Events

A discussion of neurotransmitters... Volunteers will introduce anatomy and physiology of brain networks/pathways involving specific neurotransmitters, including dopamine, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, serotonin...

Volunteers will discuss brain development with middle school students.  What skills do students feel they've improved over the last year  -  and where in their brains are network connections changing..? We'll bring brains (extra brains!), and Jeff will have a large brain poster and sticky notes for students to paste descriptions…

Volunteers and site coordinators for our series of 4 - 6 outreach visits to biology classrooms at Fort Vancouver High School are meeting to plan classes and activities at the McMenamin's Chapel Pub in NE Portland... Fort biology teachers will join us there too.

The movie "Alive Inside!" will be shown in the WSU Vancouver auditorium.  We'll follow the screening with a panel of NW Noggin volunteers.  Here’s a complete list of our confirmed  panel participants… Bill Griesar, Instructor and Outreach Coordinator, Neuroscience, WSU Vancouver;  Neuroscience Director, nwnoggin.org Jeff Leake, artist, Instructor and Outreach Coordinator,…

Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake will present on "The Art and Science of Legal Highs" (mostly alcohol)  -  at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria, Oregon! Have a Vortex IPA and join us...

For volunteers preparing outreach coursework for P:ear students in October, there is a mandatory training at P:ear on Saturday, October 3.  We'll follow the training with a planning meeting for our first outreach visit...

Following the mandatory training, volunteers will meet to discuss and prepare our first outreach class session...

Jeff and Bill will present a two hour workshop for arts educators on Friday, October 9th, from 8 - 10am, in Ashland, OR...

NW Noggin is honored to work alongside the Portland Art Museum in developing interpretive materials, and gallery descriptions, for visitors to the “Seeing Nature” exhibit.  The exhibit runs from October 10 - January 10...