NW NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (growing in networks)

Noggin in Grants Pass!
2019-02-20 - 2019-02-22 | North Middle School, 1725 NW Highland Ave, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
WHAT: Noggin outreach in Grants Pass, Oregon!
We made it!
LEARN MORE: Post by Art Teacher Michael Endicott…
Gray Matter in Grants Pass!

LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT NORTHWEST OUTREACH…
Synaptic Community Connections
Multiple undergraduate neuroscience classes, then a 250+ mile drive…

SNOW in the Cascades (We advised Joey to stay in Vancouver).

NEXT…a busy day of brains and art!
North students prepared a HUGE number of questions…

We did it!! Post coming soon…

ALL VOLUNTEER: No tuition, no textbooks, no access-denying admission charges, no canned elevator pitches, no institutional, overly professionalized scicomm “certificates.” We love genuine science communication, honest community connections, and creative engagement with the arts. Listening, inspiring, teaching and learning… 🙂
LEARN MORE: Community Neuroscience: How to Build an Outreach Organization
WHERE: North Middle School, 1725 NW Highland Ave, Grants Pass, OR 97526
WHEN: Wednesday, February 20 – Friday, February 22, 2019

“Every 100 feet the world changes” – Roberto Bolaño
Contact: Michael Endicott, Arts Teacher
LIMITED OPPORTUNITY: Multi-day outreach, with housing & meals provided.
We will work with ~288 students throughout Thursday. Each class will have about 30 students..!

Wednesday, February 20
Drive to Grants Pass; pizza dinner!
Housing provided at Red Lion, 1880 NW 6th St, Grants Pass, OR 97526
(Rooms: 1. Angela Hendrix, 2. Aaron Eisen & Joey Seuferling, 3. Cam Howard)

We arrived! Pizza & brews @ Oregon Pizza & Pour Authority…
Thursday, February 21
8:30am – 3:09pm; Outreach at North Middle School
Housing provided at Red Lion, 1880 NW 6th St, Grants Pass, OR 97526
(Rooms: 1. Angela Hendrix, 2. Aaron Eisen, 3. Cam Howard)

**GREAT DAY!! Over 350 6th & 7th graders!!

Friday, February 22
Breakfast @ hotel; Drive home!

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
3. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
4. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin (stayed home to safely avoid snow!)
5. Aaron Eisen, PSU/PSU Neuro Club
6. Cam Howard, PSU

Thank you Michael & Jill Endicott (and cats!) for your generous hospitality!

PSU Neuro Club Valentine's Party!
2019-02-14 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club Valentine’s Day Party!
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, February 7th, 6:30 – 8:30pm

DOWNLOAD: Valentines Day Party flyer

Noggin @ Bridges Middle School
2019-02-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Bridges Middle School, 2510 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Bridges Middle School
We did it! Learn more at the LINK…
Making our own boxes, and brains!

WHERE: Bridges Middle School, 2510 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, February 14, 2019 (Happy Valentine’s Day!), 9 – 11:00am
Contact: Heather Hofeld, Science Teacher
“The most interesting people you’ll find are ones that don’t fit into your average cardboard box. They’ll make what they need, they’ll make their own boxes” –Dr. Temple Grandin

Bridges is one of the few schools in Oregon devoted to students with learning differences. We’ll meet with students in 5th through 8th grade, discover what they already know about brains, examine brains and make brain-related art…
From Science Teacher Heather Hofeld: “We have a wide range of cognitive ability at Bridges with students performing below grade level and those who could probably handle college course work! We have studied body systems and cells this year with the nervous system taking center stage right now. My students have already learned about the basics of neurons and have created paintings of neurons which are currently up in the hallway…

LEARN MORE: MAKE Brain Map
LEARN MORE: STEAM Projects
“I like the brain mapping activity. We are currently learning about the four major lobes of the brain and then we will investigate some of the substructures. A mapping activity might reinforce what we are doing right now.”

We’ll make two large brain maps on the floor with colored craft paper – one a side (lateral) view and one cut right down the middle, front to back (mid-sagittal). We’ll identify the different lobes (which students have been studying) with different colors. And then we’ll use different colored yarn to connect regions that are linked both structurally and functionally into networks.

Image by Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club
From Eric Fezco at OHSU: “What might be interesting is to label the different large scale regions by systems, and then identify which systems may be implicated across ADHD and autism, depending on what might be altered behaviorally. We’ve been working on a study examining this in the context of executive function, so it might be a good fit here.”
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Eric Fezco, OHSU
Michael Deveney, PSU
Andrew Stanley, PSU
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin

Noggin @ American Medical Women's Association!
2019-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) meeting
We did it! Many thanks to our three BUILD EXITO volunteers!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Auras & Axons @ AMWA!

WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union (Parkway North), 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Monday, February 11, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00pm

“I didn’t want to just know names of things. I remember really wanting to know how it all worked.” – Elizabeth Blackburn, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
LEARN MORE: Blackburn Lab, University of California San Francisco

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 work in labs, as counselors, as undergraduates…

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Sawyer Perry, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO

Noggin @ Health & Science School
2019-02-07 14:30 - 16:30 | Health & Science School, 18640 NW Walker Road, Beaverton, OR, 97006, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Middle School Science Club at Health & Science School
We did it! Learn more at the LINK…
Putting brains back in biology @ HS2

WHERE: Health & Science School (HS2), 18640 NW Walker Road, Beaverton, OR 97006 (in Beaverton Public Schools)

WHEN: Thursday, February 7, 2:30pm – 4:30pm
LEAD ORGANIZER: Jacob Schoen, OHSU/NW Noggin Resource Council

The Oregon National Primate Research Center has provided monthly after-school science activities for students at HS2 since 2011. Diana Gordon from the ONPRC invited us to join them in both February (on 2/7/19) and March (3/7/19) to discuss brain research & make art…

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Jacob Schoen, OHSU/ONPRC
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Isidro Chan, PSU
Shannon O’Sullivan, OHSU/ONPRC
Jason Blume, PSU
Madison Cho-Richmond, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Jesus Martinez, PSU
Darrin Lane, PSU
Brenda Yan, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU

PSU Neuro Science Social!
2019-02-07 13:00 - 15:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club Science Social Night!
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, February 7th, 1:00 – 3:30pm

DOWNLOAD: Science Social Flyer

Noggin @ McLoughlin Science Night!
2019-01-31 17:30 - 20:00 | McLoughlin Middle School, 7462, 5802 MacArthur Blvd, Vancouver, OR, 98661, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Second Annual McLoughlin Middle School Science Night!
WHERE: McLoughlin Middle School, 7462, 5802 MacArthur Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98661
WHEN: Thursday, January 31, 5:30 – 8:00pm
Contact: Tricia Goode, Science teacher, McLoughlin Middle School
We did it! GREAT night at “the Mac!”

