Tuesday, May 20, 2003

CONTACT: Bonnie Brinegar, (706) 425-3223, bbrinegar@geron.uga.edu

UGA GERONTOLOGY CENTER TO SPONSOR COLLOQUIUM "ON ASSAYS AND ESSAYS: TOWARD AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GERONTOLOGY"

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia Gerontology Center will sponsor a colloquium titled "On Assays and Essays: Toward an Interdisciplinary Gerontology" by Graham Rowles. The colloquium will be held at the UGA Gerontology Center, 255 E. Hancock Avenue, on Thursday, May 29, from noon to 1 p.m. Free parking is available in the rear lot.

Rowles is a professor of geography, behavioral science and nursing and the director of the Ph.D. program in gerontology at the University of Kentucky; he is also associate director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. His research focuses on the experience of aging in different environmental contexts.

Rowles’ colloquium will explore the evolution and characteristics of an "interdisciplinary" – as distinguished from a "multidisciplinary" – gerontology and will describe the development of the program at the University of Kentucky. Rowles also will identify key intellectual issues in blending the biomedical and social/behavioral sciences.

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