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Boston Residents Graduate as First Class of New Senior Civic Academy

Want seniors to become more engaged in their communities and speak up effectively on issues that matter to them? Cities and towns can help by teaching their older residents some important skills and providing practical information. Case in point: The… Continue Reading →

UMass Boston Gerontology Alums Present Plan to Improve Social Security Safety Net

By Meghan Hendricksen Many older Americans, some of them disabled, badly need the support of a Social Security system they contributed to for most of their working lives. Often, that system does not provide nearly enough.        … Continue Reading →

LTSS Center Co-Director Marc Cohen Presents at Symposium Honoring Joshua Wiener

Marc Cohen went back a long way with Josh Wiener. For decades, they debated the substance and detail of one of the most pressing social and economic challenges of our times – how to pay for the long-term services and… Continue Reading →

2 Gerontology Students to Participate in Summer Dissertation Program

Two doctoral students in the UMass Boston Gerontology Department have been accepted into a prestigious summer program that helps students develop their dissertations prior to defense. Haowei Wang and Shiva Prasad were two of only 12 campus graduate students accepted… Continue Reading →

Academic Life: UMass Boston Gerontology Students on Managing Time and Balancing Priorities

By Meghan Hendricksen So, how is school going? Every gerontology student at UMass Boston’s McCormack Graduate School could give you an earful on that subject. The Gerontology Institute Blog wanted to hear what students had to say about their studies, the… Continue Reading →

Mass. Gerontology Association Honors Associate Professor Elizabeth Dugan

The Massachusetts Gerontology Association has selected UMass Boston associate professor Elizabeth Dugan as the 2018 recipient of its Louis Lowy award, which honors individuals who have made important contributions to the field of aging in the state. Dugan’s “research, leadership,… Continue Reading →

UMass Boston Gerontology PhD Student Molly Evans Joins LTSS Center’s Washington Office

When LeadingAge and the University of Massachusetts Boston established the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston last spring, researchers in Washington eagerly anticipated one partnership benefit: incorporating UMass Boston graduate students into their applied research projects. That anticipation ended in November,… Continue Reading →

UMass Boston Associate Professor Elizabeth Dugan Joins State Healthy Aging Committee

Elizabeth Dugan has been appointed to a new committee that will provide advice to state officials responsible for an initiative to make it easier for older adults to live in healthy, inclusive and equitable environments. Dugan, an associate professor of… Continue Reading →

A Big Year for UMass Boston Gerontology

It’s been a year for the record books. The Gerontology Institute Blog covered every major department and institute event of 2017. But few of those posts could match the impact of coverage of students and their accomplishments filed during commencement… Continue Reading →

UMass Boston Gerontology Building Academic Relationships in China

UMass Boston Gerontology professors Jeffrey Burr and Jan Mutchler delivered presentations at a conference hosted by China’s Remin University and other organizations early in December. That was not especially big news. But their speeches, as well as social events organized around the… Continue Reading →

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