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Vitality Magazine Fall 2021

Aging as a Global Issue

How international collaboration addresses the challenges facing aging societies

Cover of Vitality Magazine Fall 2021 issue with globe on a stand

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Globe illustration by Cornelia Li
Aging as a Global Issue

Aging as a Global Issue

Sandwich generation caregiver illustration showing woman balancing on the noses of a boy and old man
Labor of Love: COVID-19 Made it Clear We Need to Care for Caregivers

Labor of Love: COVID-19 Made it Clear We Need to Care for Caregivers

PhD student Qiao Wu and Fengxue Zhou MSG ’20 engagement photo
Grow Old With Me

Grow Old With Me

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Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Studies on Diet & Exercise

Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Studies on Diet & Exercise

Two Health Food Industry Pioneers Support Research on How Diet & Nutrition Affect Alzheimer’s

Two Health Food Industry Pioneers Support Research on How Diet & Nutrition Affect Alzheimer’s

Keith Renken and Edward Schneider smiling at school event
New Scholarship Fund Honors Edward Schneider

New Scholarship Fund Honors Edward Schneider

Mariele Soriano, Kris Brannon, Victor Wilson portraits
Knowledge and Service

Knowledge and Service

Illustration of nursing home residents outside with caregivers and visitors
Gift Supports Senior Living Students

Gift Supports Senior Living Students

Aerial image of students at USC's 2020-21 Commencement at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
A Commencement Like No Other

A Commencement Like No Other

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New Book Provides Lessons in Senior Living Leadership

New Book Provides Lessons in Senior Living Leadership

Associate Professor John Walsh leads his Gerontology 310 class in a yoga and core strength routine in front of the Andrus Gerontology Center
A Healthy Start for the Fall Semester

A Healthy Start for the Fall Semester

"Killer" T-cells (small dark purple spots) infiltrate the pancreatic islet in mouse model of type 1 diabetes (left); MOTS-c treatment prevents autoimmunity and the development of the disease (right)
Small Protein Protects Pancreatic Cells in Model of Type 1 Diabetes

Small Protein Protects Pancreatic Cells in Model of Type 1 Diabetes

International Comparisons Provide New Insights on Aging

International Comparisons Provide New Insights on Aging

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Latinos are more likely to die from COVID-19, underlining racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes

Latinos are more likely to die from COVID-19, underlining racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes

Image of a neutrophil undergoing NETosis, expelling chromatin to ensnare and destroy a pathogen (Ryan Lu/Benayoun Lab)
Study Highlights Differences in Immune Cell Function Between Male and Female Mice

Study Highlights Differences in Immune Cell Function Between Male and Female Mice

USC Leonard Davis scientists working on research
$4 Million National Institute on Aging Grant Supports Next Generation of Geroscientists

$4 Million National Institute on Aging Grant Supports Next Generation of Geroscientists

Eileen Crimmins
Eileen Crimmins wins demography field’s most prestigious award

Eileen Crimmins wins demography field’s most prestigious award

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Seven Tips about Alzheimer’s and Brain Health from USC Experts

Seven Tips about Alzheimer’s and Brain Health from USC Experts

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USC Launches Three New Nutrition and Dietetics Master’s Degrees

USC Launches Three New Nutrition and Dietetics Master’s Degrees

A young member of the Tsimane indigenous group in the Bolivian Amazon in a canoe (photo courtesy Tsimane Health and Life History Project Team)
Amazon indigenous group’s lifestyle may hold a key to slowing down aging

Amazon indigenous group’s lifestyle may hold a key to slowing down aging

Illustration of people of all ages being connected by technology
USC Gerontology Students Help Older Adults Navigate Technology, Fight Isolation

USC Gerontology Students Help Older Adults Navigate Technology, Fight Isolation

Illustration of generational labels
What’s in a Name? Boomers and Zoomers can define age groups yet defy stereotypes

What’s in a Name? Boomers and Zoomers can define age groups yet defy stereotypes

Older Black woman having tea
Perspectives of African-American women missing from aging-in-place research

Perspectives of African-American women missing from aging-in-place research

Phoebe Liebig portrait
Remembering Professor Emerita Phoebe S. Liebig

Remembering Professor Emerita Phoebe S. Liebig