LEARN MORE: NW Noggin Brings Neuroscience Fun to Sisters Students “Forged out of electricity, born ready to run, drunk on the promise of new grass, young evening sun, never quite solving the mystery of where the ropes come from.” — Beth Wood, excerpt from The Ropes We left the drenched Willamette…
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla We are immersed in waves! The world is full of energy, and much of it can be described and measured as waves. In Astoria this week, at the turbulent mouth…
Post by Hosanna Broderick, undergraduate in Speech & Hearing Sciences pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. I was born in San Francisco and though I grew up north of the bay, I spent a lot of time in the city during my adolescent and young adult years. I experience profound nostalgia…
Post by Jadyn Harris, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Jadyn is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. “Perhaps the most important problem in neuroscience is understanding what it means to be human, and music is an essential part of this.” — Robert Zatorre…
Post by Mina Sattari, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Mina is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. This winter I’ve had the pleasure of participating in outreach at Sacajawea Elementary School in Vancouver, Washington and at Leodis V. McDaniel High School, Hosford Middle School…
We started Northwest Noggin as parents in 2012, exploring summer educational opportunities offered by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), “Saturday Academy” and other nonprofits. These programs were prohibitively expensive, and with two kids each and limited income they were not accessible options for either Noggin co-founder at…
Post by Asha Powell-Stormberg, undergraduate in Science pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Asha is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. Noggin @ Ron Russell Middle School I recently joined my fellow Noggin volunteers at Ron Russell Middle School in the David Douglas Public School District…
Post by Julian Rodriguez, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Julian is a welcome, regular contributor to outreach through NW Noggin, and is currently seeking grants to support arts integration in STEM. When we arrive in K-12 classrooms in the Pacific Northwest with our real human noggins we pretty…
Post by Kayla McDaniel, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Kayla is a full-time Research Assistant working in Dr. Miranda Lim’s Sleep & Health Applied Research Program (SHARP) laboratory at the Portland Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and OHSU. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe…
Post by Jonathan Palacios, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Jonathan is a BUILD EXITO and U-RISE scholar working in Dr. Angela Ozburn’s substance use disorder research lab at OHSU. Discovering Science Being born in a small country was a factor that defined my…