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Committed to becoming an Age-Friendly UniversityThe University of Minnesota’s Age-Friendly University (AFU) working group will have met three times by the end of August. The group, including UMRA representative Lynn C. Anderson, has sent a letter to President Gabel requesting endorsement and is looking forward to her response. Published:More... |
Welcome UMRA's new boardMembers of our Board of Directors are elected to three-year terms and may serve two consecutive terms. The previous year’s president-elect automatically becomes president. Published:More... |
On being maroon and gold, and BlackThis is the first in a series of interviews being initiated by the UMRA News to offer colleagues across the University an opportunity to share with us some of their experiences on being maroon and gold, and Black. Our first guest, economist Samuel L. Myers Jr., PhD, is the Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Published:More... |
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Impact of PDGR program is deep and wideSince 2009, UMRA’s Professional Development Grants for Retirees program has awarded more than 130 grants for a wide range of projects, to provide funding to retirees who want to continue their intellectual work. Strikingly, more than two thirds of the projects have benefited society at large, both in the United States and around the world. Published:More... |
HELLO, my name is Mary KoppelMeet UMRA member and Zoom webinar moderator Mary Koppel who, early in her career as a TV newswoman, reported farming and ranching news in Western Nebraska. Published:More... |
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Feeling grateful, despite the pandemicUMRA members continue to demonstrate their resourcefulness when it comes to coping with the coronavirus. Here is a sampling of the responses to our most recent informal survey. Published:More... |
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UMRA launches fundraising campaignAs a result of the financial challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the University will not be able to fund the Professional Development Grants for Retirees (PDGR) program for 2021–22. In order to keep the program growing, UMRA is launching a fundraising campaign. Published:More... |
UMRA signs partnership agreement with UMAAUMRA has a long history of partnering with the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Now it’s official. UMRA and UMAA have signed a formal agreement, effective September 1, 2020, with benefits for members of both organizations. Published:More... |
Recommended readingParticipants in Ted Bowman’s provocative “Resilient coping” workshop requested suggestions for books to help address the changes and challenges we’re all facing, from retirement to social upheaval. Published:More... |
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Ideas welcomed for future Living Well workshopsOur recent Survey of Future UMRA Programming and Use of Zoom told us that many members would like to participate in online versions of our Living Well workshops. We welcome your suggestions. Published:More... |
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Congratulations to UMRA’s 2020–21 Board of DirectorsCongratulations to the officers and to the new and returning members elected to serve on UMRA’s board of directors for 2020–21. Published:More... |
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COVID-19 social isolation studyCATSS, the Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science at the U of M, is recruiting participants ages 60 and older for a study of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Published:More... |
Forced to make cruel choicesIn the last five weeks, more than 26 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits and, says U of M economist V. V. Chari, the economic pain is surely just starting. Published:More... |
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Amazing scientific responseThe COVID-19 pandemic has come to dominate our lives, disrupting travel, trade, work, and social life. Heroic efforts are now being made across the globe to mitigate the individual and population effects of this novel corona virus. The responses of scientific communities to this pandemic have been amazing. Published:More... |
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My Grecian coronavirus odysseyWhile many of us are feeling stuck at home, UMRA Webmaster Cathy Lee Gierke is glad to have finally arrived home after returning from a volunteer assignment halfway around the world. Published:More... |
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