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DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin outreach at Fort Vancouver! \nWe did it!! \n \n \nWhat mediates neurodivergence? How do you get a diagnosis for ADHD and/or autism? \nWould a limb introduced during prenatal development be recognized and correctly incorporated? \nWhat part of the brain mediates the placebo effect?\nHow much electricity does the brain use/produce?\nWho are the brain donors? Are their memories still present in the preserved brains?\nDoes everyone have a switch that can allow trauma to produce sociopathic behavior?\nWhat is the surface area of the cortex/brain ‘unwrapped’?\nWhy are some people able to think of things and other people aren’t?\nWho was Phineas Gage? Did he improve his personality by taking psychedelics?\nAre you hungry? How does the brain know when you are hungry?\nWhat part of the brain causes unwanted or intrusive thoughts? \nWhat happens in the brain during dissociative states? \n \n \nHow do our brains work when we feel something sad or happy?\nWhere is memory stored in the brain?\nWhy is the brain split into the right and left?\nWhat are the differences of the brain between men and women?l\nHow does memory work?\nIs it true that every wrinkle is a piece of knowledge?\nHow are neurons formed?\nWhat part of the brain sends the sexual needs a teenager has?\nWhat happens when your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed? \n \n \nWhy does brain fog happen?\nHow do seizures happen?\nElaborate on neurodivergent and more specifically ADHD & AudHD?\nDoes the brain get affected by disorders?\nCan depression be genetic?\nWhat’s the easiest part of the brain to confuse?\nWhy does people get disorders?\nWhy is there a genetic predisposition for OCD?\nWhat part of the brain does depression develop and other mental illnesses?\nWhat causes someone to be a sociopath and are there people out there with a higher chance of becoming one?\nWhat’s the craziest part of the brain? \n \n \nWhy do people smoke to relieve stress?\nHow does weed affect the brain?\nHow do drugs affect different parts of the brain?\nHow can all types of drugs affect us mentally?\nWhy are some of us easier to fall into a drinking or drug addict addiction since it runs in the family?\nDoes a drug still affect a mouse even after the drug is done?\nAre addictions genetic?\nHow does someone’s brain look different if they had SUD?\nWhat’s the worst drug to touch the brain?\nWhat part of the brain is the most affected by drugs?\nHow do you know when you’re addicted? \n \n \nHow does one hour of sleep affect the brain?\nHow much sleep is too much sleep?\nHow can I sleep faster and better so I don’t wake up so tired? \nHow does our brain create dreams?\nWhen we dream do we wake up before we fall because our brain doesn’t know what death looks like?\nWhy does my overthinking affect my sleeping patterns?\nWhat does your brain do while you are sleeping?\nHow does sleeping affect our brain? \n \n \nHave you ever dropped a brain?\nHow old are the brains?\nHow many brains have you studied?\nHow do you study each part of the brain?\nWhat’s the worst experience you’ve had with the brain? \n \n \nWHERE: Fort Vancouver High School\, 5700 E 18th St\, Vancouver\, WA 98661 \nWHEN: Thursday\, January 29\, 2026\, 8:30am – 3:00pm \n \nWe are super-excited to return to Fort!\nTwo years ago Vancouver Public Schools changed their high school start times to a more reasonable 8:40am\, based partly on neuroscience research presented in classrooms by Northwest Noggin outreach volunteers! \n \nCOME JOIN US!\nPlease email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved 🙂 \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Becky Callos\, PSU\n4. Berlyn Bankhardt\, PSU\n5. Gabe Guarin\, PSU\n6. Danica Helms\, PSU\n7. Zulyed Guerra\, PSU\n8. Hayley Kopp\, Evergreen State College\n9. Daisy Graham\, Skidmore College\n10. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU \nWe’ve visited Coreyanne Russell and James Cederstrom’s 9th through 12th grade classrooms for TWELVE YEARS. More details are at the links! \nTrapper Keeper!\n \nHey Vancouver: Let Kids Sleep!\n \nSleepy brains at Fort\n \nTired Trappers at Fort\n \nUploading your brain from Vancouver\n \nWhy do you study the brain?\n \nTrap Squad!\n \nBrains\, biofeedback & SLEEP\n \nVentricles in Vancouver! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-fort-vancouver-8/ LOCATION:Fort Vancouver High School\, 5700 E 18th St\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98661\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/3E891DD5-50FC-472C-9D08-8930C143D484_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T140000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250818T212247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T230251Z UID:59809-1769072400-1769090400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Columbia City Elementary DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Columbia City Elementary School (hour drive from Portland) \nWe did it!!!\n \n– How fast can neurons communicate with the brain?\n– What do you mean that neurons send electricity to talk with other cells in the body?\n– How fast does a brain learn in one year?\n– How is the brain made?\n– What is the brain made of?\n– How do you think in your brain?\n– Does a person have to be dead to study their brain?\n– Does psychology focus on the brain?\n– Do you think we can harness brain energy to create infinite powers?\n– What part of the brain has long term memory?\n– What happens to your brain when you get a concussion?\n– Why are all the ‘nerd words’ in Latin? \n \n \nWHERE: Columbia City Elementary School\, 2000 2nd Street\, Columbia City\, OR 97018 \nWHEN: Thursday\, January 22\, 9:00am – 2:00pm; Coffee\, snacks and LUNCH provided! \nCONTACT: Martine Barnett\, Principal; lunch orders DUE by 1/19 \n \nOur first visit to the Home of the Otters! \n \nJOIN US!\nPlease contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu for to get involved 🙂 \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU/NW Noggin\n4. Becky Callos\, PSU\n5. Berlyn Bankhardt\, PSU\n6. Danica Helms\, PSU\n7. Zulyed Guerra\, PSU\n8. Bee Conn\, PSU\n9.\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15. URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-columbia-city-elementary/ LOCATION:Columbia City Elementary School\, 2000 2nd Street\, Columbia City\, OR\, 97018\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_3437-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260116T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260116T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250817T205935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T185431Z UID:59800-1768551300-1768568400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Oregon City High DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin visit with high schoolers at Oregon City High School \nWe did it!\n \n \n \n◦ What are lucid dreams?\n◦ How to help ppl with PTSD (aside therapy)?\n◦ What kind of therapy for phobias/PTSD/anxiety?\n◦ How does intergenerational trauma develop? \n \n \n \n \n◦ What is forensic psychology?\n◦ What part of the brain is involved with addiction?\n◦ How long did it take to get your PhD in behavioral neuroscience?\n◦ What is the most interesting thing you have learned through your career?\n◦ What made you want to be in this field of work?\n◦ Why did you decide to go into neuroscience and psychology? \n \n \n \n \n◦ How have your studies changed the way you see life?\n◦ What is the most interesting part of your job?\n◦ How does children’s psychology and adult psychology differ from each other?\n◦ I want to be a Nurse Practitioner in children’s psychology and I was wondering what pointers or advice for someone wanting to enter the field of psych?\n◦ How does AI do you think has helped with the research of new things?\n◦ How did you decide you wanted to go into this field\, and what schooling did you do?\n◦ How does having a serious injury affect the mind of a person? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Oregon City High School\, 19761 S Beavercreek Rd\, Oregon City\, OR 97045 \nWHEN: Friday\, January 16\, 2026\, 8:15am – 1:00pm (THERE WILL BE COFFEE 🙂 \nContact: Kelsey Scully\, Science Teacher\, Oregon City High School \n \nWe’ll join high school students studying science and anatomy in multiple classes at Oregon City High School to talk brain research\, make art\, and consider questions! \n \nCome join us! Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.com) to get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Becky Callos\, PSU\n4. Berlyn Bankhardt\, PSU\n5. Gabe Guarin\, PSU\n6. Danica Helms\, PSU\n7. Zulyed Guerra\, PSU\n8. Yehielis Medina Perez\, PSU\n9. Jasmine Loeung\, PSU\n10. Nyah Hawley\, PSU\n11. Bee Conn\, PSU\n12. Cece Austin\, PSU\n13. Alicia Bridges\, PSU\n14. Daisy Graham\, Skidmore College \nLEARN MORE: NW Noggin visiting CAP Classes \nDid school kill my brain? URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-oregon-city-high-2/ LOCATION:Oregon City High School\, 19761 S Beavercreek Rd\, Oregon City\, OR\, 97045\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/E9A5C52F-B891-45A3-AF9C-E7F62D473E64_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T093000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20251002T221540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T233419Z UID:59933-1764921600-1764927000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Glia in Gaza 2! