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4/11

Difficult Grace

Illuminated Body details on walls and ceiling

In conjunction with the exhibit “Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body” at Arthur Ross Gallery, Penn Live Arts presents a performance by Grammy-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods and dancer Roderick George. Woods will seamlessly blend artistic genres across music, film, spoken text, dance and visual arts, including through pieces from Thomas.

7:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

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

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience harmful events, study finds

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that the heart of the patient safety issue in hospitals is insufficient staffing.

January 11, 2023 ・ From NBC News