We are very excited to bring our graduate and undergraduate volunteers in neuroscience and art, from Oregon Health & Science University, Portland State University, and Washington State University in Vancouver, into classrooms at Jefferson and Linda Vista elementary schools during the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in San Diego this…
Noggin will visit Sarah Morgan's Arts Education class to introduce brains and an art project. EXPLORE MORE: Creative Wiring: Art and Brains @ PSU WHAT: Noggin visit to PSU arts classroom ("Art in the Elementary School") WHERE: Portland State University, Art Building, Room 230 WHEN: Thursday, November 17th, 2:30 - 4:30pm Come…
Stressed out, burned out: Strategies to stay balanced from the studio and lab. Tamasen Hayward, a Neuroscience graduate researcher in the Coffin Lab at WSU Vancouver, gives you the inside scoop on stress, discusses when stress is good and when it’s too much, and suggests ways to manage stress based on…
Come join us Thursday, December 1, from 6 - 9pm at Gallery 114! WHAT: Cerebral Wilderness Artwork WHERE: Gallery 114, 11oo NW Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97209 WHEN: First Thursday, December 1, 6:00 - 9:00pm For over a year Leake and Crick have been working together as artists with NW Noggin,…
Since November 2015, the artists Jeff Leake and Kindra Crick have been working together with NW Noggin, a Pacific Northwest neuroscience outreach group. In Cerebral Wilderness, they examine memory, place and its impact on one's inner and outer identity. While Leake looks outward toward the horizon, depicting remembered and invented landscapes, Crick’s work turns inward by…
Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, Washington State University Vancouver, and OHSU will meet with about 400 students at HeLa High School, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain... EXPLORE MORE: Hippocampal hordes at HeLa High WHAT: NW Noggin visit to HeLa High WHERE: Henrietta…
Past outreach volunteers have hugely enjoyed our “Noggin Wednesdays” at the p:ear homeless youth drop in center in downtown Portland, where young people who mostly sleep rough find a safe, warm space with great food, art supplies, and caring staff during the day. Last year we set up a series…
WHAT: "Marijuana: Fact or Fiction. Art, Pain, and Cannabinoids," Sponsored by the Washington Academy of General Dentistry WHERE: Washington AGD Educational Center, Heyamoto Conference Room, 19415 International Blvd, #410, SeaTac, WA 98188 WHEN: Saturday, January 21, 2017, 8:00am - 5:00pm Course Outline: Cannabis, marijuana, is legal in the states of Washington, Oregon,…
NW Noggin is bringing 30 high school students, outreach volunteers and chaperones to view an actual brain surgery at Providence St. Vincent Hospital! Learn more about our plans and past visits to this extraordinary public educational program at this link... Observing the living brain in surgery Souther Auditorium, East Pavilion
Ram Kandasamy from WSU Vancouver presents research on cannabinoids and chronic pain along with Portland musicians Bob Desaulniers and Tony Remple at the incomparable Velo Cult Bicycle Repair Shop and Pub! VELO CULT FLYER (pdf): Chronic Pain & Mary Jane WHAT: Chronic Pain & Mary Jane with music from Bob Desaulniers and…