Wellness Fair showcases healthy campus resources
More than 400 students participated in the event, which connected them to more than two dozen wellness-related campus organizations.
Where the grass is greener
Surprise indoor lawn appears in the Student Center to calm and entertain.
Stress can lead to risky decisions
Neuroscientists find chronic stress skews decisions toward higher-risk options.
Spreading kindness far and wide
Senior Bettina Arkhurst, founder of Random Acts of Kindness Week, is making a better world at MIT.
MindHandHeart announces the newest round of Innovation Fund winners
Eleven projects have been selected to bring creative wellness and mental health programming to campus.
You belong @ MIT
A new initiative developed by the Teaching and Learning Lab is designed to increase students’ sense of academic belonging.
Detecting walking speed with wireless signals
By measuring this emerging vital sign, CSAIL system could help monitor and diagnose health issues like cognitive decline and cardiac disease.
Revolutionizing global health
In more than 20 years working on wireless sensors and radio frequency identification (RFID), Richard Fletcher has produced several startups and over a dozen patents.
Brain circuit enables split-second decisions when cues conflict
New findings shed light on how we quickly assess risks and rewards before acting.
Lorraine Wong awarded 2017 MIT Collier Medal
MIT senior in brain and cognitive sciences and women's and gender studies honored for community work supporting mental health and women in STEM.
Learning life skills
An MIT event series dedicated to the things everyone should know, but were never taught in school.
The OpenMind::OpenArt Project
An MIT art studio and public gallery is raising awareness about mental health and wellness.
Wearable AI system can detect a conversation's tone
Coupled with audio and vital-sign data, deep-learning system could someday serve as a “social coach” for people with anxiety or Asperger’s.
Taking a break and making connections
MIT Senior Jahnavi Kalpathy shares her story of taking a leave of absence.
Newest MindHandHeart Innovation Fund projects build community and resilience
Grants totaling $21,450 were awarded to seven proposals in MindHandHeart’s fourth funding cycle.