News & Events
Events
The Greater Good Science Center is dedicated to building connections with the community beyond UC Berkeley. By sponsoring public lectures and participating in public symposia we encourage dialogue about the importance of promoting positive emotions and relationships in classrooms, in families, and in our communities at large.
Past Events
6th Annual Meeting of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society
San Francisco, CA | April 12-13, 2013A meeting to promote social and affective neuroscience
Southwestern Psychological Association 2013 Convention
Fort Worth, TX | April 5-7, 2013A meeting to promote the scientific, educational and professional facets of psychology
Spring Global Psychology Symposium
Riverside, CA | April 5, 2013A symposium on psychology, global health, changing times, and changing practice
Immigrant Families as They Really Are
University of MiamiCarol Gables, Florida | April 5th-6th, 2013
The Council on Contemporary Families presents this conference on issues facing immigrant families
The Compassionate Instinct: A Darwinian Tale of Survival of the Kindest
1 Pimentel HallUC Berkeley campus | 10AM on March 23, 2013
The GGSC’s Dacher Keltner presents a talk in the Nano-High series at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Practicing Mindfulness & Compassion
Craneway Pavilion Conference CenterOR Live Webcast | March 8, 2013
This day-long conference, featuring a keynote by Jon Kabat-Zinn, will illuminate the connections between mindfulness and compassion, focusing on how mindfulness can deepen relationships, enhance caregiving, and build compassion.
Wisdom 2.0—Living with awareness, wisdom and compassion
Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA | February 21-24, 2013Attend this conference to discuss ways to apply technology in order to stay connected to one another and benefit our well-being, work, and world.
Increasing Imagination, Innovation and Insight in Brains, Students, and Schools
San Francisco, CA | February 14-16, 2013This Learning & the Brain conference aims to provide strategies to create more innovative schools and more imaginative, insightful students.
The Myths of Happiness
Berkeley Arts & Letters at the Hillside Club2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley, CA 94709 | January 29, 7:30pm
Sonja Lyubomirsky discusses why what should make you happy doesn’t, and why what shouldn’t make you happy, does
Book Event: Oliver Burkeman on the Positive Power of Negative Thinking
2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA | Thursday, January 24, 7:30pmOliver Burkeman comes to Berkeley to talk about his new book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.
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