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2/5

Mystery Novelist Jessica Goodman

A yellow and green victorian house

Kelly Writers House hosts a conversation between Kelsey McKinney, host of the Normal Gossip podcast, and mystery novelist Jessica Goodman, author of “They Wish They Were Us” and “The Counselors.”

6:00 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

2/8

Witch Hazels Tour

Red witchhazel with snow

Morris Arboretum & Gardens maintains one of the largest witch hazel collections in the country. A guide will lead a tour through the grounds to highlight varieties of witchhazels. The tour is free with general admission; PennCard holders receive free admission.

11:00 a.m.

Morris Arboretum & Gardens, 100 E. Northwestern Ave.

Through

2/14

Energy Week 2025

Penn Schools, centers, institutes, student groups, and more host events for Energy Week 2025, ranging from Lightning Talks hosted by the Kleinman Center to a talk about climate change and artificial intelligence, hosted by the Penn Environmental Innovations Initiative.

All Day

Various locations

2/18

Managing Presentation Anxiety

Penn Grad Center brick exterior with foliage

Communication Within the Curriculum Associate Director Sue Weber offers tips and tricks to control anxiety during public speaking. A Penn graduate student ID is required.

12:00 p.m.

Penn Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk

Colorized image of Scientific Apparatus at Dearborn Laboratory Facility, 1934.

Symposium on Innovation

The Science History Institute’s annual T. T. Chao Symposium explores innovations in sustainability in the chemical sciences. Speakers include physicists James Batteas, the D. Wayne Goodman Professor at Texas A&M University; Daryl Boudreaux; Naomi Halas and Trevor Best, co-founders of Syzygy Plasmonics; and Eric Schelter, director at the NSF Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals.

For more information, visit sciencehistory.org

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

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