{"id":7644,"date":"2026-05-19T09:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:50:50","slug":"faculty-note-hirsh-diamant-2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2026\/05\/faculty-note-hirsh-diamant-2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Note | Hirsh Diamant | 2025-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Hirsh Diamant was the invited guest speaker for an online meeting organized by AIBAS at Amity University Mumbai, India with over 400 Psychology students. His talk: Mindfulness and the Environment \u2013 Stepping Back to go Forward, inspired students to learn traditional practices to apply them to modern health and environmental problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In April, 2026, Prof. Diamant collaborated with his students to organize an international colloquium in celebration of Earth Day. The creative work of students and faculty with the colloquium proceedings can be seen at: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/reimagining2026\/category\/creative-work-by-students-and-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reimagining the Body, Celebrating Earth, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Titled &#8220;Grounding Virtue,&#8221; the colloquium provided an opportunity for Evergreen students to meet and collaborate virtually with peers from universities in China, India, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>The colloquium drew over 100 participants who engaged in fruitful sharing sessions and a yoga practice. Sam Vuong, Professor Emeritus from UBC (Canada), praised the event for its &#8220;tremendous positive energy&#8221; and strong sense of communion among students and faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-9.10.40\u202fAM-1024x337.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-9.10.40\u202fAM-1024x337.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-9.10.40\u202fAM-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-9.10.40\u202fAM-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-9.10.40\u202fAM.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Earth 2026 Colloquium: Grounding Virtue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Amity-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Amity-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Amity-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2026\/05\/Amity.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Amity University Mumbai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hirsh Diamant was the invited guest speaker for an online meeting organized by AIBAS at Amity University Mumbai, India with&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7660,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7644\/revisions\/7660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}