Post and pictures by volunteer Ashley Keates, Portland State University As NW Noggin stepped feet and brains into p:ear we could instantly sense the great vibes and excitement from some of the youth at this much beloved and essential homeless youth center. One of the directors signaled a volunteer aside…
A gorgeously warm and sunny spring day in the Pacific Northwest! We happily rolled our Noggin brain cart towards the riverside home of the Alzheimer’s Association of Oregon for another morning of public outreach… It was Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and Tracy Morgan, the Executive Director…
Noggin recently teamed up with three inspiring partners, NIH BUILD EXITO and the Equity & Empowerment Corps (EEC) at Portland State University, and the Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science at OHSU. We brought volunteers, enthusiasm, research background, diversity, empowerment and BRAINS to Reynolds High School for a lively introduction to neuroscience in Mr.…
Post by Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin Resource Council member Volunteers of NW Noggin recently visited Skyridge Middle School for a second time this spring! LEARN WHAT WE DID IN MARCH: Curiosity’s Sky-High at Skyridge! Again we brought together Art and Neuroscience with depolarizing passion and enthusiasm. Our volunteers were excited as…
Noggin volunteers and members of the Neuroscience and Psychology Clubs from Portland State University beelined to the historic art and beer-saturated McMenamin’s Edgefield Hotel last Friday to join the annual Society for Neuroscience Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter meeting at the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge… It was a mossier, wetter morning…
Post by volunteer Ashley Keates, Portland State University Ashley Keates (left side; right hemisphere) & Max Barsana (right side; left hemisphere) Construction: I arrived one evening after my Sleep & Dreams class at PSU to pick up styrofoam I learned I could use to construct a BIG NOGGIN for the…
The skies cooperated for the second annual March for Science, a year after the damp inaugural 2017 event drew thousands of evidence-based Northwesterners to Portland’s Tom McCall Waterfront Park..! LEARN MORE: Synapsing for Science! Once again, our Noggin volunteers delivered the brains, this time to “Portland’s Living Room,” red-bricked Pioneer Square, to…
Post by Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin volunteer from Portland State University When I first learned of “NW Noggin,” the neuroscience outreach group, I had no idea what this tremendous experience had to offer. After reading about the all volunteer instructors and students, I discovered that Noggin traveled to local schools…
This week our Noggins returned in force to a stunningly renovated Franklin High, after two years of voter-approved seismic upgrades beautifully revitalized yet another Portland Public School… The message sent to students, teachers, staff and visitors is clear in school improvements – that education is a priority for this community.…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the sprawling federal agency that funds research, including brain research. The BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies®) Initiative is an NIH program aimed at “revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain” through investment in technologies that should ultimately allow neuroscientists to visualize how individual…