Post by Andrea Anaya, Noggin volunteer, Portland State University Neuroscience Club Treasurer Speaking to the Neuroscience and STEAM caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives, volunteering at Sidwell and Turner Elementary in D.C., and presenting a poster at the Society for Neuroscience conference opened doors for further connection between scholars and…
Fort Vancouver High School, the diverse “Home of the Trappers,” is also home to some excellent science teachers, including Coreyanne Russell, Angela Fojtik, Andrew Wicklas, James Cederstrom and Ahran Jang. We’ve hosted their students at a Providence Brain Watch surgery, and their pipe cleaner neurons even hung at the Portland Art…
And who isn’t? Just look at current events… Republicans in Congress (even supposed “moderates”) took a major step this week towards raising taxes on graduate students while showering wealthy individuals and corporations with massive financial windfalls. Sexual assault by those in positions of authority, environmental degradation, oil drilling in the Arctic National…
A huge thanks to the Society for Neuroscience for inviting our undergraduate outreach participants to this fall’s conference in Washington, DC, waiving registration and poster fees, and joining us for our Noggin/American Brain Coalition briefing in Congress – and at Turner Elementary, where we worked with over 650 kids! LEARN MORE:…
We’re excited to announce that NW Noggin has joined the American Brain Coalition! The American Brain Coalition is a nonprofit organization comprised of leading professional neurological, psychological, and psychiatric associations and patient groups, and an exceptional collaborator in our 2017 and 2016 outreach efforts in Washington DC! We were also thrilled and honored…
“Nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm” -Ralph Waldo Emerson For several years, we’ve gathered enthusiastic undergraduates and graduates to connect, collaborate and engage in their community, building networks and inspiring K-12 students and the public about research and discovery in neuroscience and art. Our students want to leave…
“The Brain – is wider than the Sky – For – put them side by side – The one the other will contain With ease – and You – beside” –Emily Dickinson How do we perceive our Oregon landscapes – the visual grandeur of a Strawberry Mountain trail, the crisp…
“It always seems impossible until it’s done” -Nelson Mandela And now it’s done! Learn more about our week in DC at the link! From classrooms to Congress! Dream it, risk it, reach out, speak up, mess up, work hard, come back, think more, change it, make art, innovate, remember consequences…
We are lucky to live in the Pacific Northwest, with easy access to trails, forests and campgrounds. In Portland, it’s a short hike or MAX ride to the Hoyt Arboretum, where you’re quickly immersed in conifers and damp earth. You can bicycle west to Stub Stewart State Park along the…
“You ask the world, and the world says no It’s the world’s refrain, mine says go…” -John Gorka Our outreach office, and our pipe cleaners, air dry clay, sheep brains, cerebral jello molds, EEG electrodes – were once kept in a closet behind two locked doors. The tiny hidden…