This panel was for faculty members who are considering retirement, but want to stay engaged with the university, whether through research, teaching, student engagement, or other initiatives.

Students in the Introduction to Gerontology course interviewed retired faculty about their lives and careers.

Students in health sciences are gaining research experience in Lowell, working alongside an adult advisory group and local agencies to help make the city an “age-friendly” community.

A new study led by Prof. of Public Health Wenjun Li, with funding from a $4 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging, will analyze how older people move and use the outdoor space in their communities.

The Learning in Retirement Association, a UML partner organization that offers educational courses and social events to retired and semi-retired people, has embraced a hybrid learning model that has allowed it to reach more members and guest speakers.

Joseph Sheedy was a man who embodied lifelong learning. He earned his final degree in Psychology from UMass Lowell, posthumously.

Sabrina Noel, Principal Investigator, is a member of the CGRP, and Andrew Hostetler and Karen Devereaux Melillo, CGRP members, are co-investigators on this Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant, 2020-2023.

UMass Lowell was recently awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from Tufts Health Plan Foundation to create a citywide, age-friendly initiative that builds community capacity to promote health, independence and quality of life for older residents in Lowell.

With the university’s mid-March shift to virtual learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a new, remote reality began for students, faculty and staff. And don't forget those learning in retirement: LIRA members treasure their time at the university, as well.

The five-campus UMasss system has endorsed the 10 principles of the Age-Friendly University, joining an international effort intended to highlight the role of higher education in responding to the challenges and opportunities associated with an aging population.

At UMass Lowell’s Center for Gerontology Research and Partnerships’ forum, speakers shared their latest research on aging workers in the workplace, age-friendly initiatives and asthma in older adults.

Jonathan Lemire, White House correspondent for the Associated Press and the son of Susan Lemire, the university’s coordinator of advisory services and is a member of the curriculum committee for the Learning in Retirement Association, spoke at UMass Lowell recently.

The odds have never been better that you will live to be 100. Advances in health care, nutrition and technology are contributors to longer living. But does living longer mean living better? Researchers at UMass Lowell are tackling this issue. We asked them to help us understand why we’re living longer, and what’s at stake.

As babies and children and when we’re sick, disabled or dying, we all need care – and most of that care is provided by women working for low or no wages. It’s time to change that, according to speakers at the Global Carework Summit.

Alice Bonner ‘89, who spoke on campus to students, staff, faculty and community agency representatives at the recent third annual Healthy Aging-Living Well Forum, urged students to get involved in health policy.

Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation, in collaboration with the UMass Lowell School of Nursing, recently hosted its 6th annual Faculty Institute for Gerontological Nursing for nursing faculty across the Commonwealth.

A new “Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning” course gives students from five different majors — nursing, medical laboratory science, nutritional sciences, exercise physiology and public health — experience working in teams at Summit ElderCare in Lowell.

From improving rehabilitation for stroke survivors to reducing inflammation through diet in older adults, faculty members in the College of Health Sciences are conducting studies that have the potential to make a powerful impact on people’s lives.