October 2009
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“Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
September 2009
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How Arts Training Improves Attention and Cognition →
psychotherapy:
Does education in the arts transfer to seemingly unrelated cognitive abilities? Researchers are finding evidence that it does. Michael Posner argues that when children find an art form that sustains their interest, the subsequent strengthening of their brains’ attention networks can improve cognition more broadly.
Art is good for the soul AND the mind! One way to get your creative...
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2004's Asian & Asian American Campus Climate Task... →
AAAF was born out of a problem that the students perceived with the Asian/Asian-American community on campus, thanks in large part to the findings of this report, conducted by the administration.
The report’s most significant results include
11 out of the 20 suicides committed at Cornell since 1996 were committed by students of Asian descent, even though we do not make up 55% of the...
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Welcome to our new blog!
Hi all,
Thanks for visiting Asian & Asian-American Forum’s brand new blog! On this blog, we’ll be posting relevant information about mental health, Asian/Asian-American issues, and our events.
As you probably know, AAAF focuses on the mental health and social well-being of students of Asian descent on Cornell’s campus. We’re a student-run programming board that...