The Society for Neuroscience conference will bring 30,000 researchers to Washington DC this November (11/11 - 11/15), including many of our NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) outreach volunteers.  NW Noggin brings together graduate and undergraduate collaborators from the Pacific Northwest, who since 2012 have developed and delivered their own arts-integrated instruction on the brain and…

WHAT: Art of Neuroscience booth WHERE: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, L Street Bridge WHEN: Saturday, November 11 – Wednesday, November 15, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Booth #7 NW Noggin – www.nwnoggin.org  Bill Griesar, Ph.D. is Neuroscience Coordinator for NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org), an art and neuroscience outreach nonprofit based in Portland, Oregon. Bill…

WHAT: Visit to Turner Elementary WHERE: Turner Elementary, 3264 Stanton Rd. SE, Washington DC 20032 WHEN: Tuesday, November 15, 2017, 8:00am - 3:15pm Our NW Noggin outreach volunteers  -  along with Dr. Paul Aravich ("The Brain Guy") from Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Emma Lindberg, Outreach Assistant for the Society for Neuroscience…

WHAT: Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon WHERE: Renaissance Washington Hotel, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 WHEN: Tuesday, November 14, 12:00 - 2:00pm From Mark Rutledge-Gorman, Portland Alcohol Research Center, OHSU: "For a number of years the PARC has provided support and materials for NWNoggin staff and events...because of your…

WHAT: Society for Neuroscience Presidential reception WHERE: Marriott Marquis Hotel Ballroom, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 WHEN: Tuesday, November 14, 8:00 - 10:30pm Noggin participants Bill Griesar, NW Noggin Thank you for this opportunity! Through nwnoggin.org, our graduate and undergraduate #sciart outreach volunteers are dedicated to informing and…

WHAT:  Briefing with Brains, Art & Ice Cream for the House Neuroscience/STEAM caucuses WHERE:   Cannon House Office Building, Room 122, 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003 TRANSIT: Capitol South Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines is closest WHEN:  Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 1 - 3pm Meet EARLY:  we…

WHAT:  Noggin visit to Ramon y Cajal exhibit at the NIH We did it! Learn more at the links below..! From classrooms to Congress! Cajal + Creativity @ the NIH WHERE:  John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institutes of Health, 35 Convent Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 WHEN:  Thursday, November 16, 2017,…

WHAT:  The Stressed Brain - The Good, the Bad, and the Fat with Eileen Ruth Torres (Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU) and Joshua Abraham (PNCA) WHERE:  Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213 WHEN:  Wednesday, November 29, 6 - 8pm UPDATE: See what we did! Feeling stressed? Nothing seems to bring people the…

WHAT: Noggin visit to Fort Vancouver High WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA 98661 WHEN: Thursday, November 30, 2017, 7:25am - 2:05pm Join us at Fort Vancouver High School to talk brains and make art! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu... See what we've done previously…

WHAT: Noggin Smell, Memory & Place at the Poster Project for K-12 teachers WHERE: Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205 WHEN: Thursday, November 30, 2017, 5:30 - 7:30pm See what we did  -  and smelled, and experienced earlier this month One landscape contains the other… Join NW Noggin…