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[email protected]@pitp.ca On June 18, PI celebrated the sucessful completion of the second class of the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) Masters program. 02From leftSUMMER to right: 2011 Tibra Ali, Denis Dalidovich, Callum Durnford, Robert Spekkens, Lucien Hardy, Ruth Gregory, Jeff Chen, Neil Turok, John Berlinsky, Heather Russell, and Antti Karlsson. Up, Up and Away e recently learned the unexpected ways during their extended research visits wonderful news that both each year.