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The Pursuit of Happiness

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When Julie Greengard (2013) found out she would be researching happiness on co-op with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Switzerland, she was overjoyed. Naturally.

When Julie Greengard (2013) found out she would be researching happiness on co-op with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Switzerland, she was overjoyed. Naturally. Read the full article here.

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“I’ll happily research that,” the fourth-year human services major quipped.

As a research assistant in the WHO’s health informatics and statistics department, Greengard scoured articles and global studies on happiness in older adults and the relationship between health and happiness. She also researched and developed presentations on different ways of measuring happiness and how factors such as wellbeing, satisfaction and quality of life are defined on a global level.

Read the full article by Greg St. Martin here.

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