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Connected workers: bridging the gap between millennials and the ageing workforce

The shifting demographic makeup of the global workforce is posing unprecedented challenges when it comes to catering for workers’ safety requirements, from the millennial generation’s digital needs[1] to the health concerns of increasing numbers of older workers[2]. Gene Vena, vice president of engineering and chief technology officer for Honeywell A key challenge for the safety industry […]

Dr. Robert Waldinger at his West Newton home with wife Jennifer Stone, directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest study of physical and mental well-being among adults. We interview him for a piece on the longevity of the study, which is part of the four-article Aging Series. Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer
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Good genes are nice, but joy is better

Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier Second in an occasional series on how Harvard researchers are tackling the problematic issues of aging. When scientists began tracking the health of 268 Harvard sophomores in 1938 during the Great Depression, they hoped the longitudinal study would reveal […]