CANDLE brings educational innovation and developmental affective neuroscience into partnership, and
04/29/2025
Live Like You Mean It: Emotional and Cognitive Wellness with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang draws connections between emotions, relationships, brains, stories, meaning, and purpose to shed light on how we learn, grow, and thrive.
12/12/2024
Now available on NPR! Mary Helen's latest podcast!
The Academic Minute The Academic Minute features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in the academy and of all the ways academic research contributes to solving the world's toughest problems and to serving the public good.
11/26/2024
Speaking of Higher Ed’s newest podcast episode features CANDLE’s very own Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, examining the neurobiological role of emotions in learning, how this understanding can support meaningful student learning, and its implications for our educational approach. To watch this captivating episode and learn more, click the link below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1IIZhFCEq0
11/26/2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1IIZhFCEq0
Feel, Think, Learn: Insights from social-affective neuroscience w/ Dr. Immordino-Yang “There is no learning without emotion.” This bold statement, likely familiar to many educators, is at the center of Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang’s research....
11/19/2024
CANDLE is excited to announce Mary Helen Immordino-Yang's recent piece on the Brookings Website, exploring the way in which civic reasoning and discourse engages young peoples' minds. This is especially imperative right now as the recent election continues to polarize many students and youth. To learn more about the way in which civic reasoning positively impacts brain growth and development for brighter futures, clink the link below!
Schools can help our nation heal after this bruising election How can civic education help our students, and our country, move forward? Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Douglas Knecht discuss.
11/18/2024
Schools can help our nation heal after this bruising election How can civic education help our students, and our country, move forward? Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Douglas Knecht discuss.
Exciting news! 🌏 Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is heading to Singapore to deliver a keynote at NTU’s CRADLE Symposium! Can’t wait to hear all about the incredible work happening there!
https://live-usc-rossier2.pantheonsite.io/news-insights/news/2024/september/making-meaning-belonging
09/12/2024
https://intrepidednews.com/tradition-and-innovation-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/
Tradition and Innovation: Two Sides of the Same Coin? | Alden Blodget - Intrepid ED News The waters (“the tension”) between tradition and innovation are much more turbulent than many educators want to pretend.
