BigandMini, developed a year ago by UT Austin students Aditi Merchant and Allen Zhou, is a platform that connects older adults and college students to combat social isolation and bridge the generation gap. Read about this incredible team in our blog! bit.ly/3feTjGW

Fight #loneliness with friends of a different generation! Great piece by Adam Smiley Poswolsky Adam Smiley Poswolsky via The Washington Post CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org) #Gen2Gen Kasley Killam, MPH BigandMini Serena Bian U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…

My essay in the The Washington Post today! The cure for pandemic loneliness? Friends of a different generation. Please check out CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org) BigandMini Kasley Killam, MPH Scott Shigeoka for more on #intergenerational #friendship. #Cogenerate #Gen2Gen washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…

Congratulations to BigandMini for moving on to the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge Finals on Friday! The UT Austin community will be rooting for you!

Congratulations to UT Austin BigandMini for placing 2nd at the 2021 Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge out of 49 global teams! They will add another $10k to their seed funding. #WhereProfitsMeetPurpose

The latest issue of Texas BME's annual publication PULSE is ready to read! Find out about our #Diversity, #Equity and #Inclusion Committee, new educational partnerships in medicine, students creating connections through BigandMini, and more! adobe.ly/3w5E89C

.BigandMini was started by a group of students at UT Austin who wanted to help people of all ages feel less alone. They're among the #intergenerational programs highlighted in our resource, Staying Connected While Staying Apart. Check out our guide at buff.ly/3eFH33M

In honor of World Mental Health Day this past weekend, we're proud to feature LaunchPad student entrepreneurs making mental healthcare more accessible: 1. Alyssa Petersel, founder of MyWellbeing 2. Jon Wang, founder of Shimmer: ADHD Coaching 3. Aditi Merchant, founder of BigandMini

How can technology reduce #socialisolation and connect the generations? This article showcases the work of 3 CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org) fellows — Dana A Griffin, Aditi Merchant at BigandMini, and @Joyzhang8 at Mon Ami. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021…

!! Friendships across generations are my jam !! 🙏🙏to #friendship maven Adam Smiley Poswolsky for intro-ing me to @brucehorovitz. And always💙 being in company w/Chip Conley Girls Write Now BigandMini Nesterly CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org)

I was interviewed about the power of intergenerational friendship for The Wall Street Journal by @brucehorovitz. Feat. marci alboher Chip Conley Nesterly BigandMini CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org) #friendship #belonging #retirement wsj.com/articles/ways-…

Join us as we celebrate our 2022 WebMD #HealthHeroes honorees, honoring six outstanding individuals who've made great strides combatting the mental health crisis that followed in the wake of the pandemic. wb.md/3xSVomi

Congratulations to #Gen2Gen Innovation Fellow Aditi Merchant, co-founder of BigandMini! Her and her co-founders are WebMD 2022 #HealthHeroes for their work to reduce loneliness among young people and older adults.

Congrats to Aditi Merchant, co-founder of BigandMini, on winning a WebMD #HealthHeroes award for reducing loneliness in young & old alike. Hear her, CoGenerate (Formerly Encore.org)'s Janet Oh & DreamCatchers Foundation's Caitlin Crommett in this SoCal Grantmakers/EPIP LA program: socalgrantmakers.org/events/combati…

More than one in five older adults volunteer—and with good reason. Volunteering can be a meaningful opportunity for people of any age, but especially for those later in life. Check out my latest article in Forbes: forbes.com/health/healthy…

"Volunteering can be a meaningful opportunity for people of any age, but especially for those later in life. A 2019 study in the #Australian Journal of #Psychology found the more people #volunteer, the more their life satisfaction increases." Forbes Health forbes.com/health/healthy…

There are a number of reasons to consider volunteering, including increasing your physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Health On Forbes on.forbes.com/6012MeM6M

Encore is now CoGenerate. We're bringing older and younger people together to solve critical problems and bridge divides. Get the scoop at cogenerate.org #cogenerate

Here’s how social platforms are bringing people out of isolation (and changing their physical, mental & emotional health for the better). leaps.org/meet-online/ Papa Dana A Griffin Mon Ami S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D. BigandMini Aditi Merchant

Intergenerational programs help people of all ages feel less lonely - here's how our friends at BigandMini and #EisnerPrize laureate DOROT make it happen: goodnet.org/articles/inter… via goodnet.org