A CIIS graduate degree in Anthropology and Social Change opens doors in academia, nonprofits, communications, and beyond.

What happens when art, therapy, and justice meet in one program? Explore how CIIS is shaping the next generation of expressive arts therapists.

A practical guide to writing a compelling statement of purpose for your graduate school application.

Kimberly Koljat ’11 transformed personal loss into groundbreaking research on grief, embodiment, and connection in an increasingly digital world.

Learn what admissions committees look for in academic writing samples and how to choose your best work.

At CIIS' 58th Commencement, 267 graduates from a class of 639 crossed the Herbst Theatre stage in celebration, ceremony and community.

At CIIS’ 58th Commencement, the student speaker and the keynote speaker came from different worlds — and arrived at a very similar truth.
 

At the 2026 Scholarship Dinner, CIIS students and donors gathered to celebrate the journeys that generous giving makes possible.

After four decades leading CIIS' Drama Therapy Program, professor Renée Emunah reflects on a career spent fusing theatre and healing.

Don Hanlon Johnson, founder of the first graduate Somatics program in the U.S., retires after more than four decades at CIIS.