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On November 19, 2024, people gathered at the University of Massachusetts Club to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pension Action Center, a center with the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston. Current staff, previous directors, board members, and friends of… Continue Reading →
Jeein Jang returns to UMass Boston this fall with renewed motivation for her third year of the gerontology doctoral program after working as a summer public policy intern for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in Washington, D.C. “I had… Continue Reading →
Glickman Fund supports non-traditional students dedicated to improving older adults’ quality of life
“My life has changed in a direction I never would have seen it gohad I not been an MAS student. I hope to make you all proudas I move forward in my career in aging.”Sophia Casale, MAS ’23, lifestylist, Chelsea… Continue Reading →
In fiscal year 2023, staff members and volunteers at the Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center opened 330 cases and recovered $1.1 million in pension benefits, at no cost to clients. These facts and more are featured in the center’s latest… Continue Reading →
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston, begun as Life Enrichment Through Studies, celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2024. One in a series of stories about the history of the UMass Boston Gerontology Institute and its centers and programs as we… Continue Reading →
Meet the five gerontology doctoral candidates who successfully defended their dissertations in the spring of 2024 and were hooded as new PhDs at ceremonies on campus May 22, 2024. Elizabeth Gallagher Hometown: Fitchburg, Massachusetts Dissertation: “Challenging Aspects of Caregiving: The… Continue Reading →
The Department of Gerontology at UMass Boston presents five annual awards to deserving graduate students. Four of the awards include a $200 prize to be used for the students’ professional development. Winners of the Capstone Project Award are honored with… Continue Reading →
Older adults who smoke heavily have a hard time kicking the habit, even when they receive the most promising cessation treatment. “These are people who started smoking when they were very young, before we knew of all the dangers,” says… Continue Reading →
The way she sees it, Kunyu Zhang has climbed a few mountains in her career. Not literal ascents, but long journeys just the same. After earning degrees in physics and applied physics in her native Beijing, she came to the… Continue Reading →
As the Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center (PAC) celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024, the center counts more than $70 million in retirement benefits recovered for more than 11,000 clients across its service area of New England and Illinois. One… Continue Reading →