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK!
The World Inside Their Heads

We are so excited to bring brains, research & art to the second annual Science Night at McLoughlin! From Tricia: “I have seen NW Noggin a few years ago when my students participated in the MESA challenge at WSU-Vancouver. It was awesome. I would love for more students to experience what you have to offer!”

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Maverick Grey, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Nathan Allen, WSUV
Isidro Chan, PSU
Ashley Navarro, Mount Hood Community College
Jesus Martinez, PSU
Sydney Duran, PSU
Darrin Lane, PSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU/PSU Neuro Club
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
Veronika Lobova, WSUV
Liliana Prychyna, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU
Kelsey Payne, PSU
Jason Blume, PSU

Tree…or Purkinje cell?

NW Noggin LOVES Science & STEM + Arts (STEAM) Nights!

Future brain scientists!
Check out other nights we’ve enjoyed with volunteers, brains and art!
STEAM Ahead @ Ionotropic Irvington

Applied neuroscience – & STEAM

Sciencepalooza!

Noggin @ Twality Middle School
2019-01-24 09:00 - 13:30 | Twality Middle School, 14650 SW 97th Ave, Tigard, 97224, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Twality Middle School, Tigard-Tualatin School District
We did it! Awesome day with several hundred middle schoolers!

WHERE: Twality Middle School, 14650 SW 97th Ave, Tigard, OR 97224
WHEN: Thursday, January 24, 2019
Contact: Bayard Lyons, Science Teacher

1st period: 9:19 – 10:04
2nd period: 10:08 – 10:53
LUNCH
3rd period: 11:33 – 12:18
4th period: 12:23 – 1:08
Noggin volunteers will ask students what they already know about brains, and what they’d like to know! We’ll also examine real brains and skulls, and make brain-related art..!

Come join us! Please rsvp to griesar@pdx.edu & jleake@pdx.edu
PLEASE NOTE: ALL volunteers are *required* to complete the following (short!!) online form before arrival at the school…
Tigard Tualatin School District Volunteer Application

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Sarah Sheghewi, PSU
Aaron Eisen, Neuro Club, PSU
Darrin Lane, PSU
Robby Heiberg, PSU
Madi-Cho Richmond, PSU
Brenda Yan, PSU

Noggin @ MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility
2019-01-23 12:30 - 16:30 | MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, 97071, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility
We did it! Our thanks to Kathleen Fullerton of the HOPE Partnership and the inspiring young people we met with at MacLaren. Learn more at the link…
Making things, understanding why

WHERE: MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, OR 97071
WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, **12:30p – 4:30pm**

“Because the brain is undergoing such rapid, fundamental changes at this stage of life, adolescents have a heightened capacity to learn and to [grow] out of risky behavior. Given an environment and supports appropriate to their developmental stage, most young offenders have the potentialto become law-abiding adults.” — The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience

We returned to make art with young people who had challenging questions, and are motivated and fascinated by neuroscience research…
Learn more at these links…

LEARN MORE: Youth get visual, hands-on experience with the brain
Corrections, Bias & Brains

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Emma Schifsky, OHSU
Nathali May, PSU
Taylor Stewart, University of Portland
Eileen Torres, OHSU
Sara Moreno, PSU
Brittany Alperin, OHSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Amanda Saideepane, PSU
Madison-Cho Richmond, PSU
Chandelle Bates, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU

Neuron Screen/Block Printing Night!
2019-01-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club Screen/Block Printing Neuron Night!
We did it! T-shirts, tote bags, plus prints that will (ultimately) go up on both Noggin and Neuro Club walls…

Artist and Noggin Arts Resource Council member Kanani Miyamoto at PSU…
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, January 17th, 6:30 – 8:30pm

Don’t build a wall – build a network! A network of neurons!

Artwork by Portland State University Neuroscience Club. These are going on our walls… 🙂

Noggin @ Skyridge
2019-01-17 10:15 - 15:10 | Skyridge Middle School, 5220 NW Parker Street, Camas, WA, 98607, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Skyridge Middle School

We did it! ***260 6th graders!!
LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
Best brain scientists!

WHERE: Skyridge Middle School, 5220 NW Parker St, Camas, WA 98607
WHEN: Thursday, January 17, 10:15am – 3:10pm
Contact: Raeleen Gilman, Skyridge Middle School
Core 1 Science class 10:30-11:50am
Core 2 Science class 12:25-1:43pm
Core 3 Science class 1:47 – 3:05pm
Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with students at Skyridge, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain…

Neuron in stainless steel and copper by Darrin Lane
We are also excited to welcome PSU volunteer and metal artist Darrin Lane, who will attempt to add additional and bigger 10″ wheels to further enhance the stability and off-road capabilities of our Noggin brain cart, designed by artist Matt Cartwright!

See what we’ve done before at Skyridge at the links..!
Radiating enthusiasm @ Skyridge

Curiosity’s Sky-High at Skyridge!

