Wipe That Final Off Your Face

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

Photos by Graham Starr

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.