Message from Robert D. Friedman, Partner, Burns & Levinson LLP and former co-managing partner of Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP.

"We work every day with Boston's successful inventors. It is only natural that we build a bridge for the next generation of innovators to become the inventors of tomorrow."

Message from David P. Rosenblatt, Managing Partner, Burns & Levinson LLP

"Our firm has been a great supporter of Boston's youth. Science and technology have always been leading industries in our region. We need to encourage our students to pursue their interests in these fields so that we remain regional and national leaders in the science and technology areas."

A ceremony to announce and present the scholarship award to the winner was held on May 9, 2006 at the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science. Congratulations to Dianna Marcellus of Hyde Park, whose invention took first place in the Power of an Idea® Scholarship Contest.

Click here to view NECN's coverage of the 2006 Awards Ceremony

Press Release: Scholarship Winner

David Rosenblatt, Managing Partner, Burns & Levinson LLP; Dr. Peter Hansen, Chief Science Officer, PointCare Technologies Inc.; Winner, Dianna Marcellus; Dr. Petra Krauledat, President and CEO of PointCare Technologies; and Peter Borghetti, Partner, Burns & Levinson LLP.

Winner, Dianna Marcellus, along with other contest entrants.