General News

The Gerontology Program is excited to welcome Dr. Candace Brown to our faculty! Dr. Brown will have a faculty home in the Department of Public Health Sciences and will teach, among other things, Health and the Aging Process as well as Minorities and Aging. Dr. Brown’s research is focused on understanding the social, psychological, and […]

Dr. Jeannine Skinner, Assistant Professor of Gerontology and Psychology at UNC Charlotte passed away in September of 2017. In honor of her memory, her colleagues and friends at the University will be gathering in the breezeway of Colvard for a remembrance walk on September 6th. Please join us to honor a wonderful friend, colleague, researcher, […]

Congratulations to Dr. Julian Montoro-Rodriguez, former Director of the Gerontology program at UNC Charlotte, who received the 2019 Evelyn Berger Award from Brittany Kearny and Michele Cook, who serve on the Board of Charlotte Mecklenburg Aging Coalition (CMAC). The award recognizes outstanding contributions an individual or organization has made to address and support older adult […]

A photo of a rusted shovel with a broken handle, aged by years of harsh Appalachian weather and hard work, sat on display in UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library through much of the month of November. The piece is a creation of senior and gerontology minor Seth Flynn, who submitted it as part of a contest […]