Brain Awareness Week 2024 Brain Awareness Week 2024
Saturday March 9th, 2024 : 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday March 10, 2024: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Brains Work On the Mall !!
Brain Awareness Week is an international initiative to advance public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research.
As with last year we took advantage of a wonderful opportunity for neuroscience outreach that was offered by the fortuitous timing of the Tucson Festival of Books, which was held on the UA Mall on March 9-10. An estimated 150,000 visitor attended. The festival put together a Science City area (estimated 40,000 visitors), and we had a spot in it for a "All about the Brain" exhibit in the 'Science of You' tent.
The booth had activities designed to be attractive to people of all ages, including prism glasses and visual adaptation, our famous brain zoo (more than 30 animals, including a human brain), some somatosensory and pain sensitivity tests, a hands-on test of your reflexes and reaction times, and a make-a-neuron kid corner. The booth had some reading materials from the Dana Foundation and the SFN. We had more than 50 volunteers helping this year, and we estimate that more than 1500 people stopped by our stations in the course of the two days! This year's event had support from the Department of Neuroscience
Many thanks to all the volunteers! Gaby Mangano, Hannah Witherspoon, Nika Aguilar, Carolyn Stopera, Shailey Bergstrom, Holly Parrish, Yana Sturtchev, Gowri, Carlo Capozella, Steven Cowen
Jean-Marc Fellous