From passing out lollipops to distributing free iced tea and hugs outside the library at finals, Happiness clubs on college campuses around the country are aiming to uplift their peers throughout the academic year.
The Harvard Business School took some time last week to show their gratitude for all the work that goes into the MBA experience. The Give Thanks project involved faculty and students being kind to the staff who works so hard every day. The school's Harbus News reported some plans to deliver more than 900 personally written thank-you notes, as well as bringing coffee and bagels to the staff break room.
The University of Pennsylvania received a $225 million gift for its School of Medicine to create an endowment for providing more financial aid to students, recruiting more physicians and scientists and supporting innovative research. The Philadelphia Ivy League university described the gift by philanthropist Raymond G. Perelman and his wife as the largest in its history and one the biggest ever nationwide given to a medical school.
Following the heavenly sound of her students' voices outside her house, Ms. Walker was comforted in her final minutes on Earth.
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It looked like an impossible throw, but Vinny Forte wasn't about to give up a 100% grade for his whole chemistry class.
It's hard to tell who's having more fun: the abandoned shelter pups or the high school teens.
If his own kids are no longer in need of their father to take care of them, then why not spread the love to kids not so fortunate?
When a teacher missed the warning signs of a student's attempted suicide, she wrote 130 personal letters to prevent other students from trying it.
More than 30 years after being abandoned as a newborn at San Francisco State University, this woman walked the aisle in cap and gown.
This coat from London design students can also give refugees shelter, converting quickly into a sleeping bag or tent.
Don't think American kids can complete in science and math? These teens gave up parties and stayed up late to win the world's largest robotics competition.
Even if your favorite student is a an artist or an academic, these quotations will resonate with any grad you know.
This teacher is left speechless when her students surprise her the day after her beloved cat passed away.
A junior high school marching band surprised a member recovering from surgery by showing up on her lawn-and inviting her to pick up her flute again.
When former students learned a favorite security guard was retiring, 2,000 chipped in for a cash gift, raising a whopping amount organizers never expected.
Everyone already knows that well-rested teens are healthier and now these schools are making it happen–and seeing better grades, too.
A North Carolina teen returned from camp last summer and discovered her parents had abandoned her. But dedicated to her goal of an education, she took a job, went to live with a friend, and kept her grades high, despite bullying and poverty, to earn a scholarship to Harvard.
Angela Zhang won a $100,000 scholarship as winner of the 2011 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology last week for her microscopic nanoparticle cancer treatment.
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