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Earth Week Events

April 21–24 | SFSU Campus-Wide | Open to All Students, Faculty & Staff

Join Climate HQ, Associated Students’ Environmental Resource Center and the Reclaiming Nature; Hood to Woods study for Earth Week 2025. An exciting and joyful week of events celebrating climate justice, activism, sustainability, creativity, and community — including a student-run flea market, e-waste recycling, a campus wide meditation and outdoors panel, hands-on art and activism, a campus clean-up, a climate justice jobs mixer, and an amazing two-night film festival featuring internationally recognized filmmakers!

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Biology Department Recognition Ceremony
 

  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025 / 3pm-5pm
  • Reserve the date

     

 

 

SF State's Department of Biology offers a dynamic learning environment, access to world-class research labs to train undergraduate and graduate students, and mentorship and instruction by faculty who are leaders in their fields. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are all designed to train and educate students to meet the challenges of leadership roles in the biological sciences. We invite you to learn more about our mission, our faculty, our facilities, our research opportunities for students and our approach to education.

 

 

 

We welcome all aspiring biologists who want to contribute to their communities and to the world.
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