Issue 3: September 2025
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IN THIS ISSUE
Test Your Longevity-Readiness: Create a Purpose Portfolio
Game Changer: Building Muscle for the Long Haul
Alt/Shift: Your Brain on Nostalgia
Longevity Literacy: Social Security’s Next 90 Years
Deep Dive: The School of Future Life
@SCL: Big Ideas in Medicine | Longevity In the News
GrandPeople: Old Dogs, New Tricks
LIFE TRANSITIONS
TEST YOUR LONGEVITY-READINESS
People in their 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond are ditching retirement and crafting “second adulthoods” instead. SCL Ambassador Annie Coleman shares insights for creating a “purpose portfolio,” curated as intentionally as an investment plan, to help people realize longheld ambitions and lean into their untapped talents as they transition from their primary careers.
ALIGNING HEALTH AND LIFE SPANS
GAME CHANGER
Building Muscle for the Long Haul
Stanford stem cell biologist Helen Blau and her team have discovered a potential breakthrough for treating sarcopenia, a condition that causes progressive loss of muscle mass and strength as people age and affects one in five people over 60, and up to half of those over 80. Blau’s quest to develop a therapeutic, shown to be effective in mice, could change the future of aging for humans.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS
ALT/SHIFT
In our new column looking at the ways longevity is changing culture, we unpack the lure of nostalgia. Wendi Aarons interviews the cohosts of Pop Culture Preservation Society podcast, a trio of Gen X friends who bonded over their shared love of 1970s hits and icons.
FINANCING LONGER LIVES
LONGEVITY LITERACY
Social Security's Next 90 Years
Social Security isn’t literally broke. But it does need fixing. MP Dunleavey breaks down how the system designed in the 1930 functions today and explores proposals to get the system into financial shape for its next 90 years.
LEARN THROUGHOUT LIFE
DEEP DIVE
Korea has the world’s lowest birth rate and one of the longest life spans. The country’s leaders have enshrined the right to lifelong learning in its Constitution, recognizing Korea can flourish only if older citizens are active, engaged and leading lives of purpose. Author Ken Stern reports on his visit to the School of Future Life at Kyungnam University in an essay adapted from his forthcoming book, Healthy to 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives.
@SCL
SEPTEMBER 5-6
SCL is proud to co-sponsor the Big Ideas in Medicine Conference taking place at Stanford on September 5-6, 2025. This year’s conference will explore critical themes including Neuroscience, Magic Medicine, Climate and Health, and “Living to the Last,” a panel reflecting longevity research that has been central to the conference since its inception in 2023.
LONGEVITY IN THE NEWS
‘Longevity is going to change almost all aspects of our lives’
Read Stanford Report’s interview with SCL director Dr. Laura Carstensen, part of the Report’s “Research Matters” series about the ways in which the work of Stanford scientists affect human health and well-being.
GrandPeople
The latest episode of GrandPeople, a series co-produced by SCL about older adults living purposeful, fun and meaningful lives, features Peace of Mind Dog Rescue and the dogs and people whose lives it changes.
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