The Homunculus Dance @ Skyridge

Synaptic Pruning @ Skyridge

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Aaron Eisen , PSU/PSU Neuro Club
Greyson Moore, PSU
Darrin Lane, PSU
Robby Heiberg, PSU

Noggin @ BRAIN WATCH!
2019-01-16 06:30 - 12:30 | Providence St. Vincent Hospital, 9205 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, OR, 97225, United States
WHAT: Noggin @ Providence Brain Watch surgical experience
We did it! (well – the amazing Dr. Deshmukh @ Providence hospital did :)…
More details at the link…
What is brain surgery like?

LEARN MORE: What is brain surgery like?
LEARN MORE: The scalpel raised
WHERE: Souther Auditorium, St. Vincent Hospital East Pavilion, 9155 SW Barnes Rd, Portland, OR 97225
WHEN: Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:30am – noon

Sketches by Noggin Art Coordinator Jeff Leake…
NW Noggin is thrilled to bring 30 Fort Vancouver high school students, outreach volunteers and chaperones to discover healthcare careers, and view an actual brain surgery at Providence St. Vincent Hospital! Learn more about PROVIDENCE BRAIN WATCH, our plans and past visits to this extraordinary educational program at the links…
See what we learned and experienced in 2017…
Living brain, successful surgery

See what we learned and experienced in 2016…
Brain Watch Wednesday!

Many thanks to the surgeon, medical staff and Brain Watch organizers at Providence for this unique educational opportunity!!
LEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN + FORT VANCOUVER HIGH AT THE LINK…

Noggin @ Fort Vancouver!

Neuroscience outreach group: Growing in Networks
Crossing state, age, institutional & disciplinary lines for innovative volunteer educational outreach, thanks to our extraordinary community partners…!
LEARN MORE ABOUT NW NOGGIN PARTNERS AT THE LINK!
Collaborators

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin Resource Council (Hospital/healthcare outreach)
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Heather Hamilton, PSU/Neuro Club/NIH BUILD EXITO
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU/Neuro Club/Advanced Neurophys TA
Michael Deveney, PSU/Neuro Club/Advanced Neurophys TA
Sara Moreno, PSU
Veronika Lobova, WSU Vancouver

Noggin @ UO Institute of Neuroscience!
2019-01-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 222 Huestis Hall, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
WHAT: Noggin presentation at the University of Oregon Institute of Neuroscience (ION)

We did it! Learn more about ION & Noggin at the link..!
Ducks, Fish, Art & Brains!

WHERE: Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 222 Huestis Hall, Eugene, OR 97401
WHEN: Thursday, January 10, 4-5pm

Jeff Leake and Bill Griesar of NW Noggin are invited to present a seminar on arts integrated neuroscience outreach at the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon in Eugene!

We’re excited to meet with students and faculty (including Kate Mills, Elliot Berkman, Bill Harbaugh and Marjorie Taylor), and explore the terrific art and science outreach efforts of ION and the Eugene Science Center! We’ll bring (extra) brains, make art and discuss outreach throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond..!

ITINERARY: NWNoggin Agenda_Final UO 1_19
Thank you Rachel Lukowicz in Adam Miller’s Lab at the Institute of Neuroscience for organizing a full day of events, including a NeuroArt Tour of campus, lunch with Womyn in Neuroscience, and the chance to meet the inspiring neuroscientists and artists who created the celebrated Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art!

Warm Glow, or fabricMRI: Bill‘s Brain, by Marjorie Taylor (2009)
SLIDES (ppt): Brain Awareness SLIDES 2019 WIDE SMALL
SLIDES (pdf): Brain Awareness SLIDES 2019 WIDE SMALL

Join us if you’d like to connect with fellow grad students and undergrads at the University of Oregon! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu…

Drosophila Fly Head, by Wayne Chabre
NOGGIN WRANGLER
Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club

Future neuroscientists, inspired by arts-integrated community outreach…

White (Matter!) Elephant Gift Exchange!
2018-11-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club White Elephant Gift Exchange!
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, November 15th, 7:00 – 10:00pm

Now that Thanksgiving is over, we have officially entered the holiday season! To commemorate that now is the appropriate time to sing carols and put up lights, we will be having our white (matter) elephant exchange! Please bring a wrapped gift valuing ten dollars or less and join us for a night of food and fun!

We will meet on Nov. 29th at 7:00 pm in SMSU 294. Hope to see you there!

Another reminder that we have a volunteer opportunity with NW Noggin coming up! They will be at Fort Vancouver High School on November 29th from 7:15am-2:05pm. If you are interested, please email griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu or jpatchingbunch@gmail.com

Noggin @ Fort Vancouver!

Regards,
The Neuroscience Club at PSU

Noggin @ Fort Vancouver!
2018-11-29 07:15 - 14:05 | Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Fort Vancouver High
We did it!

Remarkable questions from young people still subjected to unconscionably early school start times, which are well 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
Research should drive policy. It was astonishing how many questions revolved around sleep disturbances, including sleep paralysis, night terrors, hypnopompic and hypnogogic disruptions. This is unsurprising given that classes begin at 7:25am…

STAY TUNED: More posts to come!
WHERE: Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E 18th St, Vancouver, WA 98661
(Please check in at the school office)
WHEN: Thursday, November 29th, 2018, 7:15am – 2:05pm
Yes, they start that early 😝 And NO, they shouldn’t… 🙄
LEARN MORE: Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

See what we’ve done previously at the sleep-deprived Home of the Trappers…
Trap Squad!

Brains, biofeedback & SLEEP

Ventricles in Vancouver!

Come join us! Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu, jleake@pdx.edu & jpatchingbunch@gmail.com…
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Jade Osilla, PSU
Ruth Marigomen, WSUV
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU/NW Noggin Resource Council
Sawyer Perry, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Madison Cho-Richmond, PSU
Jesse Benefiel, PSU
AJ Mitchell, OHSU
Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
McKell Barrett, PSU
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin Resource Council
Ali Javaheri, PSU

NW Noggin Boxes @ Intel
2018-11-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Jones Farm 1, Intel, 2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin + Intel “Synapses & Stories” Native Art & Brains
We did it! THANK YOU INTEL!!!

