“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” — Nelson Mandela We love public schools And we love questions! Asking students what they already know about brains, and what they want to explore – really, anything – leads to fascinating, compelling opportunities to learn more, for everyone.…
Post by Mikah Brandes, graduate of Portland State University, BUILD EXITO scholar, former Research Assistant and Center Administrator at Oregon Health & Science University, accomplished musician and Lab Assistant at True Terpenes. Mikah has written about his neuroscience lab experiences here: What’s it like to research aging & neurodegeneration? Seeing…
Post by Dr. Sydney Boutros, Ph.D., recent graduate of Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU. NogginFest was an extraordinary community gathering this spring in Portland, Oregon – the largest free, all ages public celebration of live music, are brains and neuroscience research in the Pacific Northwest! LEARN MORE: NogginFest 2022: A Mid-Pandemic…
A research perspective piece by Nancy MacKenzie, undergraduate in Biomedical Physics and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University How did I get here? I am in the final year of my biomedical physics BS and minor in interdisciplinary neuroscience at PSU. I am also a BUILD EXITO scholar. I have…
Post by Tira Gaston and Britta Harbury, undergraduates in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Portland State University, and Bill Griesar. Tira and Britta have participated in multiple outreach visits through nwnoggin.org. This week, NW Noggin returned to the amazing Bridges to Pathways Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in historic…
Escrito por Lidia Echeverria-Garcia y Ziru Bolen, estudiantes de posgrado bilingües, Ciencias y Trastornos de Comunicación, Universidad de Oregón. LEARN MORE: 双语很酷！ LEARN MORE: Bilingualism is Cool! Muchos niños aprenden dos lenguajes desde temprana edad o después de empezar la escuela. Estos niños son considerados bilingües. Seguido familias preguntan si sus…
“London always reminds me of a brain. It is similarly convoluted and circuitous. A lot of cities, especially American ones like New York and Chicago, are laid out in straight lines. Like the circuits on computer chips, there are a lot of right angles in cities like this. But London…
WHAT: Noggin + Comms Sci undergraduates @ Kings! We did it! Wonderful questions from students!! How do you handle the more controversial topics in science? Can you offer an example of how you’d specifically integrate music into your outreach? I’m so intrigued by where you go. How do you make…
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller By: Larry R. Martinez, Faviola Robles-Saenz & Bill Griesar What’s the difference between a university professor and a social media influencer? In reality, there are quite a lot of differences. But imagine a world where…
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…