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The Princeton Review’s 2nd Annual Campus Mental Health Services Survey Finds Double-Digit Gains in College Counseling and Wellness Programs 2025

Teens Spending 8 Hours a Day on Screens: Tech Platforms Neglect Teens’ Emotional Health, New Report Finds 2025

Almost Three-Quarters of Teens Play Online Games with Strangers, White Paper Reveals 2024

Ruderman Family Foundation Announces Partnership with New Meta Entertainment’s Dignitas to Support Mental Health in Gaming 2024

Ruderman Family Foundation and Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Launch Mental Health Support Training for Spiritual Counselors in Colleges Across Massachusetts 2024

$320K Ruderman Family Foundation Grant Brings Unique Mental Health Model to Boston’s Jewish Community 2024

William James College and Ruderman Family Foundation to Launch College Mental Health Initiative Through $250,000 Grant 2024

New Report: Gaming is Poised to Help Solve America’s Youth Mental Health Crisis 2023

New Meta Entertainment partners with the Ruderman Family Foundation to support mental health in gaming 2023

The Princeton Review Announces Partnership with Ruderman Family Foundation to Report on Student Mental Health Offerings 2023

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hosts Panel on Destigmatizing Mental Health  2023

18 New England Non-Profits Win Red Sox Foundation and Ruderman Family Foundation Grants Addressing the Mental Health Crisis 2023

New Partnership Brings Free Mental Health Curriculum to Massachusetts Schools 2023

Selena Gomez Honored with Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion 2022

The Mary Christie Institute Launches Study on Peer Counseling on College Campuses with Grant from the Ruderman Family Foundation 2022

Making Mental Health a Centerpiece of the Return to School 2021

Britney Spears’ Freedom Would Be a Victory for Mental Health 2021

Ruderman Family Foundation Lauds Simone Biles for Courage and Transparency on Mental Health 2021

18 Non-Profits Win Red Sox Grants Addressing Mental Health in New England 2021

Red Sox Foundation and Ruderman Family Foundation to Aid Non-Profits Strained Amid Covid-19 Crisis with Grants to Address Mental Health in New England 2021

Navigating America’s Unprecedented Mental Health Winter of 2020/2021 2021

In Return to School, Mental Health must be a Priority 2020

Ruderman Family Foundation and Boston Red Sox Release PSAs on Mental Health  2020

New Study Reveals Ivy League Schools Fail Students with Mental Illness  2018

It Takes 8-10 Years to Seek Mental Health Treatment 2018

News

Ruderman, Project Shema team up to boost awareness of antisemitism’s impact on mental health on campus from eJewish Philanthropy, 2026

Academy’s Program “From the Margins to the Mainstream: Mental Health Over the Last Decade” Now Streaming from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2026

Building Resilience When It Matters: The Resilience and Prevention Program at Massachusetts General Hospital 2026

It’s Time To Stop Talking About Mental Health And Start Leading On It from Forbes, 2026

Mental Health Maze on Campus from Inside Higher Ed, 2026

College Mental Health Care Is Expanding, But Is It Working? from Psychology Today, 2026

The Hidden Mental Health Crisis Behind ‘I’m Fine’—And Who’s Fixing It from Forbes, 2025

The Princeton Review’s 2nd Annual Campus Mental Health Services Survey Finds Double-Digit Gains in College Counseling and Wellness Programs from Yahoo! Finance, 2025

Designer Kenneth Cole receives 2025 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion from Boston Jewish Journal, 2025

Jewish fashion icon Kenneth Cole receives 2025 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion from YNet Global, 2025

Fashion Icon Kenneth Cole Receives 2025 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion from Vocal Styled, 2025

Ruderman Family Foundation launches wellness vans for students impacted by antisemitism from JNS, 2025

Beyond balance: How digital platforms can intentionally foster teen emotional development from Youth Today, 2025

At Northeastern and Harvard, Mobile Mental Health Vans Support Students Amid Rising Antisemitism from Boston Patch, 2025

Ruderman Family Foundation launches TeleHealth program from Jewish Journal of Greater Boston, 2025

Leading Gamers Champion Mental Health Awareness at DreamHack Dallas from The Dallas Patch, 2025

College Mental Health Crisis Demands Preventative Approaches from Psychology Today, 2025

Ending the stigma for police seeking help for trauma is the place to start from The Boston Globe, 2025

AI Mental Health Solution to Support 10,000+ Massachusetts Students 2024

At TwitchCon in San Diego, Online Gamers Share Their Mental Health Journeys from Times of San Diego, 2024

Study: 70% of Teens Regularly Play Online Games with Strangers from The San Diego Patch, 2024

Universities’ Mental Health Policies: Punitive, Problematic, and In Need of Reform from Mad In America, 2024

Dignitas partners with the Ruderman Family Foundation from E-Sports Insider, 2024

Gillibrand Bill to Provide Mental Health Service for First Responders from Finger Lakes Daily News, 2024

Colleges Don’t Know Much About the Mental-Health Apps They’re Buying from The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2024

Researchers Find Dearth of Scientific Evidence on Impacts of Digital Mental Health Support Programs from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, 2024

New Mental Health Initiative Launched in Colleges Across Massachusetts from Patch, 2024

College students are coming of age during a mental health crisis, and they need our support from Psychology Today, 2024