Events

When Where Speaker Presentation/Activities
October 18, 2024: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm EasternSTEW 218 and via ZoomKeynote: Kenneth Langa, PhD, Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine, University of MichiganTopic: Studying the Impact of Dementia Around the World: The HRS International Network of Aging Studies

Symposium: Preserving Cognitive Function
November 8, 2024: 12:30 - 1:25 pm EasternSTEW 209 and via ZoomMarkus Schafer, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, Baylor UniversityTopic: Colloquium: Different Strokes Revisited: Network Ties and Loneliness among Two Cohorts
November 22, 2024: 12:30 - 1:25 pm EasternSTEW 209 and via ZoomAllison Schaser, Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing SciencesTopic: Colloquium: Exploring Synuclein Dependent Cranial Sensorimotor Deficits
March 27, 2025: 10 am - 1 pm EasternSTEW 202 and via ZoomKeynote: Deborah Carr, PhD, A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Boston University.

Plus presentations by Gerontology Graduate Students
Topic: Scholars in the Spotlight/Spring Luncheon


Keynote: Beyond the “One Marriage for Life” Model: Older Adults' Complex Family Lives in the 21st Century

 

Virtual Panel Discussion

In Fall 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CALC held a virtual panel discussion in lieu of the annual symposium.

To view video of the Fall Panel Discussion, click here.


Date Theme Speakers
2020
September 11
Protecting Vulnerable Older Adults from COVID-19: Lessons Learned? Kathleen Abrahamson, Greg Arling, Tetyana Shippee, Kathleen Unroe

 

Annual Symposium

The Center on Aging and the Life Course sponsors an annual symposium, typically during fall, and monthly colloquia during the academic year. Prior speakers at the annual symposia are listed below.

For CALC symposium videos, please visit our Symposium Video Play List


Center on Aging and the Life Course Symposia, 1999-Present
Date Theme Speakers
2023
October 20
The Nexus of Nutrition and Physical Activity for Optimal Aging Roger Fielding, Libby Richards, Chad Carroll, Bruno Roseguini, Wayne Campbell
2022
September 9
Elder Mistreatment: Prevention, Complexities, and Future Directions Pamela Teaster, Peter Lichtenberg, James Appleby
2021
September 10
Changes in Well-Being and Health After a Transition to Family Caregiving William Haley
2019
September 27
Age and Social Connectedness Benjamin Cornwell, Karen Rook
2018
September 28
Technological Innovations for Optimal Aging Wendy Rogers, Denise McAllister Wilder, Brandon Pitts, Jacob Monroe, Satyajit Ambike, Thomas Siegmund
2017
September 15
Health Across Generations Mary Beth Terry, Jonathon Wells
2016
September 16
Time Horizons and Optimal Aging Laura Carstensen, David Ekerdt
2015
October 2
Optimizing Functional Ability in Later Life Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Sarah L. Szanton
2014
September 5
Avenues to Optimal Longevity S. Jay Olshansky, Rafael de Cabo
2013
September 20
Aging Families and Health: Social Influences on Health Lifestyle Choices in Later Life Deborah S. Carr, Karen Hooker, Alex Zautra
2012
September 21
Health and Aging in Diverse Contexts: From Research to Policy Kyriakos S. Markides, Toni P. Miles, Douglas K. Miller
2011
September 23
Comparative Longevity: From Cells to Societies Steven Austad, Eileen Crimmins
2010
October 1
Relationships and Resilience in Later Life: Mechanisms for Optimal Aging Toni Antonucci, Rosemary Blieszner, Brant Burleson, Karl Pillemer
2009
September 11
The Aging Brain David J. Madden, Mark Mattson, Naftali Raz
2008
September 26
Family Relations and Late Life Health Cynthia Berg, Lynne Martire
2007
September 21
Interdisciplinary Intersections: Inter-personal Relations Over the Life Course Susan Charles, Mary Lee Hummert, Katherine Newman
2006
September 25
Tenth Anniversary Symposium: The Legacy of Longevity Toni Antonucci, Thomas Perls, Sidney Stahl, Kenneth Ferraro, David Waters
2005
September 22
Aging and Stress: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives Monika Fleshner, Linda K. George
2004
September 23
Early Origins of Adult Health: Social and Behavioral Processes Linda Burton, Richard Settersten, William Graziano
2003
September 18
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Vincent Felitti, Kristine Springer, Robert Hauser, Laura P. Sands
2002
September 19
Aging as the Link between History and Biography Glen Elder, Jr., Cheryl Elman, Keith Whitfield
2002
February 19
Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? Evidence from the Highly Educated Dan Black
2001
November 27
Life Course Inequality: Antecedents and Consequences Chad Boult, Felicia LeClere, Angela O’Rand
2001
April 14
Mechanisms and Consequences of Aging (biological) Frank Bellino, Robert Floyd, Leonard Hayflick, Arlan Richardson, David Waters
1999
November 5
Calorie Intake, Oxidative Stress, and Aging Richard Weindruch