Briefings Other Neurosciences Links N eurosciences on the Internet UA Committee on Neuroscience S cience Connection NASA NeuroLab Space Shuttle Mission Society for Neuroscience - Tucson Chapter Brain Awareness Week Mission Brain Awareness Week is a national campaign for neuroscientists to communicate to the public the promise and progress of brain research. In Tucson, BAW activities will be focussed on the week of March 23-27, although activities are scheduled throughout the month of March. The lectures will last about 30 minutes each, and will be followed by light refreshments. The event is free and open to the public. Talks with civic groups.
Neuroscientists visit Tucson-area civic groups to talk about the brain.
Tucson neuroscientists visit school classrooms to organize activities and talk about the brain. This part of the BAW campaign is a partnership with the Science Connection program at the University of Arizona . Over 450 organizations will participate in Brain Awareness Week in 1998, in activities all over the country.