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Current collaborations

Be REAL

Resilience Lab + Center for Child & Family Well-Being

The Resilience Lab and the  are partnering to deliver  (REsilient Attitudes and Living) to thousands of students, staff and instructors across the institution. This six-week program equips participants with cognitive skills to manage stressful emotions and situations, mindfulness skills to strengthen self-awareness, and practices that promote compassion for themselves and others. Currently, the Resilience Lab offers groups for staff and instructors each quarter and teaches Be REAL as a course for credit in general studies. For questions, please contact: bereal@uw.edu.

Be REAL Publications

Long, R., Kennedy, M., Malloy Spink, K., Lengua, L. J. (2023). Promoting College Student and Staff Well-being Through a Mindfulness-based Coping Program. .

Long, R., Halvorson, M., & Lengua, L. J. (2021). A mindfulness-based promotive coping program improves well-being in college undergraduates. .

Long, R., Kennedy, M., Spink, K. M., & Lengua, L. J. (2021). Evaluation of the Implementation of a Well-being Promotion Program for College Students. .

Five for Flourishing

Resilience Lab + Center for Teaching & Learning + Office of the Provost

is a collaboration with the 91±¬ÁÏ’s Office of the Provost and 91±¬ÁÏ Center for Teaching and Learning to develop five easy-to-implement teaching practices to improve student well-being and social connection. The project builds on the 91±¬ÁÏ’s decades-long efforts to foster student belonging and well-being and promote a culture of well-being across the 91±¬ÁÏ in co-curricular environments. With an initial focus on large-enrollment courses, it aims to bring that work into the classroom. For questions, please contact: teaching@uw.edu.

Five for Flourishing builds off Well-being for Life and Learning, a Resilience Lab project that aids instructors in designing learning environments that promote well-being. In 2019, the  was distributed to all instructors, deans, chancellors and advising staff across the 91±¬ÁÏ’s three campuses. The guidebook combines research, best practices and personal testimony tailored to support the whole student.

Resilience and compassion seed grants

Resilience Lab + Campus Sustainability Fund

The Resilience Lab partners with the  to award  to support the beginning stages of projects that cultivate resilience, compassion and sustainability at the 91±¬ÁÏ. To date, over $170,000 has funded projects led by students, faculty and staff across all three campuses. More information is coming soon regarding the 2025-26 seed grant cycle. For questions, please contact: csfcoord@uw.edu.

Artistic joy to collective well-being

Resilience Lab + Meany Center for the Performing Arts

The Resilience Lab is partnering with the Meany Center for the Performing Arts to explore the relationship between artistic joy and collective well-being.

Resistance through Resilience

Resilience Lab + Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity

In collaboration with the , the Resistance through Resilience program was a training and speaker series that focused on the application of mindfulness and compassion-based practices to interrupt racism. Speakers came from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds, from lawyers to social workers, to development consultants and meditation teachers. Visit our Resistance through Resilience page to watch past speakers.