Celebrating the class of 2020, fighting COVID-19 in New York, honoring a star researcher and more Aging is Happening

Aging is Happening

May 2020

CELEBRATION

U SC Leonard Davis School Honors Class of 2020

Congratulations to the extraordinary Class of 2020! We invite you to watch our full ceremony on YouTube and also view the event program and list of graduates.

USC Leonard Davis Virtual Celebration YouTube Playlist

PODCAST

A lumnus Fights COVID-19 in New York

Tyler Evans ’02 is chief medical officer for the NYC Emergency Management COVID-19 branch.

SERVICE

S tudents Raise Funds for Project Angel Food

Student Gerontology Association supports nonprofit that delivers meals to those with serious illnesses.

AWARD

Curran Recognized as Rising Star in Research

Associate Professor Sean Curran is the 2020 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research awardee.

In the News

“Aging is something we will all experience, if we’re lucky. Yet ageism is arguably the last widely accepted form of social prejudice.”
- Caroline Cicero and Paul Nash, who coauthored a column for The Conversation on fighting ageist narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece was republished by several outlets.

Out with the old: Coronavirus highlights why we need new names for aging (The Conversation, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Portland Press-Herald)
Understanding the Link Between Insulin Resistance and Alzheimer’s Disease (U.S. News and World Report)
How to Make an Online Will (Consumer Reports)
COVID-19 has brought havoc to nursing homes. Will pandemic end ‘warehousing’ the elderly? (Sacramento Bee)
Coronavirus death toll higher in California than previously known, new data suggest (Los Angeles Times)
Why the coronavirus may be killing more Americans than the government data says (Vox)
After beating coronavirus, memory-impaired seniors sick from isolation (Los Angeles Daily News)
Navigator: Generation Loneliness (Bloomberg)
The ‘New Normal’ for Many Older Adults Is on the Internet (CityLab)
Combining vitamin C with fasting could help treat aggressive forms of cancer (Consumer Affairs)

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