Post by Sai Kiersarsky, NW Noggin volunteer and Portland State University teaching assistant for the Advanced Neurophysiological Psychology course (Winter term 2019) Sai joined fellow NW Noggin volunteers, along with students and teachers from Fort Vancouver High School last week to attend Providence Brain Watch, an innovative educational outreach program…
Post by Michael Deveney, NW Noggin volunteer and Portland State University teaching assistant for the Advanced Neurophysiological Psychology course (Winter term 2019) “Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit – Life!” –Emily Dickinson Michael joined fellow NW Noggin volunteers, along…
“Knowing something about the deep origins of humanity only adds to the remarkable fact of our existence: all of our extraordinary capabilities arose from basic components that evolved in ancient fish and other creatures.” ― Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish Going places and reaching out, listening and reflecting, and sharing…
“When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.” ― Louise Erdrich UPDATE (3/2021): We are so excited to return to Siletz next fall, for a potentially live, in person…
“Haven’t you ever thought of living unconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth, close to pears and the mossy dark, far from human voices and fire?” – On İbrahim Balaban’s Painting “Spring” ― Nâzım Hikmet Black bear skull on Bradley Hill, Oregon Earlier this year, thanks to Wayne Sherrard of Wayne’s Taxidermy…
Post compiled by Jesse Benefiel, Vice President, PSU Neuroscience Club It’s easy to look at the mechanics of neuroscience and wonder how working scientists do it. Analyzing what those quadrillion synapses mean, studying exceedingly complex systems, using – dare I say it – math; it’s not exactly what everyone might…
“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave” – Santee Sioux Tribe In this post, you will find… Brains vs. computers Your neurons are unusual cells! A “Moore’s Law” for brains? Native history, artists – and ART!! Kanani Miyamoto on Native artists at Intel Intel volunteers make FIFTY…
Post written by Kayla Townsley, OHSU (a recent graduate of Portland State University and an NIH BUILD EXITO scholar) “Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth” –Tracy Chapman, All That You Have Is Your Soul When I walked through the doors of the MacLaren…
Post by Sulema Rodriguez, Portland State University/NIH BUILD EXITO, Noggin Resource Council member for NIH BUILD EXITO It has been about three months since my return from my NIH internship in Bethesda, Maryland. As I type this, my mind fills up with a plethora of ideas, thoughts, and emotions. Since I…
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