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Can 2,000 funny faces help soothe a stressed-out student body? One enterprising experiment in positive psychology aims to find out.

Graham Starr, Tufts University
Jan 31, 2014
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Last year, I started a project on my campus called Tufts Mugs. The idea was simple: during finals week, in order to improve the general happiness and stress levels on campus, I documented approximately 2,000 people making silly faces.

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