"I heard from [my daughter] that there was a special assembly today that involved brains!! [My daughter] NEVER talks about school and she talked all afternoon about the brains she got to touch!! We have been talking to her a lot about Science in hopes to spark an interest in her that goes beyond emojis. (Haha). Today you knocked it out of the park, so I just wanted to say thank you!"
-7th grade parent
"Brain Day is by far one of my favorite organizations. I LOVE bringing the brains into the classrooms and watching the students faces light up! Its such an outstanding platform to get the students excited about science and the brain, and educate about how valuable and important the brain is. Not to mention, its a great way to provide role models of scientists outside of the most classically illustrated white-coat, test-tube watching type. As TAs, we start by talking to the students about how we got into science, and why we love studying the brain, and our particular research focus - which is a great way to show students all the different ways they can be involved! "
-Cammie Rolle, TA and Brain Day coordinator
“It was an epiphany.”
-Undergraduate student, Freshman
“It was pretty surreal to hold a brain and think that’s someone’s whole life. I’ve been here for a week and I got to touch a brain!"
-Undergraduate student, Freshman
"I've loved every one of my Brain Day TA experiences, but my favorite Brain Day memory was doing a session on Halloween last year. The other TAs and I dressed up as zombies, and the students loved it!"
-Brain Day TA, 2015-2018
"One year we did Brain Day on halloween and dressed up as zombies. It was corny, but the kids loved it. The kids were rowdy, but we managed to sneak in some cool brain facts that caught their attention. Such a memorable, rewarding experience!"
-Brain Day TA, 2014-2018
Stanford Undergraduate Neuroscience Society’s “Brains and Burritos”: https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/first-came-burritos-then-brains-students-interested-neurosciences