LEARN MORE AT THE LINK…
The Tracks We Leave

WHERE: Intel, Jones Farm Campus 1, 2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124
WHEN: Tuesday, November 20, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with the Intel Native American Employees Network, which prepared a prototype “Noggin Box” for our recent Spirit Mountain Community Fund supported outreach with public schools in Lincoln and Yamhill counties…

LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song!
During a discussion with Shashi Jain, an Innovation Manager and Startup Program Lead at Intel and Theresa Smith, the Culture Teacher at Siletz Valley Early College Academy, Theresa described an infuriating event which featured “Black art, Latino art – and Native artifacts” – as if somehow valuable Native art wasn’t currently being made…

LEARN MORE: Art vs. Artifact: How nomenclature defines our value of Indian culture
Shashi spoke with Jeff Leake, the Arts Coordinator for NW Noggin, who put him in touch with three celebrated Native artists. Phillip Benjamin Thomas (Chickasaw Nation), Stephanie Littlebird Fogel (Clatsop and Kalapuya), and Don Bailey (Hupa) all contributed artwork, which is now on display at Intel this month!

Thank you Intel for inviting us to campus!

We’ll have the opportunity to view the work, we’ll present brains and art from Synapses & Stories – and we’ll accept 50 donated Noggin boxes from Intel, filled with pipe cleaners, 3D printed brains, and art project instructions, to continue our outreach in public schools!!!

LEARN MORE: Noggin Bloggin
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Jade Osilla, Portland State University
Jacob Schoen, OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center
Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin Resource Council member for hospital/healthcare outreach
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin

PSU Neuro Arts and Crafts Night!
2018-11-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club Arts and Crafts Night!
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, November 15th, 6:30 – 8:30pm

From the PSU Neuroscience Club…
What’s shakin’ hippocampus homies?
All our members are back from the Society of Neuroscience conference and had a great time! They presented the poster about our work with NW Noggin, got to try fun demos, picked up loads of free swag, and made pipe cleaner neurons with conference-goers.

If that last part sounds like fun, you’re in luck! This week’s meeting is our arts and crafts night! We will have plenty of supplies, all you need to do is get creative! Arts and crafts night will be Thursday the 15th from 6:30-8:30 pm in SMSU 294.
Give your brain a break before finals and enjoy some friends, food, and art!
Regards,
The Neuroscience Club at PSU

Noggin/UCSD @ Montgomery Middle School
2018-11-06 08:00 - 15:15 | Montgomery Middle School, 2470 Ulric St., San Diego, 92111-6099, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin + UC San Diego Neuroscience @ Montgomery Middle School
We did it! More details coming soon…

WHERE: Montgomery Middle School, 2470 Ulric St., San Diego, CA 92111-6099
WHEN: Tuesday, November 6, 8:00am – 3:15pm

Contact: Rob Corona, MSAP Resource Teacher, SDUSD Office of School Innovations

Participants
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Louis Sumrall, PSU
Mary Lerner, PSU
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Jonathan Uriarte-Lopez, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Jade Osilla, PSU
Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU

Neuroscience 2018 Presidential Reception
2018-11-06 | CA, United States
WHAT: Society for Neuroscience Presidential reception
INVITATION ONLY

Current SfN President: Richard Huganir

LEARN MORE: BLOOMBERG DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES AND DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE

“The membership of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) recently elected Barry Everitt, president-elect, the first member based outside of North America to hold the position since the Society was founded in 1969.”

LEARN MORE: Barry Everett, The Royal Society
LEARN MORE: SfN Welcomes First President-Elect from Outside North America
Invited from Noggin…
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/Portland State/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/Portland State

Noggin/UCSD @ Linda Vista Elementary
2018-11-05 12:30 - 15:15 | Linda Vista Elementary School, 2772 Ulric St, San Diego, CA, 92111, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin + UC San Diego Neuroscience @ Linda Vista Elementary School
We did it! Post coming soon…

“When I say something without thinking, is my brain still doing it?”
WHERE: Linda Vista Elementary School, 2772 Ulric St, San Diego, CA 92111
WHEN: Monday, November 5, 12:30pm – 3:15pm

Contact: Rob Corona, MSAP Resource Teacher, SDUSD Office of School Innovations
Participants
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Louis Sumrall, PSU
Jesse Benefiel, PSU
Mary Lerner, PSU
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Jonathan Uriarte-Lopez, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Jade Osilla, PSU
Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU

Noggin/UCSD @ Carson Elementary
2018-11-05 08:00 - 12:30 | Carson Elementary School, 6905 Kramer St, San Diego, CA, 92111, United States
WHAT: NW Noggin + UC San Diego Neuroscience @ Carson Elementary School
We did it! Post coming soon…

WHERE: Carson Elementary School, 6905 Kramer St, San Diego, CA 92111
WHEN: Monday, November 5, 8:00am – 12:30pm

Contact: Rob Corona, MSAP Resource Teacher, SDUSD Office of School Innovations
Participants
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Louis Sumrall, PSU
Jesse Benefiel, PSU
Mary Lerner, PSU
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Jonathan Uriarte-Lopez, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU
Jade Osilla, PSU
Denesa Lockwood, OHSU
Angela Gonzalez, WSUV
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU

NW Noggin + UCSD Neuro K-12 Outreach
2018-11-05 - 2018-11-06 | OR
WHAT: Noggin + UCSD Neuro outreach in San Diego Public Schools
We did it! Learn more here…
Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

WHERE: Linda Vista Elementary, Carson and Montgomery schools
WHEN: Monday (11/5) – Tuesday (11/6)

NW Noggin is thrilled to partner (again!) with the San Diego Unified School District Office of School Innovations and University of California Neuroscience on new outreach to academic priority classrooms during the Society for Neuroscience conference!

