The Center for Healthy Aging is hosting a special interest group in aging for students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty interested in the study of aging. The group will provide a forum for researchers to discuss their own research and to learn from others in the topic of aging from interdisciplinary perspectives. The group will meet twice a...
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An event to bring together participants of all ages for art, storytelling, music, baking, dancing, gardening and other activities.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new research project at Penn State aims to evaluate how cognitive training programs can maintain the brain and everyday functioning in older adults.
Funded by a $1.85 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the project will examine the mechanisms of effective cognitive training programs and lay the...
Philosophical discourses of sages help identify possible paths for older adults to achieve the good life. Empirical evidence of social psychological research provides information to understand human behavior related to pursuing the good life as we age. Taken together, exploring writings of sages and studies by social psychologists may assist...
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The Larson Transportation Institute (LTI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lesley Ross, associate professor of human development and family studies (HDFS) at Penn State, to chair the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine standing committee on Safe Mobility of Older Persons (ANB60), as selected by the Transportation...
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The November 9th Healthy Aging Lecture by Mark Sciegaj is now online at cnet1.org. A direct link to the online program is here.
The program will be televised on C-NET Channel 98 at the following times:
Tuesday, November 14th at 2 pm
Wednesday, November 15th at 12 am
Thursday, November 16th...
The October 12th Healthy Aging Community Lecture, "Memory As We Age", by Dr. Nancy Dennis is now available to view online at cnet1.org. A direct link to the online program is here.
The talk will be televised on C-NET Channel 98 at the following times:
Monday, October 16th at 7:00 pm
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A celebration is planned for the first group of ILI participants to complete the certificate program.
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The Penn State Alumni Association’s 2017 Huddle with the Faculty series features Center Director Marty Sliwinski and Penn State Laureate Andy Belser of the FaceAge project. If you are interested in learning about either, this is an opportunity to do so. The speaker series is for alumni, friends and fans on home fall Saturdays during football...
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C-NET's coverage of the April 20th Healthy Aging Lecture: "Healthy Bones for Life" is now available to view online at cnet1.org. The direct link to the online program is here.
The program's first airing on Channel 98 was this morning at 9:00 am. Future televised airings are below:
Tonight, Tuesday,...
Inspired by FaceAge, this spring Human Development & Family Studies, OLLI, and Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence collaborated to launch an intergenerational course for undergraduate students and community members to be in the classroom together for eight weeks.
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If you missed the March 23rd Healthy Aging Lecture presentation -
"Fake or Fact? Making Sense of Healthy Aging Science", it is now available to view online at cnet1.org. A direct link to the online program is below
https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/GNduNoua2rBThhw6N4PRP9OCSPf6B2ru
The program will...
The Penn State Bookstore, managed by Barnes & Noble, has launched a new, University-wide grant program to seed new initiatives among students and faculty that will advance the University’s most pressing academic priorities. The bookstore awarded its first round of grants in February and the Healthy Aging Community Lecture Series received one.
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Researchers at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day’s stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.
Researchers at Penn State are co-leading a five-year study using mobile technology to better understand risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease, and ultimately enhance prevention and treatment, made possible by a $12.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.
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In an effort to investigate ways to reduce subsequent health conditions — like osteoporosis — a Penn State professor and her colleagues have received a grant to study the effects of dried plums on bone health and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
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