Neuroscience
Kunal Nayyar ‘03 Challenge Gift for Performing Arts
Kunal Nayyar ’03, star from the Big Bang Theory, has pledged to give $200,000 to support the Performing Arts Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Kunal hopes to inspire at least 100 donors to make a gift to any designation in the College of Arts and Sciences campaign. When this goal is reached, his gift will provide support for performing arts students and programs.
Join the challenge starting tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.! On April 4-5 from noon to noon, the UP community will come together for our first ever day of giving:#PilotsGive. With nearly $400,000 in challenge funds available, University of Portland has an ambitious goal of securing 1000 donors in one day! #PilotsGive is OUR chance to make UP stronger. pilotsgive.up.edu Together we all add UP!
Murdock Poster Prize Winners
UP students Anna Warden, Jordan Lueras, and Sydney Weber were selected as winners of the Murdock Poster Prize in Neuroscience/Psychology/Exercise Science for their presentation “Are serotonin neurons involved in the depression observed in Hutington’s disease? Effects of human mutant huntingtin expression in the dorsal raphe of wildtype mice.” Warden, Lueras, and Weber presented their research at the 2013 Murdock College Science Research Program (MCSRP) Conference held on November 8 & 9 in Vancouver, Washington. Dr. Mark Pitzer was their research advisor.
This award recognizes students for their hard work in the execution of research as well as the preparation and presentation of the results in a poster format. Warden, Lueras and Weber excelled in their communication, knowledge and analysis of the material, creativity of the project, organization of the presentation, and poise when answering questions.
Neuroscience Minor Welcome
Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary area of study that brings together courses in psychology, biology, and philosophy in seeking to understand how the brain and nervous system acquire, process, and integrate information from the environment, how this information brings about complex behaviors of the organism, and how this impacts our understanding of the nature of the human person.