Two more lectures from the University of Arizona's popular "Living Beyond 100" series that concluded in late February will be presented at Academy Village March 14 and 15.
Sponsored by the Arizona Senior Academy, the lectures begin at 3:30 p.m. in the great room of the Arizona Senior Academy Building, 13715 E. Langtry Lane. They are open to the public free of charge.
Shane C. Burgess, dean of the UA's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will speak March 14 on "Can We, and What if We Do?"
In his talk, Burgess explores such questions as if being alive well beyond 100 years is possible, is it really "living"? What if we haven't planned to live that long; can we afford it? How will so many older citizens change our society? The increasing numbers of centenarians affirm that living beyond 100 is possible, but what are these special people made of and how can we learn from them?
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The March 15 lecture will be presented in streaming video format by Carol A. Barnes, regents' professor of psychology and neurology and director of the UA's Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute. Her topic is "The Aging of the Brain."
In her lecture, Barnes points out that over the past half-century, ideas about the aging brain have evolved away from it being an organ of passive deterioration toward the realization that it is capable of dynamic adaptation and high levels of function well past 100 years. She explores answers to the question "can we all achieve this?"
For the past several years the UA College of Science has sponsored an annual lecture series on contemporary themes with broad interest. This year's entire six-part series on "Living Beyond 100" is being repeated at Academy Village, an active-adult community located six miles southeast of the entrance to Saguaro National Park East.
If you go
• What: Two lectures from the UA College of Science Lecture Series on "Living Beyond 100"
• When: 3:30 p.m. March 14 and 15
• Where: Arizona Senior Academy Building, 13715 E. Langtry Lane
• Admission: Free; donations accepted
• Reservations: Recommended; email info@arizonasenioracademy.org or call 647-0980
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