Through

4/26

Earth Week 2024

Purple blooms on the verge of opening, backlit by the sun

This is a campuswide week of events, lectures, and volunteer opportunities designed to educate and inspire action related to environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions. This year’s theme is Restore & Regenerate.

12:00 a.m.

Various locations

4/25

Excellence in Graduate Teaching Reception

Penn Grad Center brick exterior with foliage

The vice provost for education and the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation celebrate the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students. The reception will honor the 10 winners in departments ranging from Anthropology to Neuroscience.

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Penn Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk

4/26

GreenFest

People participate in a painting activity at a table on Penn's campus

At this annual tabling festival, student organizations share their visions and projects related to environmental sustainability and environmental justice.

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

College Green

Through

4/30

Maggie Nelson

A yellow and green victorian house

Scholar and poet Maggie Nelson reads. Nelson is the author of several poetry collections, including “The Argonauts,” which won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2015. A conversation with her will follow on April 30 at 10 a.m.

6:30 p.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

Campus & Community

Move-In 2022: By the Numbers

With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the campus Move-In experience.

students pushing moving carts — About 6,000 undergraduate students will be moving into the 13 Penn College Houses during Move-In 2022.

Students are arriving on Penn’s campus this week to get ready to start the 2022-23 academic year. Move-In officially begins Monday with international, transfer, exchange, and first-generation students. Tuesday and Wednesday will be busy days, with the Class of 2026 first-years moving in across campus. Returning students will arrive Friday through Sunday. Staff at the University’s undergraduate College Houses have been working for months to prepare for these arrivals.

2,417
First-year students expected at Move-In

3,469
Returning undergraduates moving into College Houses

13
Number of undergraduate College Houses

5
First-year College Houses

84
Nations represented in the Class of 2026

189
New Student Orientation student volunteers

168
Events listed on New Student Orientation calendar

1,150
Move-In carts

5,376
Bottles of water ordered

26
6-foot balloon columns

2
Balloon arches

Information and assistance:

Drop by the Campus Express Center in Bodek Lounge of Houston Hall at 3417 Spruce St. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

There is a guide for that!

Penn Residential Services has curated a Family Resource Linktree.

Join in the fun with photos

Post your photos from Move-In using #LivePenn and #upennmovein2022, and #Penn2026 or tag @PennRes on Instagram.

Find photos of Penn Move-In 2021 on Penn’s Flickr page.

Some helpful Move-In links

Campus Express Online

New Student Orientation

Wellness At Penn

Student figures and data are preliminary; final admissions census figures will be available mid-September.

Move-In 2022 by the numbers 2,415 first-year students expected at move-in, 3469 returning undergraduates moving into college houses, 1168 events listed on new student orientation calendar, 1,150 move-in carts, 5,376 bottles of water ordered, 84 nations represented in the class of 2026