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Brain Watch @ Providence!

Providence St. Vincent Hospital 9205 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, OR, United States

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

Noggin @ Velo Cult: Chronic Pain & Mary Jane

Velo Cult Bike Shop 1969 NE 42nd, Portland, OR

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…

“Four” an exhibit of PNCA graduate students at Gallery 114

Gallery 114 1100 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

Gallery 114 Hosts PNCA Exhibit As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Pacific Northwest College of Art, in February Gallery 114 hosts a show of MFA candidates entitled “Four.”  Four PNCA graduate students present paintings, prints, and installation work in a show curated by Maximiliano Martinez, MFA candidate in…

P:ear Planning mtg

Portland State University Cramer Hall, Room 317Z, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, United States

We'll meet to prepare topics, materials and related art projects for our upcoming outreach visits to the P:ear homeless youth drop in center.  More details on these efforts are available here... Noggin returns to P:ear 🍐! Confirmed participants:  Scott Jones, Brittany Alperin, Erin McConnell, Kanani Miyamoto

Noggin @ Shahala Middle School in Vancouver!

Shahala Middle School 601 SE 192nd Avenue, Vancouver, WA, United States

What: We will be visiting Shahala Middle School in Vancouver (Evergreen Public Schools) for two days in February to talk about (and look at) brains and make pipe cleaner neurons with over 400 students! See what we did on Tuesday, February 7th! Synapses @ Shahala! Where: Shahala middle school, 601 SE 192nd Ave.,…

Noggin @ Shahala Middle School in Vancouver!

Shahala Middle School 601 SE 192nd Avenue, Vancouver, WA, United States

What: We will be visiting Shahala Middle School in Vancouver (Evergreen Public Schools) for two days in February to talk about (and look at) brains and make pipe cleaner neurons with over 400 students! It should look similar to this visit to Skyridge middle school we made last November. See what we did…

Noggin Tuesdays @ P:ear!

P:ear 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

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… Here is an overview of the planning and session ideas for all four upcoming visits. We'll…

Noggin @ Annual Cannabis Collaborative Conference!

Portland EXPO Center 2060 North Marine Dr., Portland, OR, United States

Art, Pain, & Cannabinoids: Results from Research Bill Griesar, Ph.D. , Jeff Leake, M.F.A. , Ram Kandasamy How and where do cannabinoids, chemicals found in marijuana, act in the brain, and what are the effects on behavior? How have artists, approached (and sometimes used) these drugs to develop works that compel,…

Noggin @ HeLa High!

He La High School 9105 NE 9th St, Vancouver, WA, United States

FINALLY! (The MULTIPLE SNOWPOCALYPSES are hopefully over :) Noggins @ HeLa High! Thursday, February 16 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, Washington State University Vancouver, and OHSU will meet with about 400 students at Henrietta Lacks High School, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain… EXPLORE MORE:  Hippocampal…