Post by Kayla McDaniel, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Kayla is a full-time Research Assistant working in Dr. Miranda Lim’s Sleep & Health Applied Research Program (SHARP) laboratory at the Portland Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and OHSU. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe…
Post by Jonathan Palacios, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Jonathan is a BUILD EXITO and U-RISE scholar working in Dr. Angela Ozburn’s substance use disorder research lab at OHSU. Discovering Science Being born in a small country was a factor that defined my…
Post by Allonté Barakat, an undergraduate Liberal Studies major minoring in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. Allonté is a computer scientist, voice actor and veteran of the tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) scene, with first-hand knowledge of the power of discovering your voice and the effect that voice can…
Post by Citlaly Vazquez, undergraduate majoring in Public Health Clinical Science and minoring in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. How did I get here? I am a senior majoring in Public Health Clinical Science and minoring in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University. I am…
We love visiting 6th graders at Portland’s Hosford Middle School, and have done so now for multiple years! Returning again and again, with new students, new volunteers, different weather, different brain specimens and newly crafted pipe cleaner neurons and glia, in pre-pandemic, raging-pandemic and current pandemic conditions – has deepened…
Northwest Noggin was thrilled to receive an invitation from the Portland Art Museum, the seventh oldest museum in the United States, to present a workshop on neural networks at their free community “Evening for Educators” event in February, 2023. LEARN MORE: Evening for Educators: Hito Steyerl: This is the Future…
Post by Kristin Preston, Northwest Noggin outreach participant and undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. “Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.”“All disease begins in the gut.” — Hippocrates As we move away from the darker, colder winter season, and into longer days of sunshine and…
We love Sunnyside Environmental School in gorgeous, inner Southeast Portland, Oregon! We’ve been visiting Jeremy Thomas and Asa Gervich’s 4th grade classes there for several years. LEARN MORE: How to visit public schools LEARN MORE: Thank You Northwest Noggin! LEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain LEARN MORE: What about…
This week our intrepid Northwest Noggin volunteers crossed the mighty Columbia River for an energetic day at Sacajawea Elementary School in Vancouver, Washington to meet with over 400 curious 1st through 5th graders and consider their questions, share research and insights about noggins, craft new neurons and even touch a…
A collaborative public presentation and post by Cassie Ferguson and Michelle Kielhold. Collaborative art and neuroscience talks are back! Honey Latte Cafe! Honey Latte Cafe, 1033 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214 LEARN MORE: NOGGIN TALKS: Free Art & Science In December 2022 we gathered at Honey Latte Cafe in Portland, Oregon…