Issue 24

When asking Biddy Martin about college student mental health and wellbeing, it is clear she has thought a great deal about it. One of the top concerns in her remaining months as president of Amherst College is how the trauma and losses of COVID-19 have affected students’ ability to thrive.…

MCI:  You have just co-authored a paper on Mental Health on College Campuses, which I read last week. It is a terrific resource and provides great direction. Is this evidence that your interest and concern about student mental health has grown over the past few years? Has it become a…

The sounds of Berlin techno post-punk flood the railroad style apartment as a group of undergrads watch a freshly shaven leg get poked once, and then again. The setup is makeshift: a stool, the low hum of a tattoo gun, gloves. This kind of gathering occurs almost weekly. Last session’s…

For many students, college is a place of curiosity, exploration, and growth. Sometimes, this entails questioning one’s own faith and religion, becoming closer to it, or even branching away from it. Growing up with a conservative religious family in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nuzhat T. saw her parents do their best to…

Peer programs on college campuses have grown in frequency and popularity as anxiety and depression rates in college students continue to rise. Several peer programs exist on my own campus, and serve as an additional space for students to seek mental health support. Programs can range from advocacy and awareness…