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Virtual Noggin + NeuroChem Lab visit with students in the Gaza Strip \nWe did it!! \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: British International School\, 9835+VGG\, Aldahdooh Street\, Tel Al Hawa\, Gaza Strip VIA ZOOM (link available to participating volunteers) \nWHEN: Friday\, December 5\, from 8:00 – 9:30am Pacific (6:00 – 7:30pm in Gaza). This is the SECOND of two planned visits. The first visit was Tuesday\, November 11 8:00 – 9:30am. \n \nWe are VERY excited to return to the British International School in Gaza (BIS Gaza) for a second time this fall\, and again explore questions and make art with young people similarly fascinated by the brain! We’ve been working on a found object project focusing on GLIA\, and area excited to see what the students share! \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Object Brain Cells \nLEARN MORE: What about the glia? \nInterested in joining outreach this fall? Please contact jleake@pdx.edu and griesar@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n4. Becky Callos\, PSU\n5. Kadi Rae Smith. PSU\n6. Cece Austin\, PSU\n7. Salma Nassar\, PSU\n8. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU\n9. Natalie P Robison\, University of Washington\n10. Austin Schubert\, OHSU\n11. E Mondragon-Torres\, PSU\n12. Hana Haley\, PSU\n13. Nyah Hawley\, PSU\n14. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n15. Cody Walker\, PSU \nWe met extraordinary BIS students through Zoom last spring\, during an accelerating genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government with weaponry financed by the United States. The BIS school building was destroyed by Israeli bombs\, and several children lost their lives. Israeli attacks on the people of Gaza continue\, so while some students may join us again from the strip\, several more now live in refugee camps in Egypt. \nWe are thrilled to celebrate curiosity and a shared love of learning across time zones and cultures\, and fervently hope that everyone stays safe. \n \nGaznica\, by Firas Thabet\, from the Gaza Biennale 2025 \nLEARN MORE: Definitions of Genocide and Related Crimes \nLEARN MORE: Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip\, UN Commission finds \nLEARN MORE: Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza \nLEARN MORE: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza \nLEARN MORE: US has ‘undeniable complicity’ in Gaza war killings\, say former US officials \nSynapsing with Gaza through neuroscience\, stories and art \nWe’ll ALSO introduce our collaborative outreach in Gaza at the Society for Neuroscience conference this fall. We were excited to present along with our accomplished co-author Abdulrahman; however\, current U.S. federal officials have barred anyone with a Palestinian passport from traveling to the United States. SfN also censored our abstract. If you happen to be at the conference in San Diego this November\, please stop by to learn more. \n \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ Schools & SfN in San Diego! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/glia-in-gaza-2/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/69E857EF-8026-4D59-9FA8-9D43B18C9924_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T120000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250527T230132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T232846Z UID:58627-1764063000-1764072000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ p:ear! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWe did it!! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, November 25\, 2025\, 9:30am – noon \nContact: Kanani Miyamoto\, Art Coordinator \n \nNOTE: Noggin is visiting p:ear on November 4 and November 25 \nNoggin is returning to P:ear\, a remarkable Portland nonprofit 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. We’ll be exploring art projects and research related to trauma resilience. \n \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS (FULL)\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin\, PSU\, OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n3. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n4. Ana Borders\, PSU\n5. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n6. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n7. Dasha Gernega\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-pear-19/ LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6DDBF0DE-CB72-434F-BD39-15D38F621A66_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251120 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250524T162437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T221810Z UID:58355-1763164800-1763596799@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Schools & SfN in San Diego! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin POSTERS @ SfN 2025 & OUTREACH in San Diego Public Schools  \nWe did it!!!\n \n**** Despite SfN censorship: LEARN MORE at the link! \n“Buildings mysteriously collapse” at SfN\n \n \nWHERE: San Diego Convention Center\, 111 Harbor Dr\, San Diego\, CA 92101; San Diego Public Schools \nWHEN: Saturday\, November 15 – Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025 \n \nSATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 15\nConference attendance!\nBRAIN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN EVENT\n2:30pm – 4:00pm\, San Diego Convention Center (SDCC)\, Product Theater #1 near aisle 1200\nPOSTER #1: Synapsing with Gaza through neuroscience\, stories and art \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSUNDAY\, NOVEMBER 16\nTHEME K POSTER PRESENTATIONS\n9:00am – 10:00am\, San Diego Convention Center (SDCC)\, Halls B-H\nSession Type: Theme K Poster\, Session Number: TKP06\, Session Title: Outreach Activities\nPOSTER 2: #3846 Synapsing with Gaza through neuroscience\, stories and art; Poster XX9\n** Our poster was accepted only after SfN censored two lines (learn more at our presentation 🤓) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nINTERVIEW: NW NOGGIN + BRAINFACTS.ORG\n2:00pm – 2:30pm\, San Diego Convention Center\nBill Griesar and Jeff Leake\, Northwest Noggin \nBRAINFACTS CELEBRATION NIGHT\n6:00pm – 9:00pm\, Little Bird Brewing\, 3176 Thorn St\, San Diego\, CA 92104 \nScreenshot \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMONDAY\, NOVEMBER 17\nOUTREACH IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOLS \n \n \n“Thank you all for the love and learning shared with Webster today!”\n– Roberto Corona\, San Diego Unified School District \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTUESDAY\, NOVEMBER 18\nConference attendance! \nFrom their website: “The Society for Neuroscience is the world’s largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and nervous system.” \n \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ Society for Neuroscience \nAnd given federal assaults on science\, we feel it’s more important than ever to attend! \nOnce again we’ll cover 2000+ miles roundtrip to present on interdisciplinary neuroscience teaching\, outreach and engagement at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference\, and visit K-12 students in San Diego Unified Public Schools! \n \nOutreach participants from the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Association at Portland State University will be there to share posters\, enthusiasm and expertise in arts-integrated public engagement over the latest neuroscience research. \n \nPOSTER (NW NOGGIN + NEUROCHEMLAB) \n \n \n \n \n \nDOWNLOAD PDF: Noggin_SfN25_poster \nLEARN MORE: Noggins in Gaza \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Kadi Rae Smith\, PSU Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Association (INA)\n4. Annabel Jensen\, PSU/INA\n5. Conner Corbett\, OHSU\n6. Allison Ellingson\, OHSU\n7. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU\n8. Noah Milman\, OHSU\n9. Kimberly Lopez\, Clackamas Community College\n10. Dani Jang\, PSU/INA\n11. Cece Austin\, PSU/INA\n12. Sanket Patel\, PSU/INA\n13. Xavier Brown\, PSU/INA\n14. Joseph McKinney\, PSU/USC\n15. Eric Zepeda-Daniel\, PSU/INA\n16. Emma Jerome\, OHSU \nSee what we’ve done at SfN in San Diego before! \nObserving Art & Brains @ SfN\n \nBrains Beyond SfN\n \nSynapsing in San Diego @ SfN!\n \nCortical Connections in San Diego Schools! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-schools-sfn-in-san-diego/ LOCATION:San Diego Convention Center\, 111 W Harbor Dr\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Slide111.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251111T093000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20251002T213233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T204632Z UID:59924-1762848000-1762853400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Glia in Gaza 1 DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Virtual Noggin + NeuroChem Lab visit with students in the Gaza Strip \nWe did it!!!\n \n \nTHANK YOU STUDENTS AND ABDULRAHMAN for sharing your thoughtful (and fragrant!) presentations with such enthusiasm\, curiosity\, kindness and joy. Look forward to seeing your glia next month & cheers! \nWHERE: British International School\, 9835+VGG\, Aldahdooh Street\, Tel Al Hawa\, Gaza Strip VIA ZOOM (link available to participating volunteers) \nWHEN: Tuesday\, November 11 from 8:00 – 9:30am Pacific (6:00 – 7:30pm in Gaza). This is the first of two planned visits. The second visit will be Friday\, December 5\, 8:00 – 9:30am. \n \nWe are VERY excited to return to the British International School in Gaza (BIS Gaza) this fall\, and once again explore questions and make art with young people similarly fascinated by the brain! Abdulrahman Abou Dahesh (عبدالرّحمن أبو داهش)\, a Fulbright Scholar and neuroscience masters graduate from the University of Texas at Dallas\, founded a project known as NeuroChem Lab\, which has provided popular neuroscience programs for elementary and middle school students at BIS Gaza. \n \nIn spring students created their own found object neurons\, which you can enjoy at this post! \nNoggins in Gaza\n \nLEARN MORE: Found Object Brain Cells \nThis fall we’re considering a found object project focusing on GLIA! \n \nLEARN MORE: FOUND OBJECT GLIA PROJECT \nLEARN MORE: What about the glia? \nWe met extraordinary BIS students through Zoom last spring\, during an accelerating genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government with weaponry financed by the United States. The BIS school building was destroyed by Israeli bombs\, and several children lost their lives. Israeli attacks on the people of Gaza continue\, so while some students may join us again from the strip\, several more now live in refugee camps in Egypt. \nWe are thrilled to celebrate curiosity and a shared love of learning across time zones and cultures\, and fervently hope that everyone stays safe. \n \nDestruction – Gaza\, by Motaz Naim\, at the Gaza Biennale 2025 \nLEARN MORE: Definitions of Genocide and Related Crimes \nLEARN MORE: Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip\, UN Commission finds \nLEARN MORE: Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza \nLEARN MORE: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza \nLEARN MORE: US has ‘undeniable complicity’ in Gaza war killings\, say former US officials \nInterested in joining outreach this fall? Please contact jleake@pdx.edu and griesar@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n4. Becky Callos\, PSU\n5. Kadi Rae Smith. PSU\n6. Cece Austin\, PSU\n7. Salma Nassar\, PSU\n8. