“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” ―Maya Angelou Brain Awareness Campaign Event Action and Potential in Outreach, Education, and Research It was a joy and honor to present the keynote address on brain…
Impressions of Synapses, Stories, and Song Post by Joanne Trzcinski, Director of the Pathways to Healthcare Careers program, Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC). Joanne helped plan and implement our Spirit Mountain Community Fund backed outreach to Lincoln and Yamhill County schools. LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song! LEARN MORE: In the Spirit…
NW Noggin fielded another crowd of eager outreach volunteers for a day at Creative Science, a Portland Public “focus option” K-8 school where “students are encouraged to be independent thinkers, learners, and problem solvers…” LEARN MORE: Creative Science School We’d enjoyed another day of art and brains back in 2015,…
Post by Emma Schifsky, Oregon Health & Science University Emma is a Research Assistant in the Fair Neuroimaging Lab at OHSU, and recently joined Noggin at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility for discussions with young people incarcerated under Oregon’s Measure 11. I enjoyed our visit to the MacLaren Youth Correctional…
NW Noggin recently collaborated with the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde, the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center, the Native American Network at Intel, Siletz Valley School, and Amity and Willamina High Schools to bring 15 #sciart outreach volunteers (including undergraduate and graduate students from Portland State University, OHSU…
Post by Louis Sumrall, President, Portland State University Neuroscience Club We did it!! More Noggin Fest posts are coming soon…but please check out what this two day celebration of art, music & brain research helped support..! Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN! LEARN MORE: Nonprofit Noggins DOWNLOAD: Noggin Fest Press Release…
“We have a tendency sometimes to almost take for granted or think it’s normal” that so many young people have been locked up. “It’s not normal,” he said. “It’s not what happens in other countries. What is normal is teenagers doing stupid things. What is normal is young people making…
By Noah Trantel, undergraduate in Psychology, Portland State University For the past nine months, I have had the opportunity to volunteer at Oregon Health & Science University, in Joel Nigg’s lab, which focuses on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (or ADHD). ADHD is a commonly diagnosed neurological condition in adolescents, characterized by…
Post by Sai Kiersarsky, Portland State University Neuroscience Club Would the world be a better place if people had a better understanding of the working of their own brains, and how their brains interacted with the world, including other peoples’ brains? What would the world be like if people had…
Making things, responding to what’s in front of you, thinking about your options, steps and consequences, and turning evolving ideas and data into instructions, illustrative stories and code for our rapidly progressing technologies are critical skills for teaching, research, science and art… “I do not think there is any thrill…