Our noggins are no strangers to sunrise, as teenagers are often expected to appear for classes that begin at 8:00am or earlier, despite research evidence suggesting brain benefits from a later start to school… LEARN MORE: Sleep in Adolescents: The Perfect Storm LEARN MORE: Noggins in Nod: The science of sleep…
May 12-13, 2017 McMenamins Edgefield Winery NW Noggin biked towards the Columbia River Gorge to present a new poster..! The PSU Neuroscience Club prepared a poster as well! The following undergraduates arrived at the chapter meeting this week (several on bikes!): Jessica Trottier, Thomas Madison, Alex Kunz, Justin Taylor, Andrea Anaya, Andrea Valencia, Jacob Schoen, Cody Prouty, Ava Krueger, and Rebekah Hough… It…
NW Noggin volunteers headed to the green, mountain-ringed campus of WSU Vancouver on Saturday, to meet middle and high school students participating in MESA Day 2016… SW Washington MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement*) aims to offer pathways to college for traditionally underrepresented students, including African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, Pacific Islanders…
Tonight Noggin offered visitors to the Newmark Theater a generous spread of colorful neurons, real brains, cannabis strain guides, and even home-baked brownies (the regular kind, thanks to Brianna Jacobs and Tara Leake)..! This was the most popular, practically sold out lecture of Brain Awareness Season, and folks arrived early to admire Noggin neurons,…
In light of our recent work with the Portland Art Museum, we decided to take our trusty pipe cleaner neuron down to the Art Institute of Chicago. We were in the city attending the 2015 Society for Neuroscience conference, and enjoyed an afternoon re-imagining some famous works of art. LEARN MORE:…
A healthy crowd of committed undergraduate volunteers gathered early this morning at Skyview High, home of the Storm, for our fourth and final day in Biology classrooms… We are going to miss our students, whom we’ve gotten to know over the past month, through our ongoing series of Thursday visits. Art activities, short introductory lectures, and direct,…
We spent an occasionally stormy Saturday on the green, hilly campus of Washington State University in Salmon Creek, north of downtown Vancouver… WSU was hosting southwest Washington’s 2015 MESA Day, and students from area public schools were there to learn about academic and career opportunities in STEM fields, including neuroscience. MESA…
Northwest NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (“growing in networks”) What is Northwest Noggin? Northwest Noggin is a robust, creative, entirely volunteer driven non-profit organization (EIN: 81-3885713) that brings together scientists and artists and students of all ages to contribute their expertise, listen and learn from others, enthuse young people about science and…
GROWING IN NETWORKS… The Northwest Neuroscience Outreach Group: Growing in Networks (nwnoggin.org) is a collaborative all volunteer educational effort to enthuse and engage academic priority students and the general public in the study and practice of neuroscience and art. And we’re a nonprofit! Northwest Noggin received federal 501(c)(3) status on November…
Northwest NOGGIN: Neuroscience outreach group (“growing in networks”) What is Northwest Noggin? Northwest Noggin is a robust, creative, entirely volunteer driven non-profit organization (EIN: 81-3885713) that brings together scientists and artists and students of all ages to contribute their expertise, listen and learn from others, enthuse young people about science and…