Pepper Institute on Aging & Public Policy

The Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy serves as coordinator and facilitator for the multidisciplinary work in aging issues at Florida State University. The resources of the Institute are used to support individual or collaborative research projects as well as graduate training and other educational initiatives campus wide.

Current research projects include work and retirement, pensions, inequality, long term care, assisted living, technology and aging, dementia and care-giving, education and achievement, well-being, life satisfaction, the impact of Alzheimer's Disease on families and communities, intergenerational relations, Social Security and health and aging.

The Institute also sponsors an extensive outreach program for mature adults. OLLI encourages elders to return to campus to continue to learn, while participating in research projects and intergenerational education at Florida State University.