3 Ways to Eliminate Working-Parent Guilt
From Inc. | April 4, 2013Jeremy Adam-Smith shares tips on juggling work and family
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UC Berkeley Helps Facebook Be as Emotionally Rich as Possible
From SF Weekly | May 3, 2013Dacher Keltner, along with a team of others, creates more nuanced emoticons for Facebook.
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Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center hosts conference on the substance of mindfulness
From MercuryNews.com | March 21, 2013Mercury News writer Lou Fancher provides a review of the GGSC's Practicing Mindfulness and Compassion event.
Compassion Quiets the Mind, Improves the Body, Embraces the World
From | March 21, 2013Washington Times writer Eric Nelson attends the GGSC's Practicing Mindfulness & Compassion event and shares what he learned about compassion.
Why Lent Makes People Happier
From the San Francisco Chronicle | March 19, 2013Greater Good Editor-in-Chief Jason Marsh and GGSC Faculty Board member Robb Willer explain how consuming less can enhance our happiness.
Berkeley Center Funds Gratitude Research
From the San Francisco Chronicle | December 4, 2012A profile of the GGSC's work to advance the science and practice of gratitude.
How inequality hurts Romney’s happiness
From CNN.com | September 21, 2012Jason Marsh presents research on empathy in the wealthy as a response to Romney's comment about low-income Americans.
The Money Empathy Gap
From New York magazine | July 1, 2012Dacher Keltner's research addresses the complex relationship between wealth and empathy.
Greater Good Science Center: On the Fine Art of Gratitude
From Berkeleyside | June 22, 2012The GGSC's Emiliana Simon-Thomas talks to Berkeleyside about the practice of gratitude in her personal and professional life
Gratitude Movement Leader to Speak in SF
From The San Francisco Chronicle | June 21, 2012Article on gratitude conference highlights the GGSC's "Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude" project and interviews science director Emiliana Simon-Thomas.
Chronicling the New American Family
From American Public Media's "Marketplace" | June 15, 2012An interview with Jeremy Adam Smith on his thoughts regarding the shift from traditional roles in the American workforce and home.
Where are the stay-at-home dads in children’s books?
From The Globe and Mail (Canada) | June 14, 2012Just in time for Father's day, Jeremy Adam Smith discusses the role of fathers in the home and their place in children's literature.
Who’s more compassionate…atheists or fundamentalists?
From The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann | May 8, 2012A T.V. interview with Emiliana Simon-Thomas regarding research findings on compassion in religious people compared to non-religious people.
Your Brain on White People
From Salon | April 29, 2012Jeremy Adam Smith explains the effect of the media's portrayal of race on our minds
JetBlue passengers reacted. Would you?
From CNN.com | March 30, 2012Jason Marsh explains how heroic JetBlue passengers overcame the bystander effect
Greed Prevents Good
From The New York Times | March 16, 2012In this New York Times Room for Debate opinion piece, the GGSC's Dacher Keltner explains how money makes people act unethically.
UC Berkeley Study: Empathy as an antidote for job burnout
From Contra Costa Times | January 1, 2012GGSC fellow Eve Ekman does research on the benefits of incorporating empathy into the workforce
Greater Good Science Center’s key to happy holidays
From The San Francisco Chronicle | December 29, 2011Dacher Keltner and Christine Carter's tips on how to have truly happy holidays
Changing Perspectives on Gratitude and Giving
From Childhood Matters | December 18, 2011Jeremy Adam Smith discusses ways to cultivate and embrace gratitude and giving during the holiday season.
Our Potential for Good
From Psychotherapy Networker | November 2011An interview with the GGSC's Dacher Keltner about the evolution of altruism.
Christine Carter on the Today Show
From The Today Show | September 19 2011The GGSC's parenting expert discusses how to help kids cope with stress and foster happiness.
Raising Happiness: Author Christine Carter Explains Why Kids NEED Happy Parents
From Modern Mom | August 10, 2011Christine Carter talks about why parents need to be happy for their kids.
Nightline on the Power of Touch
From ABC News | June 9, 2011What Dacher Keltner's research reveals about the NBA finals.
Dallas’s Secret Weapon: High Fives
From The Wall Street Journal | June 9, 2011Read what Dacher Keltner's research on touch tells us about the NBA finals, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Nice Guys Finish First
From The New York Times | May 16, 2011Dacher Keltner featured in a David Brooks column on altruism.
Christine Carter on the Daily Show
From The Daily Show | April 26, 2011Dr. Carter discusses "tiger moms" with The Daily Show's Olivia Munn.
Event Calendar
Greater Good events put ideas into action. Check out our events calendar to see what we have coming up.
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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
March 27, 2013A new report finds that fitting work with family isn't just a women's issue. Jeremy Adam Smith offers 10 tips for helping fathers to navigate a changing landscape at home and on the job.
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
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World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
May 21, 2013A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
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Can You Run Out of Empathy?
May 20, 2013An essay in this week’s New Yorker argues that we don't have enough empathy to go around. But new research says we can keep renewing and expanding our feeling for others.
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‘Free the Mind’ film
May 17, 2013
Greater Good Events
Greater Good Summer Institute for Educators
University of California, Berkeley
Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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University of California, Berkeley
Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
- Northeast Foundation for Children
Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Why We Cooperate
Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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