This letter represents the response of 42 students in an undergraduate positive-psychology course to Eric G. Wilson’s “In Praise of Melancholy” (The Chronicle Review, January 18). It is a synthesis of ...

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 ...

Looking for ways to make this new year even happier? Taking any of these free courses may be a great way to start. Several prestigious universities and institutions, including Harvard and Yale, have ...

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 ...