BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3369-8bbc13cba0a1c2f3a74478a086e36b93@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260418T041314Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T170000 SUMMARY:“Historical Contexts of Humans Shaping Their Environment” DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the College of the Liberal Arts for a series of short presentations on sustainability in human history from 3:00&ndash\;4:30 p.m. in Foster Auditorium.\n\nFaculty presenters:\n\n Douglas Bird\, ass ociate professor of anthropology\n Jennifer Boittin\, associate professo r of French\, Francophone studies\, and history\n Sophie De Schaepdrijve r\, Walter L. and Helen P. Ferree Professor of Modern European History\n Kirk French\, teaching professor of anthropology\n Faisal Husain\, assi stant professor of history\n Ann Killebrew\, associate professor of clas sics and ancient Mediterranean studies\, Jewish studies and anthropology \n Jacob Lee\, assistant professor of history\n Richard Mbih\, assistant teaching professor of African studies \;\n\nA pop-up exhibit curate d by members of Penn State Eco Action will be hosted by the Eberly Famil y Special Collections Library from 2:00&ndash\;5:00 p.m. in the Mann Ass embly Room of Paterno Library. Participants can view items from Eco Acti on&rsquo\;s archives&mdash\;a collection of documents highlighting stude nt activism at Penn State dating back to 1973\, including Earth Day acti vities\, protests and actions taken by students to further environmental ism on campus. Student leaders from sustainability-related student organ izations will be present to talk about their work and tell students how to get involved. \;\n\nIn the fall of 2022\, the College of the Libe ral Arts chose the theme for its next offering in its Moments of Change initiative&mdash\;an undertaking that brings students\, faculty\, staff and alumni together to explore what it means to live through historic an d contemporary times of change. Through the spring of 2024\, &ldquo\;Mom ents of Change: Creating a Livable Planet&rdquo\; is focusing on the man y aspects of sustainability and highlighting the ongoing work of the Lib eral Arts Sustainability Council\, students\, faculty and staff in that regard. \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/plan et-041123/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Colleg e of the Liberal Arts for a series of short presentations on sustainabil ity in human history from 3:00–4:30 p.m. in Foster Auditorium.

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A pop-up exh ibit curated by members of Penn State Eco Action will be hosted by the E berly Family Special Collections Library from 2:00–5:00 p.m. in th e Mann Assembly Room of Paterno Library. Participants can view items fro m Eco Action’s archives—a collection of documents highlighti ng student activism at Penn State dating back to 1973, including Earth D ay activities, protests and actions taken by students to further environ mentalism on campus. Student leaders from sustainability-related student organizations will be present to talk about their work and tell student s how to get involved. 

In the fall of 2022, the College o f the Liberal Arts chose the theme for its next offering in its Moments of Change initiative—an undertaking that brings students, faculty, staff and alumni together to explore what it means to live through hist oric and contemporary times of change. Through the spring of 2024, &ldqu o;Moments of Change: Creating a Livable Planet” is focusing on the many aspects of sustainability and highlighting the ongoing work of the Liberal Arts Sustainability Council, students, faculty and staff in tha t regard. 

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/planet-0411 23/

URL:https://la.psu.edu/planet LOCATION:Foster Auditorium and Mann Assembly Room, Paterno Library END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR