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Gerontology department welcomes Sung Park

The UMass Boston Department of Gerontology welcomes Sung S. Park, PhD, as our newest faculty member. Park is a sociologist and social demographer interested in how institutional factors and social relationships contribute to population-level racial and ethnic inequalities in older… Continue Reading →

New aging studies minor offers grounding in challenges, opportunities of population aging

Thanks to a surge in student interest in undergraduate classes on aging, the UMass Boston Department of Gerontology has created a minor in Aging Studies. The program is open to students from all majors and is offered entirely online. “As… Continue Reading →

Gerontology programs to join health sciences college on July 1, 2023

UMass Boston’s gerontology program—including the academic department, research institute, and four centers—will join the Robert and Donna Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences on July 1, 2023. The transition comes as part of a campus-wide reorganization effort led over… Continue Reading →

Aging Studies program offering summer classes

The UMass Boston Department of Gerontology is offering undergraduate classes from its bachelor of arts degree program for the summer of 2023. The summer classes include Mental Health and Aging, Health and Physical Aspects of Aging, and Global Aging Field… Continue Reading →

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