Lifelong Trojan and USC Davis School mainstay Linda Broder won the Staff Monthly Recognition Award from USC’s Staff Assembly and Staff Club. The award, given to individuals who exhibit constant and dedicated service while making a genuine contribution to the quality of life at USC, comes during an auspicious time for Broder, who celebrates her [Continue Reading...]
Faculty and staff gathered together to welcome students, returning and brand-new, to the USC Davis School of Gerontology on Thursday, August 23. “I’m just as new as many of you freshmen—I’ve only been here six weeks. Our School is already fantastic, but I want to make it the greatest school ever,” said dean Pinchas Cohen, [Continue Reading...]
While many students might consider summer a time to take it easy, USC Davis School of Gerontology Ph.D. candidate Jeff Laguna spent his taking advantage of several prestigious enrichment opportunities. Over the summer, Laguna received two high-profile awards, the first from the AcademyHealth/Aetna Foundation and the second from The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP). [Continue Reading...]
Finding a job, especially in this economy, can be daunting for many new grads, but thanks to his creativity, training and support from the USC Davis School of Gerontology, recent alum Peter Lancellotti is living his dream. After graduating with his graduate certificate this past summer, Lancellotti started a new career in business development with [Continue Reading...]
Scientists are uncovering evidence that short periods of fasting, if properly controlled, could achieve a number of health benefits, as well as potentially helping the overweight, as Michael Mosley discovered.
On Saturday, August 4, 2012 , Valter Longo, Ph.D. joined Morgan Freeman to celebrate science and the Emmy-nominated series “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.” Longo appeared on the series in 2011 to discuss his research on prolonging longevity, including his findings that extended the life span of yeast by 10 times and the life [Continue Reading...]
On July 31, The Milken Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based out of Santa Monica, California, released Best Cities for Successful Aging, described as a “first-of-its kind, data-driven index, which measures and ranks the performance of 359 U.S. metropolitan areas in promoting and enabling successful aging” according to a press release on the organization’s [Continue Reading...]