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU\n9. Natalie P Robison\, University of Washington\n10. Austin Schubert\, OHSU\n11. E Mondragon-Torres\, PSU\n12. Megan Peterson\, PSU\n13. Hana Haley\, PSU\n14. Nyah Hawley\, PSU \nSynapsing with Gaza through neuroscience\, stories and art \nWe’ll ALSO introduce our collaborative outreach in Gaza at the Society for Neuroscience conference this fall. We were excited to present along with our accomplished co-author Abdulrahman; however\, current U.S. federal officials have barred anyone with a Palestinian passport from traveling to the United States. SfN also censored our abstract. If you happen to be at the conference in San Diego this November\, please stop by to learn more. \n \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ Schools & SfN in San Diego! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/glia-in-gaza/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Slide4.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T120000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250527T225833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251025T152452Z UID:58625-1762248600-1762257600@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ p:ear! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear! \nWHERE: p:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave.\, Portland\, OR 97209 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, November 4\, 2025\, 9:30am – noon \nContact: Kanani Miyamoto\, Art Coordinator \n \nNOTE: Noggin is visiting p:ear on November 4 and November 25 \nNoggin is returning to P:ear\, a remarkable Portland nonprofit 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. We’ll be exploring art projects and research related to trauma resilience. \n \nLEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS (FULL)\n1. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin\, PSU\n2. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n3. Ana Borders\, PSU\n4. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n5. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n6. Hana Haley\, PSU\n7. Dasha Gernega\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-pear-18/ LOCATION:P:ear\, 338 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_0968-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251028T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251028T144500 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250513T012744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T163221Z UID:58036-1761638400-1761662700@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ King Elementary PDX! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit with K-5 students in Portland Public Schools! \nWe did it!\n \nThank you students\, teachers and staff @ MLK Elementary!!! \nAnd thank you Northwest Noggin volunteers (all of us 💚) \n \n \n \nBill + Team\,\nThank you so much! Your visit is an annual highlight. \nWill you please come back again next year?! \nFrom all of the kids and staff – we appreciate you! \nSincerely\, Teresa Seidel\, Principal\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School \n \n \n \n \n– Is there something in the body that tells the brain about pain?\n– What happens if something passes through your brain: does it still work?\n– What happens to your brain when you die?\n– How does smell work with the brain?\n– Do zombies have brains?\n– Why do they call it the brain?\n– Why is the brain inside your head? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School\, 4906 NE 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97211 \nWHEN: TUESDAY\, October 28 🎃\, 2025\, 8:00am – 2:45pm \nThere will be COFFEE\, DONUTS and PIZZA provided by the school!! \nCONTACT: Teresa Seidel\, Principal\, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School\n \n \n“At Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. School\, we believe in the unlimited potential of everyone in our diverse community.  We believe that a caring well-balanced student will be motivated to become a global citizen who is inspired to take action.” \n \nNoggin volunteers are excited to hear from K-5 students at this Northeast Portland public school in October! We’ll bring some extra noggins for exploring student questions and interests\, and make more pipe cleaner brain cells too. \n \nPlease join us! Email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n4. Ana Borders\, PSU\n5. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n6. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n7. Hana Haley\, PSU\n8. Charlotte Gant\, Clackamas Education Service District\n9. Becky Callos\, PSU\n10. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n11. Megan Peterson\, PSU\n12. Justin Benner\, PSU\n13. Gabe Guarin\, PSU\n14. Chuck Calderilla\, PSU\n15. E Mondragon-Torres\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done at King in the past! \nNoggin @ King Elementary PDX!\n \nA Hippocampal Halloween\n \nKing Cortex! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-king-elementary-pdx-2/ LOCATION:Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. School\, 4906 NE 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8764-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251024 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250524T204608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T194514Z UID:58364-1761004800-1761263999@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins in Knappa & Astoria! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Outreach collaboration with TRIO in Astoria area public schools; LEARN MORE ABOUT TRIO: Threshold through TRIO \n \nWHERE: Complimentary housing at The Y Astoria\, 514 12th Street\, Astoria\, OR\, 97103 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, October 21 – Thursday\, October 23\, 2025 (REQUIRED: ARRIVAL TUESDAY; OUTREACH VISITS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 8:00am – 3:00pm) \nCONTACT: Lacey Guest\, TRIO Program Coordinator \n \nLIMITED OPPORTUNITY: Housing and meals provided. \nNoggin volunteers will spend three days visiting public schools with brains and art in Clatsop County this February\, with time to enjoy the dramatic North Coast of Oregon. Participants will stay at the beautiful Y in the heart of historic Astoria\, Oregon\, and enjoy meals from local breweries and restaurants! \n \nTUESDAY\, October 21\nARRIVAL IN ASTORIA \n \nWednesday\, October 22\nKNAPPA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! \n \n \n \n \nWhy do we dream? \nWhy do we lucid dream? \nHow do we receive information? \nWhy do have bad dreams? \nWhy do we Déjà vu? \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWhy is getting 9 hours of sleep important and what affects it? \nWhy do we experience anger if it’s not a constructive emotion? \nWhat influences dreams? \nHow does the brain see? \nHow do nerves communicate with the brain? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHow does paralysis work? \nDoes the brain function at all after the body dies? \nWhat’s a common similarity between psychopaths and their brains? \n \nMORE QUESTIONS FROM KNAPPA:\n1. Why are brains wrinkly? \n2. What is the function of anger? \n3. Why do you study psychology? \n4. How’s trauma/PTSD work? \n5. Why can’t we consciously control body function? \n6. Why/how do some people empathize and others don’t? \n7. Why is the brain centralized? \n8. Why do we experience deja vu? \n9. What’s worst for my brain— phones or TV? \n10. If the brain is so good at learning\, why can’t I learn math? \n \nDREAMS/SLEEP: \n1. Why would I wake up from a dream crying? \n2. Why would I wake up breathing heavily after falling in a dream? \n3. Why don’t I dream at night? \n4. Why is 9 hours of sleep important? \n5. Why do we dream? \n6. Why do we lucid dream? \n7. How would someone who gets full night’s sleep function compared to someone who doesn’t? \n \n \n \nTHANK YOU students\, teachers and staff at Knappa High School! \n \nThursday\, October 23\nASTORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! \n \nASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL \n \n \nQuestions from Astoria High School: \nGENERAL QUESTIONS:\n1. What’s the most popular neuroscience research that’s done in your field? (Addiction research and visual system) \n2. What’s the “Venn diagram” of psychology and neuroscience? How to look at behavior & complete story of behavioral neuroscience? Cognitive neuroscience? Biological psychology? \n3. What does fresh brain smells like? \n4. How does being trans work in the brain? \n5. How does brain a aneurysm happen? \n6. What’s the most important part of the brain? *hard to answer* \n7. How does MS work in the brain? \n8. How does one get brain cancer? \n9. How does addiction work? . \nDREAMS/SLEEP: \n1. Sleep\, modern era\, light\, screen usage\, sunlight\, melatonin overall questions. \n2. How and why do we dream? