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2024
- 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
2023
- December 2023: Looking back at 2023
- November 2023: Eating healthfully for the holidays, learning about aging in South Korea, preventing elder abuse, and more Aging is Happening
- October 2023: Improving aging for Black Americans, investing in gerontology, debunking aging myths, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2023: Innovation in an aging society, grant renewal supports minority aging research, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2023: Conquering Half Dome at 93, understanding cellular stress, uncovering the fertility effects of an Alzheimer’s gene, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2023: Boosting COVID vaccination rates, fixing palliative care’s image problem, helping older adults stay safe during heatwaves, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2023: Advancing Alzheimer’s research, creating intergenerational bonds through dance, celebrating Pride and more Aging is Happening
- May 2023: Celebrating the Class of 2023, exploring new approaches for body and brain health, launching studies in aging research and more Aging is Happening
- April 2023: Researching Alzheimer’s risk, the effects of exercise on the brain, new funding to study ovarian aging and more Aging is Happening
- March 2023: Remembering Professor George Shannon, measuring brain age, an alumna’s career in gerontology and social work, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2023: Alumna pursuing dentistry for older adults, predicting the rate of aging, tips on healthy aging, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2023: Measuring brain age, prescribing opioids more carefully, challenging existing ideas about Alzheimer’s, and more Aging is Happening
2022
- December 2022: Looking Back at 2022
- November 2022: Learning from SuperAgers, Alzheimer’s research, caregiving support tips and more Aging is Happening
- October 2022: Injuries and brain aging, students reach out to older adults, new research on diet and aging, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2022: New protein connected to Alzheimer’s risk, alumna balances support and independence, COVID’s impact on life expectancy, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2022: Air pollution’s effects on the brain, how to prevent falls at home, understanding stress at the molecular level, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2022: Supporting undergraduate research, examining long COVID, learning about longevity in Costa Rica, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2022: How stress impacts immune aging, protecting vulnerable older adults, how aging varies across species, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2022: Exploring stem cells’ potential, celebrating the class of 2022, honoring mentors and scholars, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2022: Eating for longevity, exploring aging policy, improving aging by caring for the environment, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2022: How stress affects aging, dementia rates in the Amazon, master’s student builds on medical training, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2022: Making homes safer, how adversity affects aging, disparities in dementia and lifespan, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2022: Why social distancing matters, how economics shed light on well being, where TV and gerontology meet, and more Aging is Happening
2021
- December 2021: Tips for happy and healthy holidays, our top stories from 2021, and more Aging is Happening
- November 2021: International collaboration, pollution and Alzheimer’s, excellence in gerontology education, and more Aging is Happening
- October 2021: Expanding long-term care access in Black communities, why clean air matters for brain health, how immigration increases U.S. life expectancy, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2021: Addressing addiction in older adults, highlighting Latinx palliative care experiences, discussing brain health and more Aging is Happening
- August 2021: Protecting against diabetes, international aging research, welcoming back students and more Aging is Happening
- July 2021: Disparities in COVID-19 deaths, tips for healthy brain aging, immune differences between the sexes, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2021: New dietetics programs, how the pandemic affected US lifespans, tips for brain health, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2021: Slowing brain aging, helping older adults navigate technology, honoring outstanding educators, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2021: Brain changes after injury, the economics of Alzheimer’s, labeling generations, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2021: Measuring mutations, getting vaccines to elderly immigrants, building homes from shipping containers and more Aging is Happening
- February 2021: Eating and living well, preventing muscle loss, understanding Alzheimer’s risk and more Aging is Happening
- January 2021: COVID-19 and life expectancy, older adults in the movies, “exercise protein” improves fitness in mice, and more Aging is Happening
2020
- December 2020: Happy holiday wishes, staying connected despite the distance, and more Aging is Happening
- November 2020: Keeping students engaged from afar, fighting loneliness, leveraging tech for older adults, and more Aging is Happening
- October 2020: Media trust and COVID-19, big data for biologists, mindful caregiving and more Aging is Happening
