Center for Healthy Minds

The Art & Science of Human Flourishing is a collaborative course that helps students develop their own mindfulness toolkit to navigate their first year of college and beyond. And a recent study shows it works. Now, professors and researchers are hoping to find a way to share their findings beyond the classroom and in the community.

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In this summer's blockbuster movie of the same name, Barbie stares down an existential crisis. For humans in the real world, Center for Healthy Minds has some well-tested guidance, along with a free app, for navigating life's challenges and cultivating well-being.

Can a free smartphone-based meditation app could help reduce adolescent depression?

Chronic inflammatory diseases can compromise brain health and increase dementia risk, but why and how that happens is a lingering scientific puzzle. A multi-disciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers is set to launch a five-year investigation into this question.

Researchers are working on one possible solution that leverages artificial intelligence to deliver personalized well-being content through a person’s mobile device when they need it most.

We recently caught up with scholars Augusta Ike and Godwill Oke, who participated in the McNair-Center for Healthy Minds Scholars Program.