Adding more green spaces to a college campus boosts students’ mental health

Adding more green spaces to a college campus boosts students’ mental health

Stress on college students can be palpable, and it hits them from every direction: academic challenges, social pressures, and financial burdens, all intermingled with their first taste of independence. It’s part of the reason why anxiety and depression are common among the 19 million students now enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, and why incidents of suicide and suicidal ideation are rising. In the 2024 National College Health Assessme…