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4/22

Creating Canopy 2024

A person kneeling plants a tree as two people look on

In celebration of Earth Week, Penn Sustainability supports the greening of Greater Philadelphia by providing free trees to staff and faculty of Penn. Registration opens April 22 and pick-up is scheduled for May 9.

All Day

Various locations

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

Take Our Children to Work Day

A child sits at a table reading a book, two closed books are on the table beside them.

The Division of Human Resources presents Take Our Children to Work Day, recommended for children ages 9 to 14. A range of programs, like carnival games at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library and coloring with Penny the Pig at the Franklin Building, will be available.

All Day

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

Companies have a new weapon in the hunt for talent: free college degrees. Why it’s important to read the fine print.

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School is quoted on the strategic reasons why employers might want to offer debt-free degree programs.

October 16, 2021 ・ From MarketWatch