Events: Jan. 2

Spring 2018
Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.

book jacket front and back of novel "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron, plus black-and-white photo of author

 

Through Jan. 7, 2018: “William Styron: Books and Biography” exhibit, guest curator Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English James L.W. West III, Styron expert and biographer, Eberly Family Special Collections Library Exhibition Room, 104 Paterno Library, University Park.

 

snowy black and white photo with label in front, text reads "The History of Pattee Library and Paterno Library," exhibit, Aug. 21, 2017 through Jan. 15, 2018, in Pattee Library central entrance exhibit cases and adjacent Sidewater Commons, first floor Pattee Library, University Park.

 

Through Jan. 15, 2018: “The History of Pattee Library and Paterno Library” exhibit, Pattee Library’s central entrance exhibit cases and adjacent Sidewater Commons, first floor Pattee Library, University Park.

graphic of vertical book spines encircling exhibit title "Academic Libraries Around the World," exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, free and open to the public

 

 

 

Through Feb. 12, 2018: “Academic Libraries Around the World” exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, University Park.

 

Saturday, Dec. 16–Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018: Holiday limited hours, most locations (except Harrell Health Sciences Library), hours at all locations available at https://libraries.psu.edu/hours-and-locations.

Monday, Jan. 15: “Rise! (1940-1968) The African Americans – Many Rivers to Cross.” A film event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Week. Foster Auditorium 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 15: Essence of Joy, concert to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Week. Pattee Library Atrium, 1:30 p.m.

Jan. 22, 2018: COMM Career Conversations – Breaking Into the Entertainment Industry. Foster Auditorium, 6-7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018: Shara McCallum to read as part of the Mary E. Rolling Reading Series. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 15, 3-5 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m.: “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” A Winter Olympics Pop-up Exhibit. Featuring books, materials, artifacts and memorabilia from the history of the Olympic Games. Mann Assembly Room, 102 Paterno Library. Library News

Feb. 20, 2018: Hindi Pronunciation Workshop, with Ritu Jayakar, lecturer in Hindi at Penn State. Foster Auditorium, 103 Paterno Library, 3-4 p.m. and via MediaSite.

Wednesday, feb. 21, 2018: Mary Gaitskill 2017 Fisher Famiy Writer in Residence Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 7:30-9 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018: Jillian Cantor to read as part of the Mary E Rolling Reading Series, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 7:30-9 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018: Lecture by Professor Leo Bersani, “Force in Progress”.  Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 5-7 p.m. 

Please submit event information — and all Library News submissions — to Public Relations and Marketing via the Library News submission form.

 

Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library