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
Morality Before Religion: Empathy, Fairness and Prosocial Primates
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford UniversityStanford, California | March 1, 2011
In this lecture, primatologist Frans B. M. de Waal will discuss how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans.
Christine Carter talk at Oneness-Family School
Oneness-Family School, Washington, DC | Saturday, February 26, 2011Christine Carter talks on raising happy kids and a range of other topics.
Wisdom 2.0 Conference
Silicon Valley, CA | February 25-27, 2011The Wisdom Conference has brought together people from a variety of disciplines, including technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics to explore how we can live with deeper meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age.
Happiness Within Reach
Stanford, CA | February 12, 2011Speakers from the fields of neuroscience and the psychology of human happiness will present the latest research and practices for human happiness and compassion.
*Event is sold out*
Christine Carter talk at Massachusett’s Governor’s Conference for Women
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA | Thursday, December 9, 2010Christine Carter talks on personal happiness, raising happy kids, compassion, gratitude, and a range of other topics.
The Science of a Meaningful Life: Seeds of Compassion, Roots of Empathy
International House, UC Berkeley Campus | December 3rd, 2010A day-long seminar, featuring Dacher Keltner and Mary Gordon, offering strategies to cultivate compassion, empathy, and resilience in yourself, others, and children.
Mind and its Potential Convention
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia | November 18-19, 2010Dacher Keltner is among the many prominent speakers who will discuss how to apply the new science of the brain to education, medicine, business and your life.
Christine Carter talk in the 11th Annual Edna S Thomas Lecture Series
Nashville, TN | 7:00pm on Tuesday, November 16, 2010Christine Carter talks on personal happiness, raising happy kids, compassion, gratitude, and a range of other topics.
Christine Carter talk at Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA | 9:00am-12:00pm on Saturday, November 13, 2010Christine Carter talks on personal happiness, raising happy kids, compassion, gratitude, and a range of other topics.
The Science of a Meaningful Life: Building Compassion, Trust, and Happiness
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA | November 5, 2010A day-long seminar featuring Dacher Keltner and John Gottman as part of the GGSC’s Science of a Meaningful Life series.
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