Thanks to Lynnie Fein-Schafer and Lindsay Altidor from the Society for Neuroscience for joining us at Carson and Montgomery, and for Javier How and Nadine Heyworth from UCSD Neurosciences for brains and enthusiastic outreach engagement!
Public School Outreach Schedule

MONDAY (8 – 12:30), November 5: Carson Elementary School
MONDAY (12:30 – 3:15), November 5: Linda Vista Elementary School
TUESDAY (8:00 – 3:15), November 6: Montgomery Middle School

See what we did the last time the conference was in town!
Cortical Connections in San Diego Schools!

Noggin will present the keynote address at the SfN Brain Awareness Event on Saturday, November 3, and we’ll follow with multiple school visits – with plenty of brains and art – during the week!

Public Awareness of Neuroscience Poster Event!
2018-11-04 09:00 - 10:00 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
WHAT: Noggin Theme J (Public Awareness of Neuroscience) poster presentation at SfN
We did it! More details below…

WHERE: San Diego Convention Center: SDCC Halls B-H; 0.26.02SU/LLL55
WHEN: Sunday Nov 4, 2018 9:00am – 10am

NW Noggin: homelessness and the brain – seeing us all through research and art
GRIESAR, W.S.* **, LEAKE, J.* ** ***
“It’s like people see me as an object, not as a human being.”

Science needs investment, and engaging people builds support for research and education. Integrating arts in STEM (“STEAM”) fosters innovative engagement. Here we report on efforts to bring together new researchers and outreach volunteers, clinicians, policy makers and, as equal participants, young members of our community who lack safe, secure places to call home. Nonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes graduates and undergraduates to collaborate and engage, building networks and inspiring people about discovery in neuroscience and art. Volunteers benefit from working across disciplines and institutions, serving as “near peer” role models, gaining skill explaining work and thinking creatively about careers. We’ve met with over 20,000 K-12 students since 2012!

Noggin loves to visit p:ear, a nonprofit for homeless youth. P:ear offers community, services and a welcoming educational and gallery space in Portland, Oregon, filled with caring staff and volunteers for young people without safe places to sleep. We’ve had powerful conversations with adolescents struggling to overcome drugs, anxiety, depression, abandonment, bias – and a strong sense that many people pass them by as if they weren’t valuable human members of our community. Harris & Fiske (2007) found that people respond harshly to those in “extreme outgroups,” including those without homes. These street kids are correct – some respond to them with “dehumanized perception.” Yet by asking subjects to engage with images of outgroup members, there is more activation of frontal lobe networks essential for responding to others as relatable human beings. Young people at p:ear created landscapes on plaster brain casts that powerfully conveyed their feelings, significant locations, and both actual and aspirational aspects of their lives in our shared community.

In fall 2017, we put on a “Homelessness and the Brain” day at p:ear, and policy makers, clinicians, members of the public, young researchers from OHSU and PSU and houseless youth talked, listened and learned from each other about research on stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, emotional regulation, drugs, development, bias and resilience, and explored data, art and testimony from p:ear youth to illuminate links between a lack of affordable housing and all our brains.

Building excitement and awareness of discoveries in neuroscience through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, state, federal and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate on important community concerns, and increases awareness and support for investment in brain research and the arts.
* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; ** NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org); *** Department of University Studies, Portland State University
LEARN MORE: Landscapes of the Brain: Seeing us all through research & art
LEARN MORE: NW Noggin on homelessness and the brain

Noggin Keynote @ SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event
2018-11-03 14:30 - 16:00 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
WHAT: Noggin Keynote Address @ SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event
We did it! Learn more at the link…
Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

WHERE: San Diego Convention Center, SDCC 16
WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 2:30-4:00pm

Organizer/Moderator: Society for Neuroscience

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN PLANS AT SfN
NW Noggin: Action and Potential in Outreach, Education, and Research
We are deeply honored to receive this invitation, and enjoyed highlighting our creative and effective outreach volunteers!

Celebrate brain awareness by sharing your outreach achievements with Brain Awareness Week organizers from around the world. Learn how award winners from the Brain Awareness Video Contest, the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, and the National Science Olympiad are raising brain awareness. Plus, hear from Bill Griesar and Jeff Leake, the founders of NW Noggin, a robust, creative, and largely volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that brings scientists, artists, and students of all ages together to share their expertise and excitement about neuroscience. *Diversity-Themed Session

PRESENTATION SLIDES: Brain Awareness SLIDES 2018 (ppt; compressed file)
PRESENTATION SLIDES: Brain Awareness SLIDES 2018 (pdf; compressed file)
AND…MAKE YOUR OWN PIPE CLEANER NEURON!

“This is a GFP expressing glutamatergic neuron!” Pipe cleaners provided by SfN and the NIH BUILD EXITO program at Portland State…
LEARN MORE: STEAM Art Projects
We visited San Diego public schools during the conference, as we did in 2016…

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin + UCSD Neuro K-12 Outreach
LEARN MORE: Cortical Connections in San Diego Schools!
And as we did during SfN in Washington DC in 2017…

LEARN MORE: From classrooms to Congress!
We also presented our SfN poster during this event…

NW Noggin: homelessness and the brain – seeing us all through research and art
GRIESAR, W.S.* **, LEAKE, J.* ** ***

“It’s like people see me as an object, not as a human being.”
Science needs investment, and engaging people builds support for research and education. Integrating arts in STEM (“STEAM”) fosters innovative engagement. Here we report on efforts to bring together new researchers and outreach volunteers, clinicians, policy makers and, as equal participants, young members of our community who lack safe, secure places to call home. Nonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes graduates and undergraduates to collaborate and engage, building networks and inspiring people about discovery in neuroscience and art. Volunteers benefit from working across disciplines and institutions, serving as “near peer” role models, gaining skill explaining work and thinking creatively about careers. We’ve met with over 20,000 K-12 students since 2012!
Noggin loves to visit p:ear, a nonprofit for homeless youth. P:ear offers community, services and a welcoming educational and gallery space in Portland, Oregon, filled with caring staff and volunteers for young people without safe places to sleep. We’ve had powerful conversations with adolescents struggling to overcome drugs, anxiety, depression, abandonment, bias – and a strong sense that many people pass them by as if they weren’t valuable human members of our community. Harris & Fiske (2007) found that people respond harshly to those in “extreme outgroups,” including those without homes. These street kids are correct – some respond to them with “dehumanized perception.” Yet by asking subjects to engage with images of outgroup members, there is more activation of frontal lobe networks essential for responding to others as relatable human beings. Young people at p:ear created landscapes on plaster brain casts that powerfully conveyed their feelings, significant locations, and both actual and aspirational aspects of their lives in our shared community.

