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The first full week of April has arrived. Here are some activities Penn State has planned for students this week. Various events for Penn State’s Pride Month will also take place throughout the week. A list of those events can be found here. Monday, April 5 11:30 a.m. — Sonya Clark, a professor at Amherst College, will present a lecture titled “These Days. This Country. This History.” The lecture is a part of the John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series. Along with her work a...

Arizona poet laureate to open Behrends spring literary series Former Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Rios will open the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series at Penn State Behrend with a Jan. 28 reading on Zoom. Image: Contributed photo Arizona poet laureate to open Behrends spring literary series January 14, 2021 At home, the poet Alberto Rios spoke Spanish. That’s common in the town of Nogales, which straddles Arizona’s southern border. At school, he was required to speak English. As he tog...

A selection of virtual and in-person cultural events happening at Penn State this weekend and next week "The Anxiety Project" by Bill Doan, is on display at the HUB-Robeson Galleries at University Park campus and online through March 14.Image: Ashleigh Longtine Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 28-Feb. 4 January 27, 2021 Whats happening at Penn State? Heres a look at some of the cultural events — both in-person and virtual — taking place at the University this weekend and next week: Performa...

Penn State Behrend's Smith Creative Writers Reading Series begins Jan. 28 with a reading by Alberto Rios, Arizona's first poet laureate. Readings will continue through April -- on Zoom, due to the pandemic -- featuring award-winning poets, prose writers and the work of students in Behrend's creative writing program.