Lifelong social connections may slow biological aging and reduce inflammation

"Technological innovations…ever bigger workloads…Tightening regulations…academic freedom under pressure…Yet, universities remain hotbed of innovation — and a source of huge expertise, knowledge and value for wider society…how the sector can and must adapt to survive" www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Excited to report: Academic Twitter didn’t die, it just replicated itself on Bluesky academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

We did it folks !

Just found this in the lab at UCLA. Finally, a sign that speaks the truth. 🎶 Girls just wanna have… grant approvals, stable research budgets, and maybe a little leftover for coffee. ☕💸 #AcademicDreams #FUNdingOrBust

Excited to kick off the #SPSP2025 Happiness & Well-Being Preconference today! 🎉✨ We’ve got an incredible lineup: the Global Happiness Megastudy 🌍, a taxonomy of positive mental health 🧠, The Global Flourishing Study 🌱, & Flourish Science 🤖 (a happiness AI coach!) Let’s go! #WellBeing 😃

🤝 Can't wait to see everyone at our networking events next week! From casual meetups to celebrating Mark Snyder's amazing 50-year journey. Come chat, connect & make new friends at #SPSP2025 in Denver, February 20-22. Learn more: ow.ly/9Bkz50UZpWy

If you attend @spspnews.bsky.social annual convention next week, check out this panel organised by Drs. @jessiesun.bsky.social & Dale Shaffer-Morrison. The panel consists of academics who have worked in at least 2 countries. I'll be there to represent US to UK perspective. Will be candid as usual.

🌟 Big news for the new year! 🌟 I’ve just accepted a position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Psychology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, starting July 2025! 🇸🇬 Thank you to Sonja Lyubomirsky, Kate Sweeny, Benjamin Karney, Thomas Bradbury, and Victor Kaufman! 🙏🏻