A few examples of PNI's past outreach events (sporadically updated!). Princeton Common Ground PNI Visit - April 11, 2025 Middle schoolers from independent schools in the area learned about the brain, from microscopic fruit fly connectomes, to the imaging tools used by neuroscientists (such as fMRI and light sheet microscopy), and more! Organized in partnership with Princeton Common Ground. April 11, 2025 1 / 4 Previous image Next image ︎ Brain Fair at the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf- December 11, 2024 The Princeton Neuroscience Network (PNN) hosted its first disabilities-oriented outreach event at the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf. In collaboration with the Princeton American Sign Language (ASL) department, PNN brought medical ASL students and PNN volunteers out to the school and held the event which included an informative video, a trivia session, and a series of stations with various brain-related activities. PNI Outreach at Sankofa Freedom in Philadelphia, PA – March 8, 2019 Sankofa Freedom Academy is a charter school serving underrepresented Black and Latino students. Our team provided interactive neuroscience activities to 9th and 10th-grade biology students. The Young Women’s PPPL Conference – March 22, 2019 The Young Women’s Conference hosted by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory introduces young women in 7th -10th grades to female scientists, STEM careers and a variety of STEM research topics. Outreach at Urban Promise in Trenton, NJ - April 10, 2019 Urban Promise is a free after-school program for children in 1st through 7th grades, serving the underserved community with the mission to equip children with the skills for academic achievement, life management, and leadership. The Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) - June through August 2019 The PNI Outreach Team provided a mixture of discussions and hands-on experiments for underrepresented students during an intensive six-week summer program. The summer culminated with the students designing and presenting their own outstanding neuroscience-based research projects.