In fall 2017, we put on a “Homelessness and the Brain” day at p:ear, and policy makers, clinicians, members of the public, young researchers from OHSU and PSU and houseless youth talked, listened and learned from each other about research on stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, emotional regulation, drugs, development, bias and resilience, and explored data, art and testimony from p:ear youth to illuminate links between a lack of affordable housing and all our brains.

Building excitement and awareness of discoveries in neuroscience through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, state, federal and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate on important community concerns, and increases awareness and support for investment in brain research and the arts.
* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; ** NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org); *** Department of University Studies, Portland State University
LEARN MORE: Landscapes of the Brain: Seeing us all through research & art
LEARN MORE: NW Noggin on homelessness and the brain

The Portland State University Neuroscience Club will also present a poster…
Outreach to diverse populations by Portland State University Neuroscience Club as a method to promote and enrich neuroscience research
Benefiel, J., Schmidt, J., Eisen, A., Ray, R., Sumrall, L., Chapek, M., Lerner, M., Garduno, R., Uriarte, J., Hamilton, H., Kiersarsky, S., Javaheri, A., Helback, O.

Our motto at Portland State University (PSU) is “Let Knowledge Serve the City.” The PSU Neuroscience Club, founded in 2012, has over 300 members, and serves to make neuroscience resources widely available. Our club has traditionally focused on undergraduates, but we aim to increase outreach in diverse populations, including diversity in age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, religion, and mental health in order to expand opportunities and benefit the field. The club has analyzed three points of consideration in the context of diversity, including (1) what should outreach try to accomplish, (2) what should outreach consist of, and (3) what resources should outreach provide. The first point addresses the inconsistent reach of resources among communities, inequality which denies opportunities and excludes valuable viewpoints from the field. Outreach should strive to be the solution, offering education, opportunity, and equity to those who may otherwise be overlooked. Those who haven’t examined anatomy can have a chance to; those who have never talked to a neuroscientist can interact with scientists and students at length; and those who never thought they could contribute to the field might reconsider. How these goals are accomplished falls into the second point of what outreach should consist of. As in any communicative relationship, outreach involves the flow of information, and both outreach participant and community members have much to offer. Partnering with on campus organizations that promote diversity (e.g., NIH BUILD EXITO, PSU’s Equity & Empowerment Corps) is key. To ensure engagement, people have to be motivated or no progress can be made. A variety of methods have and will be used to engage attention in the club’s efforts, including the arts, games and one on one education. Our club uses low cost, portable devices to measure electrophysiological responses, the direct handling of actual human and animal brains, and games based on brainwaves. Providing resources that invite engagement and garner interest are required for successful, memorable outreach. The final concept goes beyond the resources of the present and provides resources for the future. An outreach experience should make access to the field a real possibility. The availability of paid internships, jobs, opportunities to get involved, scholarships, and creative outlets for expression can remain an active part of one’s life, even once the Neuroscience Club has left. These three points drive our club towards more expansive, effective outreach.

Keywords: diversity, neuroscience, educational outreach
A THIRD Noggin poster was prepared by PSU Psychology undergraduate and Noggin volunteer Jordan Ray!
Democratizing electrophysiological research technology for educational enrichment, public science, and inspiring the future generation of STEM researchers

Ray, J.* **, Griesar, W.S.* ** ***
At any given time, in every corner of our bodies, we experience millions of electrical fluctuations. These minute changes in voltage regulate the functions of our nervous system, instructions to and from the brain and spinal cord, directing neurons to fire in specific spatial and temporal sequence. These are exciting, critical events that captivate the minds of young students we meet through outreach with the nonprofit NW Noggin. However, it’s one thing to talk about electrophysiology, but why not demonstrate it in the classroom in real time?
All of these electrical signatures can be captured, amplified and measured using electrophysiological recording equipment. Traditionally, use of these systems required large financial investment. Research grade electrocardiogram (ECG), electroencephalography (EEG), and electrodermal activity (EDA) equipment are costly to obtain and not easy to transport. For these reasons, they are typically inaccessible to the average K-12 student at public school. Yet advancements in technology now offer the opportunity for greater public accessibility.
The aim of this project was to assemble low-cost equipment that could measure ECG, EDA, EMG, and EEG to educate kids in public school, and allow them to conduct experiments in their own environment. Through builds using various Arduino microcontrollers, simple analog voltage sensors, and homemade, DIY cabling solutions, we have recorded ECG, EDA and EMG. With the addition of an inexpensive OpenBCI Ganglion board, we can record EEG signals as well.
This opens up a world of discovery for kids at the institutions we serve, allowing students to learn more about technology surrounding electrophysiological equipment while also being able to hook up these systems and see voltage changes in real time. Many find the ability to assemble equipment at home a revelation and have been given resources to put together their own kits. We hope to expand this idea into inexpensive open source Arduino kits for students and teachers to use in their own classrooms.
Members of the neuroscience research community should connect with students in our own communities. Taking time to democratize research and information helps encourage the next generation of scientists. I believe that the average researcher/student/professor/community member deserves intuitive and flexible equipment that can help us discover more about electrophysiological aspects of ourselves and the world around us.

*Portland State University; **NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org), ***OHSU

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NOGGIN PLANS AT SfN

Society for Neuroscience conference!
2018-11-03 - 2018-11-07 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
WHAT: Society for Neuroscience conference
We did it! Here’s our first post on our keynote delivered at the Brain Awareness event…
Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!

And more from the PSU Neuroscience Club on how they made it to the conference and to San Diego Public Schools…
Noggins & Noodles @ SfN!

