The Blue Sky Leaders program equips leaders with wisdom and skills to navigate the global metacrisis, fostering transformative leadership for a sustainable, compassionate future.
People Spotlight
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.
Preschool teacher Linette Illastron returned to school after a decade and rediscovered her voice, her strength, and her passion for learning at CIIS.
Barbara Morrill, CIIS Professor Emerita, explores the life of Jewish writer Etty Hillesum, who decried the brutality of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam during World War II.
Blue Sky Leaders Facilitator Ginny Whitelaw explores why, as AI advances, leaders must balance its intellect with human wisdom.
Get access to the online workshop series on intergenerational trauma with Kini Chang, LMFT, Chair of the Community Mental Health program at CIIS
CIIS to launch the first-ever undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies offering, planned to begin in fall 2025.
CIIS plans to expand its community health services with the launch of a new psychedelics clinic that will provide patients with ketamine-assisted treatments, the first of its kind to be associated with a university in the United States.
Blue Sky Leaders Associate Director Bruce Alderman on how conscious leadership integrates awareness, adaptability, and values to foster growth and holistic success.
Groundbreaking collection of essays reveals how Critical Sexuality Studies and Lavender Languages and Linguistics combine to analyze language use, sexuality and gender, and discourse on authority and power.
Decennial Kickoff Event:
10 Years of Mindful Contribution to Critical Sexuality Studies
San Francisco, CA
CIIS breaks ground with its new, one-of-a-kind M.S. in Critical Sexuality Studies