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What is 'Policy by Proximity?' Visiting Scholars Highlight the Real-World Impact of Community‑Engaged Research

June 1, 2026

The Center for Healthy Minds hosted a talk in May on ‘Navigating Community-Engaged Research Across Power, Positionality, and Politics’ with Jarrell... Learn More >

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Faith Leaders’ Environmental Visions Come to Life at Loka Initiative Convening

April 29, 2026

The PREP (Preparing Religious Environmental Plans) course culminated in a weeklong “Keeping the Faith” convening in March in Madison, WI. Learn More >

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Center for Healthy Minds Researchers Use AI and 7.5M Screenshots to Understand Suicide Risk

March 25, 2026

The latest findings in this first-of-its-kind study show nighttime smartphone behavior can be an indicator of suicidal thoughts. Learn More >

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The Gift of Gratitude

February 23, 2026

In this UW News article, CHM Contemplative Scientist Dr. Cortland Dahl explores the power of gratitude in shaping our minds and experiences. Learn More

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PBS WI: Flourishing in a Culture of Belonging

February 23, 2026

Dr. Tony Chambers, director for community wellbeing at CHM, explains the neuroscience of belonging and how the feeling can be a source of joy and... Learn More

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Easing eco-anxiety through guided meditation, with Dekila Chungyalpa

February 23, 2026

Dekila Chungyalpa, director of the Loka Initiative, talks about utilizing meditation to ease eco-anxiety. This is a part of Badger Talks “The Power... Learn More

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The Blind Spot Podcast - Episode 12: Buddhism, Science and Mind

February 23, 2026

What can Buddhism teach science about the mind? CHM Core Faculty member Dr. John Dunne explores how Buddhist and scientific perspectives on... Learn More

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Researchers at UW–Madison Receive Major Grant to Study the Link Between Mental Health and the Microbiome

February 18, 2026

Long before science caught up, Vincent Van Gogh sensed a connection between melancholy and microbes. Now, 135 years later, the Wisconsin Institute... Learn More

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New CHM Study to Examine How to Improve Effectiveness of Digital Wellbeing Apps

January 20, 2026

A new study launched by a team of researchers at Center for Healthy Minds seeks to understand how mental health digital apps could become more... Learn More >

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Reframing Wellbeing Through the Lens of Indigenous Filipino Psychology

January 15, 2026

Center for Healthy Minds researchers and partners from global Filipino non-profit give update on collaborative study. Learn More >

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Parents’ Excessive Internet Use May Be Linked to Depression in Their Teenagers

January 12, 2026

“These results support the sobering possibility that how parents are engaging with technology impacts their children’s wellbeing,” said Simon... Learn More >

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Get to Know Center for Healthy Minds Experts in 5 Recent Podcast Episodes

November 28, 2025

Catch up with the experts at the Center for Healthy Minds with these podcasts featuring five of our scholars as they discuss their latest research... Learn More >

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LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner and UW’s Dr. Richie Davidson Have Fireside Chat on ‘Leading with Compassion’

November 21, 2025

"Leading with compassion" was the center of the conversation at a recent fireside chat with LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner and Center for Healthy Minds... Learn More >

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Contemplating a New Vision for Contemplative Science

November 3, 2025

Dr. Amit Bernstein, CHM’s newest faculty member, reflects on a 30-year journey around the world and into the mind—and where he wants to go next. Learn More >

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Liberating Mind at Death: Ontological Realities and Discourses with Science in Tibetan Tukdam Post-death Meditative State

September 10, 2025

Read this Tukdam Special Issue for the journal Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry with CHM Research Assistant Professor Dr. Tawni Tidwell as guest... Learn More