Through 4/26 Earth Week 2024 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 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 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 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
Penn In the News Rachel Dolezal Defended by Black Scholar: ‘Let Her Be a Black Woman, It’s Not Going to Hurt Anybody’ Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education shares her thoughts on a Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who posed as black. June 17, 2015 ・From TheWrap.com