October 16, 2018

By Gerald Reid, Ph.D.

Hazing isn’t something on the minds of most parents as they send their kids off to college, hoping they’ll find satisfying social experiences.

August 11, 2018

By Gene Beresin, Executive Director

I have never been good at standardized tests. In fact, I’m horrible.

The problem is that in standardized tests, as opposed to general knowledge or understanding of a particular problem, you need to know what the specific question is looking for. But I just don’t think that way. I overthink every question.

July 10, 2018

By Hillary Hurst Bush, Ph.D. and Amanda Ward, Ph.D.

This blog is the fourth in a series on dyslexia. Topics previously addressed include Dyslexia 101, understanding treatment, and school accommodation options available.

Sarah was an outgoing and bright teenager in her senior year at a public high school.

May 30, 2018

By Shahd Husein, Editorial Assistant

You can also listen to this podcast on SoundCloud, Stitcher, and iTunes.

October 13, 2017

By Steven Schlozman, Co-Director and Gene Beresin, Executive Director

Increasing public awareness of suicide is not an easy task. To truly grapple with the issue, we have to face some difficult and painful feelings. For these reasons, when we at the Clay Center collaborated to tell the true story of a young sophomore at Harvard named Luke, who tragically took his own life, we decided to turn to film.

June 8, 2017

By Ellen Braaten, Co-Director, Peter Braaten, Gene Beresin, Executive Director and Steven Schlozman, Co-Director

This is the second blog post in a two-part series on adolescents’ transition to the “real world.”

To view the first blog post, click here. 

Intro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.
Outro music arranged and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.

I love being a mom.

June 7, 2017

By Gene Beresin, Executive Director, Steven Schlozman, Co-Director and Ellen Braaten, Co-Director

This is the first blog post in a two-part series on adolescents’ transition to the “real world.”

To view the second blog post, click here. 

Intro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.
Outro music arranged and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.

Well, the end of high school senior year is upon us.

March 6, 2017

By Gene Beresin, Executive Director

Co-authors: Steven Schlozman and Eliza Abdu-Glass

This is the second blog post in a two-part series on college mental health in the United States. The focus of this second post is general college mental health.  

Intro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.
Outro music arranged and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.

February 20, 2017

By Gene Beresin, Executive Director, Steven Schlozman, Co-Director and Eliza Abdu-Glass, Research Assistant

This is the first blog post in a two-part series on college mental health in the United States. The focus of this first post is college student suicide.

March 20, 2015

By Steven Schlozman, Co-Director

Sally is an 18-year-old freshman at a large land-grant university.  She has been admitted into her school’s special scholars program due to her particularly impressive academic achievements in high school, and begins her first year of college with a new group of friends, and assumed academic success.