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Voting is open now through Aug. 25. You can vote once per day per email address. Please also share the voting link with your network. Let’s help MobileMinds get recognition for their incredible work with students in Palm Beach County!

flyer reads: Brains Explained community talk series. The k-brain: how ketamine therapy improves mental health and chronic pain. thursday aug 20 6 pm coastal karma brewing

Join us for a casual night of brainy fun and brews as Brains Explained returns to Coastal Karma Brewing. This semester we are kicking off with a lecture by post-doctoral fellow Shahar Almog, PhD., who will take use through the past and future of ketamine research.

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This year's walk in support of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will take place on Saturday October 10, 2026. Registration is now open, so join our team TODAY and show your support!

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SNBI Outreach Director Shares Perspective on Mental Health for School Health Professionals

In May, Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., spoke at the Florida School Health Association's annual conference. "Through a Neuroscientist’s Eyes: Rethinking Brain Health and Mental Illness,” explored how mental illness is often discussed in terms of diagnosis, behavior and crisis response but doesn't address what is happening in the brain beneath the surface.

2 projector screens with 3 images (one of a scientist looking in a microscope, one with a group of young scientists walking together, and one with a father and his young son looking at a sheep brain). 3 long tables have people seated facing the screens.

Post-doctoral fellow Aly Paz, PhD, delivered an invited public lecture at Jupiter Medical Center on the neuroscience of meditation. The talk explored how meditation affects the brain and highlighted research on its benefits.

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�鶹Ů�� Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute recently hosted the National Association of University Women’s Tech Trek summer neuroscience course. Throughout the program, campers explored the brain through hands-on activities, including molecular biology techniques, brain dissections and interactive lessons on how the brain works.

6 foot tables aranged around a stage with 'The Gardens Mall' written on a sign above it. tables have craft materials including contrsuction paper of different colors, scissors, tape dispensers, glue, pipe cleaners, and pompoms. people are scattered throughout

The NeuroSquad brought neuroscience to The Gardens Mall this month with a pop-up Brain Sparks event. Shoppers of all ages crafted neurons, designed egg helmets to learn about brain safety, explored brain activity through EEG games, and dressed up as future neuroscientists at the Dress Like a Neuroscientist booth.

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This expansion was made possible due to a generous grant from the Sharron and Joseph Ashby Hubert Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward.

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