September 4, 2011
Gerontology Programs Get Creative to Extend Their Own Life Spans
David Zentz for The Chronicle
Kaoru Nashiro (right), a doctoral candidate in gerontology at the U. of Southern California, lives at the elderly-care residence in Los Angeles where she does research on cognitive aging. The pace suits her fine, she says. "I don't have to go out that much."
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David Zentz for The Chronicle
Kaoru Nashiro (right), a doctoral candidate in gerontology at the U. of Southern California, lives at the elderly-care residence in Los Angeles where she does research on cognitive aging. The pace suits her fine, she says. "I don't have to go out that much."
Los Angeles
Surfboards and Ferrari convertibles aren't images that students typically associate with aging, but they fit right in at the University of Southern California's Davis School of Gerontology.
At a time when many gerontology programs are struggling to survive, the nation's first such school is thriving with a message aimed at winning over young people who might find the idea of studying old people a little depressing.
The number of undergraduate gerontology majors at USC has
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