"Continuously weight your heart at every moment. Decide whether or not it is in alignment with other bodies, the planet, and your ancestors. Every moment. Because the world will tell you you’re going in the wrong way and you’re not."
People Spotlight
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.
Dr. Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell, a graduate of the Department of Transformative Inquiry, won an International Impact Book Award for her recent children’s book, Let’s Live A.L.O.H.A.
Celebrated author and somatic therapist Resmaa Menakem will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and deliver the commencement address.
Mike Jung, a Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian at the Laurance S. Rockefeller Library at CIIS and noted author of children’s books, discusses his selection as a judge for the 2024 National Book Awards
When Florida laws threatened queer scholarship, CIIS provided a new home
A new essay, Heart-Knowing, Somatic Dreaming, and Trans-subjectivity: A Scholarly Personal Narrative, written by Daniel Deslauriers, Ph.D., explores the power of somatic dreams.
CIIS Professors Jeanine Canty and Leslie Davenport scheduled to speak at Revolution from the Heart of Nature
Community Mental Health graduate Dr. Patsy Tito on bringing mental health support to the Samoan and Pacific Islander community
Exploring the Department of Women's Spirituality and celebrating with two events
The 39th annual awards give double honors to the University