Wayland Tragedy Sparks Completion of Compassion Model

Wayland Patch 4/5/12: Wayland Tragedy Sparks Completion of Compassion Model. What if a culture of compassion could serve as a levy, lessening the waves of violence and abuse that crash over communities across Massachusetts and the country? It’s a question that has intrigued University of Wisconsin professor John LeCapitaine for a decade, but it’s one that took on new significance last summer when a graduate school friend, Malcolm Astley, suffered a heartbreaking tragedy.