{"id":136495,"date":"2026-03-12T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/136495\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:31:07","slug":"april-events-planned-at-the-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/136495\/","title":{"rendered":"April Events Planned at the University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through Apr. 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art Exhibit:\u00a0\u201cEarly 20th\u00a0Century Celebrity Portraits by P. W. Costello.\u201d\u00a0Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room, Weinberg Memorial Library.\u00a0Free during library hours. Call 570-941-6341 or email\u00a0michael.knies@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through Apr. 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art Exhibit: \u201cBanknotables: Commemorative Currency Art.\u201d\u00a0Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room, Weinberg Memorial Library.\u00a0Free during library hours. Call 570-941-6341 or email\u00a0michael.knies@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 7 through May 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art Exhibit: \u201cArt Educators Make Art: Pennsylvania Art Educators Association Northeast Juried Exhibition.\u201d Hope Horn Gallery, Hyland Hall. Free during gallery hours. Call 570-941-4214 or email darlene.miller-lanning@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 p.m. Humanities Forum event sponsored by The Slattery Center Lecture: \u201cAmerica, Viet Nam, and the \u2018White Space\u2019 of History\u201d presented by Jonathan Nashel, Ph.D., professor of history at the University of Indiana South Bend. PNC Auditorium, Loyola Science Center. Free. Call 570-941-4700 or email sarah.kenehan@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 9\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a06 p.m. Performance, lecture and reception: \u201cGeorge Gershwin: Music and Healing,\u201d by Richard Kogan, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, and artistic director, Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program, presented by the Schemel Forum and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Collaborative Program. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Auditorium. Registration required. Fee $40. Call 570-941-4740 or email schemelforum@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 p.m. Art Gallery Panel Discussion: \u201cPennsylvania Art Educators Association Northeast Juried Exhibition.\u201d Pearn Auditorium, Brennan Hall. Free. Reception to follow at the Hope Horn Gallery. Call 570-941-4214 or email darlene.miller-lanning@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 a.m. Accepted Students Day\u00a0for students\u00a0and their families of\u00a0The University of Scranton\u2019s class of 2030. Meet representatives from academic departments, student activities\/services, financial aid, athletics and tour campus.\u00a0Various locations on campus. Call 570-941-7540 or email\u00a0admissions@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 13-22 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Environmental Art Show: \u201cNature Reimagined.\u201d\u00a0Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room, Weinberg Memorial Library. Free during library hours. Call 570-941-4740 or email marleen.cloutier@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4 p.m.\u00a0 Spring Henry George Seminar \u201cHow We Got to Now (The Henry George Edition)\u201d presented by Philip E. Auerswald, Ph.D., professor of public policy, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government. McIlhenny Ballroom, DeNaples Center.\u00a0 Free.\u00a0 Call 570-941-4048 or email\u00a0pamela.turbessi@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08:30 a.m. Hayes Family Science Competition for high school physics and engineering students. Byron Complex. Registration required. Call 570-941-7509 or email salisa.brown@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 16-18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. Performance: \u201cOklahoma!\u201d presented by The University of Scranton Liva Arts Company. McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts. Ticket prices vary. Visit https:\/\/livaartscompany.ludus.com<\/a> for tickets or email livartscompany@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08 a.m. Scranton Brain and Behavior Conference for neuroscience and psychology education and research. Loyola Science Center. Fees vary. Registration is required to attend. Visit the conference website<\/a> for more information, or email robert.waldeck@scranton.edu.<\/p>\n

Apr. 18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a07:30 p.m. Performance Music: \u201cIn Concert\u201d featuring The University of Scranton Jazz Ensemble and guest soloist Jennifer Krupa, trombone. Houlihan-McLean Center. Free. Call 570-941-7624 or email music@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 22\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5:30 p.m. Graduate Open House. DeNaples Center, 4th floor. Registration required. Free. Call 888-SCRANTON or email gradadmissions@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 22\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a06 p.m. Humanities Forum Lecture sponsored by The Slattery Center: \u201cShame must change sides: How Gis\u00e8le Pelicot, Trauma Studies and Survivor-centered Storytelling Can Inform a New Paradigm on Gender-based Violence\u201d presented by Alexis Paige, author of two award-winning memoirs: Work Hard, Not Smart: How to Make a Messy Literary Life and Not a Place on Any Map. Pearn Auditorium, Brennan Hall. Free. Call 570-941-4700 or email sarah.kenehan@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5 p.m. Campus Take Back the Night. Dionne Green. Free. Call 570-941-6194 or email brandice.ricciardi@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5:30 p.m. Myers Fellow Lecture sponsored by the Sondra H\u201987 and Morey Myers H\u201912 Distinguished Visiting Fellowship in the Humanities and Civic Engagement housed in The Slattery Center: \u201cShattered Dreams, Infinite Hope\u201d presented by Brandon Terry, Ph.D., John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and the co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Pearn Auditorium, Brennan Hall. Free. Call 570-941-4700 or email sarah.kenehan@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 25-26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 a.m. National History Day State Competition for qualifying students from Pennsylvania. Pre-registration required. Call 570-941-4549 or email nhdparegion2@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apr. 25-26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 a.m. Saturday; Noon Sunday. Friends of the Library Book Sale.\u00a0Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room, Weinberg Memorial Library. Call 570-941-6195 or e-mail\u00a0melisa.gallo@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 a.m. Junior Open House. DeNaples Center, 4th\u00a0floor. Registration required. Free. Call 888-SCRANTON or email\u00a0admissions@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3:45 p.m. Math Integration Bee. Calculus-based high school math competition. McIlhenny Ballroom, DeNaples Center.\u00a0Registration required. See https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/cas\/math\/bee.shtml<\/a>\u00a0for more details or email stacey.muir@scranton.edu<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Apr. 29, 30, May 1-3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Performance: \u201cThe Apiary\u201d presented by The University of Scranton Players. Studio Theatre, McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts. Ticket prices vary. Call 570-941-4318 or email players@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 30\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a05:30 p.m. Lecture, exhibit and light refreshments for Schemel Forum with the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library and Hope Horn Art Gallery Collaborative Program: \u201cUnveiling Niccol\u00f2 Betti\u2019s Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist\u201d presented by John Powell, art restorer, co-owner, Chelsea Restoration Associates and Robert Simon, Ph.D., president, Robert Simon Fine Art. Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room, Weinberg Memorial Library. Registration required. Free. Call 570-941-4740 or email schemelforum@scranton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apr. 30, May 1\u2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 a.m. Applied Ethics in an Era of Globalization: Perspectives from East and West. PNC Auditorium, Loyola Science Center on Apr. 30 and Pearn Auditorium, Brennan Hall on May 1. Free. Conference Program\u00a0https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/GlobalEthics2026Scranton<\/a>. Email\u00a0asianstudies@scranton.edu<\/a>\u00a0for questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through Apr. 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art Exhibit:\u00a0\u201cEarly 20th\u00a0Century Celebrity Portraits by P. W. Costello.\u201d\u00a0Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room, Weinberg Memorial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[12769,7788,7787,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-136495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-calendar-of-events","tag-electric-city","tag-happenings","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}