Newsletter

Read the May 2022 edition of the Institute for Successful Longevity's ISL Newsletter

The latest edition of the ISL Newsletter features Bridging Bridging Resilience Divides: Technology, Transportation & Communications, a multidisciplinary conference co-sponsored by the Institute for Successful Longevity and held at FSU’s Turnbull Conference Center. Read or download the May newsletter HERE.

Also in the newsletter:

The ISL Newsletter for November 2021 now available

Sheila Salyer, head of the Tallahassee Senior Center and manager of Senior Services for the City of Tallahassee, talks about her 25 years' experience in helping older adults in Florida's capital, about how the Senior Center reached out during the pandemic and what she anticipates in the future, in the latest edition of the ISL Newsletter.

Also in the newsletter, you'll find ISL Director Neil Charness looking at digital equity in North America, as well other news about ISL's Faculty Affiliates.

The ISL Newsletter for August now available

Read about ISL Faculty Affiliate Walter Boot and the ENHANCE Center he co-leads, and how the center is working to bring the promise of digital technology into reality to help those with cognitive losses, in the latest ISL Newsletter.

You can read or download the August 2021 edition of the ISL Newsletter HERE.

TECHNOLOGY and OLDER ADULTS — The ISL Newsletter for May 2021

Bo Xie of the University of Texas at Austin talks to the Institute for Successful Longevity about technology and stereotypes in advance of her ISL Speaker Series address, ISL Director Neil Charness revisits issues older adults face with two-factor authentication, ISL post-doc Nicholas Gray explains his study of whether older adults are using out-of-date technology, and Charness talks about aging and technology at a University of Waterloo conference, all in the latest ISL Newsletter.

Read about COVID-19 vaccinations and what comes after the shot in the ISL Newsletter for March 2021

In the March 2021 edition of the ISL Newsletter, Neil Charness, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Successful Longevity, addresses the big question on the minds of many who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 — "Now What?"

Also, read about ISL Faculty Affiliate Judy Delp, Ph.D., and her team's development of a prototype home therapy for those with peripheral arterial disease. ISL NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2021.pdf

Learn about ISL Faculty Affiliate Eren Ozguven's new RIDER Center in the December 2020 edition of the ISL Newsletter

Read the ISL Newsletter for December 2020 and learn about ISL Faculty Affiliate Eren Erman Ozguven and his new RIDER Center, which helps communities prepare emergency plans that accommodate the needs of all citizens, including older adults. ISL NEWSLETTER - December 2020.pdf

ISL Faculty Affiliate Lynn Panton explains the benefits of strength training for older adults in ISL's Newsletter for November 2020

In the latest edition of the ISL Newsletter, Dr. Lynn Panton, a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity and professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, talks about why older adults need to do resistance training to build muscle mass and maintain their bones.

Read about ISL's Zoom initiative, faculty achievements in latest ISL Newsletter

The Institute for Successful Longevity's latest ISL Newsletter is now available to download,

Read about ISL's Zoom initiative for older adults, about coping with the new normal under COVID-19, about a Faculty Affiliate's Fulbright award and other news. 

Read the May 2020 newsletter HERE.