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A dose of nature can cure the blues
Don Rakow has pioneered the concept of Nature Rx, how spending time in nature can improve emotional and physical health.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Cornell Atkinson awards $250K in COVID research grants
Since requesting proposals in April, the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability has awarded approximately $250,000 in rapid-response grants for COVID-19-related Cornell research. With the final 10 awards announced, the center has now funded...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Spending time in nature reduces stress, research finds
The research, published Jan. 14 in Frontiers in Psychology, is part of a larger examination of “nature therapy” and aims to provide an easily-achievable dosage that physicians can prescribe as a preventive measure against high levels of stress...
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Behavior
  • Nature

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New book a how-to for bringing stressed students to nature

A new book, “Nature Rx: Improving College-Student Mental Health,” co-written by associate professor Don Rakow of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, explores how natural spaces can help with stress and depression.