Social media can be an emotional minefield: the vitriol, the unrealistic portrayals of seemingly perfect lives and the doomsday scenarios. Some corners of the internet seem designed to make people feel worse about themselves and their world.

But there’s another side to social media: puppies, recipes, “Severance” recaps and meaningful connections.

A survey by researchers in The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences found that children were more likely to report major discrimination if their parents had experienced something similar.

McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School’s Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience is currently seeking multiple full-time research assistants and would like to get the word out to undergraduates who are graduating in May 2023 and would be able to start in the summer.