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nASTORIA MIDDLE SCHOOL \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTHANK YOU students\, teachers and staff at Astoria Public Schools! \n \nLEARN MORE: Threshold through TRIO \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS (FULL)\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Hana Haley\, PSU\n4. Noah Milman\, OHSU\n5. Allison Ellingson\, OHSU\n6. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n7. Nyah Hawley\, PSU\n8. Maddy Wary\, OHSU \nSee what we’ve done in Clatsop County before! \nBrain Cells Dance\n \nPre-K\, Fish and Logger Lobes!\n \nSignal from Noise on the Oregon Coast\n \nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n \nClatsop Community Cortex\n\nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-astoria-4/ LOCATION:Astoria\, Oregon\, Astoria\, OR\, 97103\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/EC46B619-22FF-44B8-9AED-61015B592148_1_102_a.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T122000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250505T153213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T231128Z UID:57981-1760601600-1760617200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Grant! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin visit with students at Grant High School \nWe did it!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Grant High School\, 2245 NE 36th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97212 \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 16\, 8:00am – 12:20pm \nCONTACTS: Keina N. Ga\, Red Cross Club @ Grant; Ms. Sorcinelli\, Anatomy and Physiology; Mr. Burmester\, Biomedical Sciences/Medical Interventions/Red Cross Club Advisor. \n \nOur first visit to the Portland Public School! \nWe are excited  –  even depolarized!  –  to join classrooms at David Douglas to discuss neuroscience research\, examine brains and make art! \n \nWhat are you curious about when it comes to the brain or how it works? \nlike genuinely everything\, but some more specific ones would be how memory works\, why the brain sometimes does stuff that is actively bad for it\, why the brain rationalizes bad ideas. \nInformation on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems\, as well as on reaction time. Also the degradation of neural functioning with age. \nI’m curious if the number of “bumps” on your brain really has to do with intelligence or knowledge.  \nI am curios on how the brain is formed and how our brains differ from others. \nHow our conscious minds differ from our unconscious minds. \nHow we learn things so that they become “muscle memory” \nWhat makes people think differently than each other? \nWhy do humans have like the most complex thoughts. \nI wonder how it works for different people. \nHow do the parts of the brain communicate \nJust how each part does each thing \neverything 😅 \nJOIN US! For more information please contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu :) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n3. Kirby Kahl\, PSU\n4. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n5. Ana Borders\, PSU\n6. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n7. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n8. Calista Lattal\, Grant High School\n9. Matt Lattal\, OHSU\n10. Becky Callos\, PSU\n11. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n12. Chelle Parks\, PSU\n13. Becky Martinez\, PSU\n14. Andi Licht\, PSU\n15. Gabe Guarin\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-grant/ LOCATION:Grant High School\, 2245 NE 36th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97212\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/F7887A7D-2E41-44F9-A9C3-FFBAA2E9FA3A_1_102_a.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T151500 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250602T154734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T211416Z UID:58840-1760014800-1760022900@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWe did it!\n \n\n“Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. My kids immediately started talking to their parents about it at pick-up yesterday. You helped create learning and memories that will last a lifetime. Have a great weekend!” -Jeremy Thomas\, 4th Grade Teacher\, Sunnyside School\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWhy/How do we dream?\nWhy do we stay still when sleeping?\nHow does lucid dreaming happen?\nCan neurons be different sizes?\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\nWhy does the brain exist?\nHow do we learn?\nWhat do different part of the brain do?\nIs the brain one of the most important body parts? Can we live without it?\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 9\, 1:00pm – 3:15pm! \nContacts: Asa Gervich & Jeremy Thomas\, 4th Grade Teachers\, Sunnyside School \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nWe are thrilled to return to Jeremy and Asa’s lively classrooms this fall!  \nFrom 4th grade teacher Jeremy Thomas: “We’re looking forward to our time with you. The kids will have some background on the main parts of the brain\, neurons\, and neuroplasticity by the time you arrive. My class has been talking a lot about neuroplasticity and how we learn/get better at things. Asa and I also tossed around the idea of learning about how a sense of community/belonging supports our brain health (we’ve had a big focus on community and pro-social skills this year ;)” \nAttached is a list of ideas and questions about the brain from my class (sorry\, you might have to zoom in): \n \nJOIN US!\nPlease contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu for to get involved 🙂 \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n4. Allison Ellingson\, OHSU\n5. Ana Borders\, PSU\n6. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n7. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n8. Hana Haley\, PSU\n9. Emma Jerome\, OHSU\n10. Becky Callos\, PSU\n11. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n12. Jasmine Win\, PSU \n \nSee what we’ve done before!\nDo salmon laugh?\n \nWithout my amygdala\, would I get scared?\n \nLearning through mistakes!\n \nHow to visit public schools\n \nThank You Northwest Noggin!\n \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n \nWhat about the glia? URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-sunnyside/ LOCATION:Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/9D966765-FAD3-469F-B786-0D9A2C59B63C_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T120000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250331T225809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250622T072933Z UID:57474-1750413600-1750420800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins in the UK! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: “What’s in your noggin? Cells\, art and stories of your brain!” @ Café Scientifique \nWe did it!!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Kennaway House (Cellar Bar)\, Coburg Road Sidmouth EX10 8NG\, England \nWHEN: Friday\, June 20\, 10:00am – noon GMT \n \n \n \nNorthwest Noggin crafts beautiful brain cells from pipe-cleaners and found objects and engage a range of visual arts to explore the brain and its function. \n \nLEARN MORE: Northwest Noggin art and brain outreach \nLEARN MORE: Northwest Noggin neuroscience art projects \nLEARN MORE: Reconnecting Our Brains\, One Cell at a Time \nLEARN MORE: Lobes in LONDON \nPlease join Dr. Bill Griesar and artist Jeff Leake from Portland State University’s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor program for a “knowing through making” event! \n \n Build your own brain cells while exploring what they do and the fascinating history of their discovery based on the book “The Story of the Brain in 10 1/2 cells” by King’s College London neuroscientist Dr. Richard Wingate. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMORE FOUND OBJECT BRAIN CELLS! \nPRINT SLIDES!\n \nSLIDES (*.ppt): Sidmouth Science 2025 \nSLIDES (*.pdf): Sidmouth Science 2025 URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-the-uk/ LOCATION:Kennaway House\, Coburg Road\, Sidmouth\, Devon\, EX10 8NG\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Slide20-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T143000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20241213T195549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T222521Z UID:55745-1748595600-1748615400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ David Douglas! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Visit to Psychology classrooms at David Douglas High School \nWe did it!\n \n1. Why are yawns contagious?\n2. Do animals with less social tendencies have similar mirror neurons as animals who are more social?\n3. What causes deja vu in the brain?\n4. Do identical twins have similar brain anatomy?\n5. Do different animals have different colored brains?\n6. Crows and their draw to shiny things to adorn their nests. What is it that makes us drawn to different things to adorn our spaces? Why are we drawn to certain styles more than others?\n7. What is the difference between western psychology and Japanese psychology?\n8. What is the connection between memory and sleep?\n9. Why are western thinkers from universities so often emphasized when\, for example\, there were incredible scientists from Persia over 1000 years ago (for example: How Islam changed medicine)\n10. What is color psychology? How is it researched?\n11. How would one describe color to a blind person (born without sight)? Does color psychology still apply?\n12. What colors make you feel more happy?