In 2018, when Professor Laurie Santos introduced her course “Psychology and the Good Life,” a class on the science of happiness, it became the most popular in the history of Yale, attracting more than ...

The most popular course in Yale University’s 319-year history teaches the ins and outs of human happiness. And now, with Americans sorting through coronavirus-induced anxieties, the university has ...

Among the countless ways people took to coping during the pandemic was by signing up for online classes. Coursera, for example, saw an astonishing 640% increase in enrollment during March-April of ...

In just the past month, more than 600,000 people in an increasingly housebound world have signed up for Yale’s free online course “The Science of Well Being,” originally taught on campus in the spring ...

When Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos launched "Psychology and the Good Life" on the New Haven campus earlier this year, 1,200 students—about one-fourth university's undergraduate ...

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