CENTER ON GLOBAL AGING

THE FIRST BIENNIAL DANIEL THURSZ MEMORIAL LECTURE - Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Established in 1996 by the late Daniel Thursz, a globally recognized leader in the aging field, the International Center on Global Aging (ICGA) exists to improve the lives of older people by increasing the knowledge, skills and abilities of the people who serve and make policy for them, and of older persons themselves. ICGA provides opportunities for the direct exchange of ideas and information and supports comparative studies of aging policies and programs from diverse social, cultural and political perspectives. The Center supports international visitors who come to the United States to study aging, conducts conferences and seminars and provides training on aging.

ICGA's Certificate in Aging Program, which provides a multi - disciplinary, multicultural set of courses on aging, is targeted especially to professionals working in the field of aging, to those who make policy for older people, and to those whose work with the general public includes large numbers of older persons. In addition to offering the program at CUA, the program uses video tape and email to train students around the world as well as in other parts of the United States.