\n13. What is the most challenging aspect of reintegrating a formerly incarcerated person to mainstream society? What are the barriers?\n14. What made you major in psychology?\n15. Regarding the science of mental health and nature…how do they relate?\n16. What is your favorite part of the brain? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: David Douglas High School\, South Building Board Room\, 1500 SE 130th\, Portland\, OR 97233; Please park in the lot off 130th; enter the doors that face 130th. The secretary will buzz people in and direct them to the board room. \nWHEN: FRIDAY\, MAY 30\, 2025\, 9:00am – 2:30pm \nContact: Heather Murdock\, Social Studies/Psychology Teacher\, David Douglas High School \n \nWe are excited  –  even depolarized!  –  to return to classrooms at David Douglas to discuss neuroscience research\, examine brains and make art! \nCOME JOIN US!\nPlease contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Janani Romero\, PSU\n3. Becky Callos\, PSU\n4. Jalen Marcil\, PSU\n5. Cody Walker\, PSU\n6. Joe McKinney\, PSU\n7. Elizabeth Gomez\, PSU\n8. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n9. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU\n10. Luis Carillo\, PSU\n11. Madeleine Limon\, PSU\n12. Jasmine Loeung\, OHSU/PSU\n13. Debra Wilde\, PSU\n14. Cass Rickel\, PSU\n15. Betty Canoso\, PSU\n16. Courtney Paden\, PSU\n17. Nyah Hawley\, PSU\n18. Annie O’Neill\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done before @ David Douglas!\nNoggin @ David Douglas High!\n \nThank you for letting us touch your brains\n \nInspiration & Education!\n \nEverything but guns URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-david-douglas/ LOCATION:David Douglas High School\, 1001 SE 135th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97233\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/556B94A8-ABEC-4977-BE6A-8F539BA63694_1_102_a.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T120000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250317T185303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T232744Z UID:57095-1747213200-1747224000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ SW Oregon Economic Summit DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin presents @ SW Oregon Economic Summit \nWe did it!!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Seven Feathers Casino Resort\, 146 Chief Miwaleta Ln\, Canyonville\, OR 97417 \nWHEN: Wednesday\, May 14\, 10:00am – noon \n \nNW NOGGIN PRESENTS: Brains\, art and economic development  –  and the value of changing social and brain networks through going places\, art making and listening to and including youth. \n \n \nThe Umpqua Economic Development Partnership is partnering with business leaders\, policymakers\, and community stakeholders from Douglas\, Coos\, Curry\, Jackson\, and Josephine Counties to address critical economic challenges and the opportunities that exist as we look into the future. The Southwestern Oregon Economic Summit spans three days of tours\, panels\, speakers\, inventive activities\, and networking with the goal of providing leadership\, direction\, and knowledge for what is next for Southwestern Oregon. \nThe Summit begins with tours in three counties on May 13\, 2025. The tours offer exclusive behind-the-scenes access to transformative sites in Coos\, Douglas\, and Josephine Counties\, followed by a dynamic two-day conference May 14 and 15 at Seven Feathers Casino Resort in Canyonville\, Oregon. Attendees will include decision-makers and thought leaders eager to engage with organizations committed to shaping the future of our region all with an eye on “Preparing Southwestern Oregon’s Economy for the Future.” \n \n \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Sydney Watson\, PSU; Check out Sydney’s post: To Bounce Or Not To Bounce\n4. Willow Coughlan\, PSU; Check out Willow’s post: Is There Room Enough? \n \nSLIDES (*.ppt): \nSLIDES (*.pdf): SW OR Econ Summit MAY 2025 URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-sw-oregon-economic-summit/ LOCATION:Seven Feathers Casino Resort\, 146 Chief Miwaleta Ln\, Canyonville\, OR\, 97417\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/5C4485D8-5FEE-4D4E-8612-469ADB6477D7_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250509T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250509T170000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250219T201249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250510T213830Z UID:56113-1746797400-1746810000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ MacLaren! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility \nWe did it!!\n \nWHERE: MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility\, 2630 N Pacific Highway\, Woodburn\, OR 97071; go first to the Gatehouse to check in. \nWHEN: FRIDAY\, MAY 9\, 2024\, 1:30 – 5:00pm \n1:30-2:00pm – Check in Gatehouse/ Set UP\n2:30-3:30 – Pooch Noggin\n3:30- 4:00 – Lunch Provided (Subway)\n4:00-5:00 – Unit Presentation Noggin/AMP \n***IMPORTANT: PLEASE ARRIVE AT 1:30pm!! ***NO cellphones/cameras allowed. \nContact: Vanessa Bucio Chavez\, Project Coordinator\, HOPE Partnership \n \n“Because the brain is undergoing such rapid\, fundamental changes at this stage of life\, adolescents have a heightened capacity to learn and to [grow] out of risky behavior. Given an environment and supports appropriate to their developmental stage\, most young offenders have the potential to become law-abiding adults.”\n— The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience \nWe are excited to return to MacLaren\, and meet with more young people curious about the brain\, and the policy implications of neuroscience research on adolescent development\, bias\, trauma\, drugs\, and mental health regarding education\, healthcare\, criminal justice and the law. \n \nWe are VERY pumped to collaborate on this visit with the Artist Mentorship Program\, an incredible nonprofit that for three decades has worked to empower young individuals\, many without access to safe and secure housing\, through music\, mentorship and art. We’re also thrilled to reconnect with Project Pooch\, an inspiring program that teaches dog training and rehabilitation to MacLaren youth!  \nLearn more about NW Noggin at MacLaren at these links:\nListening at MacLaren\n \nBrains Love Animals\n \nMyelinating @ MacLaren!\n \nAll is in motion\, is growing\, is you\n \nLEARN MORE: Youth get visual\, hands-on experience with the brain \nCorrections\, Bias & Brains\n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n(LIMITED OPPORTUNITY) (FULL)\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Will Kendall. Artist Mentorship Program\n3. Janani Romero\, PSU\n4. Watson Kendall\, Artist Mentorship Program\n5. Sarah Vaillancourt\, Artist Mentorship Program\n6. Justin Thompson\, Artist Mentorship Program\n7. Cassidy Rickel\, PSU\n8. Jalen Marcil\, PSU\n9. Cody Walker\, PSU\n10. Joseph McKinney\, PSU \n  URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-maclaren/ LOCATION:MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility\, 2630 N Pacific Hwy\, Woodburn\, 97071\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/41148156-ED78-49AE-AE69-FCE4BC6CE920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T143000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250321T210550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T195036Z UID:57436-1745656200-1745677800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins @ New Year in the Park! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin brains and art @ New Year in the Park 2025! \nWe did it!!\n \n \nHello Bill and Jeff\, \nI want to extend my heartfelt thanks to you and your WONDERFUL team for taking time out of your busy schedules to join us for the 2025 New Year In The Park festival! It sounds like your booth was a big hit – engaging\, fun\, and enjoyed by many!! Thank you as well for the fantastic photos! \nWe hope to see you all again in 2026 (April 25th😊)!! \nKind regards\, Koy Saechao\, NYP TRI-CHAIR\nNew Year in the Park Planning Committee \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Glenhaven Park\, 7900 NE Siskiyou St\, Portland\, OR 97213; BOOTH 53 \nWHEN: Saturday\, April 26\, 8:30am (for set up) – 2:30pm! \nCONTACT: Koy Saechao\, New Year in the Park Planning Committee \n \n \nJoin us in celebrating one of the largest and most important cultural festivals in several Southeast Asian countries\, right here in Portland\, Oregon! Attendance is free and all ages are welcome! \n \nNew Year in the Park will showcase cultural dance and music performances\, traditional games\, cultural crafts and activities\, and vendor booths with food and merchandise. The purpose of our cultural event is to highlight vibrant Southeast Asian communities in the greater Portland area. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Becky Callos\, PSU\n3. Jalen Marcil\, PSU\n4. Joe McKinney\, PSU\n5. Elizabeth Gomez\, PSU\n6. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n7. Madeleine Limon\, PSU\n8. Owen Wogmon\, Brown University\n9. Emmali Luangrath\, PSU\n10. Jasmine Loeung\, OHSU/PSU\n11. Gabe Guarin\, PSU\n12. Liam Hosse McKenna\, PSU\n13. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-new-year-in-the-park/ LOCATION:Glenhaven Park\, 7900 NE Siskiyou St\, Portland\, OR\, 97213\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_9280-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T120000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250218T161313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T143228Z UID:56108-1745309700-1745323200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Hudson's Bay! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit with students at Hudson’s Bay High School! \nWe did it!