Morano Named Senior Faculty Fellow at Hunter’s Brookdale Center on Aging

Date: November 1, 2005
Contact: Meredith Halpern (meredith.halpern@hunter.cuny.edu)
Phone: (212) 772-4068

Dennis L. Kodner, Executive Director of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College, has announced the appointment of Carmen L. Morano as Senior Faculty Fellow at Brookdale and Associate Professor at the Hunter College School of Social Work.

One of the nation’s leading gerontologists, Morano comes to Brookdale from the University of Maryland School of Social Work, where he served as Chair of the Aging Specialization. His research focused on the risk and resiliency of minority caregiving for the elderly, especially those suffering from Alzheimer’s.

“I am especially excited about the opportunity to become a part of the rich tradition of the Brookdale Center on Aging and the Hunter College School of Social Work,” said Morano. “As a social work practitioner who has worked with older adults for more than 25 years, and now as a member of the academic community, I look forward to working with the Brookdale faculty and staff in expanding their work on evidence-based models of practice.”

Morano has served on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Gerontological Association, the Greater Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Association for Gerontology in Social Work Education. He was recently recognized as the 2005 Educator of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers – State of Maryland Chapter.

The Brookdale Center on Aging is one of the nation’s first academic gerontology centers, and the only one in the New York metropolitan area. Its mission is to enhance the quality of life of the elderly through a multidisciplinary program of education, training, applied research, service innovation, and advocacy.

About Hunter
With a highly diverse student population of more than 20,000, Hunter is the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system and the first choice among all CUNY applicants. Founded in 1870, the College offers more than 170 undergraduate and graduate programs. Hunter is noted for its professional schools in education, health sciences, nursing and social work, as well as its excellence in the liberal arts. Heralded as the "Crown Jewel of CUNY" by The Princeton Review, Hunter College has a distinguished reputation for nurturing talented minority scientists and meeting the challenge of providing high-quality science education in the 21st century. The College also oversees the Hunter College Campus Schools serving gifted and talented students, preschool through grade 12. For more information about Hunter College, please visit our Web site at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu.

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