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May 1, 2025

HOW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH QUESTIONS: A NEW WAY TO THRIVE IN TIMES OF UNCERTANTY

What do you do when faced with a big, important question that keeps you up at night? Many people, understandably, seize answers dispensed by “experts,” influencers, […]
May 1, 2025

CHANGE THE WALLPAPER: TRANSFORMING CULTURAL PATTERNS TO BUILD MORE JUST COMMUNITIES

How can ordinary people fight for social justice? Can individual actions change structural inequality? In Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities, […]
May 1, 2025

GRAND ROUNDS: SHIFT: MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS — SO THEY DON’T MANAGE YOU

Whether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic, or devastation after a painful break-up, our lives are filled with […]
May 1, 2025

THE AI CON: HOW TO FIGHT BIG TECH’S HYPE AND CREATE THE FUTURE WE WANT

Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going […]
April 17, 2025

ORDINARY MAGIC: THE SCIENCE OF HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE BIG CHANGE WITH SMALL ACTS

The emotional questions we face can define our lives. If you’re expecting an interaction to go wrong, that expectation can make it so. That’s spiraling down. […]
April 10, 2025

HELD TOGETHER: A SHARES MEMOIR OF MOTHERHOOD, MEDICINE, AND IMPERFECT LOVE

Seventeen years ago, when family medicine and public health physician Rebecca Thompson, MD endured a string of life-threatening pregnancy losses and rare medical conditions, her training […]
April 3, 2025

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US: WORKING AND HOMELESS IN AMERICA

The working homeless. In a country where hard work and determination are supposed to lead to success, there is something scandalous about this phrase. But skyrocketing […]
April 3, 2025

DEAR WRITER: PEP TALKS & PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR THE CREATIVE LIFE

New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith (FAN ’20, ’23) believes creativity is our birthright as human beings. Yes, all of us—no matter our […]
April 3, 2025

WHAT WE VALUE: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF CHOICE & CHANGE

With so many competing priorities pulling us in different directions every day―family, friends, work, our health―it can feel difficult to make decisions that are aligned with […]
March 20, 2025

UNTETHERED: CREATING CONNECTED FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES TO RAISE A RESILIENT GENERATION

Over the past decade, children’s mental health challenges have reached epidemic levels—stress, anxiety, childhood depression, and suicide are at unprecedented high rates. Amid high-stakes pressure for […]
February 27, 2025

99% PERSIPIRATION: A NEW WORKING HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE

As the wealth gap widens, communities crumble, and Americans work more for less, journalist Adam Chandler raises the question: What happens when perspiration isn’t enough? To […]
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