January 2021 - Half Full - The Network of Care

How Can We Rebuild Trust in the U.S.?

Over the past two months, the U.S. has endured a historic political breakdown, with President Trump, leading Republicans, and millions of voters refusing to accept the outcome of the November 3 election. Their sustained challenges culminated in the shocking...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2021 4:04 AM by Greater Good Articles

Announcing the GGSC’s Online Courses for Educators

Today, the Greater Good Science Center is proud to announce the launch of Teaching and Learning for the Greater Good, an online course for educators that covers the science behind social-emotional learning (SEL) and explores how to weave it into our schools...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2021 5:56 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Structure Your Day to Feel Less Stressed

Even though there is a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, chronic stress still rules the day. Those of us lucky enough to be employed are working harder than ever; an analysis of 3.1 million people’s emails found that lockdown increased the length...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2021 4:26 AM by Greater Good Articles

Five Skills We Need for the Year Ahead

I was feeling the weight of 2020 last week when I went to visit Ms. K, a patient who had a particularly rough year. “This is the year I lost my leg in the spring, and now I am losing this battle with lung cancer all on top of the COVID-19 stress,” she...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2021 7:09 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Overcome the Pressure to Always Do More

As a child, my parents tried to instill a strong work ethic in me. They would praise me for staying up to do homework or for practicing the piano for hours. But if I shirked my chores to play outside or watch TV, I was scolded for being lazy—a label that...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2021 5:44 AM by Greater Good Articles

Can Deep Listening Heal Our Divisions?

At the start of 2021, five very different college campuses kicked off a program called Bridging the Gap. The program is focused on deep listening as the basis for effective communication across lines of difference. The promise of the course is that if...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2021 9:37 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Help Students Feel a Sense of Belonging During the Pandemic

Do I belong at this school? How students respond to this question is closely linked to whether they succeed and thrive. According to our research, students who feel a strong sense of belonging are more engaged and more likely to join school organizations...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2021 7:26 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Talk to Young People About the Capitol Attacks

Teachers scrambled to create lesson plans to help students make sense of the January 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol right after it happened. It’s a fraught task. Even the news media wasn’t sure what to call this unprecedented attack on U.S. democracy. Was...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2021 5:05 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Is Your Social Networking Style?

If the prospect of networking makes you anxious or uncomfortable, you’re not alone. Research suggests that many of us feel ambivalent about networking. For instance, we may feel that we don’t have enough time, we may feel inauthentic while networking...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2021 7:23 AM by Greater Good Articles

Diverse Films Make More Money at the Box Office

It’s been five years since the #OscarsSoWhite movement began calling attention to how white-dominated the award-winning films are, but Hollywood still has a long way to go in embracing diversity. A new report adds fuel to that effort by showing that films...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2021 7:03 AM by Greater Good Articles

The Top Seven “Science Happiness” Podcast Episodes of 2020

2020 was the most challenging year of many of our lives. Through it all, The Science of Happiness podcast searched for ways to find meaning, connection, well-being, and, yes, happiness. We confronted the challenges of the pandemic head-on by asking experts...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2021 5:15 AM by Greater Good Articles

Are Facial Expressions the Same Around the World?

Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya, or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles, frowns, grimaces, and scowls, a new UC Berkeley study finds. The...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2021 7:20 AM by Greater Good Articles

Who Stays Home During the Pandemic—And Who Doesn’t?

Around the world, coronavirus infection rates are on the rise again. Even places that were initially successful in curbing the spread are being forced to reinstate lockdowns in order to keep the virus in check. Understandably, it’s hard to remain in isolation...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2021 4:45 AM by Greater Good Articles

Our Best Education Articles of 2020

In February of 2020, we launched the new website Greater Good in Education, a collection of free, research-based and -informed strategies and practices for the social, emotional, and ethical development of students, for the well-being of the adults who...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2021 4:55 AM by Greater Good Articles

Six Techniques to Help You Bridge Differences

In 2020, the Greater Good Science Center partnered with NationSwell and Einhorn Collaborative to produce a series of videos about some of the most exciting, science-based solutions to our social and political divisions. Here are some highlights from our...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2021 9:27 AM by Greater Good Articles

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