- September 2020: Living and interning in a retirement community, teaching online, making cities age-friendly, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2020: Demographics of dementia, racism as a public health issue, reproduction research, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2020: A prestigious new grant, how fasting may help cancer treatment, the benefits of mindfulness, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2020: COVID-19 research, tiny protein’s big role in longevity, why men and women age differently, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2020: Celebrating the class of 2020, fighting COVID-19 in New York, honoring a star researcher and more Aging is Happening
- April 2020: COVID-19 expertise, older social media influencers, reaching out to isolated seniors and more Aging is Happening
- March 2020: A message from Dean Pinchas Cohen and gerontology perspectives on COVID-19
- February 2020: Diet and aging, making a difference, intergenerational friendships and more Aging is Happening
- January 2020: Addressing elder abuse, recognizing aging’s opportunities, preventing falls, and more Aging is Happening
2019
- December 2019: Happy Holidays from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
- November 2019: Holiday tips, stress resistance, changing demographics and more Aging is Happening
- October 2019: How Big Data reshapes aging, examining prosperity through the lifespan, exploring gerontology before med school, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2019: Introducing the Alzheimer’s “exposome,” supporting older adults’ mental health, welcoming student researchers, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2019: Helping Latino caregivers, welcoming our students, announcing a new master’s program and more Aging is Happening
- July 2019: Addressing aging at the G20 summit, researching resilience, identifying elder abuse, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2019: Sex differences in Alzheimer’s, new master’s program, food as medicine, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2019: Unraveling heart disease, welcoming killifish, designing for dementia and more Aging is Happening
- April 2019: Exploring the science of fasting, students making an impact, sorting aging fact from fiction, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2019: Fasting for digestive health, helping caregivers with mobile apps, making nutrition info more understandable and more Aging is Happening
- February 2019: Measuring an epidemic, fact-checking diets, making campus age-friendly, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2019: Losing sleep, fighting isolation, finding humor in caregiving, and more Aging is Happening
2018
- December 2018: Make the Most of Time in 2019 — Happy Holidays from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
- November 2018: Healthy Thanksgiving advice, family leave benefits, patient outcomes, and more Aging is Happening
- October 2018: Investing in health, fasting for longevity, comparing life expectancy, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2018: Mitochondrial research, aging safely, disaster preparedness and more Aging is Happening
- August 2018: Air pollution, career transitions, caregiving, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2018: Mighty mitochondria, Stan Lee cameos, grey-haired Emojis, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2018: Reducing Alzheimer’s risk, preventing elder abuse, designing for all ages, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2018: A major gift announcement, distraction and the aging brain, students redesign everyday items, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2018: Portraits of older Angelenos, education’s protective benefits, an alumna’s advocacy, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2018: Improving cities, slowing aging, supporting caregivers, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2018: Eating for longevity, remembering details under stress, caring across generations, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2018: Yelp and nursing homes, studying global aging trends, helping caregivers stay healthy, and more Aging is Happening
2017
- December 2017: A Healthy Holiday Greeting, 2017’s Top Aging Topics, and more Aging is Happening
- November 2017: Being thankful, boosting memory, preventing Alzheimer’s and more Aging is Happening
- October 2017: Tom Petty and End-of-Life Choices, Benefits of Helping Others, Planning an Age-Friendly LA, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2017: Smarter grocery shopping, preventing falls, ensuring lifespan health, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2017: Advice for aging well, examining Americans’ shorter lifespans, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2017: Aging beautifully, rejuvenating genes, brain injury research, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2017: Intergenerational wisdom, diet-gene connections, financial well-being, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2017: Students Rooming with Retirees, How to Live to 100, Balancing Support, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2017: Home Safety, Older Drivers, Environmental Issues, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2017: The Benefits of Fasting-like Diets, the Future of Senior Living, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2017: Pollution & Dementia, age-friendly design, and more Aging is Happening
