Our Ph.D. candidates and alumni are among those generating responses to the heightened existential challenges we face
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How one CIIS alumna moved from seeking answers about consciousness to living — and leading — inside the inquiry.
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.
CIIS students participate in collaborative research into school-based psychotherapy programs
Celebrating the Achievement and Contributions of African Americans to the Mental Health Field
An interview with Master of Fine Arts alum Maia Scott on how her experience as a student helped shape her work now as a teacher and labyrinth designer
Banerji and Craig Chalquist discuss his new book, Meditations on the Isa Upanishads: Tracing the Philosophical Vision of Sri Aurobindo
East-West Psychology student, Katherine Hrudka, shares her experience studying abroad in Auroville.
Andrej Grubacic reflects on the situation in Syria
Read about CIIS Professor Glenn Hartelius' research into a method to define and neurally measure waking states of consciousness