Asli Tavasli D ’27, a computer science major at Dartmouth, has helped build Evergreen, a first-of-its-kind generative AI platform to provide students with personalized wellness support, along with faculty and more than 200 other student workers. Tavasli and her peers may be facing a mental health crisis, but they are also designing solutions together. Credit: Robert Gill
‘Is There an Algorithm for Happiness?’ (Vitals Magazine – May 18, 2026 – Full article)
Article Excerpt: Happiness among young people has plummeted. Can technology be part of the solution?… That challenge sits at the heart of Evergreen, a first-of-its-kind generative AI platform being built at Dartmouth by students and faculty to provide students with personalized wellness support.
The app aims to guide users through building the best conditions and daily routines for flourishing. It leverages the principles of positive psychology—PERMA—to guide behavior away from addiction and isolation and toward connection and fulfillment.