Gerontology Expert to Speak at Symposium on April 19

Key issues relating to aging will be addressed at the third annual Gerontology Symposium at California State University, Fresno on Monday, April 19.

Gerontology expert Dr. Harry Moody will lecture on “Dreams and Fairy Tales for the Second Half of Life” from 10 a.m. to noon in the Smittcamp Alumni House. The symposium is sponsored by SAGE — Student Association Gerontology Education. Later, Moody will sign books and lecture on “Conscious Aging: The Five Stages of the Soul” from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Alumni House.

All events are free and open to the public.

As part of the symposium, gerontology student posters will be on display from 3-7 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union. There will be a one-act play titled “Looking Backward: Reminiscence of the 21st Century” at 6 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union.

Moody is the director of the Institute for Human Values in Aging, affiliated with the International Longevity Center-USA in New York City. He is the author of more than 90 scholarly articles and a number of books, including “Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society,” “Ethics in an Aging Society,” “Aging: Concepts and Controversies” and his latest, “The Five Stages of the Soul.”

For more information contact Bill Dailey at 278-2838.

(Copy prepared by University Relations student-intern Jodie Mocciaro.)

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The lecture program will include a screening of a documentary, “Independent Media in a Time of War,” a 30-minute dissection of the media’s coverage of Iraq.

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For more information, contact Samiian at (559) 278-7069.