\n \n \n \n \n1) Isn’t your brain supposed to be pink? Is everyone’s pink? Why are these brains grey? \n2) Where did you get these brains? \n3) Why are some veins blue? \n4) What inspired you all to be a part of this project? \n5) What happens to your brain when you go through withdrawals? \n6) How do you know if you’re developing a brain tumor? \n7) Are there microorganisms in your brain? (Like the gut micro biome?) \n8) How does schizophrenia affect the brain?\nIs there a way to produce less dopamine to treat schizophrenia? \n9) Without dopamine\, do people get depressed? \n10) Do all women develop post partum depression? How does that affect the brain? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Hudson’s Bay High School\, 3528\, 1601 E McLoughlin Blvd\, Vancouver\, WA 98663 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, April 22\, 8:15am – noon \nCONTACT: Steven Jones\, Biology/AVID Teacher\, Hudson’s Bay High School \n \nOur first visit to this Vancouver Public School! \nCOME JOIN US!\nPlease email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to get involved 🙂 \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Janani Romero\, PSU\n4. Becky Callos\, PSU\n5. Cassidy Rickel\, PSU\n6. Cody Walker\, PSU\n7. Joe McKinney\, PSU\n8. Elizabeth Gomez\, PSU\n9. Hailey Larson\, PSU\n10. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n11. Jalen Marcil\, PSU\n12. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU\n13. Camden Love\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-hudsons-bay/ LOCATION:Hudson’s Bay High School\, 3528\, 1601 E McLoughlin Blvd\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98663\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/F708572C-110D-46F5-91C7-B24F2E9F9BD5_1_102_a.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250421T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250421T093000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250330T182233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T150625Z UID:57453-1745222400-1745227800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins in Gaza! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Virtual Noggin + NeuroChem Lab visit with students in the Gaza Strip \nWe did it!!\nNoggins in Gaza\n \n \nTerrific and powerful questions\n1. If someone with Alzheimers remembers something\, does the memory come back? \n2. What happens if we get hit on the back of the head\, and you lose our memory? \n3. How much time does your brain live after you die? \n4. Is your mental and physical health equally important when trying to keep your brain healthy? \n5. When we are experiencing intense stress and violence in our lives\, is there anything we can do at an individual level to help protect and support our brain? \n6. Can the brain continue to learn and develop throughout life? \n7. Regarding brain diseases (cognitive decline)\, are people aware that they have lost something\, or do they not know? \n8. Do your brain cells work when you sleep? \n9. If you are in a coma: do you feel anything around you? What happens when you wake up? \n \n \n \nWHERE: British International School\, 9835+VGG\, Aldahdooh Street\, Tel Al Hawa\, Gaza Strip VIA ZOOM (link available to participating volunteers) \nWHEN: Monday\, April 21st from 8:00am – 9:30am Pacific (6:00 – 7:30pm in Gaza); this is a follow up after our previous virtual visits on Thursday\, February 13 and Tuesday\, March 4. \n \nDuring our first two visits to BIS\, we discussed compelling student questions about the brain\, and introduced our found object brain cell project. We also shared some cells created by our Northwest Noggin volunteers. \nNoggins in Gaza\n \nLEARN MORE: Found Object Brain Cells \nFor this next visit the youth in Gaza will share their own brain cell creations\, and we’ll learn about the objects used\, and the significance and stories behind the objects chosen. \n \nWe are super excited to meet and learn with these wonderful young people again. \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Natalie Robison\, UW\n4. Salma Nassar\, PSU/OHSU\n5. Becky Callos\, PSU\n6. Hailey Larson\, PSU\n7. Austin Schubert\, OHSU\n8. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU\n9. Kadi Rae Smith\, PSU\n10. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n11. Cody Walker\, PSU \n  URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-gaza/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/26D85D5C-C722-4A2D-BFEB-21ECDE2DC87C_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250417T144500 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20240924T221015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T164447Z UID:54358-1744876800-1744901100@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins @ Parkrose! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin at Parkrose High School \nWe did it!\n \n“I want to extend my gratitude to you and your entire team with NW Noggin. This was an incredible presentation for the students at Parkrose High School and we would love to invite you back next year!…This was such an interesting presentation where neuroscience\, art\, and genuine student inquiry led to learning. Thank you…” -Craig Hume\, Parkrose High School \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Parkrose High School\, 12003 NE Shaver St\, Portland\, OR 97220 \nWHEN: Thursday\, April 17\, 2025\, 8:00am – 2:45pm \n \n \nWe’ll meet with high school students during our first visit to this Parkrose Public school! \nCome join us!\n \nThe school is providing coffee\, breakfast\, lunch and art materials for day of art making\, brain learning and fun. Please email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Pearl Ton\, PSU\n4. Cassidy Rickel\, PSU\n5. Janani Romero\, PSU\n6. Becky Callos\, PSU\n7. Cody Walker\, PSU\n8. Elizabeth Gomez\, PSU\n9. Andy Ng\, PSU\n10. Hailey Larson\, PSU\n11. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n12. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU\n13. Luis Carillo\, PSU\n14. Xander Hawkins\, PSU\n15. Dr. Aaron Eisen\, OHSU \n  URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-parkrose/ LOCATION:Parkrose High School\, 12003 NE Shaver Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97220\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/D56CDD06-7A85-4D62-92FC-F5CBFE4AAF01_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250410T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250410T140000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250128T182347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T233823Z UID:55957-1744277400-1744293600@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Benson! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland \nWe did it!!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Benson Polytechnic High School\, 546 NE 12th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97232 \nWHEN: Thursday\, April 10\, 9:30am – 2:00pm – GO TECH! \nContact: Heidemarie Goertzen\, Benson MWH & PSY Dept (they will meet us at the school entrance) \n \nWe are excited (actively depolarized!) to visit Heide’s Psychology classroom at the gorgeously renovated Benson to discuss neuroscience research\, examine specimens and create a little brain-related art!  \n \nThe school is providing a picnic lunch (THANK YOU!!!) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n3. Cassidy Rickel\, PSU\n4. Janani Romero\, PSU\n5. Becky Callos\, PSU\n6. Jalen Marcil\, PSU\n7. Cody Walker\, PSU\n8. Joe McKinney\, PSU\n9. Elizabeth Gomez\, PSU\n10. Andrea Kekahuna\, PSU\n11. Andy Ng\, PSU\n12. Hailey Larson\, PSU\n13. Jennifer Logan\, PSU\n14. Lauren Campbell\, PSU\n15. Maryfer Ortiz\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-benson/ LOCATION:Benson Polytechnic High School\, 546 NE 12th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/F877245C-B484-488B-A0AA-8221FE4CB541_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T140000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250228T175644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T173622Z UID:56416-1742043600-1742047200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin Presents: 2025 OPPA Conference DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Bill Griesar of NW Noggin presents “Exploring the neuroscience of drug use disorders: Brains\, policy and art” at the 2025 Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association Spring CME Conference \nWHERE: Online! Registration details here \nWHEN: Saturday\, March 15\, 1:00 – 2:00pm Pacific \n \nThe session will cover the actions and effects of drugs\, the nature and prevalence of drug use disorders\, and the powerful role of environment and public policy in improving outcomes. Current neuroscience research as well as insights from extensive interdisciplinary community engagement in urban and rural K-12 schools\, correctional facilities\, houseless youth nonprofits and other public venues will be explored. Questions are welcome. \n \nSLIDES (*.ppt): OPPA Spring 2025 \nSLIDES (*.pdf): OPPA Spring 2025 \nLEARN MORE: Substance use disorders: a comprehensive update of classification\, epidemiology\, neurobiology\, clinical aspects\, treatment and prevention URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-presents-2025-oppa-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Slide5.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T120000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250225T184437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T155127Z UID:56321-1741690800-1741694400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders in the Neuro Space DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin joins an educational webinar from the American Brain Coalition \nWHERE: “Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders in the Neuro Space”; RSVP for access HERE \nWHEN: Tuesday\, March 11\, 2025\, 11:00am – noon (Pacific)\, 2:00 – 3:00pm (Eastern) \n \n \n \nSLIDES (*.ppt): NW Noggin ABC Webinar 3_25 \nSLIDES (*.pdf): NW Noggin ABC Webinar 3_25 URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/inspiring-tomorrows-leaders-in-the-neuro-space/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08A0B30D-8BCA-4190-91B4-AE59420F9643_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250306T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250306T150000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20240920T202526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T194111Z UID:54346-1741249800-1741273200@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Ron Russell Middle School DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Ron Russell Middle School \nWe did it!