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  1. UMass Boston Only School to Manage Two Journals on Aging
    Journal on Aging & Social Policy and Research on Aging are edited by faculty and staff at McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies.
  2. Same Sex Marriage: Implications for Policymaking and Older Adults
    Ellen Bruce, JD will present facts, procedure, and arguments as well as lead a community discussion on these pending Supreme Court cases.
  3. Careers in Aging Event: Career Panel and Luncheon
    UMass Boston welcomes prospective students and others interested in the booming aging industry to this free event on April 8.
  4. OLLI Provides Life-Enrichment Opportunities for Older Adults
    The spring 2013 catalog offers members a wide choice of courses, trips, video conferences, and much more.
  5. UMass Boston Researchers Develop New Tool to Measure Elder Economics
    "Poverty level" doesn't tell the whole story, so researchers have devised a new way to measure the income older Americans require to meet their needs.
  6. Many Elders Cannot Meet Housing and Health Care Needs with Social Security Benefits Alone
    Gerontology Institute develops new tool to measure income adequacy and issues National Elder Economic Security Report.
  7. UMass Boston Professor Jeffrey Burr Named Editor-in-Chief of Research on Aging
    McCormack Graduate School professor of gerontology to edit leading social science journal on aging
  8. McCormack Graduate School Well Represented at National Gerontology Conference
    Faculty and PhD students present more than 20 papers and posters at annual scientific conference.
  9. Gerontology Institute to House Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging
    MGS opens new center to expand demographic and applied research capacity on aging issues.
  10. Gerontology Institute Conducts Needs Assessments in Two Local Communities
    MGS faculty and student researchers evaluate aging-related needs in Hingham and Cohasset.
  11. At MGS Event, Rep. Wolf Tells Women: “You Have the Numbers to Make a Difference in Politics”
    Alice Woolf shared her perspectives at recent Center for Women in Politics and Gerontology Institute sponsored event.
  12. Gerontology Institute Leading Healthy Aging Research in Massachusetts for the Tufts Health Plan
    Associate Professor Elizabeth Dugan leads new grant project at McCormack Graduate School
  13. Women: Your Power, Your Issues, Your Election
    Representative Alice K. Wolf is featured speaker at event co-sponsored by Gerontology Institute
  14. For Professor Emeritus Frank Caro, Retirement Includes More Time for Research and Community Service
    Although he retired four years ago, rest and relaxation often take a back seat to more research and service activities.
  15. Sandwiched Between Aging Parents and Boomerang Kids in Two Cohorts of American Women
    Please join us for this Gerontology Institute guest lecture on December 3 at 1 p.m.
  16. How Poor Financial Risk Management Destroyed Older Households’ Wealth & What Policy Can Do About It
    Join Professor Christian Weller for this Gerontology Institute colloquium on November 5 at 1 p.m.
  17. Future Directions in Preventing Late-Life Disability
    Please join us for this Gerontology Institute guest lecture on September 17 at 1 PM
  18. Pension Action Center Expands to Illinois
    The Pension Action Center of the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston has received a grant from The Retirement Research Foundation to expand its pension counseling services to Illinois.
  19. Gerontology Institute Publishes Special Journal of Aging & Social Policy on Health Care Reform
    Special issue devoted to the topics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, long-term care, and elders.
  20. Victoria Reggie Kennedy Speaks on Influencing Public Policy: The Role of Midlife and Older Women
    Guest lecture at the JFK Library sponsored by McCormack Graduate School's Gerontology Institute and the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of OWL (Older Women's League).