The year-long celebrations for Stanford University's 125th anniversary are in full swing, and Philip Pizzo, MD, former dean of Stanford's medical school, recently helped kick off the festivities. Earlier this month, he and experts in the fields of psychology, computer science, education, physics and the humanities drew a crowd of more than 550 people to Stanford's Cemex Auditorium to discuss the theme "Thinking Big About Learning."
In his talk, Pizzo, founding director of the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute, explored the topics of learning, aging and longevity and how traditional views of education and career (learn when young and do the same job for life) no longer apply now that people are living and working longer than ever.
If you missed the event, you can watch video of Pizzo's talk here. Other videos from the symposium, including talks from Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, PhD, and Jeremy Bailenson, PhD, director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab, are available on the Stanford 125 website.
Previously: Living long and living well: A conversation on longevity at Medicine X, A look at aging and longevity in this "unprecedented" time in history and Living loooooooonger: A conversation on longevity