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWhy is perception in our brain delayed by milliseconds?\nWhy do people have mental disorders?\nHow long does it take your brain to fully develop?\nWhat parts of the brain does ADHD affect? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWhat is sleep paralysis?\nWhat is sleep walking?\nDo each of the brain cells do something different?\nHow does the brain work from when you wake up until midday?\nIs it possible to be awake while sleep walking?\nHow can you sleep talk?\nWhen it’s raining why do I get more sleepy?\nHow do you lucid dream? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWhy do we get headaches?\nWhy do some people get cancer?\nWhy do some people need glasses?\nWhat are learning disabilities?\nWhat happens if you damage your cerebellum?\nWhy are there two sides of the brain? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Ron Russell Middle School\, 3955 SE 112th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97266 \nWHEN: Thursday\, March 6\, 2025\, 8:30am – 3pm \nCONTACT: Brennan Brockbank\, Health & Science Coordinator\, David Douglas School District \n\nFirst Class: 8:44 -9:55\nSecond class: 10:09-11:20\nLUNCH PROVIDED BY SCHOOL!\nThird Class: 1:39 – 2:50\n\nPlease check in at the school office. We’ll meet students in the commons area (cafeteria). \n \nNoggin volunteers from Portland State University\, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with 6th and 8th graders in this David Douglas District public middle school\, to explore neuroscience research and make art related to understanding our brains. \n \nCome join us! Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.com) to get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Sam Mutschler-Aldine\, PSU\n4. Greyson Moore\, PSU\n5. Cass Rickel\, PSU\n6. Sydney Watson\, PSU\n7. Omri Jones\, PSU\n8. Becky Callos\, PSU\n9. Beckett Bruni\, PSU\n10. Willow Coughlan\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done before at Ron Russell! \nWhen I Grow Up: Learning\, Memory\, and LTP\n \n“That was so awesome! Thank you so much\, our kids learned a ton and they really enjoyed meeting professional scientists!” \n— Elizabeth Archodominion\, Sixth Grade Science & Social Studies\, Ron Russell Middle School URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-ron-russell-middle-school-2/ LOCATION:Ron Russell Middle School\, 3955 SE 112th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97266\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_2974-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T110000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250128T003745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T170720Z UID:55939-1741080600-1741086000@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin in Gaza DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Virtual Noggin + NeuroChem Lab visit with students in the Gaza Strip \nWe did it!!\nNoggins in Gaza\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: British International School\, 9835+VGG\, Aldahdooh Street\, Tel Al Hawa\, Gaza Strip VIA ZOOM (link available to participating volunteers) \nWHEN: Tuesday\, March 4th from 9:30 – 11:00am Pacific (7:30 – 9:00pm in Gaza); this is a follow up after our first virtual visit on Thursday\, February 13 \n \nFrom Abdulrahman Abou Dahesh\, a Fulbright Scholar and Neuroscience Graduate Student at University of Texas at Dallas\, and the founder of Neurochem Lab: “We’ll visit BIS Gaza. Neurochem Lab has provided neuroscience programs for elementary and middle school students at BIS Gaza\, and Noggins will join as guest hosts to facilitate their found object brain cells outreach project…” \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Object Brain Cells \nWe’re excited to see and hear about the cells that students create\, and any stories behind the materials they chose. What is the significance of the objects used?  \n \n“Elementary and middle school students will attend. The audience will be Palestinian students either in Gaza or those who have evacuated to Egypt…Now that a ceasefire is in place\, the children are hopeful\, and are excited to get back to learning. Yet\, the emotional impact of the war persists\, and the neuroscience activities we will provide will hopefully support them.” \n \nSome research background on the war \nLEARN MORE: UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide\, including use of starvation as weapon of war \nLEARN MORE: Israeli necropolitics and the pursuit of health justice in Palestine \nLEARN MORE: Unbearable suffering: mental health consequences of the October 2023 Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip \nLEARN MORE: Civilian mortality and damage to medical facilities in Gaza \nLEARN MORE: Israel’s Unfolding Crime of Genocide of the Palestinian People & U.S. Failure to Prevent and Complicity in Genocide \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Natalie Robison\, UW\n4. Salma Nassar\, PSU/OHSU\n5. Becky Callos\, PSU\n6. Denesa Lockwood\, OHSU\n7. Austin Schubert\, OHSU\n8. Angelique Allen\, University of Oregon\n9. Kadi Rae Smith\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-in-gaza-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Slide2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T220000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250128T013452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T193647Z UID:55950-1740837600-1740866400@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:NogginFest + Brain Fair!!! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NogginFest PLUS Brain Fair! \nWe did it!!!\nALL BRAINS ON DECK!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Leaven Community Center\, 5431 NE 20th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97211 \nWHEN: Saturday\, March 1\, 2:00pm – 10:00pm (COME BY ANYTIME!) \n \nWHAT IS NOGGINFEST?\nScience\, research\, collaboration\, empathy and art matter\, and we aim to celebrate it all! \nMake art! Enjoy music! Discover cutting edge research! Ask questions! Hold BRAINS! This is the largest student-run\, accessible\, FREE\, all ages\, public celebration of music\, art\, brain research and interdisciplinary neuroscience in the Pacific Northwest!\nFEATURING!\nBonnie Nagel: Mental Health\, development and Resilience\nMatt Lattal: The Science of Severance\nTess Koerner: Auditory processing \nHannah Cunningham: Bonked your Noggin? How a dietary intervention can help sleep.\nNicholas Margolies: Graduate student talk about getting involved in research and overcoming challenges.\nAnneliese Bishop-Perdue: engaging the public in marine research using STEAM \n \n \nLast year OHSU killed their Brain Institute\, which ended the annual Brain Fair at OMSI and the Society for Neuroscience Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter Meeting each spring. \n \nAnd of course we’re ALL under assault by spectacularly unqualified billionaires and felons\, who intentionally sow chaos and division\, and work to undermine evidence-based research\, community safety and public health. \nLEARN MORE: NIH slashes overhead payments for research\, sparking outrage \nLEARN MORE: Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH\, World’s Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research \nLEARN MORE: Trump Funding Freeze Could Set Disaster Recovery Back ‘for Years’ \nLEARN MORE: Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet Represents the Top 0.0001% \nLEARN MORE: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’\, legal experts say \nSo Northwest Noggin and the PSU Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Association/Neuro Club are stepping up for our EIGHTH annual NOGGINFEST! And this year we’re adding a BRAIN FAIR and a Society for Neuroscience Chapter Meeting\, with MORE research speakers and research posters\, MORE brains\, MORE live music and MORE art! \n \nLEARN MORE: NOGGINFEST \nLEARN MORE: Noggin Brings Brains\, Volunteers\, Coffee and Pizza to Brain Fair 2024 \nHold the date! More details coming soon 😃 URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/nogginfest-brain-fair/ LOCATION:Leaven Community Center\, 5431 NE 20th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BFEA87A2-A03B-4764-B886-8BD6869826B0_1_201_a-scaled-e1740947474553.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250228 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20241106T162316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T202615Z UID:55120-1740441600-1740700799@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggins in ASTORIA! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Outreach collaboration with TRIO Clatsop in Astoria area public schools \nWe did it!!\n \n“This week was incredible and we are so glad you all were able to come out to Astoria! Your impact is huge and I think the photos are evidence of this. Thank you all so much for sharing your time\, knowledge\, and passion with the students here. We appreciate you and hope to see you again in the fall!”