What will mentorship mean in a post-pandemic world? As we’ve discovered since the earliest days of lockdowns right up through hybrid and phased-in re-openings, mentorship is more multifaceted than we…
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After the upheaval of the past few years, mental health is increasingly seen as an organizational imperative. Yet, engaging around sometimes complex mental health topics hasn’t traditionally been on everyone’s…
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At the beginning of the century, 1.7 million people died from HIV/AIDS annually. Today, the landscape looks drastically different, with 2021 recording 650,000 HIV-related deaths. This data reveals a 65% drop since…
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National Arts in Education Week is upon us, and it is a wonderful time to reflect on where arts education has been and where it can go with impassioned arts advocacy.…
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From 2010 to 2020, a larger proportion of rural Americans smoked cigarettes—and their odds of quitting smoking were lower—compared to those living in urban areas, according to a new study.…
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Ensuring that staff members have the necessary tools and training to handle any challenge thrown at them is just one aspect of being a nonprofit leader. What’s also key to…
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Dr. Sylvia Bartley is the author of “Turning the Tide: Neuroscience, Spirituality and My Path Toward Emotional Health.” In this episode, Chanda and Sylvia discuss the complexities of community engagement…
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Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about the health risks of wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal. With almost the entire…
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Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air pollution from wildfires, vehicles, and industries threatens human health. Bees and pollinators are dying in unprecedented numbers that may force changes in crop production and…
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For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5, 2013. That was the day 4-year-old Leah Laudick told her mom, Shelly, that she had a bad…
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Earlier this year, a Marshall Project investigation revealed that dozens of young people had been held under brutal conditions of isolation and deprivation at a quietly-opened facility in St. Martinville, Louisiana. The…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and…
