Tag: Senior Citizens

  • Nation & World

    The Aging Intellect

    In this important book, Douglas H. Powell, a clinical instructor in psychology, discusses lifestyle habits and attitudes linked to cognitive aging, and provides evidence-based strategies to minimize mental decline.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Hardly the retiring kind

    A vital resource, the Harvard University Retirees Association keeps former employees connected to the University’s vast resources, and to each other.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Elder statesman’ brightens big day

    On Thursday afternoon (June 7), in the shade of a tree in the Old Yard, Philip Keene of Natick, Mass., sat in a wheelchair holding a small sign that read “1925.” Nearby was Thayer Hall, where he lived as a senior 82 years ago.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    HILR to hold symposium on ‘Perspectives from the Future’

    The Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement (HILR), a leader among academic institutes for retirees, will present a daylong symposium titled “Perspectives from the Future: A Symposium on Tomorrow’s World as Defined by Today’s Research and Planning” on April 20 as part of its 30th anniversary celebration.

    2 minutes