Noggin @ RIGLER Elementary SUN!

WHAT: Noggin visit with SUN Program students at Rigler Elementary School! We did it! Hearts & Brains Experiencing the Human to Human Interface from Backyard Brains! LEARN MORE: Brain Hacking is Electric! WHERE: Rigler Elementary School, 5401 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR 97218 WHEN: THURSDAY, August 4, 12:45pm – 3:00pm SUN…

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Nostalgia and BRAINS!

Post by Grace Taylor, undergraduate Psychology major and interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State University. This spring, Grace returned to her former classroom at Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon as a TA for the IB Biology class. Nostalgia at Southridge High For my Neuroscience minor outreach I spent time at…

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Hope through Change

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…

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Art, brains & GUTS at Ogden!

Post by Tonia Bautista, undergraduate Psychology major and interdisciplinary neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Tonia joined Noggin outreach volunteers at Ogden Elementary in Vancouver Public Schools this month, including fellow PSU undergraduates Yasaman Farhand, Britta Harbury, Kristin Preston, Roman Cimkovich, Elizabeth Munk, Lauren Kuiper, Hannah Shawo, Tira Gaston and…

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Moving beyond paywalls and jargon

Post by Britta Harbury, interdisciplinary neuroscience and honors undergraduate at Portland State University. Britta regularly contributes to outreach through NW Noggin, and was invited to help present on innovative, student-led community engagement and mental health by Oregon TRIO at their 2022 annual conference on the Oregon coast. Neuroscience is a…

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