Art and Brains in Ashland

Northwest Noggin presents:  five talented artists from PNCA made a five hour drive to southern Oregon, to introduce arts projects they had developed during collaborative summer outreach with Psychology and Neuroscience students from PSU, WSU Vancouver and OHSU, that offer insight into how our brains work… Rebecca Carlisle, Mareika Glenn, Ivy Loughborough, Kathryn MacAnalley,…

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Zombie Brain Training @ P:ear :)

An enthusiastic squad of Noggin volunteers gathered early Saturday morning at P:ear, an extraordinary non-profit in downtown Portland that offers homeless and transitional youth a safe, warm and inviting space, high quality meals, and engaging volunteer programs in education, art and recreation (P:ear = Project: education, art, recreation)… From above (left…

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Creativity and Science

NW Noggin volunteers headed to Southeast Portland this afternoon, to enjoy rather deep and thoughtful discussions about brain development and behavior with engaged and enthusiastic middle school students at Portland Public’s Creative Science School… We were welcomed by Brandan McClain, a Language Arts teacher who helped arrange our visit, and made certain his students…

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2015 Summer Programs COMPLETE!

Our four Noggin outreach sites finished up this week with lessons, activities and treats! Check out what our talented and creative students from WSU Vancouver, PSU, the Pacific Northwest College of Art and OHSU collaboratively accomplished this summer in Portland and Vancouver… WSU/MESA program in Vancouver Sabin K-8 SUN program…

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