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Jim Hermelbracht, a highly regarded administrator with two decades of experience in higher education management, has been selected as the new director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMass Boston. Hermelbracht, who most recently served as director of student… Continue Reading →
The city of Boston enlisted the participation of the UMass Boston Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging when it decided to develop a detailed age-friendly action plan. The center has helped cities and towns across Massachusetts assess the… Continue Reading →
Mai See Yang received her doctoral degree in gerontology this year from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She was honored as the selection to be the student speaker for the UMass Boston graduate commencement ceremony. The following is her commencement address delivered… Continue Reading →
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the city’s Elderly Commission have launched the first-ever Age-Friendly Boston Action Plan. He called it a blueprint to make Boston the best city and place to live for older adults within three years. The… Continue Reading →
The Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston and LeadingAge have joined forces to create a new research center called the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Katie Sloan, LeadingAge president and CEO; Len Fishman, director of the Gerontology Institute… Continue Reading →
LeadingAge is joining with the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston to create a new research center called the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. The new center is the first in the country to combine the expertise of… Continue Reading →
Professors and other UMass Boston gerontology thought leaders appear regularly in news media stories about seniors and issues important to them. Among recent articles: Associate Professor Kathrin Boerner highlighted her research on centenarians and their adult children in a recent… Continue Reading →
Jan Mutchler is among 51 selections highlighted in The Boston Globe’s 2017 Game Changers publication, an annual compilation of “bright ideas and breakthroughs, inventions and innovations, people and places making waves in Boston.” Mutcher, a professor of gerontology at UMass… Continue Reading →
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