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Well-Being Committee

Well-Being Committee WELL-BEING COMMITTEE

All of Me

Sponsored by:
Well-Being Committee
Film screening and panel discussion of the documentary, All of Me. A film about eating disorders. Come meet the filmmaker, Bess O’Brien, and some of the people highlighted in the film.

Sponsored by the Wellness Committee, Health and Wellness Education department. 

Axinn Center 232

Open to the Public

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Lecture: Rest: Why Working Less Gets More Done

Sponsored by:
College Libraries, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, and Well-Being Committee
Some of history’s most creative and accomplished scientists, writers, and artists produced great works while spending far fewer hours “working” than we would expect. Other famous figures led governments, built commercial empires, won Nobel prizes, or developed medical breakthroughs while also having second lives as authors, explorers, and athletes. How did they do it? In this talk I argue that rest played an under-appreciated but critical role in making people more creative and successful.

Davis Family Library 105A

Open to the Public

"A Small Good Thing"

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies and Well-Being Committee
“A Small Good Thing” is a film about the next American dream to live a more wholehearted, connected life. The film asks whether we can change our larger goals as a nation and learn from the rest of the world about the small truths that are the sources of human happiness. Can our dreams serve as a conduit for the developing world’s financial well-being? The film explores how working in small but meaningful ways, we can overcome obstacles to happiness – the isolation of suburban comfort as well as the despair of poverty – to create joy for ourselves and others.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Free
Open to the Public