We are in awe of our volunteers! EIGHTEEN undergraduates (!) traveled to Buckman Elementary this week to talk research, hold brains and make neuro-art with kids and families at STEAM Night! STEAM Night at Buckman, an arts-focused Portland Public School, was organized by Becca Beckman of Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN),…
Guest post by Marc Thompson, a recent graduate of Chaminade University with a BS in Psychology. Marc joined us recently for NW Noggin outreach visits to Hosford Middle School in Portland Public Schools, and to HeLa High School in Vancouver, WA… As a new graduate student in Psychology, joining NW Noggin…
“I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.” ~Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Noggin @ The Mac, McLoughlin Middle School, Vancouver WA At NW Noggin, we don’t focus our science communication efforts on…
“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.” –Michel de Montaigne And there were so many others! We enthusiastically returned to one of the nation’s largest Brain Fairs at Portland’s Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) to continue our robust volunteer efforts at expanding brain awareness! Phineas…
“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most! – and listens to their…
Post by Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuroscience Club (and Bill Griesar) How does our brain communicate with the 650+ muscles in our body, and allow us to move? What drives our ability to walk around, grasp items and direct our physical, muscular engagement with our environment? By understanding and harnessing these…
We get AMAZING questions from the K-12 students we visit – questions that might stump some of the foremost experts in neuroscience! “Why do headaches hurt?” “What happens when two emotions go against each other?” “Why do you remember some dreams and not others?” “How does the brain know what we are going…
“To be creative means to connect” –Nawal El Saadawi 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 genuine community outreach, and their commitment to educating everyone about the potential of…
Post by Michael Endicott, Art Teacher, North Middle School, Grants Pass, OR NW Noggin recently trekked along a few snowy, icy roads to the beautiful southern Oregon community of Grants Pass (“It’s the Climate“). We were guests of North Middle School Art Teacher Michael Endicott and his wife Jill, who…
Post by Jacob Schoen of OHSU, Madison Cho-Richmond from PSU Psychology, and Bill Griesar of PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin In February, NW Noggin volunteers joined the Middle School Science Club meeting at the Health and Science School (HS2) in Beaverton, Oregon. The club was just finishing up an afterschool snack when a horde…