WHERE: San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
WHEN: November 3 – 7, 2018

NW Noggin is THRILLED to be formally invited to offer the keynote address on Brain Awareness at the Society for Neuroscience conference this fall!

LEARN MORE: What is NW Noggin?
SATURDAY (2:00 – 4:00pm), November 3
SfN/Dana Foundation Brain Awareness Campaign Event
(Noggin volunteers: please arrive @ 2:00pm to set up posters)

We’ll open the session on Saturday, November 3 with the keynote. We’ll then make pipe cleaner neurons with conference attendees! Afterwards, along with undergraduates from the PSU Neuroscience Club, and many innovative brain awareness professionals from around the world, we’ll present our outreach posters. The Brain Awareness event will run from 2:30 – 4:00pm…

PRESENTATION SLIDES: Brain Awareness SLIDES 2018 (ppt; compressed file)
PRESENTATION SLIDES: Brain Awareness SLIDES 2018 (pdf; compressed file)
LEARN MORE: Noggin Keynote @ SfN Brain Awareness Campaign Event

Photo courtesy of Society for Neuroscience; conference in Washington DC
We’ll also bring our knowledgeable graduate and undergraduate volunteers from PSU (TEN PSU Neuroscience Club members were granted complimentary SfN registration!), OHSU and other Northwest campuses, along with students (and extra brains!) from the UC San Diego Department of Neuroscience into academic priority classrooms in the San Diego Unified School District (including Linda Vista, Montgomery and Carson) during SfN…

Public School Outreach Schedule

MONDAY (8 – 12:30), November 5: Carson Elementary School
MONDAY (12:30 – 3:15), November 5: Linda Vista Elementary School
TUESDAY (8:00 – 3:15), November 6: Montgomery Middle School

See what we did the last time we visited SfN in San Diego…
Cortical Connections in San Diego Schools!

We’ll also attend the SfN Presidential Reception as invited guests…

LEARN MORE: Neuroscience 2018 Presidential Reception
More on our poster detailing our ongoing collaboration with p:ear…

LEARN MORE: Noggin + p:ear
NW Noggin: homelessness and the brain – seeing us all through research and art
GRIESAR, W.S.* **, LEAKE, J.* ** ***
“It’s like people see me as an object, not as a human being.”

Science needs investment, and engaging people builds support for research and education. Integrating arts in STEM (“STEAM”) fosters innovative engagement. Here we report on efforts to bring together new researchers and outreach volunteers, clinicians, policy makers and, as equal participants, young members of our community who lack safe, secure places to call home.

Nonprofit NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org) organizes graduates and undergraduates to collaborate and engage, building networks and inspiring people about discovery in neuroscience and art. Volunteers benefit from working across disciplines and institutions, serving as “near peer” role models, gaining skill explaining work and thinking creatively about careers. We’ve met with over 20,000 K-12 students since 2012!

Noggin loves to visit p:ear, a nonprofit for homeless youth. P:ear offers community, services and a welcoming educational and gallery space in Portland, Oregon, filled with caring staff and volunteers for young people without safe places to sleep.

We’ve had powerful conversations with adolescents struggling to overcome drugs, anxiety, depression, abandonment, bias – and a strong sense that many people pass them by as if they weren’t valuable human members of our community.

Harris & Fiske (2006) found that people respond harshly to those in “extreme outgroups,” including those without homes. These street kids are correct – some respond to them with “dehumanized perception.” Yet by asking subjects to engage with images of outgroup members, there is more activation of frontal lobe networks essential for responding to others as relatable human beings. Young people at p:ear created landscapes on plaster brain casts that powerfully conveyed their feelings, significant locations, and both actual and aspirational aspects of their lives in our shared community.

In fall 2017, we put on a “Homelessness and the Brain” day at p:ear, and policy makers, clinicians, members of the public, young researchers from OHSU and PSU and houseless youth talked, listened and learned from each other about research on stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, emotional regulation, drugs, development, bias and resilience, and explored data, art and testimony from p:ear youth to illuminate links between a lack of affordable housing and all our brains.

Building excitement and awareness of discoveries in neuroscience through arts-integrated outreach across institutional, state, federal and generational lines trains new scientists to collaborate on important community concerns, and increases awareness and support for investment in brain research and the arts.

* Department of Psychology, Portland State University; ** NW Noggin (nwnoggin.org); *** Department of University Studies, Portland State University
LEARN MORE: Additional Noggin/PSU Neuroscience posters at SfN 2018

PSU Neuro Club: Cranial Creepers Halloween Party!
2018-10-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Smith Center, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
WHAT: PSU Neuro Club Cranial Creepers Halloween Party!
WHERE: Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 333, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
WHEN: Thursday, October 25th, 7 – 10pm

Fresh off the success of NOGGIN FEST, the PSU Neuroscience Club is gathering for another party this week before heading to the Society for Neuroscience conference in November!!

Noggin @ Lewis STEAM Night
2018-10-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Lewis Elementary School, 4401 SE Evergreen St, Portland, 97206, United States
WHAT: Noggin at Lewis Elementary School STEAM NIGHT!
We did it!! Learn more at the link…
Sciencepalooza!

WHERE: Lewis Elementary School, 4401 SE Evergreen St, Portland, OR 97206
WHEN: Friday, October 19, 5:30 – 7:00pm

We’re at Table 3 (NEUROSCIENCE) (and ART!) 🧠🎨

It’s STEAM NIGHT (our favorite kind of night 🙂 at 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 – and we plan to head over to the first night of NOGGIN FEST 2018 around 7:15pm to hear bands, listen to research speakers, view art, and enjoy more of a brainy good time!
NOGGIN FEST 2018!!!!

LEARN MORE: NOGGIN FEST 2018!!!!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Maverick Grey, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Madi Cho-Richmond, PSU
Mary Lerner, PSU
Emmalyn Dewing, PSU
Jordan Ray, PSU

NOGGIN FEST 2018!!!!
2018-10-19 - 2018-10-20 | Watershed PDX, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
WHAT: The SECOND ANNUAL NOGGIN FEST!!!
WHERE: Watershed PDX, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202
WHEN: Friday, October 19, 6pm – 11pm & Saturday, October 20, 12pm – 12am
FACEBOOK LINK: NOGGIN FEST 2018!

