Brain Awareness Week!

“To be creative means to connect” –Nawal El Saadawi NW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research through grants, publications, and educational programs. We share their enthusiasm for genuine community outreach, and their commitment to educating everyone about the potential of…

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Gray Matter in Grants Pass!

Post by Michael Endicott, Art Teacher, North Middle School, Grants Pass, OR NW Noggin recently trekked along a few snowy, icy roads to the beautiful southern Oregon community of Grants Pass (“It’s the Climate“). We were guests of North Middle School Art Teacher Michael Endicott and his wife Jill, who…

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Honest selves @ Hosford

“The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.” –Fred Rogers NW Noggin outreach volunteers at Hosford Middle School, Portland Public Schools… LEARN MORE: Brain Hacking is Electric! Did you know that we, the public, spend close to $40 billion annually on efforts to better understand and treat pressing medical needs,…

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Making our own boxes, and brains!

Post by Michael Deveney, Noggin volunteer from Portland State University “The most interesting people you’ll find are ones that don’t fit into your average cardboard box. They’ll make what they need, they’ll make their own boxes” –Dr. Temple Grandin I spent my Valentine’s Day with students at Bridges Middle School, one…

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Carry on my wayward son

What do zombies have to do with neuroscience? What might vampires teach us about addiction? How does the repeated trauma of losing family members, friends  –  and werewolf lovers  –  impact our hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and our hippocampus? And why hasn’t the Hippocamp made an appearance on the show? (or am…

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Synaptic Community Connections

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca We love hitting the road with our 3D printed brain models, BioGift-ed brains, pipe cleaners, extensive collection of animal brains and beetle-scoured skulls  –  and some of the most knowledgeable, enthusiastic graduate and undergraduate students inspired by learning…

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Auras & Axons @ AMWA!

The American Medical Women’s Association is a century old organization serving “to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health…by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances…” LEARN MORE: American Medical Women’s Association “A woman’s health is her capital.” –Harriet Beecher Stowe We LOVE collaborating with…

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