Brain Awareness Week

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36 S. Wasatch Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Phone:
801.587.1222

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Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a worldwide campaign organized by the Society for Neuroscience and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to elevate public awareness about the benefits of brain research. U of U Program in Neuroscience graduate students have brought BAW to the Wasatch Front every March since 1997. 2013 marks the first year of the Utah Brain Education Alliance, formalizing a network of BAW volunteers across the state.

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Brain Awareness Week 2013
March 11 - 17

Join Brain Awareness Week volunteers for fun, hands-on neuroscience activities at The Leonardo!

 

Brain Awareness Day at The Leonardo
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Open house, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
290 East 500 South, Salt Lake City

The activities are appropriate for elementary school-aged children and their families!
This event is free and open to the public.

 

Volunteers will also lead closed Brain Awareness Week activities at area schools:

West High School - March 11
Glendale Middle School - March 12
Salt Lake Center for Science Education - March 13
Bingham High School - March 14
Open Classroom - March 14
Glendale Middle School - March 15

Contact: Amy Davis, 801-587-1222

 

In the media

U of Utah Press Release: "Want to Touch a Brain?" (March 7, 2013)
 KSL-TV: "National Brain Awareness Week" (March 8, 2013)
Deseret News: "Humans handle human brains as part of program" (March 12, 2013)
Salt Lake Tribune: "It's 'mushy', it's 'sort of foamy', it's the human brain" (March 16, 2013)

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Brain Awareness Event Request Form for School and Community Organization Administrators

School and community organization administrators are invited to request a neuroscience outreach visit by University of Utah Brain Awareness Week volunteers. Note the following requirements: (1) the school or community organization must be located in the Salt Lake City metro area; (2) visits can be requested from September 1 to April 30 of each year (outreach activities are not supported from May to August); (3) a minimum of two hours must be reserved for any visit; (4) a single room large enough to accommodate the planned activities and attendance must be available; and (5) the request must come from the school principal, program director, or other senior administrator.

Click here to submit your event request online.

 

Utah Brain Awareness Week is supported by gifts from:

  • The Castle Foundation
  • Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation

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Last Updated: 3/19/13