Aging is Happening is a monthly email newsletter featuring aging news and insights from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
Aging is Happening Newsletter
- March 2025: Uncovering how extreme heat may accelerate aging, measuring naloxone knowledge and use, celebrating how food brings people together, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2025: New AI measures how fast the brain ages, Pinchas Cohen honored for innovation, celebrating the Year of the Snake, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2025: Connecting the dots on dementia, preparing students for healthy aging, leading a top nursing home, and more Aging is Happening
- December 2024: Aging is Happening: Taking a Look Back at 2024
- November 2024: Holiday tips from faculty, potential “exercise pill” could fight dementia, rethinking how we study Black health and aging and more Aging is Happening
- October 2024: GEMSTEM grad conducts Fulbright research in Colombia, how mechanical stress affects cells, recognizing and challenging ageism, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2024: Celebrating student researchers, finding fulfillment with age, understanding how a low-protein diet affects body fat, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2024: Studying the brain’s blood vessels and cognition, preventing air pollution-related Alzheimer’s, starting the new school year, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2024: Improving healthcare for older adults, using AI to identify concussions, honoring outstanding research, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2024: Helping caregivers better serve Alzheimer’s patients, using molecules from sea sponges to fight cancer, naming a seat to support the school, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2024: The extraordinary class of 2024, a rare mutation associated with better heart health, a rising star in aging research, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2024: Sharing advice on aging well, promoting healthy eating on campus, helping older adults reduce medication risks, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2024: Understanding how a mitochondrial mutation interacts with an Alzheimer’s gene, improving family caregiver well-being, eating for healthy aging, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2024: Fasting-like diet reduces biological age, celebrating Black History Month, research on Alzheimer’s in the ancient world, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2024: Uncovering a gene that protects against Parkinson’s, supporting future gerontology researchers, alumna works to prevent Alzheimer’s in women, and more Aging is Happening
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Vitality is the official magazine of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. To share questions, comments, or story ideas, please email editor Beth Newcomb.
