Events Archive

Join The Water Center at Penn for our annual Careers in the Water Industry Event on Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 at the Quorum!

Explore one of Penn's greenest buildings on a behind-the-scenes tour of the LEED Platinum-certified VLEST with campus leaders.

A cocktail reception will precede the formal award ceremony, where Ashlee Piper will speak about her book No New Things: A Radically Simple 30-Day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity.

Join us for a casual virtual coffee chat featuring Adithi Garood, a University of Pennsylvania architecture student, who will share the research she conducted during her fellowship this summer. 

Join Perry World House for a special event with Senator Bill Cassidy that explores the nexus of environmental policy, national security, energy, the economy, and the challenge of building bipartisan consensus on these critical issues.

This lecture presents a series of projects through the lens of climate, use, and construction.

Penn students are invited to pitch their boldest sustainability ideas in a live, “Shark Tank”-style competition for a chance to raise visibility of your project and receive mentorship towards a Green Fund application. 

Co-locating solar photovoltaics with native vegetation or agriculture (agrivoltaics, ecovoltaics, multi-use solar) offers a promising pathway to meet growing food and energy demands while enhancing landscape sustainability.