
The Cayman Islands Chess Olympiad Team announced
The Cayman Islands National Chess Team will represent the country at the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai, India at the end of July, marking the first time the Cayman Islands has competed in person at the Chess Olympiad.
Cayman Islands National Robotics Team 2022 announced
Grand Cayman, 29 June 2022: Nine Cayman Islands’ high school students will head to Geneva, Switzerland in October to compete against robotics teams from 180 countries in the FIRST Global Challenge.
Announced this week, the 2022 National Robotics team includes students from five high schools in the Cayman Islands: Maxwell Clarke, Alexander Walters and Kyah Morris (Cayman International School), Adi Binoy (Cayman Prep & High School), Marissa Wright and Teejhan Hansraj (John Gray High School), Diamond White and Michael Marzouca (St Ignatius Catholic School) and Drew Plania (Triple C).