“Over the years, I’ve periodically found myself in situations that felt desperate and, in those moments, I’d feel that I needed to make certain things.” — David Wojnarowicz An accelerating global pandemic, a malicious, racist, vote-suppressing, scientifically illiterate and mind-bogglingly incompetent White House and Republican party, worsening economic insecurity, growing…
“…whatever/ returns from oblivion/ returns to find a voice.” ― Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature Community partners Our exuberant NW Noggin outreach volunteers are busy in Portland this fall, enthusiastically working alongside our 2020 Community Partner, p:ear. We helped p:ear plant a vibrant brain garden, examined…
By Carli Cox, NW Noggin Resource Council member for Portland State University I’m an Honors College undergraduate in Psychology at Portland State University, and I am really excited to announce my Rosenbaum Scholar partnership with NW Noggin! LEARN MORE: PSU Honors College Scholarship Opportunities LEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins! This is…
«Desde el comienzo del tiempo, en la niñez, pensé que el dolor significaba que no era amado. Significa que yo amaba.»_________________________________________ “From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.” – Louise Glück, recipiente del Premio Nobel 2020 en Literatura…
“Truth is often a multiplicity of perspectives, and sometimes the more viewpoints and versions of events there are, the closer the reader gets to an overarching truth.” – Susan Barker We returned to p:ear again this week, to consider brains and contribute art to the colorful and evolving youth-built “Brain…
This is our SECOND free collaborative Northwest Noggin, Brainfacts.org and Society for Neuroscience webinar devoted to interdisciplinary, arts-integrated outreach efforts around the world! Our first webinar – “Reconnecting our brains, one cell at a time,” is available for viewing on the Brainfacts.org website – and also here on nwnoggin.org. LEARN…
“From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.” – Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature READ EN ESPAÑOL: Crecimiento de un jardín de cerebros unto a p:ear In this time of COVID, extreme inequality…
“Why don’t most people prepare for earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, pandemics and other natural disasters? What does neuroscience research suggest about our brains and anxiety, and decision making around high stakes, low frequency traumatic events? And why is preparedness – taking accessible, genuinely effective steps to get ready, both individually…
We did it! We made art. We built our own brain cells. We created synapses and networks and re-connected brains. But please: keep going! We enjoyed a *FREE, GLOBAL, ALL AGES* webinar in June 2020, a collaboration between NW Noggin and BrainFacts.org. AND WE ENJOYED A SECOND FREE GLOBAL WEBINAR ON…
Before COVID-19, Noggin had a FULL schedule of immersive volunteer outreach visits on the calendar for spring, including public art and science talks, school sessions, community experiences – even exciting road trips to Poulsbo, Washington and Bend, Oregon! But how do you engage in outreach during a pandemic? The core…