Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives… This week we’re introducing autonomic systems (sympathetic/parasympathetic/enteric) and discussing how we can listen to and use…
WHAT:  Noggin volunteers will visit the Gardner School of Arts and Sciences, literally just down the road from WSU Vancouver... WHEN:  Thursday, March 2, 9:00am - 11:00am WHERE:  Gardner School of Arts and Sciences, 16413 NE 50th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98686 Confirmed participants... 1. Sulema Rodriguez, PSU 2. Nick Dunn, WSU 3.…
Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives… 3/7 SESSION 4 – NETWORKS AND SCREEN PRINTINGOur last visit!  We'll have brains and we'll be…
UPDATE: See what we did at Byrom Elementary! Byrom Brains! WHAT:  Brain/art outreach at Byrom Elementary with three 4th grade classrooms, totalling about 90 kids! WHEN:  Thursday, March 9, 8:00 - 11:00am (it's apparently best to show up at Byrom Elementary between 8:15am - 8:30am to avoid parent drop off and bus traffic…
Read our interview with the Dana Foundation about Brain Awareness, and see what we're up to the week! NW Noggin: Interview with the Dana Foundation!
Noggin is bringing 27 undergraduate and graduate volunteers to the OHSU OMSI Brain Fair this Saturday! Look for our tables full of brains, brain experts, and brain-related art!  Make your own neurons, too :) *** UPDATE:  See what we DID on Saturday, March 11 at the link below..! Pipe Cleaners,…
UPDATE:  See what we did!  Quite a day! A BioGift of Brains Noggin volunteers are heading west on Tuesday, March 14, to meet with 50 high school students at Liberty High School in Hillsboro, Oregon... WHAT:  Visit to Liberty High School, Hillsboro, Oregon WHERE:  Liberty High School, 21945 NW Wagon Way, Hillsboro,…
An unforgettable experience at a body donation lab, thanks to the skilled father and son dissection team of Michael and Miguel Pierre! Thanks also to Andrew Hardy, the BioGift Business Manager, for joining us at Liberty High School and arranging for Noggin brain donations  -  and welcoming our outreach volunteers…
Noggin is spending two days in the eastern Washington state community of Davenport, from March 16 - 17th during Brain Awareness Week… UPDATE:  See what we did at the link! Dopamine in Davenport! We've been invited to present brains and art projects at Davenport Middle School on Thursday, March 16, and at Davenport Elementary School on…
The Criminal Brain Monday, March 20 6–8:30 p.m. Newmark Theatre Octavio Choi, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Forensic Evaluation Service, Oregon State Hospital Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University UPDATE:  LEARN WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE LINK! Psychopathy & brains Learn more about this lecture. Noggin will have a…
Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart and Mind Monday, March 27 6–8:30 p.m. Newmark Theatre David Linden, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience, the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine UPDATE:  LEARN WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE LINK! Touched in the head Learn more about this…
Support science 🔬! UPDATE:  See what we did at Velo on March 29th! March for science with art & brains! WHAT:  An evening of science and art making;  learn about brain cells and create your own! WHEN:  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 (6 - 8pm) WHERE:  Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Avenue, Portland,…