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Penn School of Social Policy & Practice Launches Gerontology Program With Grant From Hartford
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice is launching a program in working with older adults, with the help of a two-year, $10,000 grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation and a matching $10,000 contribution from a donor.
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Can I access my 403(b) plan before retirement?
Dear Benny: Can I access money in my 403(b) account without being penalized? Can I also stop making retirement contributions at any time or is there only one set time per year when I can do this?—Flummoxed about fundsDear Flummoxed, Let’s start with your second question since it involves a more straightforward answer.
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Taking action On Sept. 16, Penn will release its Climate Action Plan, which includes ways—big and small—in which the University seeks to reduce its carbon footprint. The plan originated after President Amy Gutmann signed the Presidential Climate Commitment pledge of the American Association of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2007.
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Federal stimulus funds to Penn
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law on Feb. 17, providing $787 billion for job creation and investment in energy, health care, infrastructure and education. Of that amount, $21.5 billion has been set aside for research projects.
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Q&A/Arjun Yodh
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Arjun G. Yodh, the James M. Skinner Professor of Science, wanted to be a journalist. But as the son of a physicist, he says his father’s work eventually attracted him to the field. Along with a few gentle paternal pushes, of course.
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Move-in
Photo credit: University Archives The process of moving in to the Penn dorms around 1940—when this picture was taken—was a lot different than it is today. First off, students back then weren’t lugging computers, microwaves and other equipment into dorm rooms to help make college life easier.
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Three Exhibit Deal
Visitors can get three for the price of none on September 10 at the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Fall Opening Reception for three new exhibits. “Dance with Camera,” on display through March 21, is an exhibition (pictured) and screening program that explores a crossover between artists and dancers who make choreography for the camera. Spanning 70 years of art and film, it features works in film, video, and still photography that exemplify the ways dance has compelled visual artists to record bodies moving in time and space.
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MacHomer
“MacHomer” is Shakespeare by way of Springfield. The fictional Springfield, that is—the home of tv’s “The Simpsons.” This one-man production runs from Oct. 14 through 17 at the Annenberg Center, and features Rick Miller performing Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as various characters from the iconic “Simpsons” tv show. In all, Miller recreates more than 50 characters on stage, including Homer in the tragic title role and Marge as Lady Macbeth.
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Botswana-UPenn Partnership helps tackle national crisis
Botswana, in southern Africa, suffers from the second highest HIV/AIDS rate in the world, with nearly a quarter of the adult population infected. Before the virus began to devastate the country, average life expectancy was almost 70 years. By 2004, it had dropped to 47.
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University of Pennsylvania KIDS Integrated Data System Receives $1.4 Million Grant From MacArthur Foundation
PHILADELPHIA — Two University of Pennsylvania professors received a three-year, $1.4 million MacArthur Foundation grant to expand the use of integrated-data systems, which have emerged as a new tool for measuring how public agencies are serving their clients and how multiple agencies may be working with the same clients collaboratively or redundantly.