Duke University is celebrating Brain Awareness Week with a number of activities and events, some of which are free, to deepen the public’s understanding of the brain. You can find all the events here, but following is a list of just the free ones. This Duke University Campus map will help you find the on-campus buildings and parking.
Monday, March 28th, 6:30 p.m.
Screening of the movie “Inside Out”
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, 308 Research Drive, Durham
Gather for a free screening of Inside Out, including complimentary popcorn. Join Riley and her emotions for a fun-filled animated adventure through joy, sadness, fear, disgust and anger. Rated PG; 95 minutes. Families welcome. Free and open to the public.
Park at Bryan Center Parking Garage for $2.
Tuesday, March 29th, 7 p.m.
Periodic Tables: Brain Awareness Week Edition
Motorco Music Hall, 723 Rigsbee Avenue, Durham
Join us for this Brain Awareness Week edition of Periodic Tables as we present an informal, yet spirited gathering on new ways to think about your brain. Q&A will follow short talks on vision and your brain, context and memory, brain enhancement ethics, and thinking about thinking. Talks by local experts: professors Greg Appelbaum, Tobias Egner, Nita Farahany and Marc Sommer. Presented in partnership by the Duke Initiative for Science & Society and the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences. Free and open to the public; donations accepted. This off-campus venue offers a selection of food and beverage for purchase before, during and after the event.
Wednesday, March 30th, 1 p.m.
Senior Adult Game Day
Southwest Regional Library, 3605 Shannon Rd, Durham
Calling all senior adults! Up for a little friendly competition? Come to Senior Adult Game Day to test your brain trivia and to play some old favorites with fellow game-lovers. Win prizes; free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 31st, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Gallery Talks: Making Faces: At the Intersection of Art & Neuroscience
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham
Join Duke students for short gallery talks at 5 and 7 p.m. to discuss their installation “Making Faces: At the Intersection of Art & Neuroscience.” This project is part of the work of “Art, Vision, and the Brain,” a Bass Connections team exploring the depiction of faces and how our brains make sense of our visual and social world.
Sunday, April 3rd, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
DIBS Discovery Day
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, 308 Research Drive, Durham
Help us cap off our eighth annual Brain Awareness Week at Duke with our first ever DIBS Discovery Day. Join us in our new 10,000+ square-foot space for laboratory demonstrations, to learn how music can improve quality of life, to experience how we use our eyes to navigate, to get the inside scoop on how to test for concussions during sports events, and more! And be sure to visit the kids’ corner with our friends from the NC Museum of Life and Science. Free and open to the public.
