Post by Grace Taylor, undergraduate Psychology major and interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Grace joined Noggin outreach volunteers at the gorgeous new MLK Elementary in Vancouver Public Schools this month, including fellow PSU undergraduates Yasaman Farhand, Britta Harbury, Sydney Watson, Elizabeth Munk, Lauren Kuiper and Annabella Showerman. We love brains This April…
Post by Tonia Bautista, undergraduate Psychology major and interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Tonia joined Noggin outreach volunteers at Ogden Elementary in Vancouver Public Schools this month, including fellow PSU undergraduates Yasaman Farhand, Britta Harbury, Kristin Preston, Roman Cimkovich, Elizabeth Munk, Lauren Kuiper, Hannah Shawo, Tira Gaston and…
Post by Britta Harbury, interdisciplinary neuroscience and honors undergraduate at Portland State University. Britta regularly contributes to outreach through NW Noggin, and was invited to help present on innovative, student-led community engagement and mental health by Oregon TRIO at their 2022 annual conference on the Oregon coast. Neuroscience is a…
Post by Kilsi Naanee, undergraduate in interdisciplinary neuroscience at Portland State University and Biology teacher at Franklin High School in Portland Public Schools. Kilsi organized Noggin visits to Franklin this spring, and wrote about his experience. Planning for outreach There are so many moving parts trying to plan for an…
Post by Tiarra Jacoby, undergraduate at Portland State University Volunteering at Legacy Research Institute (LRI) for Dr. Haiying Shen in the R.S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratories for the past few months has been an unforgettable experience. From day one, the research associates I’ve worked with have made me feel right at…
“London always reminds me of a brain. It is similarly convoluted and circuitous. A lot of cities, especially American ones like New York and Chicago, are laid out in straight lines. Like the circuits on computer chips, there are a lot of right angles in cities like this. But London…
Post by Austin Howard, MA, Radboud University. Austin was a member of the Portland State University Neuroscience Club and an enthusiastic Northwest Noggin volunteer! LEARN MORE: From Hamlet to hemorrhaging On the 12 of February three intrepid Noggineers assembled back in town, Gathertown. The occasion? The Hersenolympiade 2022 (Dutch for the ‘brain olympiade’ 2022). READ POST…
So while last week’s freezing temperatures drove us inside a large, well-ventilated gym for K-5 students at Washington Elementary… LEARN MORE: Hands on Brains! THIS week a literal atmospheric river of Northwest rain led us to plan to station our volunteers, noggins and art under a generous outdoor tent at…
“This is so cool! I love hands on stuff – even hands on BRAINS!” —3rd grader at Washington Elementary in Vancouver Public Schools On a brisk, chilly, windy morning, with temps hovering around freezing, some awesome and talented undergraduate and graduate students arrived early at Washington Elementary in Vancouver to…
Post by Allonté Barakat, Portland State University undergraduate, interdisciplinary neuroscience aficionado, software engineer, semi-professional voice actor, and aspiring cognitive scientist. My name is Allonté Barakat and in this 8.5min podcastlet entitled, Across the Cleft, I explore the fascinating world of qualia, art, and synesthesia. I created this piece for an…