UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Yale Professor Laurie Santos, author of “Thriving Through Crisis: How to Foster Happiness When the World Feels Overwhelming,” 7:30 p.m. at UCSB Campbell Hall, Wednesday, ...

In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General released a statement to highlight the alarming levels of loneliness and isolation in the United States. Post-pandemic, one of the most important questions people are ...

Laurie Santos first noticed something amiss with parents a few years ago. “I saw how anxious and worried parents were when connecting with their kids at Yale,” said Santos, the Chandrika and Ranjan ...

Happiness is something everyone pursues, yet understanding how to genuinely cultivate it can be challenging. Leading Yale psychologist Laurie Santos has spent years studying what makes people truly ...

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March 12, 2026 Contributed by Ally Donnelly Their kids went to school and came home…happier. Parents of Hingham High School students enrolled in the SWELL program wanted to know why, or better yet, ...

Have you ever wondered: What does it mean to be truly happy? Can our brain chemistry, or even our genetics, determine how we feel about our lives? And, most importantly, can we learn to be even ...