"Time, Human Aging, and Longevity: How Long Can a Person Live" is Free Public Lecture on 21 February

11 February 2004 --A free public lecture titled "Time, Human Aging, and Longevity: How Long Can a Person Live" will be given on 21 February by Robert B. Mitchell, professor of biology and director of the premedicine program at Penn State. This event is the fourth weekly lecture in the 2004 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, an annual series designed as a free minicourse for the enjoyment and education of residents in Central Pennsylvania communities. The theme of the series this year is "It's About TIME." Mitchell's lecture will take place from 11:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park Campus.

During this lecture, Mitchell will describe the kinds of physiological changes in various body systems that one can expect to occur during the normal aging process. He will discuss various cellular and biochemical theories that attempt to explain the mechanisms of aging, and he will suggest how one might have some control over the rate of aging. He also will talk about the differences between life expectancy and maximum life span within the human population, and he will comment on the future of research concerning aging and human longevity.

Mitchell received his doctorate in physiology from Penn State in 1969 and then joined the faculty in the Penn State Department of Biology after completing postdoctoral training in the biology of aging at the University of California at San Diego. He has been an active participant in the Penn State Gerontology Center, has created and taught a very-popular, upper-level Biology of Aging course for the past 25 years, and has been involved in aging research during all his years at Penn State. Mitchell has been the director of Penn State’s Premedicine Program since 1980 and has twice served as interim head of the Department of Biology. He is the recipient of the Eberly College of Science Distinguished Service Award, the Barash Award for Human Services, and both the C.I. Noll and AMOCO awards for outstanding teaching.

The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science are sponsored by the Penn State Eberly College of Science, with additional financial support provided by Pfizer Inc.
Thomas Building is located at the intersection of Pollock and Shortlidge Roads on the Penn State University Park Campus. Free parking is available in the Eisenhower Parking Deck behind Eisenhower Auditorium on Shortlidge Road. For access assistance contact the Eberly College of Science Office of Public Information by telephone at (814) 863-8453, by e-mail at science@psu.edu. For more information about the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, click on the web link at <http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers>.

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