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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

Political Intolerance Among University Faculty Highlights Need for Viewpoint Diversity

Philip Tetlock of the Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for the phrase “scientific hell.”

November 21, 2016 ・ From Forbes.com