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Online Workshop Recording: Changing Brains - New Tools for Brain Awareness Week & Beyond

Online workshop recording; developers from the Changing Brains project provided background info and shared new public engagement resources around brain and neuroscience.

DESCRIPTION

This workshop was recorded on 3-14-23

During this online workshop, presenters shared about new public engagement resources from the NISE Network's "Changing Brains" project. We explored ways to engage with the societal and ethical issues inherent in neuroscience research and heard from colleagues who have led successful brain-related programs for Brain Awareness Week, Robotics Weeks, special events, and more. 

Presenters:

Darrell Porcello, Ph.D., Children's Creativity Museum & Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley

Claire Weichselbaum, Ph.D., Barbara Gill Civic Science Fellow, Visiting Scholar,    Arizona State University

Susan Heilman, Ph.D., Current Science Communication Team, Museum of Science, Boston

Abby Gwinn-Arakas, Director of Community Engagement, McWane Science Center

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DESCRIPTION

This workshop was recorded on 3-14-23

During this online workshop, presenters shared about new public engagement resources from the NISE Network's "Changing Brains" project. We explored ways to engage with the societal and ethical issues inherent in neuroscience research and heard from colleagues who have led successful brain-related programs for Brain Awareness Week, Robotics Weeks, special events, and more. 

Presenters:

Darrell Porcello, Ph.D., Children's Creativity Museum & Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley

Claire Weichselbaum, Ph.D., Barbara Gill Civic Science Fellow, Visiting Scholar,    Arizona State University

Susan Heilman, Ph.D., Current Science Communication Team, Museum of Science, Boston

Abby Gwinn-Arakas, Director of Community Engagement, McWane Science Center

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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2023
OWNING INSTITUTION

Arizona State University 

FUNDING

This material was based on work supported by The Kavli Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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