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Blood Drive: Today at Library The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive today, Tuesday, January 13, from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in the Dietrich Reading Room of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Right now, there is a critical need for blood, so if you are eligible to donate, please do so. If you have any questions about eligibility, check out the American Red Cross, website, www.pleasegiveblood.org. A reminder for first-time donors: you must weigh at least 110 pounds. You will want to "iron-up' about a week before donation by eating foods rich in iron, such as poultry, red meat, green leafy vegetables or raisins. Increase your intake of fluids (they ask you to double it) the day before donation. And please, eat a meal before you donate (breakfast, lunch--not just a carrot or a banana). If you have received a tattoo within the last year, you are not eligible to donate. You cannot be taking an antibiotic currently to donate blood. If you have traveled outside the U.S. recently for more than three months, or have any other questions about donation, you can call me (215) 451-4363. Try the new online registration at, www.Penn.givesblood.org, so please sign up. Walk-ins are also welcome. -- Evalyn B. Gelhaus, Serials Dept., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 17, January 13, 2004 |
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: Tuesday, In President
Rodin's Welcome
Back message, she offers some observations. Dr. Diana Mutz is the Stouffer
Professor of Political Science and Communication in SAS. Senate
Executive Committee Actions from December meeting. Achieving
Social Justice in Our Time: MLK
Commemorative Symposium. Deaths of long-time staff and faculty. Henry Silverman endows the Silverman-Rodin
Scholars at Penn Law. Honors befitting a president and other award winners. 2004 contribution limits
for tax-deferred retirement plans. Hear the sounds of democracy with Justice
Talking at the Constitution
Center. Faculty
Club serves new lunch options. Penn
Alexander School hosts an Open House for prospective students' families. Penn/Leuven
Faculty Exchange in Belgium: no Dutch required. Thanks from Penn
VIPS to those who brightened the holidays;
opportunities to help in January on MLK Day, and beyond. Wrapping
up the Penn's
Way 2004 raffle, with weekly winners and the grand prize. Celebrating
25 years of Early American Studies: The McNeil Center's
Plans for a New Home. |
