Oct 15 Labor of Love: COVID-19 Made it Clear We Need to Care for Caregivers By Beth Newcomb Alumni, Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregiving, Community Service, COVID-19, Demography, Health and Wellness, Intergenerational The pandemic kept kids home from school and upended the workplace, placing Americans who care for aging family members under even more pressure.Read More
Oct 13 Knowledge and Service By Beth Newcomb Careers in Aging, Housing, Students Three students share how their gerontology education empowers them to help older adults become healthier and happier.Read More
Oct 11 A Commencement Like No Other By Beth Newcomb Events, Students During physically distanced ceremonies held twice daily from May 14 through 20, 2021, more than 36,000 diplomas were conferred to USC graduates in the classes of 2020 and 2021, including more than 400 graduates of the USC Leonard Davis School.Read More
May 26 Amazon indigenous group’s lifestyle may hold a key to slowing down aging By Beth Newcomb Alzheimer's and Dementia, Featured, Research According to a new study, the Tsimane people in Bolivia appear to have healthier brains that age more slowly.Read More
Apr 14 What’s in a Name? Boomers and Zoomers can define age groups yet defy stereotypes By Beth Newcomb Featured, Health and Wellness, Intergenerational, Pop Culture Labels present challenges to fighting ageism and promoting intergenerational understanding, say USC experts.Read More