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Scenes From the UNDP Symposium on Mental Health

The world came to Dartmouth for three days of talks about the global crisis in youth mental health and what to do about it. 

A line of guest speakers at the symposium
Josefin Pasanen moderates a panel with Pedro Conceição, director of the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report Office; Maria Walsh, of Ireland; Daniel Fortune Molokele, of Zimbabwe; and Abu Sayed, of Bangladesh. (Photo by Robert Gill)
An aerial of students climbing Gile firetower
Pam Crandall ’88 leads some attendees on a hike up the Gile Mountain fire tower in Norwich, Vt., as part of day one of the symposium, which focused on Dartmouth approaches to boosting student well-being, including outdoor recreation. (Photo by Robert Gill)
President Beilock speaking at a podium
President Sian Leah Beilock welcomes six former U.S. surgeons general back to Dartmouth for a discussion on mental health.  (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Audience members listening attentively
(Photo by Robert Gill)
Faculty speaking on stage
Dartmouth professor of economics David Blanchflower moderated some panels with Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University. (Photo by Robert Gill)
People in a canoe
(Photo by Robert Gill)
Global mental health crisis poster boards
Bright Ink’s Angela Krieg took illustrated notes live onstage during the surgeons general panel.  (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Nicky Denning and John Rieling speak with a Surgeon General
Nicky Denning ’26 and John Rieling ’26 chat with former Surgeon General  Antonia Coello Novello after the panel with her colleagues. She identified social media as causing problems for many young people. (Photo by Robert Gill)
Audience member speaking
Sarah Crockett, an emergency room physician and director of Dartmouth Health’s  Wilderness and Austere Medicine Fellowship, asks a question during a symposium session. (Photo by Robert Gill)
Belinda Chiu hiking through the woods
Belinda Chiu ’98 leads the forest bathing session on Dartmouth Day.  (Photo by Sophia Scull ’25)
A student drinking coffee during the symposium
(Photo by Robert Gill)
A speaker leading a small discussion
Princeton history professor D. Graham Burnett speaks with attendees after a panel on loneliness, attention, and social connections.  (Photo by Robert Gill)
Clare Herman leading a walk through the woods
Clare Herman, who teaches PE at Hanover High, and visiting German Professor Heidi Denzel walk with others during a forest bathing session in Pine Park. (Photo by Sophia Scull ’25)
An audience member recording with their phone
An audience member records economics professor David Blanchflower’s introduction to the symposium. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Willow Nilsen presenting a slideshow
Willow Nilsen, associate director of the Outdoor Programs Office, plays a film produced this summer by Tobin Yates ’26 while he was Alpine steward. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

 

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