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

Kristen de Groot

News Officer

Kristen de Groot covers several subject areas in the School of Arts & Sciences including Political Science, History, Economics, East Asian Languages, Germanic Languages and Literature, Russian & East European Studies, and International Studies, the Penn in Washington Program, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, Think Tanks & Civil Societies, Penn Opinion Research & Election Studies (PORES), the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Penn Institute for Economic Research, the Center for Study of Contemporary China and Center for East Asian Studies, the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, Fels Institute for Government, and the Center for Ethnicity Race and Immigration. She also covers Penn Global’s Research and Engagement Fund, the SNF Paideia Program, and Perry World House.

drone shot of Martyr square, showing the Lebanese flag in foreground along with Mohammad Al Amine Mosque and st. George Church in the background, during the Lebanese revolution

A global take on Lebanon protests

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have poured into the streets of Lebanon. Penn Today speaks to two experts on Lebanon to find out why.

Kristen de Groot ・December 23, 2019

Person leaning against a wall of books, arms crossed, smiling at the camera.

Impeachment, conspiracy theories, and facts

Historian Sophia Rosenfeld shares her take on the hearings leading up to President Trump’s impeachment, the wealth of conspiracy theories surrounding them, and tips on how to absorb it all without feeling dazed.

Kristen de Groot ・December 19, 2019

The Palace of Westminster and Big ben in London

Five things to know about the British election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won a decisive victory in last week’s general election. Political scientist Brendan O’Leary, an expert on U.K. politics, tells Penn Today his five main takeaways from the election results.

Kristen de Groot ・December 17, 2019

New leadership at Fels Institute

The 82-year-old Fels Institute of Government’s signature Public Policy in Practice workshops continues the legacy of providing students with a practical program in public administration.

Kristen de Groot ・December 13, 2019

NBC’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell sits at a table in front of a microphone, responding to a question at Kelly Writers House on Penn’s campus, as audience members look on.

Alumna Andrea Mitchell on her career in journalism

NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent spoke at Kelly Writers House about her 40-plus-year career.

Kristen de Groot ・December 12, 2019

Palestinian town on the hill behind the Israeli separation barrier on the West Bank in Israel.

‘Paradigm Lost’: New book outlines ‘one-state reality’ for Israelis, Palestinians

Middle East expert Ian Lustick, once a firm believer in a two-state solution as a path to peace in Israel, describes his new way of looking at the problem in his new book, “Paradigm Lost.”

Kristen de Groot ・November 27, 2019

Several adolescents stand under a giant American flag like a parachute aloft at an immigration reform rally.

Demographic shifts, voter fears, and presidential voting

New research shows Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign didn’t benefit from voters’ fears of immigrants in communities experiencing greater demographic change.

Kristen de Groot ・November 19, 2019

A group of students sit on the lawn under a cherry blossom tree on College Green.

Paideia’s spring course offerings highlight wellness, service, and citizenship

The first four courses offered to Penn undergraduates as part of the new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program will focus on passion, civility, effective communication, and a deep dive into American Chinatowns.

Kristen de Groot ・November 18, 2019

Protesters holding posters saying: "Give us fair elections" and "For honest elections", outdoors in Moscow square.

Russian interference and the West: Learning from ‘The Lands in Between’

In his new book, Mitchell Orenstein argues that politics in countries situated between Russia and the European Union can hold powerful lessons for Western countries affected by Russian interference.

Kristen de Groot ・November 15, 2019

Three students stand next to a poster entitled "Cleaning Up Philly's Streets" which describes their project

Helping Philadelphia tackle trash with technology

Last fall, a team of undergraduates developed a high-tech solution to help the city target one of its persistent problems: the illegal dumping of construction and trash debris.

Kristen de Groot ・November 6, 2019