\n  -Lacy Guest\, College & Career Advisor\, TRIO Program \nWHERE: Complimentary housing at The Y\, 514 12th Street\, Astoria\, OR\, 97103 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 25 – Thursday\, February 27\, 2025 \n \nNoggin volunteers will spend three days visiting public schools with brains and art in Clatsop County this February\, with time to enjoy the dramatic North Coast of Oregon. Participants will stay at the beautiful Y in the heart of historic Astoria\, Oregon\, and enjoy meals from local breweries and restaurants! \n \nFULL SCHEDULE: NW Noggin Schedule 2025 \n \n \nDAY ONE: BUMBLE PRE-K AND LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n“How do you think? Why is the brain bumpy? How does my leg move? If you don’t have that (myelin 👀) on the brain wires\, does it go slower? I want to keep my own electricity ⚡️🤓” \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nDAY TWO: ASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Annabel Jensen\, PSU\n4. Allan Gaither\, PSU\n5. Sam Mutschler-Adler\, PSU\n6. Noah Milman\, OHSU\n7. Becky Callos\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done in Clatsop County before! \nBrain Cells Dance\n \nPre-K\, Fish and Logger Lobes!\n \nSignal from Noise on the Oregon Coast\n \nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n \nClatsop Community Cortex\n\nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-in-astoria-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/55276CF7-9F3F-4371-BD15-272EF5677096_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T150000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20240913T202152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T222920Z UID:54339-1740052800-1740063600@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Vancouver Flex Academy DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit with high school students @ Vancouver Flex Academy \nWe did it!!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Vancouver Flex Academy\, 2901 General Anderson Ave #6181\, Vancouver\, WA 98661 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 20\, 2025\, noon – 3:00pm \nCONTACT: Angela Fojtik\, Teacher \n \nOur first visit to this innovative Vancouver Public School! \nStudents at Flex pursue their own unique applied learning experiences through experiential projects and activities. We’re excited to hear what they already know about brains and are interested in exploring further. And we’ll make some art! \n \nAnd students have knowledge to share and questions for US: \n \n \n \n \nPlease join us! Email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Joe McKinney\, PSU\n4. Emmali Luangrath\, PSU\n5. Omri Jones\, PSU\n6. Becky Callos\, PSU\n7. Sydney Watson\, PSU URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-vancouver-flex-academy/ LOCATION:Vancouver Flex Academy\, 2901 General Anderson Ave #6181\, Vancouver\, 98661\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Slide10.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250213T091500 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20250128T001809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T170809Z UID:55929-1739433600-1739438100@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin in Gaza! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Virtual Noggin + NeuroChem Lab visit with students in the Gaza Strip \nWe did it!\nNoggins in Gaza\n \nA tremendous THANKS to the young students in Gaza\, whose questions about racing thoughts before bed\, fight or flight panic\, memory\, sleep\, development\, autism\, and the power of art to heal we’ll be thinking about for a long time. \nWATCH THE EVENT \nAnd thanks to everyone for joining us today and sharing your insights and knowledge of the brain! Abdulrahman I’m so glad you could join us – thank you for arranging such a wonderful opportunity. We are super-excited to return in March. We cannot wait to see the found object brain cells the students create – just loved how several were already crafting them in earnest while today’s session was underway 😅 \nSo excited to return next month!! \nWHERE: British International School\, 9835+VGG\, Aldahdooh Street\, Tel Al Hawa\, Gaza Strip VIA ZOOM (link available to participating volunteers) \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 13th from 8:00 – 9:15am Pacific (6:00 – 7:15pm in Gaza); with follow up virtual visit on Tuesday\, March 4 from 8:00 – 9:15am \n \nFrom Abdulrahman Abou Dahesh\, a Fulbright Scholar and Neuroscience Graduate Student at University of Texas at Dallas\, and the founder of Neurochem Lab: “We’ll visit BIS Gaza. Neurochem Lab has provided neuroscience programs for elementary and middle school students at BIS Gaza\, and Noggins will join as guest hosts to facilitate their found object brain cells outreach project…” \n \nLEARN MORE: Found Object Brain Cells \n“Elementary and middle school students will attend. The audience will be Palestinian students either in Gaza or those who have evacuated to Egypt…Now that a ceasefire is in place\, the children are hopeful\, and are excited to get back to learning. Yet\, the emotional impact of the war persists\, and the neuroscience activities we will provide will hopefully support them.” \n \nWe’re excited to meet with students and hear what they already know about brains and brain cells from their previous visits with Abdulrahman! We’re going to introduce neurons and glia\, both important cell types found in our brains\, and explore how they link up into networks that let us see\, hear\, feel\, understand and appreciate each other. \n \nWe’ll introduce the found object brain cell project\, and we look forward to returning to the classroom on Tuesday\, March 4\, to see and hear about the cells that students create\, and any stories behind the materials they chose. \n \nSome research background on the war \nLEARN MORE: UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide\, including use of starvation as weapon of war \nLEARN MORE: Israeli necropolitics and the pursuit of health justice in Palestine \nLEARN MORE: Unbearable suffering: mental health consequences of the October 2023 Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip \nLEARN MORE: Civilian mortality and damage to medical facilities in Gaza \nLEARN MORE: Israel’s Unfolding Crime of Genocide of the Palestinian People & U.S. Failure to Prevent and Complicity in Genocide \nThis is the current state of school buildings\, after destruction by Israeli forces with U.S. investment and weaponry 💔. As the school and neighborhood are both destroyed\, the students in Gaza will be joining us remotely from individual camps. \n \n \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Natalie Robison\, UW\n4. Salma Nassar\, PSU/OHSU\n5. Becky Callos\, PSU\n6. Allan Gaither\, PSU\n7. Angelique Allen\, University of Oregon URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-in-gaza/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Slide75.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T105017 CREATED:20241104T215713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T212800Z UID:55048-1738832400-1738846800@nwnoggin.org SUMMARY:Noggin @ Hosford!! DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin at Hosford Middle School (Portland Public Schools) \nWe did it!\n“Thanks again everyone. As always this was a wonderful experience. The students from past years were crazy excited when they found out you were in the building. You have a lasting impact.”\n– Kevin Marquardt\, Hosford Science\, Portland Public Schools 💚 \n \nHow does consciousness work?\nWhy do you like different things over time?\nWhat’s the difference between depression and anxiety in the brain?\nDo we have hair in the brain?\nWhat causes phobias?\nHow do chimpanzee brains compare to humans? \n \nCan you have an experience that will then cause depression? How does that happen in the brain?\nWhat causes autism?\nWhy do I get paralyzed when falling asleep?\nWhere in the brain do I know where my body is\, and how it feels? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHow do brain farts work?\nWhat happens to your brain when you die?\nCan you ever truly accurately remember something?\nWhy do you forget your childhood?\nWhat do we see when our eyes are closed?\nWhat is a dream?\nHow many neurons do people have?\nHow can it be that your brain can see things that your eyes miss?\nWhy does the brain twist the reality of a memory? \n \nIf we all perceive things differently\, how could we classify something as ‘wrong’?\nWhat part of our brain asks questions?\nIf you recall something you learned and it gets distorted\, is it the same?\nCan we run out of information space in our brains?\nHow does your brain see when you are blind?\nHow does the brain keep so much information?\nAre there different types of neurons for different parts of the brain? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 6\, 9:00am – 1:00pm; meet at the school office \nCONTACTS: Jane VanDam\, Science teacher; Kevin Marquardt\, Science teacher \n \nWe love Hosford!!\nNoggin volunteers from Portland State University\, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with students in Kevin Marquardt and Jane VanDam’s 6th grade classrooms at Hosford\, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain. \n \nCome join us! Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.com) to get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Noelle Wilcox\, PSU\n4. Allan Gaither\, PSU\n5. Emmali Luangrath\, PSU\n6. Willow Coughlan\, PSU\n7. Omri Jones\, PSU\n8. Becky Callos\, PSU\n9. Sydney Watson\, PSU\n10. Beckett Bruni\, PSU\n11. Sam Mutschler-Aldine\, PSU\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15. \nSee what we’ve done at Hosford before! \nYour Invisible Sixth Sense\n \n\nKGW did a story!\nGetting kids excited about neuroscience\n \nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \nBrains examining brains\n \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs! URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-hosford-3/ LOCATION:Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08A0B30D-8BCA-4190-91B4-AE59420F9643_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR