NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Noggin @ PCC Newberg
2020-02-27 16:50 - 18:50 (America/Los_Angeles) | PCC Newberg, 135 Werth Blvd, Newberg, OR, 97132, United States
WHAT: Talk about color perception with brains and projects at PCC Newberg
We did it!

WHERE: Portland Community College Newberg, Newberg Education Center room 112, 135 Werth Blvd, Newberg, OR 97132

WHEN: Thursday, February 27, 4:50-6:50pm

“Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist’s brain.” – Henri Matisse
Color on the Noggin!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin/PCC
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
4. Jessica Cary, PSU
5. Danny Gray, PSU
6. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
7. William Nasi, PSU
8. Madeline Ogle, PSU
9. Rebekah Obradovich, PSU
10. Beth Woodward, PSU

Noggins in Grants Pass!
2020-02-19 - 2020-02-21 | North Middle School, 1725 NW Highland Ave, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
WHAT: Noggin outreach in Grants Pass, Oregon!
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
Can a brain use all of its parts at once?

LEARN EVEN MORE FROM TEACHERS IN GRANTS PASS!
“Tomorrow is Brain Day!”

And we’re already planning for 2021..!

WHERE: North Middle School, 1725 NW Highland Ave, Grants Pass, OR 97526
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19 – Friday, February 21, 2020

We’re returning to southern Oregon!
Huge thanks to North Middle School Art Teacher Michael Endicott for organizing our outreach visit, and both feeding and housing our Noggin volunteers!
LEARN MORE: Post by Art Teacher Michael Endicott…
Gray Matter in Grants Pass!

How can you change your brain?

LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT NOGGINS ON THE ROAD…
Synaptic Community Connections

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Cam Howard, PSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Michael Deveney, PSU
6. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
7. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
8. Jacob Schoen, OHSU/NUNM

NWNOGGIN Valentine's Day fundraiser @ Clinton Street Theater
2020-02-14 21:00 - 22:55 (America/Los_Angeles) | Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton Street, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Join us on Valentine’s Day at the Clinton Street Theater at 9pm for a viewing of the 80’s classic, “Valley Girl” staring Nicholas Cage and Deborah Foreman and help support NW Noggin.
We did it! And raised $150!

The movie is free! but there will be a tip jar collecting donations for NW Noggin.

Thank you Alice & Will!!

Sewing memories - Arpilleras, Sites & Memory @ p:ear
2020-02-11 09:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Sewing memories – Arpilleras, Sites & Memory @ p:ear
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Sewing Memories, & Brains

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 (NW Noggin is deeply honored to be the p:earblossoms 2020 Community Partner Awardee!)
WHEN: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 9:30am – 1:00pm

“No happiness or pain, no more forgetting.”
― Gabriela Mistral
Join artist and educator Cecilia Araneda from Valparaíso, Chile and discover how the art of arpilleras, the sewing of embroidery and patchwork to depict aspects of everyday life, has helped many express personal traumatic experiences and contribute to the memory of significant national violations of human rights.

Valparaíso Bay, September 11, 1973
LEARN MORE: What is an Arpillera?
LEARN MORE: Chilean Embroiderers Record Memory Stitch-by-Stitch
LEARN MORE: Chilean Women’s Resistance in the Arpillera Movement
LEARN MORE: The Colorful Quilt Squares Chilean Women Used to Tell the Story of Life Under Pinochet
LEARN MORE: La Alegría de la Ciencia

Noggin volunteers will be at p:ear with more real brains and research information on trauma, bias, depression, anxiety, PTSD, sleep deprivation and more.

Details on “Arpilleras, sites and memory Valparaíso” below…

No estamos en guerra, by Cecilia Araneda (about the situation in Chile today)
FROM CECILIA: “The title of my arpillera is due to a sentence that Piñera said the second or third day of this rebelión. He said ‘We are at war against a bunch of violent people,’ so people said ‘We are not at war, we are united.'”

LEARN MORE: Arpilleras rebeldes: otra forma de arte y lucha popular
LEARN MORE: Amid unrest and rights abuses, Chile protesters say ‘there’s no turning back’
LEARN MORE: Chile’s People Have Had Enough
Come join us! LIMITED opportunity; please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Nick Burdick Levin, PSU
4. Yaritsa Velasco, PSU FRINQ Science of Creativity/Learning
5. Elizabeth Woodward, PSU
6. Anita Randolph, OHSU
7. Greyson Moore, PSU
8. Sorrel Johnson, PSU
9. Cassandra James, PSU
10. Sydney Duran, PSU
11. Chloe Voshell, PSU
12. Abigayle Moon, PSU FRINQ Science of Creativity/Learning
13. Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU

FROM CECILIA: The experience of the Colectivo Memorarte “Arpilleras, sites and memory Valparaíso”, was born in 2016 as a collective initiative to recreate local memory around human rights violations that occurred, massively, during the civic-military dictatorship that started in Chile on September 11th, 1973. We express our work through the realization of the art of the arpilleras where we sew parts of the memory of our country with pieces of colored fabrics and threads.Initially, the Colectivo started to work in the space of the Valparaíso Ex-prison Cultural Park, however, during 2017, we moved our operation –weekly- to the PRAIS (Integral Health Care and Repair Program), Valparaíso. From this place we have been able to strengthen our creative performance by affirming our identity as a cultural group that works to recover the memory of those sites that were used by the civic-military dictatorship to violate human rights.As of 2018, we have projected our development around the realization of visits to memory and human rights sites, meetings and talks about memory and also exhibitions of our works in addition to continuing the creation of arpilleras, now even portraying actual events. With this work, we fulfill the purposes of: sharing what has been done, exchanging experiences of action around “popular memory”, and contributing to the imperative of developing a “pedagogy of memory and human rights” in our country. Our commitment is to go on working against oblivion, impunity and injustice in Chile. Founding members: María Alicia Salinas (our teacher and former political prisoner), Silvia Mazzella (former political prisoner), Alicia Olea (former political prisoner), Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Marisa Chávez. In the course of the years some members have joined and others, for reasons of work or place of residence, have not been able to participate. Today, our teacher, originally from Santiago, no longer travels to all sessions for health reasons. The actual nine members are: Silvia Mazzella, Alicia Olea, Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Nora Torres, Jacqueline van Rysseghem, Marisa Chávez and me, Cecilia Araneda. We have participated in various human rights events, universities, hospitals, cultural centers, openings of memory sites and cultural exhibitions.

Photo by Leandro Vivanco, Valparaíso, Chile, 2019So, we invite you to explore our recent history through these arpilleras where you could imagine the pain and despair as well as the courage and hope of men and women who believed and fought for a better world.
LEARN MORE: INDICE CATALOGO ACTUALIZADO
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/disparo-paco.mp4

Video taken by Augustus in Valparaíso, Chile, 2019
More on the arpillera project (Cecilia Araneda)
Arpillera Project Cecilia Araneda

Astoria Arpilleras @ Street 14!
2020-02-08 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Street 14 Cafe, 1410 Commercial St, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
WHAT: Sewing memories – Arpilleras, Sites & Memory @ Street 14 Cafe
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Sewing Memories, & Brains

WHERE: Street 14 Cafe, 1410 Commercial St, Astoria, OR 97103
WHEN: Saturday Art Walk, February 8, 2020, 5:00m – 7:00pm
*** NOTE: Arpilleras up at Street 14 until noon, Sunday (2/9)!

“We only have what we give.”
― Isabel Allende
Join artist and educator Cecilia Araneda from Valparaíso, Chile and discover how the art of arpilleras, the sewing of embroidery and patchwork to depict aspects of everyday life, has helped many express personal traumatic experiences and contribute to the memory of significant national violations of human rights.

“If you’re dancing somebody else’s dance, you’re not going to fight them“ – Carol Newman
Cecilia and Noggin will be on Arts – Live & Local! hosted by Cindy Price on public broadcasting station KMUN in Astoria Friday, February 7 at 3:40pm!
She did it!

Valparaíso Bay, September 11, 1973
LISTEN
Interview begins at ~41 minutes…
Friday, Feb 7th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! With Guest Host Cindy Price

Chilean artist and educator Cecilia Araneda, with neuroscience outreach group NW NOGGIN, exhibiting at Street 14 Coffee Shop.
LEARN MORE: What is an Arpillera?
LEARN MORE: Chilean Embroiderers Record Memory Stitch-by-Stitch
LEARN MORE: Chilean Women’s Resistance in the Arpillera Movement
LEARN MORE: The Colorful Quilt Squares Chilean Women Used to Tell the Story of Life Under Pinochet
LEARN MORE: La Alegría de la Ciencia

No estamos en guerra, by Cecilia Araneda (about the situation in Chile today)
FROM CECILIA: “The title of my arpillera is due to a sentence that Piñera said the second or third day of this rebelión. He said ‘We are at war against a bunch of violent people,’ so people said ‘We are not at war, we are united.’”

A few Noggin volunteers will be at Street 14 with real brains and research information on trauma, bias, depression, anxiety, PTSD, sleep deprivation and more.
LEARN MORE: Accumbens in Astoria
LEARN MORE: Noggins on the North Coast

FROM CECILIA: The experience of the Colectivo Memorarte “Arpilleras, sites and memory Valparaíso”, was born in 2016 as a collective initiative to recreate local memory around human rights violations that occurred, massively, during the civic-military dictatorship that started in Chile on September 11th, 1973. We express our work through the realization of the art of the arpilleras where we sew parts of the memory of our country with pieces of colored fabrics and threads.Initially, the Colectivo started to work in the space of the Valparaíso Ex-prison Cultural Park, however, during 2017, we moved our operation –weekly- to the PRAIS (Integral Health Care and Repair Program), Valparaíso. From this place we have been able to strengthen our creative performance by affirming our identity as a cultural group that works to recover the memory of those sites that were used by the civic-military dictatorship to violate human rights.As of 2018, we have projected our development around the realization of visits to memory and human rights sites, meetings and talks about memory and also exhibitions of our works in addition to continuing the creation of arpilleras, now even portraying actual events. With this work, we fulfill the purposes of: sharing what has been done, exchanging experiences of action around “popular memory”, and contributing to the imperative of developing a “pedagogy of memory and human rights” in our country. Our commitment is to go on working against oblivion, impunity and injustice in Chile. Founding members: María Alicia Salinas (our teacher and former political prisoner), Silvia Mazzella (former political prisoner), Alicia Olea (former political prisoner), Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Marisa Chávez. In the course of the years some members have joined and others, for reasons of work or place of residence, have not been able to participate. Today, our teacher, originally from Santiago, no longer travels to all sessions for health reasons. The actual nine members are: Silvia Mazzella, Alicia Olea, Dana Wordes, Valeria Arancibia, Gabriela Palleras, Nora Torres, Jacqueline van Rysseghem, Marisa Chávez and me, Cecilia Araneda. We have participated in various human rights events, universities, hospitals, cultural centers, openings of memory sites and cultural exhibitions.
https://nwnoggin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/disparo-paco.mp4
Video taken by Augustus in Valparaíso, Chile, 2019So, we invite you to explore our recent history through these arpilleras where you could imagine the pain and despair as well as the courage and hope of men and women who believed and fought for a better world.
LEARN MORE: INDICE CATALOGO ACTUALIZADO

Noggin @ AMWA!
2020-02-03 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Urban Center Building, Portland State University, 506 SW Mill Street, Portland, OR, 97201-5412, United States
WHAT: American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) meeting
We did it!

NEW POST: Axons to AMWA

WHERE: Portland State University, Urban Center Building (URBN) Room 250, 506 SW Mill Street, Portland, Oregon 97201-5412
WHEN: Monday, February 3, 2020, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Contact: Katie Pope, AMWA PSU Mentorship Coordinator

LEARN MORE: American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) PSU Chapter
The AMWA members serve as high school mentors, and would love to learn more about arts-integrated community outreach. Our volunteers will talk about career opportunities, and their own experiences in labs, as counselors, as undergraduates…

Auras & Axons @ AMWA!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
4. Michael Deveney, PSU
5. Elizabeth Woodward, PSU
6. Abigail Gligor, Legacy Research Institute
7. Chloe Voshell, PSU
8. Aaron Eisen, NUNM/NW Noggin
9. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin

Sciencepalooza @ Lewis Elementary!
2020-01-31 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lewis Elementary School, 4401 SE Evergreen St, Portland, 97206, United States
WHAT: Noggin at Lewis Elementary School SCIENCEPALOOZA STEAM NIGHT!
We did it!

WHERE: Lewis Elementary School, 4401 SE Evergreen St, Portland, OR 97206
WHEN: Friday, January 31, 5:30 – 8:00pm

It’s STEAM NIGHT (our favorite kind of night 🙂) at Portland Public School’s Lewis Elementary! Come join us to examine brains and make brain cells. This is a super energetic evening event, with plenty of curious kids and parents. We’ll be at TABLE 5.

See what we did last year at SCIENCEPALOOZA!
Sciencepalooza!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS

1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Kindra Crick, Kindra Crick Art, NW Noggin Brain Board member
4. Danny Leister-Gray, PSU
5. Noemi Martinez, PSU
6. Jordan Ray, PSU
7. Drew Sinclair, PSU
8. Elizabeth Woodward, PSU
9. Albert Shiue, PSU
10. Bailey Etter, PSU
11. Abigail Gligor, Legacy Research Institute
12. Rebekah Obradovich, PSU
13. Greyson Moore, PSU
14. Nuno Busch, PSU
15, Cora Crick

Noggin @ Coffee Creek
2020-01-28 08:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, 24499 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Wilsonville, OR, 97070, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Portland State University “Metamorphosis” course
We did it!

And we want to do this again!

WHERE: Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, 24499 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070
WHEN: Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 8:30 – 11:00am
“unable to touch
sad reflections of my past
but things are made new…”
― Sandi Maddox Hoot
Please meet us in the main building, straight back through parking lot, at 8:30. Please don’t wear blue. No t- shirts with logos (unless NW Noggin!). Comfortable closed toed shoes. No wire bras. Bring only an ID (and the approved supplies). There is a locker you can use for any other personal items.

NW Noggin volunteers will bring extra brains, skulls and art to the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a multi-custody prison accommodating all women inmates in Oregon. We’ll join Portland State University Studies professor Deb Arthur, who is teaching a year long course called “Metamorphosis” at CCCF.

“Women can earn four credits in science, four credits in arts and letters and three credits in writing — similar to a PSU freshman inquiry course — to set a foundation for a college degree.”

LEARN MORE: Portland State launches pathway toward a college degree for women serving time at Coffee Creek prison

NW Noggin at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, September 2019
Deb has taught a similar course at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, where NW Noggin has met with young incarcerated youth on multiple occasions. We share her enthusiasm for going places, listening, and connecting people through visits, stories, learning, research, education, outreach and art.
From Mackenzie S. Kath, CCCF Executive Support to the Superintendent: “We are really looking forward to this event here at Coffee Creek! I don’t think I will be hungry afterwards, but I am still excited. :)”
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2 Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
3. Eileen Torres, OHSU
4. Jade Osilla, Lines for Life
5. Gail Stonebarger, OHSU
6. Aly Berry, PSU Science of Creativity & Learning FRINQ
7. Annika Hokanson, PSU
8. Sorrel Johnson, PSU

THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING YOUR LEDS FORM 🙂
LEDS Request Noggin at Coffee Creek
Learn more about NW Noggin @ MacLaren at the links below.

LEARN MORE: Myelinating at MacLaren
LEARN MORE: All is in motion, is growing, is you
LEARN MORE: Corrections, Bias & Brains

Noggins on the North Coast!!
2020-01-15 - 2020-01-17 | Astoria High School, 1001 W Marine Dr #5829, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
WHAT: Synaptic Community Connection in Warrenton & Astoria, OR
We did it!

NEW POST AT THE LINK
North Coast Noggins: Art, Alevins & Brains!

WHERE: Noggin visit to Warrenton High School & Astoria High School
WHEN: Wednesday – Friday, January 15 – 17
Contact: Meredith Payton, MSW, Talent Search Advisor, Clatsop Community College

Noggin returns for a few days of brains, art and research discussion at the mouth of the Columbia River!
Thursday, January 16th:
Warrenton High School, 1700 S Main Ave, Warrenton, OR 97146
8:00am – 3:00pm: We’ll set in the library and will see a mix of 9-12 grade science classes.
We did it!

Lunch on Thursday, January 16th is provided by Street 14 Cafe.
Contact: Matt Bisek

Friday, January 17th:
Astoria High School, 1001 W Marine Dr #5829, Astoria, OR 97103
8:50am – 2:15pm: 2nd period through 6th period. We’ll visit Human Performance, Art, one Honors English class, and three Psychology classes in the school library.
We did it!

Lunch on Friday, January 17th is provided by the Fort George Brewery.

See what we’ve done before in the Astoria area (at the links)…
Accumbens in Astoria

Astoria Noggins: Tipsy Buzzed Mice @ Street 14

Astoria Ales & Ideas: Your Brain in a Vortex @ the Fort George

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Michael Deveney, PSU
6. Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM
7. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia, PSU
8. Greyson Moore, PSU
9. Madi-Cho Richmond, PSU

NWNoggin fundraiser, Valley Girl @Clinton Street Theater!
2020-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton Street, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Join us This Sunday from 7-9 pm at Clinton Street Theater at 9pm for a viewing of the 80’s classic, “Valley Girl” staring Nicholas Cage and Deborah Foreman and help support NWNoggin.
The movie is free but there will be a tip jar the proceeds will go to support NWNoggin.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1294694287405242/?notif_t=plan_user_invited&notif_id=1578451796978509
https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/valley-girl/?fbclid=IwAR3fBiBaPsj3xfbGQ7xf2Ouxaf90ANHAiS6bTqcA1zDUz8G_aZqRQTcgFiA

Bias & Brain Don't Shoot PDX @ PAM
2020-01-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Portland Art Museum
WHAT: Bias & Brain @ the Portland Art Museum, in conjunction with the Hank Willis Thomas exhibit and Don’t Shoot Portland
We did it!

Such a rewarding, informative and joyous community experience!

WHERE: Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205
WHEN: Saturday, January 11, 11:00am – 1:00pm

“The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around.” –W. Kamau Bell
LEARN MORE: The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America
Discover brains, art projects and neuroscience research related to perception, bias, action and music. Ask questions, make art, hear extraordinary songs – and explore issues surrounding gun violence, corporate branding and discrimination.

LEARN MORE: Race, Bias & Brain: You Can’t Control Art

MUSIC IS POWERFUL MEDICINE

PRINT: The Brain on Music (1) by Kanani Miyamoto

“Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.” –Erykah Badu
LEARN MORE: The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response
LEARN MORE: “Where’s the Music?” Using Music Therapy for Pain Management
LEARN MORE: Music-Induced Analgesia in Chronic Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review
LEARN MORE: Reviewing the Effectiveness of Music Interventions in Treating Depression
LEARN MORE: Musical practice as an enhancer of cognitive function in healthy aging – A systematic review and meta-analysis
LEARN MORE: Musical training as an alternative and effective method for neuro-education and neuro-rehabilitation
LEARN MORE: Music facilitate the neurogenesis, regeneration and repair of neurons
LEARN MORE: Music Making as a Tool for Promoting Brain Plasticity across the Life Span

PRINT: The Brain on Music (2) by Kanani Miyamoto

“Music makes us want to live. You don’t know how many times people have told me that they’d been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That’s the power music has.” –Mary J. Blige

PRINT: And Then There Were the Songs, by Kanani Miyamoto
We are THRILLED to hear from LaRhonda Steele and Karen Trusty from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who will present civil rights freedoms songs and spoken word to add to the historical expressive experience of those who are fighting white supremacy and gun violence in America.

LEARN MORE: LaRhonda Steele, Portland’s first lady of the blues
LISTEN: Spirit of Freedom

14,719 (2018), by Hank Willis Thomas; “Each star represents a person shot and killed by someone else in the United States in 2018.”
LEARN MORE: In Portland, Falling Stars Shine a Light on Gun Violence
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Nuno Busch, PSU
6. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
7. Evan Segura, Portland Psychedelic Society
8. Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
9. Mikah Brandes, PSU
10. Aaron, Eisen, NUNM
11. Madi-Cho Richmond, PSU
12. Danny Leister-Gray, PSU
13. Jade Osilla, Lines for Life
14. Madeline Ogle, PSU
15. Greyson Moore, PSU
16. Moxxy Rogers, PSU
17. Alisha Steigerwald, PSU
18. Sydney Duran, PSU

LEARN MORE ABOUT BIAS & BRAIN AT THE LINKS BELOW
Race, Bias & Brain: You Can’t Control Art
https://nwnoggin.org/2018/01/28/art-race-bias-brain/

Corrections, Bias & Brains
https://nwnoggin.org/2018/09/30/corrections-bias-brains/

Listening to testimony @ p:ear
https://nwnoggin.org/2019/03/27/listening-to-testimony-pear/

Noggin @ Fort Vancouver
2019-12-13 07:15 - 14:05 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Fort Vancouver High

We did it!

Check out the post by Madeline Ogle from PSU!
Why do you study the brain?

So many awesome volunteers from Portland State University!!

“Let knowledge serve!”

WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA 98661
(Please check in at the school office)
WHEN: Friday, December 13, 2018, 7:15am – 2:05pm
Yes, they start that early 😝 And NO, they shouldn’t… 🙄

We’ll be there to consider remarkable questions from young people still subjected to unconscionably early school start times, which are known to harm developing adolescent brains.
LEARN MORE: Sleep habits, academic performance, and the adolescent brain structure
LEARN MORE: School Start Times, Sleep, Behavioral, Health, and Academic Outcomes
LEARN MORE: Noggins in Nod
Valuing teaching, outreach and community engagement: #scitalk but with genuine action, too 🙂
See what we’ve done previously at the sleep-deprived Home of the Trappers…
Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!

This is the last Friday of finals week at Portland State – and just look at the enthusiasm for genuine #scicomm #sciart outreach and engagement!!

Part of the afternoon Noggin crew!
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Cam Howard, PSU (9:30am – 2:05pm)
4. Aaron Eisen, NUNM (9:30am – 2:05pm)
5. Danny Gray, PSU (9:30am – 2:05pm)
6. Jason Blume, PSU
7. Katherine Werth, PSU
8. Emanuel Heller, PSU
9. Katie Hashimoto, PSU
10. Sydney Duran, PSU
11. Jessica Cary, PSU
12. Julia Schmidt, PSU/PSU Neuro Club President (9:30am – 2:05pm)
13. Greyson Moore, PSU
14. Madeline Ogle, PSU
15. Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
16. Lidia Echeverria, PSU
17. Lesley Guerra, PSU
18. Noemi Martinez, PSU
19. Paul Delahanty, PSU (11:00am – 2:05pm)
20. Cameran Nicholas, PSU
21. Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
22. Cassie James, PSU
23. David Marmarinos, PCC
24. Sai Kiersarsky, PSU (9:30am – 2:05pm)
25. Liliana Prychyna, PSU
Read what biology teacher CoreyAnne Russell has to say…
What will your students remember in five years?

PSU Neuro Club White (Matter) Elephant Exchange!
2019-12-05 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club White (Matter!) Elephant Gift Exchange
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, December 5, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Psychedelic Neuroscience!
2019-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton Street, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
WHAT: A review of current research on microdosing and treatments for substance use disorders, depression, and PTSD with Aaron Eisen, NUNM
THANK YOU Portland Psychedelic Society for supporting NW Noggin!!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK
Psychedelic Portland

WHERE: Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR 97202
WHEN: TUESDAY, December 3, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00pm

Description: How can microdosing alter our creative and cognitive abilities? Can a few doses of psilocybin help patients with treatment resistant depression? Why is MDMA therapy showing an 83% level of efficacy in treating PTSD while current treatments, at most, show only a 25% level of efficacy? How can ayahuasca regulate dopamine levels for people living with substance use disorders? What are the dangers and challenges associated with psychedelic use in a recreational or therapeutic environment? How can one become a legitimate (legal) psychedelic researcher or clinician?

All of these questions will be answered on Tuesday by Aaron Eisen at the famous Clinton Street Theater!!!!
No illegal activity will be allowed within meeting.
$5-20 donation greatly appreciated, but no one turned away for lack of funds.
See you all there 😄❤️✌️

Noggin @ David Douglas High School
2019-12-03 07:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | David Douglas High School, 1001 SE 135th Ave, Portland, OR, 97233, United States
WHAT: Visit to Psychology classrooms at David Douglas High School
We did it! Learn more at the links below…

Inspiration & Education!

Everything but guns

WHERE: David Douglas High School, 1001 SE 135th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97233
WHEN: Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 7:30am – 2:30pm
Contact: Heather Roberts, Social Studies/Psychology Teacher, David Douglas High School

We’ll meet with students in Grades 10, 11 and 12, many in the Psych I and AP Psych classes at David Douglas High School. Here is the schedule for the day!
1. 7:40am – 9:07am (85 students)
2. 9:17am – 10:46am (59 students)
3. 11:26am – 12:53pm (85 students)
4. 1:03pm – 2:30pm (29 students)
Students here are studying the nervous system, and prepared creative, informative tri-folds – and neuron models – featuring details on the brain!

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Denesa Lockwood, NW Noggin/OHSU
4. Drew Sinclair, PSU
5. Danny Gray, PSU
6. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
7. Cam Howard, PSU
8. Paul Delahanty, PSU
9. Muhammad Ayob Mohamed Amin, PSU
10. Madeline Ogle, PSU

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-26 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear (last Tuesday in fall)
WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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…

We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and other collaborators.!

Learning about the brain, and behavior, and genuine, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people who experience anxiety, depression, drug addiction, bias, chronic stress – and for many the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, and lack of affordable housing that can impact the development of us all.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
See what we’ve done this month already with p:ear…
Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

Nicotine is a gateway drug

Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin, National University of Natural Medicine
Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
Johanna Hostick, OHSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Jessica Squires, PSU
Isidro Chan, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Cameran Nicholas, PSU
Kyle Stinson, PSU
Jason Blume, PSU
Natalie DeWitt, PSU
Patricia Fraker, PSU
Sara Moreno. PSU

PSU Neuro Club Research in Review
2019-11-21 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club Research in Review – Beth Habecker on Cardiac Nerve Regeneration
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, October 31, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Noggin @ Sunnyside PPS!
2019-11-21 12:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sunnyside Environmental School, 3421 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit with 4th graders at Sunnyside Environmental School, Portland Public Schools
We did it!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…

What about the glia?

WHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School, 3421 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Thursday, November 21, 2019, 12:30 – 3:00pm
Contact: Asa Gervich, 4th Grade Teacher, Sunnyside Environmental School

12:30 – 1:00pm: Arrival at school office and set up
1:00 – 2:00pm: First group of 27 4th graders, Room 205 (Asa Gervich)
2:00 – 3:00pm: Second group of 28 4th graders, Room 203 (Jeremy Thomas)
From Asa: “Our 4th graders have background knowledge about how the Prefrontal Cortex, Amygdala, and Hippocampus play roles in cultivating self-regulation (see Dr. Dan Siegel hand model, “flipping one’s lid”, etc), and have also learned a bit about how this idea of “Growth Mindset” is actually supported by brain science, and what we know about how new neural pathways get formed…”

“Anything that supports these concepts would be awesome – a lot of what we talk about around brains and neuroscience is related to self-regulation (something we’re all working on!) and how new learning happens in the brain. In our brainstorm, my students were super curious and fascinated by how new learning, new information, actually gets wired/stored in their brains! I’m thinking that the pipe-cleaner neuron modeling looks very interesting!”

Sunnyside encourages a place-based approach to education. “Place-based education differs from traditional classroom-based education in that it is founded on the belief that students’ local community as one of the most important resources for learning. Place-based education at Sunnyside Environmental school means that part of the student learning experience is spent beyond the walls of the actual school building. Natural spaces, local neighborhoods, museums, our own school yard and university campuses are just a few places where our students learn in place. These locations provide a canvas upon which elements of history, environmental education, scientific and biological relationships, culture, mathematics, economy, literature, and art are used to help children authentically make meaning of the world around them.”

We thoroughly agree! We don’t expect K-12 students to come to us; we volunteer and go where people study, work, live – and listen, learn, discover, make art, share stories (and brains!) – and genuinely connect…
LEARN MORE: Honest selves @ Hosford

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU/Gallery 114
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM
Paul Delahanty, PSU
Michael Deveney, PSU
Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
Jacob Schoen, OHSU

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-19 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear
We did it!

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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…

We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and other collaborators.!

Learning about the brain, and behavior, and the evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people struggling, like many, with anxiety, depression, drugs, bias, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
Cam Howard, PSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Zachary Hesson, PSU

PSU Neuro Club MOVIE NIGHT!
2019-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club MOVIE “Awakenings“
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, October 31, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

LEARN MORE: Awakenings: In Real Life

Reception for “MEMORY: Cerebral Entanglement”
2019-11-14 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Dengerink Gallery at WSU (Vancouver), 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave,, Vancouver, WA, United States
In this exhibition you will find yourself beneath an imagined landscape of the brain. Dendritic arms made of fabric-wrapped wire reach out to create an experience of neuroplasticity.

WHAT: Reception for “MEMORY: Cerebral Entanglement” an art installation by Kindra Crick
WHERE: Dengerink Gallery at WSU (Vancouver) 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA
WHEN: Thursday, November 14th from 5:30 – 8:30pm

One of the greatest mysteries of the mind is our memory, the ability to time-travel and use recollections, whether conscious or not, to shape our future choices. At our core, when we think about who we are, we rely on a confluence of evolving narratives we remember.
For an exploration of memory, join NW Noggin Brain Board members artist Kindra Crick and Legacy Research Institute (LRI) neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness this Thursday.
Memory: Cerebral Entanglement started in late 2015 as a NW Noggin collaboration between Kindra Crick and LRI neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness who was researching memory in Dr. Barbara Sorg’s Legacy Research Institute Lab. Included in this exhibit are three microscopic images taken from the lab’s latest research.
Dr. Harkness investigates net-like structures called perineuronal nets which surround neurons in our brain and are associated with memory retention and the close of developmental learning windows. Although these net-like structures were documented over a hundred years ago by Italian neuroscientist Camillo Golgi, their role in our memories is only beginning to be understood. Golgi described this scaffolding outside the neuron as a “kind of corset.” That description was the inspiration for sculptural materials. To echo Golgi, each neuron is ensnared in netted fabric that shimmers in its delicate embrace of scraps of memory held within each synaptic connection.
On hand dyed kozo paper, ink portraits of untangled, overlapping individual neurons dance around the gallery walls. This is a small sample of the 86 billion neurons which, when networked and active, help generate our every sensation and thought.

Ideas Spreading: untangled ink portraits of neurons on hand dyed kozo paper

In magnifying and re-imagining these hidden molecular structures, Kindra’s aim is to evoke the wonder of discovery and offer an imagined vision of the spectacular biological machinery which may comprise the very core of our memories and our essential sense of self.
Exhibition runs: September 9, 2019 – January 6, 2020
Gallery hours weekdays (M – Th) from 7am – 10pm and Friday from 7am – 5pm and is free and open to the public.

Undergraduates enjoying the MEMORY art installation

Noggin @ Shahala!
2019-11-14 07:45 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Shahala Middle School, 601 SE 192nd Avenue, Vancouver, WA, 98683, United States
WHAT: We’ll visit Shahala Middle School in Vancouver (Evergreen Public Schools) to talk about (and look at) brains, and make pipe cleaner neurons with ~360 students!
We did it!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
Freedom @ Shahala

WHERE: Shahala Middle School, 601 SE 192nd Ave., Vancouver, WA; meet at school office at 7:45am, sessions will take place in the school media center
WHEN: Thursday, November 14, 2019, 7:45am – noon

Shahala Middle School is in Vancouver’s Evergreen Public School District, and is named after the Katlagakya people, called “Shahala” by Lewis & Clark, which translates to “above.” Visiting is so much fun, with terrific kids who ask us fascinating questions (for example: are brains edible?)!

Make brain lobe hats, brain cells, and hold real brains! Ask questions and learn..!
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Denesa Lockwood, NW Noggin/OHSU
Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
Cam Howard, NW Noggin/PSU
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM

See what we’ve done at Shahala in the past…
Trickster Brains @ Shahala

Are brains edible?

See what we did last year!
Synapses @ Shahala!

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-12 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear
We did it!

LEARN MORE @ the LINK…
Nicotine is a gateway drug

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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…

See what we did last Tuesday!
Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and other collaborators.!

Learning about the brain, and behavior, and the evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people struggling, like many, with anxiety, depression, drugs, bias, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
Johanna Hostick, OHSU
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Danny Gray, PSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Cameran Nicholas, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU

Armies in the Clouds: Jeff Leake & Will Kendall @ G114
2019-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Jeff Leake & Will Kendall @ Gallery 114
WHERE: Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00pm
“There is a universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good-will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.” –David Hume

Prayers for fish, by Jeff Leake; LEARN MORE: Jeff Leake
LEARN MORE: Jeff Leake & Will Kendall @ G114

Noggin @ p:ear
2019-11-05 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear
We did it!
Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
WHEN: Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan
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…

We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and other collaborators.!

Learning about the brain, and behavior, and the evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people struggling, like many, with anxiety, depression, drugs, bias, chronic stress – and the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, lack of affordable housing and other factors that can impact development.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear
Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Aaron Eisen, National University of Natural Medicine
4. Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
5. Johanna Hostick, OHSU
6. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
7. Sydney Duran, PSU
8. August Fox, PSU
9. Danny Gray, PSU
10. Carli Cox, PSU
11. Cameran Nicholas, PSU

PSU Neuro Club Research in Review
2019-10-31 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fariborz Maseeh Hall, Portland State University, 1855 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201-3295, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuroscience Club Research in Review – Marissa Kellogg on Clinical Neurology
WHERE: Fariborz Maseeh Hall Room 234, Portland State University, 1855 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97201-3295
WHEN: Thursday, October 31, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Research In Review Flyer

A Noggin Halloween @ Intel!
2019-10-29 14:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Intel Hawthorn Farm campus 3, Hawthorn Farm campus 3 (HF3), Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin + Intel Halloween Brain Event
We did it!

Neuron pumpkin carving by Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
WHERE: Intel, Hawthorn Farm campus 3 (HF3), 5200 NE Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124
WHEN: Tuesday, October 29, 2:00pm – 5:30pm

We celebrated the season with Intel employees and their families, and learned more about neural network inspired research at this sprawling Oregon campus. Intel also presented NW Noggin with a donation to help us engage in more arts-integrated neuroscience outreach throughout the Northwest (and beyond!).

Thank you Shashi Jain and Aimee Hyde at Intel!!!
Nonprofit Noggins!

We’re also bringing our new BioGifted outreach brain!

LEARN MORE about collaboration between Intel and NW Noggin…
The Tracks We Leave

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Thomas Rounds, PSU
3. Brenda Yan, PSU
4. Cam Howard, PSU
5. Jessica Cary, PSU
6. Mayu Tomioka, PSU
7. Danny Gray, PSU
8. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
9. Aaron Eisen, NUNM
10. Maria Galvan-Bravo, PSU
11. Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
12. Sara Moreno, PSU

Noggin @ Portland Psychedelic Conference!
2019-10-26 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark Street #203, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
WHAT: Noggin art & brains @ Portland Psychedelic conference 2019
We did it!

NW Noggin volunteers Aaron Eisen (a Portland State University graduate now at NUNM), Cam Howard, Sai Kiersarsky (fresh off two conferences in Chicago!), and fellow PSU undergraduate Philip Bouleh, and NW Noggin Brain Board member Denesa Lockwood from OHSU, were invited guests at the 2019 Portland Psychedelic conference at Revolution Hall!
WHERE: Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark Street, #203, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2019, 9:00am – 6:00pm

“The mystical experience is doubly valuable; it is valuable because it gives the experiencer a better understanding of (themselves) and the world and because it may help (them) to lead a less self-centered and more creative life.” — Aldous Huxley
2019 Conference: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Healing (October 26, 2019)
James Fadiman is the keynote speaker at the 2019 Portland Psychedelic Conference. Dr. Fadiman is a leading psychologist, psychedelic researcher, writer and co-founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University).

James Fadiman with Aaron Eisen, the NW Noggin Resource Council member for Communications – and a pipe cleaner neuron! From Aaron: “He asked about the neurons/NW Noggin and thought it was absolutely wonderful! He said a lot of PhD students stuck in labs could benefit from building pipe cleaner neurons and helping to educate youth!”

LEARN MORE: Might Microdosing Psychedelics Be Safe and Beneficial? An Initial Exploration

“Thus began a third phase of psychedelic research…Whereas, in the first phase the participant’s experiences tended to be controlled and delimited, even if inadvertently, by the experimenter’s and the subject’s preconceptions, and in the second phase to be more uncontrolled and wide-ranging in scope, the emphasis now was on the selection of specific kinds of psychedelic experience and of specific ways to produce and maintain them.” — James Fadiman

Aaron, Cam, Sai, Philip and Denesa made pipe cleaner neurons, heard from leading researchers in the field, examined real human brains, and discussed the actions and effects of psychedelics with conference attendees…

Author, psychologist, researcher, and university co-founder James Fadiman with a rainbow noggin: Can’t think of a more appropriate 3D printed brain!

LEARN MORE about psychedelics from Anthony Bossis…
A less self-centered and more creative life

Oregon Neuroscience Reception!
2019-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Cactus Bar & Grill, 404 S. Wells St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
WHAT: Oregon Neuroscience Reception @ SfN
WHERE: Cactus Bar & Grill, 404 S. Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607
WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2019, 8:00pm – 10:00pm

OHSU is hosting the second annual Oregon Neuroscience reception at SfN in collaboration with the University of Oregon and The Vollum Institute!

Noggin @ W. Brown Elementary!
2019-10-21 09:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | William Brown STEM School, 54 N Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to W. Brown Elementary
NOTE: On hold due to strike at Chicago Public Schools. Hoping for an equitable contract!
WHERE: William Brown Elementary School, 54 N Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2019, 9:30am – 2:30pm
Contact: Jessica Mahon, Executive Director of STEM, Teaching & Learning, Chicago Public Schools

We’re working out more details, but our volunteers will visit with students at William Brown Elementary School to talk brains and make art during the annual Society for Social Neuroscience & Society for Neuroscience conferences in Chicago!

“The vision of William H. Brown STEM School is to equip our students with the tools they need to succeed technologically, economically, and culturally for a global community. Through the use of 4Cs: creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking Brown students will achieve personal success and become a responsible and productive citizen. Brown’s facilities include a new STEM lab, a broadcast studio, a digital library, two lead STEM instructors, and 1-to-1 ratio of iPads for all classrooms.”

VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
3. Denesa Oberbeck, OHSU/NW Noggin
4. Aaron Manakai Eisen, PSU/NUNM/NW Noggin
5. Cam Howard, PSU/NW Noggin
6. Albert (Sai) Kiersarsky, PSU
7. Mikah Brandes, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Madison Cho-Richmond, PSU
9. Anita Randolph, OHSU/BEADS
10. Rachel Lukowicz, University of Oregon
11. Leigh-Jane Wilson, Kings College London
12. Richard Wingate, Kings College London
13. Jade Osilla, PSU/YouthLine
