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Mind & Life Institute Winter 2011 Newsletter
The Winter 2011 Newsletter includes the following topics:
- Letter from new President Arthur Zajonc
- Summary of Mind and Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence
- Social Media Meets Environmental Action
- Mind and Life Contemplative Studies Fellowship
- International Symposia for Contemplative Studies
- New Book – The Mind’s Own Physician
- Being Human 2012
View the Winter 2011 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Summer-Fall 2011 Newsletter
The Summer-Fall 2011 Newsletter includes the following topics:
- Chairman and Co-Founder Adam Engle Retires
- Summer Research Institute 2011
- Varela Awardee Fadel Zeidan’s research on mindfulness for pain mitigation
- International Symposia for Contemplative Studies
View the Summer-Fall 2011 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Spring 2011 Newsletter
The Spring 2011 Newsletter includes the following topics:
- A history of Contemplative Science and Contemplative Studies
- Recent press coverage of Varela Awardee research
- Varela Awardee Laura Labelle’s research on MBSR in cancer patients
View the Spring 2011 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Winter 2010 Newsletter
The Winter 2010 Newsletter includes the following topics, projects and programs:
- Mind and Life XXII: Contemplative Science: The Scientific Study of the Effect of Contemplative Practice on Human Biology and Behaviour, in New Delhi, India
View the Winter 2010 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Summer/Fall 2010 Newsletter
The Summer/Fall 2010 Newsletter includes the following topics, projects and programs:
- Mind and Life Summer Research Institute 2010
Garrison Institute, New York - Al Kasniak, Mind and Life’s new Chief Academic Officer
- Center Directors’ Meeting
- 2010 Francisco J. Varela Awards
View the Summer/Fall 2010 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Spring 2010 Newsletter
The Spring 2010 Newsletter includes the following topics, projects and programs:
- Mind and Life XX: Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems
Zurich, Switzerland - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds Celebrates Grand Opening
- Francisco J. Varela Research Award Update – Anthony King, Ph.D.
- The research of Amishi Jha, Ph.D.
View the Spring 2010 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Winter 2009 Newsletter
The Winter 2009 Newsletter includes the following topics, projects and programs:
- Mind and Life XIX: Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds Celebrates Grand Opening
- Francisco J. Varela Research Award Update – Baljinder Sahdra, Ph.D.
- MLI Board Member Richard Davidson Establishes New Research Center
View the Winter 2009 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Spring 2009 Newsletter
The Spring 2009 Newsletter includes the following topics, projects and programs:
- Mind and Life XVIII: Attention, Memory, and Mind: A Synergy of Psychological, Neuroscientific, and Contemplative Perspectives (Dharamsala)
- MLI announces the 2008–09 Francisco J. Varela Research Award grant recipients
- Mind and Life Education Research Network (MLERN) Meeting February 2009
View the Spring 2009 issue of the Newsletter.
Mind & Life Institute Fall 2006 Newsletter
The Fall 2006 Newsletter includes the following topics, projects and programs:
- The Chairman’s Letter
- The Dalai Lama’s Public Talk
- Mind and Life Summer Research Institute (MLSRI)
- Mind and Life Educational Research Network (MLERN)
- New Mind & Life Institute Books
View the Fall 2006 issue of the Newsletter.
Inside Mind and Life Newsletter, Vol. 2 — February, 2005
The 2005 issue of “Inside Mind and Life” focuses on the following topics, projects and programs:
- The Chairman’s Letter with a recap of all 2004 activities and accomplishments
- The October 2004 Mind and Life meeting in Dharamsala, India on “Neuroplasticity”
- Participant reflections from the 2004 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute
- Important Dates, with information on the upcoming November, 2005 meeting on “The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation”
View the Spring 2005 issue of “Inside Mind and Life.”
Inside Mind and Life Newsletter, Vol. 1 — May, 2004
The 2004 issue of “Inside Mind and Life” focuses on the 2004 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute. In addition, we have news and updates on the following projects and programs:
- Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) project
- Mind & Life Institute’s Research Grant Program
- Investigating the Mind meeting update
- The Mind and Life Research Network (MLRN)
- Mind and Life Book News
- Science for Monks Program
