Issue 5: November 2025

DEEP DIVE

Hey, Stranger … The Power of Investing in the Older You

Why connecting with your future self may be the most important relationship in your life.
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FROM THE EDITOR
We launched SCL Magazine earlier this year as a chronicle of the rapid and profound changes shaping an era of unprecedented human longevity. The challenge, collectively and individually, is to get beyond the perceptions and limitations associated with “old age” and to reimagine every life stage.
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ALT/SHIFT

Gratitude Adds More Than Years

How an age-old practice rewires our brains to favor good memories over bad.
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GAME CHANGER

Helping Campuses Tap a Growing Market

Transforming universities into lifelong learning hubs for all generations changes lives — and helps stem higher education’s looming enrollment crisis.
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LONGEVITY LITERACY

Middlescence

Noun. /mɪd.əˈles.əns/
pronounced “middle-essence”

LIFELONG LEARNING

Midlife 101: Majoring in What Comes Next

University of Minnesota designs program for older adults navigating life transitions.
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@ SCL

Longevity in the News: What’s Hype, What’s Real, and What Does it Mean for You?

SCL Associate Director Martha Deevy and SCL Magazine Editor Karen Breslau participated in the popular “Classes without Quizzes” program at Reunion Homecoming Weekend in October, offering tips for interpreting longevity-related media content.
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GrandPeople: Composing a Long, Vibrant Life

What if aging wasn’t about slowing down — but expanding horizons?
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To learn more about the how the topics covered in this issue affect longevity, check out SCL's New Map of Life initiative.

SCL Magazine Staff

Karen Breslau
Editor
David Pagano
Creative Director
Sarah Pollock
Contributing Editor
Yochai Z. Shavit, PhD
Director of Research
Laura Tejero
Videography & Photography
Nikki Tran Duff
Social Media

With appreciation to our faculty reviewers:
Prof. Jennifer Aaker, Prof. Jeremy Bailenson, Prof. Mitchell L. Stevens

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