“It’s about reimagining icons and perceptions of what is beautiful—and who is beautiful.” –Elia Alba Come with me, now I need you (2007), by Mickalene Thomas Brains thrive and develop in distributed networks, linking rich nodes of cortical gray matter through propagating axonal threads. This process requires risks and consequences,…
“To be creative means to connect” –Nawal El Saadawi NW Noggin was thrilled and honored to receive an award on behalf of our extraordinary community outreach volunteers at the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) Juice breakfast ceremony at the Portland Art Museum! LEARN MORE: RACC Announces the 2018 Juice Honorees Juice is…
Another merry band of volunteer neuroscience educators arrived in southeast Portland this morning, eager to make art, show brains and answer questions from 6th graders at Hosford Middle School! We’re fast approaching Brain Awareness Week, an annual celebration of high energy (noradrenergic?) neuroscience outreach initiated by the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports…
What is science communication? How do we effectively talk with each other, and learn? In this season of brain awareness, we know from lived experience, extensive outreach – and brain research – that taking risks, including others, going places where established institutions don’t engage, listening to stories and making art…
“The trickster’s function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.” – Tom Robbins Detail from “Singing the Souls Back Home,” by Ruth Brockman We love hearing from kids in middle school! Sixth graders…
Wy’East is the resonant Wapato tribal name for Oregon’s tallest mountain, currently snow-capped Mount Hood, re-named by white settlers after a British Admiral who both fought against the United States – and never set foot in the Pacific Northwest… LEARN MORE: 7 Northwest Mountains Named For White Men LEARN MORE: KEEPER OF THE FIRE (Tale…
Post by Denesa Oberbeck, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU Another early start for our volunteers, who brought their brains (plus extras!) and knowledge to 6th graders at Shahala Middle School – beginning at 7:45 am! LEARN MORE: Noggins in Nod, The science of sleep We’ve been to Shahala…
“We all have cultural bias, racial bias. One of the difficult things around this subject is to deny that we have places we go to subconsciously, and unless you consciously decide that that’s wrong and you’ve got to do something about it, especially if you’re in a position of power,…
NW Noggin joined the fun at Irvington School this week for the annual Family STEAM Night (STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics) at this Portland Public K-8… LEARN MORE: How the Sciences & Arts are Coming Together to Drive Innovation We brought more of our motivated, knowledgeable Noggin volunteers, including…
Post by Jacob Schoen, PSU/OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center Early this morning a dedicated group of NW Noggin volunteers pulled up to Liberty High School with containers full of pipe cleaner neurons, vibrant pink, green and orange 3D printed brain models – and of course REAL human brains! The…