“As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery.” – Santiago Ramon y Cajal

We love Brain Awareness Season, a popular international winter/spring series of neuroscience activities and events. We are honored to partner with the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that first established Brain Awareness Week, and supports research through grants, publications, and programs.

LEARN MORE: Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research

We visit K-12 classrooms and public spaces to train our volunteers in innovative arts-integrated science communication (STEAM) all year round – and help inspire a new generation of educators, researchers and artists by going places, listening, answering all questions, making things, telling stories, advocating for effective policy changes, and reveling in the joy of evidence-based discovery about our brains…

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” –Douglas Adams

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We’re also thrilled to collaborate with the OHSU Brain Institute (OBI), which organizes a compelling annual slate of lectures in Portland, bringing prominent research voices to the public every spring…

Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University

LEARN MORE: OHSU Oregon Brain Institute Brain Awareness lectures

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Thanks to the generosity of OBI, NW Noggin is able to contribute informed outreach volunteers from Portland State University, OHSU and other collaborators at Portland’s Newmark Theater, with (of course!) real (extra) brains and neuro-art projects, to answer questions from audience members curious about what they’re (and we’re) learning from these fascinating, cutting edge talks…

Huge thanks to Kate Stout, Director of the OHSU Brain Institute

We always bring a crowd of current graduates and undergraduates – and take what we learn back into our community (including public schools, homeless youth centers, art museums, bike shop pubs, youth correctional facilities, conferences, Congress,…) to excite and inform more people about the compelling research they are funding in labs around the country…