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What is the Phased Staff Retirement Plan
Dear Benny: Today’s struggling economy is forcing me to rethink my plans for retirement. I’d feel more comfortable having a steady income for at least another year, but I’ve been looking forward to retiring from Penn and enjoying more free time for myself and my family. I understand the University is now offering a Phased Staff Retirement Program. Can you tell me more about the new program and how I might benefit from it?—Retirement Realities
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Pakistani Journalist, Author Ahmed Rashid to Speak at University of Pennsylvania Feb. 23
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Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India Receives $2 Million Grant From the Government of India
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania today announced a $2 million grant from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Government of India to support Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India, which will conduct research on international migration from India.This is the first time that MOIA has ever awarded an empirical research grant of this magnitude to an academic institution outside India.
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ICA Receives AICA/USA Award for Best Show in a University Gallery
The International Art Critics Association (AICA/USA) has awarded the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania the First Place award for Best Show in a University Gallery for Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay, organized by curators Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter, with art historian Glenn Adamson.
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Penn Nursing Presents: A Tuskegee Airman’s Story
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MAGPI, Penn’s Internet2 Connector, Brings Together Students From Around the Globe Helping Haiti
PHILADELPHIA –- High school students from around the world will give live presentations on their local service or tribute projects to benefit Haiti earthquake victims during an international Webcast called “The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?”
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Chaim Potok papers donated to Penn Libraries
The papers of the late acclaimed author, rabbi, professor and Penn alumnus Chaim Potok have been donated to the University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Penn students and alumni receive Gates Scholarships and Thouron Awards
Jacquie Posey Two Penn seniors and a recent Penn alumna have been named Gates Cambridge Scholarship winners, placing them among 29 students from the United States slated to begin graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England in October.
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Panel to ‘Talk Trash’ Wednesday at Penn Bookstore
WHAT: Trash Talk, a panel discussion with key players in recycling from both the University of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia, sharing information about waste reduction and recycling WHO: Moderated by Dan Garofalo, Penn’s environmental sustainability coordinator, the panelists are: · Clarena Tolson, Philadelphia streets commissioner · Shannon Detweiler, Blue Mountain Recycling, the recycling facility used by Penn
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Building Fit Minds Under Stress: Penn Neuroscientists Examine the Protective Effects of Mindfulness Training
PHILADELPHIA –- A University of Pennsylvania-led study in which training was provided to a high-stress U.S. military group preparing for deployment to Iraq has demonstrated a positive link between mindfulness training, or MT, and improvements in mood and working memory. Mindfulness is the ability to be aware and attentive of the present moment without emotional reactivity or volatility.