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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
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Transcortical Teacher Training @ OHSU
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NW Noggin featured in SfN Neuronline
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Dreaming of Better Sleep for Children with Down Syndrome
Join us in Chile in 2025!
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Building Connections through Mentoring
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Post by Sulema Rodriguez, Portland State University/NIH BUILD EXITO, Noggin Resource Council member for NIH BUILD EXITO It has been about three months since my return from my NIH internship in Bethesda, Maryland. As I type this, my mind fills up with a plethora of ideas, thoughts, and emotions. Since I…
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David Jacobs walks us through a research paper
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Post by David Jacobs, Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU Neuroscience gets more complicated every day and the media does not always paint a detailed or accurate portrayal of what is being discovered. Thinking critically is a pivotal part of the scientific process, but the public is not always offered ways to assess…
Noggins & Noodles @ SfN!
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Post by Louis Sumrall, President, Portland State University Neuroscience Club This month, we (the PSU Neuro Club + NW Noggin) traveled to San Diego to the enormous convention center to present our own posters, attend symposia on cutting edge neuroscience, talk with the cool schools there about their work, make…
Sciencepalooza!
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Robots, earthquakes, infrared technology, math games, slime, and more came to Meriwether Lewis Elementary School in Portland last month – along with some Noggin brains! Susan Rosenkranz, a medical anthropologist, graphic designer and Lewis parent organized the school’s first Sciencepalooza, a new PTA sponsored event featuring interactive STEAM based activities…
Synapsing in San Diego @ SfN!
Joanne Trzcinski on Synapses, Stories & Song!
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Impressions of Synapses, Stories, and Song Post by Joanne Trzcinski, Director of the Pathways to Healthcare Careers program, Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC). Joanne helped plan and implement our Spirit Mountain Community Fund backed outreach to Lincoln and Yamhill County schools. LEARN MORE: Synapses, Stories & Song! LEARN MORE: In the Spirit…
“You get me!” @ Creative Science
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NW Noggin fielded another crowd of eager outreach volunteers for a day at Creative Science, a Portland Public “focus option” K-8 school where “students are encouraged to be independent thinkers, learners, and problem solvers…” LEARN MORE: Creative Science School We’d enjoyed another day of art and brains back in 2015,…
At risk of being risky: Teenage brains & Oregon’s Measure 11
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Post by Emma Schifsky, Oregon Health & Science University Emma is a Research Assistant in the Fair Neuroimaging Lab at OHSU, and recently joined Noggin at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility for discussions with young people incarcerated under Oregon’s Measure 11. I enjoyed our visit to the MacLaren Youth Correctional…
In the Spirit of Learning
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NW Noggin recently collaborated with the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde, the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center, the Native American Network at Intel, Siletz Valley School, and Amity and Willamina High Schools to bring 15 #sciart outreach volunteers (including undergraduate and graduate students from Portland State University, OHSU…
Synapsing in San Diego
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“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!.