# Prof. Adam Alter's research on milestone birthdays is featured

1 Faculty News November 29, 2014 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/29/countdown-to-big-birthdays) -- "And for the first time, thanks to new research by [Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter) and Hal Hershfield, an expert on the psychology of time at the University of California’s Anderson School of Management, we have a glimpse of just how profoundly we’re affected when we sense these milestones approaching and experience a 'crisis of meaning'."

[Read more](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/29/countdown-to-big-birthdays)

Additional coverage appeared on [Lifescript](http://www.lifescript.com/well-being/articles/h/how_to_survive_your_big_birthday.aspx).