Landon Center on Aging

04/14/2026

KUMC's EARTH group (Environmental Advocacy for Resilient, Thriving Health) brought this Insect Home craft to our Landon Center on Aging community. The EARTH group demonstrated how to build and decorate these insect homes, which will be placed around the KUMC campus's botanic gardens. Keep your eye out around campus - and share your photos of them here!

02/24/2026

Congratulations to all these great researchers!

01/23/2026

Snowed in this weekend? Check out recordings of our Weekly Brown Bag presentations. We've redesigned the page to help sort through the topics.

Landon Center on Aging Brown Bag Lunch Series

01/20/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Lyndsie Koon, 2023 Landon Center on Aging Research Fellow and KU faculty member, on receiving an NIDILRR grant for her project, “Examining the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Functional Fitness Intervention on Functional Health Outcomes for Adults with Mobility Disabilities.” 👏

This important work advances new approaches to improving functional health and inclusion, which is so important to aging well.
Read more here:

KU researchers are partnering with a Lawrence gym to advance functional fitness, helping people with mobility limitations in their day-to-day lives.

01/07/2026

Managing multiple health conditions and looking for tips and tricks to make it easier? Take charge of your health and feel better!

Register for our FREE Healthy Lifestyle Workshop - a six-week online class held Tuesdays at 12:30-3:00 p.m. starting on January 13. Sign up soon to receive the free class materials. Email Iva at [email protected] or call 913-588-0716 (voice) to get more information and register.

CDSMP is a FREE interactive, evidence-based program developed by Stanford University. People with different chronic health problems attend the workshop once a week for six weeks. Workshops are led by two trained leaders, one or both of whom are living with a chronic condition. Each participant in the workshop receives a copy of the book Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions and an audio relaxation CD.

Chronic Disease workshops and classes by the Landon Center on Aging at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

01/01/2026

Happy 2026! Here’s to the opportunities ahead.

The Landon Center on Aging will resume community fitness classes tomorrow, January 2, at 10:00 AM on Zoom. We look forward to welcoming you back and starting the new year moving together!

12/25/2025

This season is a reminder of the power of community. The Landon Center on Aging is proud to work alongside others who help improve the lives of older adults.

12/23/2025

As we close out 2025, we’re thankful for the dedication and passion of our faculty and staff who move The Landon Center on Aging’s mission forward every day. We look ahead to a bright and impactful 2026!

12/20/2025

The Landon Center on Aging's fitness center will be closed from Wednesday, December 24th, through Thursday, January 1st. This includes all in-person and online classes. Classes will resume Friday, January 2nd at 10:00 AM on Zoom. Happy Holidays!

12/17/2025

The Landon Center on Aging is delighted to announce that the Geriatric Medicine Division has successfully matched with two fellows for the 2026–2027 academic year: Dr. Haley Rogowski and Dr. Kristy Shang.

Haley Rogowski, DO, completed medical school at the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently completing her Family Medicine Residency at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Kristy Shang, MD, completed medical school and is currently a Family Medicine Resident at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

We look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling fellowship year ahead and are pleased to welcome Dr. Rogowski and Dr. Shang to our program!

12/13/2025

Happy 100th to the amazing Dick Van D**e!