“place” Featuring the art of Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold and p:ear youth The p:ear gallery is thrilled to announce their June/July 2017 showcase of “place” a new collection of work by Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold and p:ear youth artists. Kanani Miyamoto is the Noggin Resource Council member for arts integration, and…
The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) is one of Noggin’s top collaborators, helping to purchase the sheep brains, pipe cleaners, electrodes, clay and crayons that innovative, successful and low cost arts-integrated STEM outreach efforts thrive on in public schools… We also share our Noggin volunteers with PARC’s own efforts to reach kids and…
WHAT: Homelessness & the Brain @ p:ear WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 WHEN: Thursday, October 19, 10:00am – 1:00pm (9:00am set up for presenters) In 2017, 4177 people in Portland have no permanent home, according to the latest biennial Point in Time count of those living on the streets or in…
Alcohol and caffeine – and science and art – are clearly dear to Northwest hearts (and dopamine networks), so an unusually large crowd gathered amidst the bikes and beverages at Velo Cult this week to learn about what combining these drugs might do to our brains… We were there to learn about research…
Honey Latte Cafe! Honey Latte Cafe, 1033 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214 Join us at Honey Latte Cafe in Portland, Oregon for NOGGIN TALKS: FREE, accessible, all ages opportunities to hear from artists and graduate/post-doctoral researchers studying the brain! They collaborate on public presentations of their cutting edge work.…
We gathered some cool, creative, collaborative and community-minded supporters of both science and art at our favorite bike shop pub this week, to build new brain cells in support of the upcoming March for Science on Earth Day, April 22! LEARN MORE: Science March PDX Twitter LEARN MORE: March for Science PDX Facebook LEARN…
We were thrilled to return to one of the nation’s largest Brain Fairs on Saturday, to kick off Brain Awareness Week with piles of pipe cleaners, jars of block printing ink, numerous sketch pads, electrodes, Mindflex Duels, “spiker” boxes, real formalin-fixed cerebrums – and almost 30 enthusiastic Noggin volunteers! LEARN MORE: Brain…
Want to see brains return to Washington? NW Noggin is planning our return to the Capitol this fall, and to students in DC area public schools! UPDATE: See our newest plans for Noggins in DC! NW Noggins Bring #brains2DC! SEE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR: STEAMing to DC! The annual Society…
The Trump administration’s first White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, warned of “greater enforcement” of federal marijuana laws, noting that “when you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming in so many states around this country, the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people.” However, marijuana is not Vicodin,…
Support science 🔬! WHAT: An evening of science and art making; learn about brain cells and create your own! WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 (6 – 8pm) WHERE: Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97213 NW Noggin Velo Cult events are always free, all ages, and open to everyone! PRINT…