Tag: Nancy Morrow-Howell

Profiles of Purpose, a video series celebrating the Brown School’s 100 years of impact, featured public health faculty scholar Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, highlighting the school’s leadership in gerontology and aging research.

Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging & Public Health Faculty Scholar, was the keynote speaker at a luncheon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at WashU’s School of Continuing & Professional Studies.

“Ageism is one of the biggest barriers faced by people everywhere, affecting all facets of life,” said Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging & Public Health Faculty Scholar, in a recent Shining Science article on ageism.

Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging staff were quoted in an article about their recently published study – Age as a Factor in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education. Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, Center co-director, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, is the study’s lead author.

“As a society, we don’t react to ageism very strongly. If we even see it, we accept it,” according to Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, in an article highlighting her recent study on age as an identify factor in DEI initiatives in higher education.

In this article in the WSJ, Friedman Center for Aging Director, Nancy Morrow Howell says women may struggle with being called “Grandma”. What do you want to be called at this stage of life?

Listen to Texas Standard’s interview with Nancy Morrow-Howell, institute faculty scholar and director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, on the sharp increase in workers aged 75+ expected by 2030.