MIT AgeLab

11/20/2025

Check out Dr. Joseph Coughlin on Beyond the Hype with Black Enterprise as part of Manulife and John Hancock's Money Moves that Matters series! 🤩🤩

Yes; health is wealth. However, to maximize both--and your desired quality of life overall—requires far more than a commitment to regular exercise and saving...

10/24/2025

🚨 🎉 NEW BOOK ALERT! 🤖 📘

We’re excited to share the release of How to Make AI Useful, a new book by MIT AgeLab Research Scientist Dr. Bryan Reimer and futurologist Magnus Lindkvist. Now available to readers globally (digital only in the U.S., with print coming November 25)!

Get your copy today: https://lnkd.in/eFxG_VTr

Learn more about Dr. Reimer's work: https://lnkd.in/eTXCKR5c

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics MIT School of Engineering

04/04/2025

Tariffs up, markets plunge! How might your generation predict how you will react.

Tariffs triggered a market plunge, but the emotional impact spans generations—shaping spending, saving, and retirement plans from Gen Z, millennials, Gen X and boomers.

11/12/2024

Need a Tuesday read? 📰 🗞️ Check out this fabulous article from our friend Debra Whitman in the The Wall Street Journal!
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/want-to-live-a-long-and-fulfilling-life-change-how-you-think-about-getting-old-210de5c6?mod=LinkedIn

10/17/2024

AGNES and the AgeLab team head downtown for John Hancock's ‘Longer. Healthier. Better.’ event!

We’re thrilled to share our research and discuss AGNES with everyone!

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

10/16/2024

Check out Dr. Joe Coughlin's newest article on MarketWatch titled, "America’s aging population is on a collision course with a fragile healthcare supply chain."

Read more at the following link! https://www.marketwatch.com/story/americas-aging-population-is-on-a-collision-course-with-a-fragile-healthcare-supply-chain-26eb0e69

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

10/11/2024

The MIT AgeLab is proud to be working alongside brilliant MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics colleagues like Dr. Jarrod Goentzel who has recently been awarded the 2024 Humanitarian Logistic Award from the American Logistics Aid Network. Please join us in congratulating Jarrod on this well-deserved recognition!🥳 🥳 🥳

Read the full press release here --> https://ctl.mit.edu/news/alan-announces-2024-humanitarian-logistics-awards-winners

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

10/04/2024

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-dockworker-strike-was-really-an-aging-workforce-issue-0eed46dc?mod=home-page

Port strike’s perfect storm: An aging workforce, automation, and the next-generation labor crisis

10/01/2024

In need of an autumn read? 🍂📙 Be sure to check out the latest book, titled "The Second Fifty", from our friend Debra Whitman, Chief Public Policy at AARP! 🤩👏

10/01/2024

Our superstar summer intern, Diya, did an amazing job presenting about AGNES at a Princeton University event last week! 🤩🎉

08/23/2024

Have you thought of an AI humanoid robot in retirement and older age? Crazy, huh? Well, maybe not. My recent thoughts on Forbes MIT AgeLab MIT Center for Transportation & LogisticsMIT School of Architecture + Planning

AI humanoid robots may soon be part of life in older age. A new retirement planning question is how will we acquire these new technologies and who will pay?

08/06/2024

Looking for Canadians 18+ to complete a quick 5-minute survey on Canadian attitudes regarding how social media should be regulated. Link to the survey below! Please share, and many thanks! https://mpib.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9HmdL6BsUFYMS5U?Q_Language=EN-CA