Join us for a conversation with Ken Stern, longevity and aging expert, as he introduces Healthy to 100, his new book on the often‑overlooked secret to long, fulfilling lives. Hint: It’s not only about diet, exercise, or medical checkups – it’s about the quality of our relationships and how we stay socially connected.

Ken is the founder of the Longevity Project, host of the Century Lives podcast at the Stanford Center on Longevity, former CEO of NPR, and frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Slate, and other publications. Kate Rarey, a colleague and collaborator at the Century Summit, will interview Ken.

Ken will tell stories from his travels to some of the world’s longest‑lived countries – Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Spain – and explain the roles that intergenerational connectedness, respect for older adults, sense of purpose, and community all play in continued physical and mental health. 

Curious about what really matters in the second half of life? Register for this free, 30-minute interview. You’ll leave with a hopeful, research‑based roadmap for building social health and living well for a long time to come.

Higher education is at a turning point. Changing conditions – demographic shifts, evolving learner needs, declining enrollments, and financial instability – are forcing leaders to rethink the very role colleges and universities play.

What if the future of higher education isn’t just about serving traditional students but about creating campuses where people of all ages learn, work and thrive together? Could this vision of higher education meet our changing needs as a society while also restoring higher education’s bottom line? 

In this Big Ideas Forum, co-sponsored by Campus Compact, the presidents of Bennington, Goucher, and the Pacific School of Religion will explain how they’re adopting cogeneration — aka intergenerational collaboration — as a strategy for change. These bold thinkers will explore what it takes to reimagine colleges and universities as hubs of innovation and belonging, where generations come together to drive economic opportunity, lifelong learning and sustainability.

Join us for this free, one-hour webinar. You’ll learn:

• How intergenerational innovation can help higher ed institutions reimagine relevance, revenue and resilience.

• What a bold institutional redesign could look like, from new policies to new infrastructure.

• Steps you can take to influence higher ed institutions in your life and community.

Speakers

• Kent Devereaux, President, Goucher College (Baltimore, MD)

• Laura Walker, President, Bennington College (Bennington, VT)

• Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, President, Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA)

Moderator

• Simon Chan, Global Ambassador, Stanford Center on Longevity; Co-Chair, The Nexel Collaborative; CoGen Impact Fellow

This work is made possible by the MetLife Foundation.