Dharmic researcher focused on the dating of the
Mahabharata and for those who have some interest in the enigma of the concept of
Yugas. The
Yugas: -
Rta, Treta, Dwapara and Kali, together believed to span total of 43,20,000 years emerged from the attempts to synchronise the lunar and solar calendars, both of which were used by the ancient
Bharatiyas to recognise the flow of time and to seed crops as part of agricultural activities.
Though I know Dr Achar in the domain of
Mahabharata research, he was much more than that.
He received his early education in India. He earned his MS and PhD degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. After his Post-Doctoral work at the Argonne National Laboratory, he taught at the Bucknell University, Pa before joining the Physics Department faculty in 1984.
Philosophy professor Karen Detlefsen to serve as vice provost for education thedp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Karen Detlefsen named Penn vice provost for education Karen Detlefsen, professor of philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Education.
Karen Detlefsen has been named vice provost for education at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Provost Wendell Pritchett and Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein.
Detlefsen is a professor of philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Education. She is chair of the Committee on Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences, founding director of Penn’s Project for Philosophy for the Young and an affiliated faculty member of the Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality and Women. She is a leading global scholar of early modern philosophy who has taught at Penn since 2001 and has particular interests in women in the history of philosophy, the h
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Emmet Gowin, Winner of a Guggenheim, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and others
Emmet Gowin, Renowned Photographer, to Speak at Newtown Quaker Meeting
Emmet Gowin, Professor Emeritus of Photography of Princeton University and a member of Newtown Meeting, will speak about his latest works via Zoom to the adult class of Newtown Quaker Meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 9 http://www.newtownfriendsmeeting.org). Zoom Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends will follow at 11 a.m.
Gowin will give a quick overview of his past work in order to place in context the book on which he is now working, The One Hundred Circle Farm. Gowin s previous books have received rave reviews, e.g. Mariposas Nocturnas published in 2017 was called stunning, brilliant, spectacular, and an object of beauty and a document of inestimable value.
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Keneth Gillen (right), retired from Sandia National Laboratories, receives the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award, from Russ Vogelsong of Lion Elastomers, which sponsored the award. Gillen was the only honoree able to attend the awards banquet in person.
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Adel Halasa accepts the Charles Goodyear Medal in memory of Nissim Calderon, who died in February 2020. Halasa, the 1997 medalist, worked with Calderon at Goodyear. The Charles Goodyear Medal is the highest honor given out by the ACS Rubber Division.
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Chris Robertson of Endurica presents the Fernley H. Banbury Award to Ken Nakajima of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, who accepted the honor remotely. Endurica is the sponsor of the award.