When Jeannie Parent and her volunteer group, KWESI, visit immigrants held in a California detention center, she’s inspired by the sense of connection and community she can foster in spite of the ...

Coming of age in the pandemic has been rough on a generation of teens. Many forces converged with normal developmental processes to create a perfect psychological storm: pre-existing mental health ...

For children who are hospitalized, the experience can feel especially scary, filled with unknowns in an unfamiliar place. Thankfully, children’s hospitals have teams dedicated to making the experience ...

There’s a lot of talk about how living in challenging times can help students develop resilience. But sometimes adults forget that it’s not just facing adversity that builds resilience—it’s facing ...

Pain, in its many guises, is a mandatory feature of the human experience. Often, we feel alone in our pain. Yet, belonging to our highly social species offers an invaluable resource for coping with it ...

As we celebrate Hispanic/Lantinx heritage month, we often overlook the challenges and barriers that exist for this population in higher education. Although work has been in place to help remove many ...

Women and girls living in crisis are at particular risk of discrimination and violence. They face a lack of equal opportunities that threaten their lives and rob them of their potential. At the ...

New research rolls out weekly, describing the impact of the pandemic on the educational and emotional lives of children. First, the World Health Organization predicted a wave of mental health concerns ...