Where is NW Noggin?
NW Noggin is a locally sourced, 501(c)(3) ALL-VOLUNTEER shoestring nonprofit organization. Your tax-deductible contribution supports the purchase of sheep brains, pipe cleaners, electrodes and clay for innovative, arts-integrated outreach, and helps send volunteers from local universities (including Portland State University, OHSU, and other area institutions) to public school classrooms, conferences and free community events.
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NW Noggin: Art + Brains
Brains in Boise
Join us in Chile in 2025!
LEARN MORE: LAS NEURONAS SON BACANES. APPLY HERE (PSU): Valparaiso - Arte y Cerebros en Chile APPLY HERE (NON-PSU): ARTS AND BRAINS IN CHILE
Interested in Research? Here’s what I gained from my volunteer experience in a neurobiology lab
Post by Tiarra Jacoby, undergraduate at Portland State University Volunteering at Legacy Research Institute (LRI) for Dr. Haiying Shen in the R.S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratories for the past few months has been an unforgettable experience. From day one, the research associates I’ve worked with have made me feel right at…
Lobes in LONDON
Gathertown, Gathertown en ervaar het verhaal van de Nederlandse Noggin
Post by Austin Howard, MA, Radboud University. Austin was a member of the Portland State University Neuroscience Club and an enthusiastic Northwest Noggin volunteer! LEARN MORE: From Hamlet to hemorrhaging On the 12 of February three intrepid Noggineers assembled back in town, Gathertown. The occasion? The Hersenolympiade 2022 (Dutch for the ‘brain olympiade’ 2022). READ POST…
Tired Trappers at Fort
So while last week’s freezing temperatures drove us inside a large, well-ventilated gym for K-5 students at Washington Elementary… LEARN MORE: Hands on Brains! THIS week a literal atmospheric river of Northwest rain led us to plan to station our volunteers, noggins and art under a generous outdoor tent at…
Hands on Brains!
“This is so cool! I love hands on stuff – even hands on BRAINS!” —3rd grader at Washington Elementary in Vancouver Public Schools On a brisk, chilly, windy morning, with temps hovering around freezing, some awesome and talented undergraduate and graduate students arrived early at Washington Elementary in Vancouver to…
The Qualia in Chromesthesia
Post by Allonté Barakat, Portland State University undergraduate, interdisciplinary neuroscience aficionado, software engineer, semi-professional voice actor, and aspiring cognitive scientist. My name is Allonté Barakat and in this 8.5min podcastlet entitled, Across the Cleft, I explore the fascinating world of qualia, art, and synesthesia. I created this piece for an…
Gathertown, Gathertown and hear the tale of the Netherlandic Noggin
Post by Austin Howard, MA, Radboud University. Austin was a member of the Portland State University Neuroscience Club and an enthusiastic Northwest Noggin volunteer! LEARN MORE: From Hamlet to hemorrhaging On the 12 of February three intrepid Noggineers assembled back in town, Gathertown. The occasion? The Hersenolympiade 2022 (Dutch for…
Tik Tok: Time to welcome undergraduate researchers in new ways
Dana Support for NOGGINFEST 2022!
Huge thanks to the extraordinary Dana Foundation! NW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research and extensive public outreach through grants, publications and educational programs. FUNDED! Our latest Dana Foundation Brain Awareness grant was just fully funded to support a new NW…
An Axonal Alliance
Synapsing in San Diego
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” ―Maya Angelou.
Our AMAZING volunteers organized the largest all ages Art & Neuroscience Festival in the Pacific Northwest! We offered live bands, science-inspired art, neuroscience research presentations, and the chance to ask questions and examine real brains! The fifth annual Noggin Fest helped send more young scientists and artists to the Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego - and into San Diego Unified Public Schools! LEARN MORE @ Brains Beyond SfN!.