May 12-13, 2017 McMenamins Edgefield Winery NW Noggin biked towards the Columbia River Gorge to present a new poster..! The PSU Neuroscience Club prepared a poster as well!   The following undergraduates arrived at the chapter meeting this week (several on bikes!):  Jessica Trottier, Thomas Madison, Alex Kunz, Justin Taylor, Andrea Anaya, Andrea Valencia, Jacob Schoen, Cody Prouty, Ava Krueger, and Rebekah Hough... It…

Moon Hooch performs a second Portland show at the Doug Fir on Saturday, May 13th! Saxophonist Wenzl McGowen recently joined Noggin at Portland's Franklin High School for a compelling classroom exploration of brain electrical changes in response to music... LEARN MORE:  Frequencies @ Franklin: Your brain on sax! Brittany Alperin, a graduate…

NW Noggin brought brains and art to the Smith Ballroom at Portland State University! We joined the NIH BUILD EXITO table to add a few extra sulci and gyri this afternoon..!

WHAT:  High School Health Fair WHERE:  Jefferson High School, 5210 N Kerby St., Portland, OR 97217 WHEN:  Wednesday, May 17th from 11:15-12:30 Learn more about this event from last year's visit: Healthy Gyri @ Jeff! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu  -  thank you for sharing your knowledge of brain and behavior & cheers!…

Changing the Brain Waves of Depression What do the brain waves of a depressed person look like? How can they be changed? WHAT:  Brittany Alperin & Sienna Morris on "Changing the Brain Waves of Depression" UPDATE:  Powerful and relevant presentation on self-care and depression Changing Brain Waves of Depression WHERE:  Velo…

We’ve been invited by the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center to present neuroscience research and related art projects  -  and real human brains!  -  in La Grande, Oregon, along the lines of what we did in March in Davenport (details of that experience at the link below)… UPDATE:  We did…

WHAT:  Noggin visit to Sitton Elementary WHEN:  Thursday, May 25, 11:00 - 2:30pm WHERE:  Sitton Elementary, 9930 N Smith St, Portland, OR 97203 First grade teachers (including Michele Interian, Kim Condron, Meera-Rosa Edgar, and Natalia Pruessler, and principal Dana Nerenberg) at Sitton Elementary School have been engaging in trauma informed teaching practices this year.…

“place” Featuring the art of Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold and p:ear youth The p:ear gallery is thrilled to announce their June/July 2017 showcase of “place” a new collection of work by Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold and p:ear youth artists. Kanani Miyamoto is the Noggin Resource Council member for arts integration, and…

NW Noggin has been invited by teacher Sarah Powers to meet with all the second grade students at Ardenwald Elementary in the North Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Oregon... UPDATE:  See what we did at the link! Axons @ Ardenwald! We'll arrive at ~9:15am to set up our classroom, and meet with…

Music!  Bands!  Art!  Brains!  We're planning the inaugural Noggin Fest 17 for October, to enthuse and inform our community about neuroscience research, and multi-institutional, arts-integrated education and outreach..! WHAT:        Planning for Noggin Fest WHERE:     Velo Cult (where else?), 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213 WHEN:  …