[Alt text] A gallery of four images in a 2 by 2 grid. The top left image features the EWN panelists on the light brown wooden stage of the Kane Hall auditorium at the University of Washington, decorated with purple and white balloons and streamers, with a title slide in the background displaying "An Evening with Neuroscience" and purple and blue neurons. The top right image shows the audience of Kane Hall, which has 13 rows seating 500-600 people and is nearly full. In bottom left image, the EWN planning committee smiles, arranged for a group photo in the lobby of Kane Hall outside the doors of the auditorium, with purple and white balloons in the background. The bottom right image shows the Grey Matters Store, set up on a table in the lobby of Kane Hall, with Grey Matters Journal issues, black brain keychains, an blue brain stickers.
About EWN
An Evening with Neuroscience (EWN) is Grey Matters' annual event to bring neuroscience to the public via a panel discussion and a live Q&A from the audience. Prior to the panel, half an hour of interactive and engaging pre-panel events, including a human brain dissection, get attendees excited about neuroscience topics. Since the first EWN in 2015, our event has grown to attract 500-600 people annually from across the Seattle area.
EWN 2021
EWN 2021 will be a series of live streams on four consecutive Fridays beginning on April 16 and ending on May 7. The first three streams will feature hour-long interactive events, the first of which will be a live brain dissection. The final live stream will be an interactive discussion and Q&A by an interdisciplinary panel of distinguished neuroscientists and clinicians. This year, we aim to establish a wider online presence with a focus on expanding beyond the Seattle area and reaching those with the least access to neuroscience education.
Check back closer to the event for more details.
[Alt text] A gallery of 9 images in a 3 by 3 grid. The top left image is Dr. Ric Robinson beginning a brain dissection in the lobby of Kane Hall. In the top center image, an EWN attendee picking up a black brain keychain from the Grey Matters store in the lobby. The top right image shows a circular white button pin with a pink brain on it, laying on top of pages of circular EWN stickers with white brains on black backgrounds. The middle left image displays an intricate artistic piece in black ink, featuring a brain with the four lobes labeled, as well as intricate designs surrounding it, that attendees filled in with color before the panel discussion. The image exactly in the center shows a board with a large piece of paper on it with the question: "What topics would you like to see covered in the next issue of Grey Matters?" and multicolored sticky notes on it that attendees put on with their desired topics. The middle right image features a beautiful art piece showing the human skeleton, the hands from the painting of God creating Adam in the Sistine Chapel, monkeys, humans, neurons in the style of Ramon y Cajal drawings, and action potentials. The bottom left image shows a cross-section of the brain made of glass that lights up and changes color, inside a wooden box, on a table with a patterned tablecloth. In the bottom center image, members of the EWN planning committee dressed in all black hold a purple and white balloon arch stretched out horizontally, in the Kane Hall lobby in front of the doors of the auditorium. The bottom right image shows the EWN panel audience inside the auditorium.
Get Involved!
Engaging in our planning committee is a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in leadership, teamwork, and event planning, while furthering Grey Matters’ educational mission. Each year, the committee forms a tight-knit community that is as enjoyable as it is productive.
Applications to join the planning committee are currently closed. If you are interested in joining the committee next year, we highly encourage you to attend the event this year!
