Education: In the Community and on Campus

Podcasts, and recorded media interviews and public lectures highlight the work being done at CALS on what is known, and still to be learned, about aging and longevity. On campus courses and research training opportunities in aging and longevity exist within all CALS-affiliated departments and centers.

Public Lectures, Educational Podcasts, and Media Interviews

CALS has a goal to educate the public about the promises and challenges associated with growing older in today's society and the implications for future generations. Education opportunities include recordings from public lecture series, as well as podcasts and media interview recordings. All are linked below.

Alumni Association and CALS Public Lecture Series

January 23, 2025: Joel Rothman "The Promise of Longevity Science and Technology”

Educational Podcasts and Media Interviews

September 8, 2024: Longevity Junky - Featuring Joel Rothman - 101: Has the first person to live to 500 already been born?

September 11, 2023: Sapio Podcast Episode 32 - Featuring Joel Rothman - The cutting edge science of age reversal - Part 1 and Part 2

April 19, 2023: KCBX FM Central Coast Radio - Featuring Joel Rothman and Nicole Alea Albada - New UCSB research center will study aging and ways to slow it down

April 5, 2023: KEYT Television News - Featuring Joel Rothman - UC Santa Barbara to Open Center for Aging and Longevity

March 21, 2023: KCLU Public Radio - Featuring Joel Rothman - A new research center on the South Coast is working towards increasing longevity

Contact

cals@longevity.ucsb.edu

Nicole Alea Albada

Director for Education and Outreach, CALS

Courses and Research Experiences

CALS faculty are dedicated to educating and training the next generation of researchers and scholars in aging and longevity through coursework and undergraduate and graduate research and training opportunities. Below is a list of courses across campus that include an aging, longevity, or life-cycle component. See the course catalog and departmental websites for details about enrolling in these courses. Contact CALS-affiliated faculty directly for more information about getting involved in their research activities.

Undergraduate Courses:

ANTH 171 - Evolutionary Medicine
AS AM 136 - Asian American Families
COMM 119 - Communication, Aging, and Later Life
COMM 229 - Intergenerational Communication and Aging
ESS 150 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
FEMST 154A - Sociology of Families
INT 86FH - Aging & Longevity Studies
MCDB 112 - Principles of Developmental Biology
PSY 151 - Adult Development and Aging
PSY 126 - Hormones and Cognition
SOC 154A - Sociology of the Families

Graduate Courses:

ANTH 245 - Anthropological Demography and Life History