Brain Awareness Week is an initiative started by the Dana Foundation in 1995 to increase public awareness and outreach into communities of the incredible brain research happening around the globe.
Our chapters celebrate Brain Awareness Week in a variety of ways – check them out!
Drake University (β-IL)
For their Brain Awareness Week, supported by a Nu Rho Psi Chapter Activity Grant, the Drake University chapter hosted multiple events, including a journal club that sparked on lively discussion about the article Altered functional brain networks in problematic smartphone and social media use: resting-state fMRI study by Áfra, E., Janszky, J., Perlaki, G. et al.
You can access the article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11682-023-00825-y
Weber State University (α-UT)
Weber State University students take time during their spring break to host Brain Awareness Week outreach events. They particularly focus on outreach to local K-12 schools and have an ongoing partnership with their local children’s museum where they set up stations for kid-friendly experiments, including optical illusions and a “Flavor Station” where participants plug their nose, close their eyes, eat a jellybean, and try to guess the flavor! Learn more about how Weber State celebrates Brain Awareness Week in our ’23-’24 Chapter of the Year Panel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/hObRGdTRTW0?si=9IeO7klAKQFKmKk9&t=1240
Randolph-Macon University (δ-VA)
Randolph-Macon University’s Nu Rho Psi chapter, supported by a Nu Rho Psi Chapter Activity Grant, teamed up to collaborate with the Student Health, the Academic Resource Center, and Student Counseling Services at Randolph-Macon to provide information to students about the various impacts of Social Media on the brain. Their events included three tabling events on how social media impacts body image; unplugging when studying and how attention is impacted by social media; and the intersection of social media, the focus on “likes”, bullying, and the impact on mood.
Day 1: Social Media & Body Image
Unfiltered: The Truth About Social Media & Body Image tabling material
Day 2: Social Media & Academic Achievement
Social Media and attention/impact on academic achievement tabling material
Day 2: Social Media & Academic Achievement
Academic achievement/study technique: Pomodoro technique
Day 2: Social Media & Academic Achievement
Academic achievement/study technique: Pomodoro technique
Day 3: Social Media & Impact on Mood
Social Media & impact on mood tabling material
Social Media & The Brain: Use Survey
Utilized in tabling material
Social Media & The Brain: Impact on Attention
Attention survey utilized in tabling material
Bradley University (ζ-IL)
Bradley University’s Brain Awareness Week event featured faculty and student talks, trivia with prizes, and food!
Belmont University (η-TN)
Belmont University hosted a series of Brain Awareness Week events, including a day of playing Mafia with a lie detector test, a trivia night, and hosting keynote speaker Dr. Hyosung Kim with a talk on “Myelination Matters”.
Wayne State University (β-MI)
The Wayne State University chapter said this about Brain Day Detroit: “Brain Day is always such a fun and rewarding experience! Seeing the community, parents and kids alike, react so positively to science and growing their curiosity is a beautiful experience! We had one little girl come back to us at the end of the day and give our staff hugs and happily tell us she is going to be our future doctor.”
Did your chapter host a Brain Awareness Week event that you want us to share? E-mail us photos and a brief description of your events at Communications@NuRhoPsi.org
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