Indiana University Research & Creative Activity September 2001 • Volume XXIV Number 2
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XXIV, Aging
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Indiana University's new chancellor, Sharon Brehm, offers thoughts on human psychology and the intellectual challenge of administration. |
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Living
Long, Aging Well: Challenges for the 21st Century
by Barbara A. Hawkins |
Old
people are often characterized as burdens to society and their families,
but what about a good old age? What does it mean to age well?
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'Going
to the Village Well'
by Deborah Galyan |
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Like
their younger counterparts, older people need connections. Relationships
make a critical difference in how we face age.
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Good
Work |
Work is good for what ails us as we age ... except if we're working at home caring for ailing others. |
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What's
the secret
to staying on our toes—or at least our flat feet—when we're
old? Get physical.
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Lives
in the Balance
by Erika Knudson |
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Health,
Sweat & Cheers
by Erika Knudson |
A university adult fitness program brings together teaching, research, and service—and changes lives in the process. |
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Calling
It Quits
by Walton R. Collins |
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The most persistent myth about suicide is that it most often occurs among the young. |
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Paying
Attention |
The key to reducing depression among the aging may simply be paying more attention. |
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The
Coming of Age
by Lauren J. Bryant |
In
less than 50 years, predictions say there will be nearly two billion
people 60 and over around the world. Are we prepared for global population
aging?
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An
Unretiring Community
by Nick Riddle |
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In campus communities around the country, faculty members maintain active lives far beyond retirement. |
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'The
Best Is Yet to Be' |
What's the recipe for aging well? Retired professors offer some of their secret ingredients to making old age the best that's yet to be. |
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| Preview books on women playwrights, architecture, banking panics, identity politics in Israel, and more. | |
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Hannah
May by Peg Zeglin Brand
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