WHAT: “Brains, Hearts, Ships & Students: Signals from Noise on the Oregon Coast” at the Northwest Association of Educational Opportunity Programs (NAEOP) conference!

We did it!

Brains in Boise

WHERE: The Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Boise, ID 83714

WHEN: Conference October 8 – 10th, 2023;
Presentation Tuesday, October 10, 11:45am – 1:30pm

Northwest Noggin presents on our TRIO community collaboration on the North Oregon Coast earlier this year! We’ll present in Concurrent Session 6 on Tuesday, October 10 from 11:45am – 1:00pm!

LEARN MORE: Conference Agenda

NW Noggin, along with TRIO Clatsop, left campus in spring 2023 to learn from bar pilots, cardiologists, graduate students, curious pre-K kids and 250 engaged 9th – 12th graders with inspiring questions from rural Oregon public schools. Over 100 people attended a free talk about energy in waves at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria. A Columbia River bar pilot described wave signals permitting safe navigation; a PA cardiologist taught us to measure a blood-borne wave relevant to health; and an OHSU graduate student explored brain waves underlying conscious experience. This presentation began a week of school visits in Knappa and Astoria. We crafted brain cells, examined brains, and discussed diverse topics of local interest, including sleep, psychedelics, fentanyl, elk behavior, ADHD, anxiety, depression, autism, forest bathing, alcohol, epigenetic impacts of trauma, education/career pathways in neuroscience and the development of adolescent brains. Join us to make brain cells and learn more!

Learn more about our Oregon collaboration with TRIO at these links!

Pre-K, Fish and Logger Lobes!

Signal from Noise on the Oregon Coast

PRESENTATION SLIDES (pdf): Noggin at NAEOP 10_2023