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AAAS selects 4 faculty as fellows

February 1, 2023

College of Arts and Sciences and Gillings professors receive one of the most distinguished honors in the scientific community.

Positive emotions and public health

April 28, 2021

Throughout history, societies have relied on people’s behaviors to help curb the spread of disease. A new paper offers the first evidence that the affective quality of people’s ordinary social interactions in both private and public spaces may shape infection-reducing behaviors during COVID-19.

How to have a better day during the pandemic

June 30, 2020

Passively browsing social media is not good for you — and other useful findings on resilience and happiness from the ​Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab.

Health and happiness amid the pandemic

April 20, 2020

How do you stay healthy and happy when the world is turned upside down? Students in the interdisciplinary “Understanding Health and Happiness” Triple I class are now putting all of the concepts they’ve been learning over the course of the semester to the test.

New year, new goals: How to have happier relationships

February 28, 2020

Barbara Fredrickson studies the psychology of positive emotions, including love. Her research offers tips to build happier relationships and bring more love into our lives. Barbara Fredrickson is an expert on the science of love. For more than two decades, … Read more