TODAY, Wednesday, December 9 - December 22
First-Year Step Challenge
Host: Penn Athletics and Campus Recreation
Join your College House team, track your steps each day and compete for Penn Swag. Contest begins 12/1/2020 and runs through 12/22/20. Contact: ssteiner@upenn.edu for more information.
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TODAY, Wednesday, December 9
1pm
Research Opportunities Abroad with GRIP
Hosts: Penn Abroad and Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF)
Join us, along with Penn's Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF), to learn about research placements as part of the Global Research & Internship Program (GRIP) in Summer 2021. Students have the unique ability to work alongside professors from highly regarded foreign universities in the fields of engineering, nursing, archaeology, social sciences. 
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TONIGHT, Wednesday, December 9
6:30-8pm
Bystander Training – How to Show Up for Others
Host: Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH) & Penn Global
The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed an increase in incidents of bias, discrimination, violence and hate directed against people due to their Gender, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Ethnicity, and/or Race. In this training our goal is to give participants the tools to intervene the next time they witness harassment. We will equip you with the right information on how to be an effective bystander in the midst of public space harassment using hollaback!’s proven 5D’s methodology, our five strategies for intervention. Then we will practice so you leave our training feeling more prepared to successfully and safely intervene.
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TONIGHT, Wednesday, December 9
7-8:30pm
Deep in History: On Christian Genealogical Thinking
Host: The Collegium Institute
Join the Collegium Institute for an evening conversation exploring how and why Catholics can think about history in order to deepen our understanding of the faith. We will consider why a religion centered on the eternal needs the temporal and historical. In particular, we will look at whether there is a distinctively Christian approach to genealogical thinking that learns from other approaches such as Nietzche and Hegel, yet remains grounded in Catholic thought.
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Thursday, December 10
6pm - 6:30pm
Ugly Sweater Trivia
Host: Penn Athletics & Campus Recreation
Take a break before you head into finals season! Find your UGLY SWEATER and join your classmates for 30 minutes of trivia on Thursday, December 10. Don't miss out on your chance to win Penn gear!
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Friday, December 11
1-3pm
Study Break: Digital Dog Days, Now with Cats!
Host: Penn Libraries
Students, faculty, and staff will be able to interact with therapy dogs and librarian pets. Head to our guide to preview the furry friends now and to visit on December 11: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/studybreaks. Take a paws and help us share this exciting news with your campus communities. We'll see you there!
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Tuesday, December 15
11:45pm
 Panhellenic Primary Recruitment Registration Deadline
Host: Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life, Panhellenic Council
Panhellenic Primary Recruitment is the formal process through which potential new members (PNMs) consider sororities, while sororities choose new sisters. The Primary Recruitment period is comprised of multiple rounds where potential new members visit each of the 7 chapters on Penn’s campus. Through a process of mutual selection, students narrow their choices until they are matched to a sorority following the last round. This will happen virtually through Asynchronous programming starting on Jan. 11, 2021 and Synchronous programming starting on Jan. 17, 2021 - Jan. 22, 2020. Registration is $25.
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Wednesday, December 16
3pm
Library 101 Drop-In
Host: Penn Libraries
Are you working on a paper and need to quickly get your hands on books, articles, or other media from the Penn Libraries? Discover the best way to request something for pick up at Van Pelt Library, or have it mailed directly to your door, or to receive a PDF scan of an article or book chapter. Library 101 will make it easy and has the answers for you.
Even if you only have 5 minutes, feel free to pop in with all your questions about Pickup@Penn, Books by Mail, Request Digital Delivery and getting things from other libraries via Borrow Direct, E-ZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan. Find out “How to Library”!
In the meantime, check out our Library 101 video tutorials.
Contact: krawson@upenn.edu for more information.
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