Overview
The Center for Aging and Longevity Studies (CALS) brings together researchers, scholars, and educators from multiple disciplines in an effort to improve the human experience by augmenting healthspan, ameliorating age-related diseases, advancing the vitality of an aging population, and investigating the societal impact of extended longevity. CALS-affiliated faculty come from 15 different academic departments, institutes, and programs, spanning the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences, the Division of Social Sciences, and the Division of Humanity and Fine Arts in the College of Letters and Science, and the College of Engineering. CALS seeks to enhance basic knowledge about aging and longevity, to create educational experiences for students, and to foster relations with the public to empower an aging society.