The largest Art & Neuroscience festival in the Pacific Northwest! Entirely student organized and run, thanks to the Neuroscience Club at Portland State University, and our enthusiastic multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional Noggin volunteers!
LEARN MORE: Noggin Fest 2018: The Beauty of the Brain
Friday, October 19, 6pm – 10pm

6:00 PM

Doors

6:15 PM

Stargasm

7:00 PM

Mouthbreather

8:00 PM

Disenchanter

9:00 PM

Shannon Entropy

10:00 PM

B*****s of the Sun

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Saturday, October 20, 12pm – 12am

12:00 PM

Doors

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Art and Science Workshops, Art Auction, Raffle (Kid Friendly! Come play with brains)

3:15 PM

Speaker: Michelle Espy

4:00 PM

Super Secret Band

4:30 PM

Speaker: Eric Feczko

5:00 PM

Jazz Boyfriends

5:35 PM

Speaker: Amber Schwartz

6:00 PM

When We Met

6:35 PM

Speaker: Jonathan Horey

7:00 PM

Human Ottoman

8:00 PM

B.R.U.C.E.

9:00 PM

Internet Beef

10:00 PM

The Mercury Tree

11:00 PM

Karma Rivera

PRINT: Noggin Fest Press Release
THE RETURN OF NOGGINFEST IS AT HAND!
with musical performances by:
Karma Rivera
The Mercury Tree
B*****s of the Sun
Internet Beef
When We Met
BRUCE
Disenchanter
Shannon Entropy
Mouthbreather
Human Ottoman
Jazz Boyfriends
Super Secret Band
Stargasm
Lectures by
Dr. Jonathan Horey M.D.
Michelle Espy
Amber Schwartz
Eric Feczko

Art on display by:
Sienna Morris Numberism Artist
Kindra Crick Art
Haley Jensen Photography @thebonegoddess
Jason Simpson @for3stpunk
Merry Jo Carter @momomoj0
Alison Dennis @drsomethingmusic
Samantha Coiner
Mirabai Scholz – @marigoldcats
Sam Kitzberger – @kitzbergersam
Pilar Pennell – http://pilarvioletpennell.com
Amy Woelbeast – @babayagz
Fisher Jones @princesslimerence
& More

Art & Science Workshops by
NW Noggin
Sarah Vitak
Drumming Workshop by
Fish Martinez
Catering by: Dogs and Fries
Photobooth by: Moto Foto
Photography by: Roderick Allen Minch

Sponsors:
Active Recovery TMS
Portland Radio Project
Radio Hot Tub
Tender Loving Empire
Orox Leather Co.
Funhouse Brews
Portland U-Brew & Unicorn Brewing
Fort George Brewery
Tender Loving Empire
Budd + Finn
PSU Bike Hub
Eddie Bauer
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Biting Duck Press
All Ages
Suggested Donation of $5-10
This event is a fundraiser for NW Noggin, an art and neuroscience educational outreach group. Check out nwnoggin.org to learn more.
Check out what happened during last year’s inaugural event!
Noggin Fest 2017!

Noggin @ OHSU
2018-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, United States
WHAT: Visit to OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience
WHERE: Room TBD; OHSU, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, Oregon 97239-3098
WHEN: Thursday, October 18, 2018, 1:00 – 2:00pm

We’ll visit Pill Hill to discuss outreach opportunities for research graduates and postdocs in academic priority Portland and Vancouver public schools, the p:ear homeless youth center, rural Northwest communities, and in San Diego Unified Public Schools during the Society for Neuroscience conference this fall…
We’ll also discuss opportunities to partner with local artists to present collaborative presentations on research and art in public settings, from classrooms to pubs!
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Heather Hamilton, BUILD EXITO/Portland State University
Allie Clark, OHSU

PRESENTATION SLIDES (ppt): Brain Awareness SLIDES 2018
PRESENTATION SLIDES (pdf): Brain Awareness SLIDES 2018 NEW

Noggin @ Creative Science
2018-10-16 10:15 - 14:30 | Creative Science (PPS) K-8, 1231 SE 92nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97216, United States
WHAT: Noggin visit to Creative Science School (Portland Public Schools)
We did it! Learn more here…
“You get me!” @ Creative Science

WHERE: Creative Science School @ Clark, 1231 SE 92nd Ave, Portland, OR 97216; Head to the main school office to sign in for NW Noggin
WHEN: Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 10:15am – 2:30pm
CLASS ONE: 10:25 – 11:12
CLASS TWO: 11:15 – 12:02
CLASS THREE: 12:05 – 12:20 & 1:05 – 1:37 (lunch in the middle)
CLASS FOUR: 1:40 – 2:27
CONTACT: Brandan McClain, Language Arts

Volunteers will answer questions, and discuss brain development and the neuroscience of creativity with middle school students at this Portland Public School. The teachers will have nitrile gloves ready for brain handling, along with colorful pipe cleaners (~ 20/student) for building brain cells!

LEARN MORE: STEAM Art Projects
We’re told that students would appreciate a basic introduction to the brain, including some details about brain cells (neurons) – and networks of neurons and what they can do. We can discuss various brain lobes and their associated functions, too…
The questions that the teachers are organizing the day around are:
How can I create and strengthen positive connections in my brain that will help me be successful in school and life? How can knowledge of how the brain works help us to make a healthier community at Creative Science School?
See what we did last time we visited Creative Science..!
Creativity and Science

Please RSVP to griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
Jacob Schoen, OHSU
Krystal Nguyen, PSU
Jade Osilla, PSU
Gwen Conlee, PSU
Iris Guttierez, WSUV
Larry Rabinowitz, PSU
Sara Babij, PSU
McKenzie Figuracion, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
