Nogginfest Art Auction

Nogginfest Art Auction! Want to own stunning original art? We have that and more this year at our Nogginfest art auction! We’re very excited to have work from these local artists featured in our auction. BID HERE: NogginFest 2021 Art Auction (through 3/20/21)! LEARN MORE: JOIN US @ NOGGINFEST! Sienna…

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The US wants to increase sleep deprivation and winter misery

Post written by NW Noggin Brain Board member Kindra Crick Finding it difficult to wake up after we ‘spring’ forward to Daylight Saving Time? The US Congress has plans to end this biannual ritual. But if we lock the clock to Daylight Saving Time as Congress hopes to, our problems…

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Desperately Seeking Rasa

Post written by New/Mixed media artist Kit S. Carlton. Kit also joined OHSU Behavioral Neuroscientist Sydney Boutros for a collaborative Noggin presentation in October 2019: Memory, Poetry, Brains. Going places! In the first two weeks of February, a team of neuroscientists, students, educators, artists and classrooms of kiddos converged to contemplate…

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Ho brah, he lolo maoli kēlā!

Post written by Catherine Caine (2015 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year/National Finalist), Bill Griesar – and the amazing 5th graders at Waikiki School! Going places 🌴 As a snowstorm descended on Northwest Oregon, our informed and enthusiastic Noggin volunteers were thrilled to travel (virtually) to the sunny Hawaiian island…

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NW Noggin awarded Dana Foundation Brain Awareness Grant!

NW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research through grants, publications, and educational programs. We share their enthusiasm for active outreach, and their commitment to educating the public about the potential of research. LEARN MORE:  The Dana Foundation LEARN MORE:  Brain Awareness Week…

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Noggin Fest 2021!

Post by Carli Cox, Portland State University Rosenbaum Scholar NogginFest 2021 is here! SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 6-8:30pm We did it!! NogginFest 2021: Threshold Potential! WATCH THE SHOW! Come join us for our annual celebration of art, music, and, of course, brains! This is the largest student-run, accessible,…

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Crafting Coronavirus

“Over the years, I’ve periodically found myself in situations that felt desperate and, in those moments, I’d feel that I needed to make certain things.” — David Wojnarowicz An accelerating global pandemic, a malicious, racist, vote-suppressing, scientifically illiterate and mind-bogglingly incompetent White House and Republican party, worsening economic insecurity, growing…

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Returning to find a voice

“…whatever/ returns from oblivion/ returns to find a voice.” ― Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature Community partners Our exuberant NW Noggin outreach volunteers are busy in Portland this fall, enthusiastically working alongside our 2020 Community Partner, p:ear. We helped p:ear plant a vibrant brain garden, examined…

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