On August 7, 1994, a deranged man brutally stabbed seven people in a New Haven cafe. Award-winning writers Emily Bernard and Bruce Shapiro, both critically injured that night, pondered the attack in essays written nearly two decades apart. In November 2012, they continued the conversation at Columbia University.
The story of war on the home front isn't complete without understanding its effect on military families.
Understanding of the traumatic effects of war has progressed significantly. In this selection from Dart's Videos on Veterans series, leading researchers and clinicians shed light on what needs further investigation.
Everyone has heard of PTSD, but veterans, clinicians and scientists say most people misunderstand not only the disorder, but the other ways that war affects individuals and families.
When veterans come home, they bring their experiences back to their loved ones and communities. Veterans advocate Paul Sullivan and other experts talk about how local news media can best report this national story.
In February 2010, the Dart Center hosted "The Secret Life of War Reporters" with Emma Daly, Santiago Lyon and Donald Margulies.
Joanna Connors tells how she reported "Beyond Rape: A Survivor's Journey," her remarkable first person account of her own rape, its aftermath and an investigation of the life that led her assailant to be a violent criminal.
In October 2009, journalists and trauma experts from throughout the Americas discuss how to meet the special challenges faced in reporting violence and remaining resilient.
Caught between a militant separatist uprising and brutal government suppression, Kashmiris of various religious backgrounds are turning to Sufi holy men to cope with stress both psychological and social.
Photography is a medium, a record and a means of reclaiming identity in award-winning photojournalist John Trotter's multimedia meditation on his recovery from brain injury.