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A University Started Bringing Alpacas to Campus During Finals Week. The Results Were So Measurable That Three Other Universities Copied the Program Within a Year.
The program began at a mid-sized university in the Pacific Northwest as a student wellness initiative — two alpacas, a handler, and a grassy area near the library during the final two weeks of the spring semester.
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Approximately 340 students visited on the first day alone.
A graduate student in the psychology department, Mia Chen, happened to be designing a study on brief nature-contact interventions and asked if she could add a measurement component.
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