Stage Ai's Summer Blossom festival brought CIIS values to life in China through arts, healing, and cross-cultural connection.
People Spotlight
CIIS alum Missy Lahren is fighting to give forests, rivers, and living ecosystems a formal voice in the legal system.
Nick Blanc ’26 left a fulfilling career in homeless services to pursue undergraduate education at CIIS rooted in ancestral wisdom, indigenous traditions, and community healing.
Film composer Layla Minoui shares how healing from cancer led her to CIIS’ Expressive Arts programs and a new purpose as an emerging coach.
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Ph.D. students Laura Reddick and Kimberly Carfore were invited to write for Huffington Post.
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion alumni Kia Jones works with No Coal in Oakland campaign to prevent coal exports in the Port of Oakland
Ian's utter unconventionality opens the door to creativity by its very presence
An interview with a Somatic Psychology graduate Chris Restivo
Somatic Psychology student Adrian Orozco Blair works at the Living Arts Counseling Center. He is now completing 1 semester of post practicum at this same site.
Warrior-Healers Rise
A lifetime of meticulous research, photography, and organization of a staggering quantity of mother-line evidence
Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness alum creates feature-length documentary
African American cultural artist wins recognition