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News: 2018

Silhouette Of Hand On Fence With American Flag In The Background To Depict Parent Child Separation At The Mexico Us Border
Well-Being in Children
Researchers Warn Mental Impact of Incarceration and Border Separation on Kids
December 17, 2018

Faculty member Julie Poehlmann-Tynan explores the impacts of parent-child separation

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Learning Well-Being
Brief Meditation Practices Differ in Buffering Against Stress
December 12, 2018

When stressed, brief meditation practices work differently and not all are equally helpful

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Learning Well-Being
Happy and Healthy Communities – What’s Working in Well-Being Research
November 26, 2018

Center founder Richard Davidson participated in a roundtable organized by the NIH about the future of emotional well-being

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Learning Well-Being
Center Research Expands with Arrival of New Faculty Member Simon Goldberg
October 26, 2018

The Center for Healthy Minds welcomes new faculty member Simon Goldberg, who studies the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions and explores what works in successful therapist-patient interactions

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Well-Being in Children
New Program Focuses on Well-Being of Educators in Mexico
October 25, 2018

The Center and Mexico-based nonprofit AtentaMente are piloting a program to improve school cultures and educators' well-being

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Contemplative Studies
Karmapa Visits University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 13, 2018

Hosted by the Center for Healthy Minds, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss how religious leaders could more effectively work with scientists, academics and global experts on addressing environmental and social issues