Event Archive
Oct 19, 2024
Bellisario College Family Weekend
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: Bellisario Media Center
Part of the University's Family Weekend at University Park, the Bellisario College-specific session includes a presentation (10 a.m.) and tours of the Bellisario Media Center (11 a.m.)

Oct 18, 2024
"Family Media Moments: How Parents and Children Navigate Identity"
Marie-Louise Mares
Lecture Series: Pockrass Memorial Lecture
Time: 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Location: 121 Sparks Building
The annual Pockrass Memorial Lecture will focus on how co-viewing and discussion can be used by parents to reinforce and support shared family identities, and help children express their emerging ideas on those topics and more. Marie-Louise Mares, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, will present the free public lecture.
Oct 15, 2024
Photography Panel Discussion
Rebecca Droke, Sebastian Foltz and Scott Goldsmith
Time: 7:15pm - 8:30pm
Location: Kern Auditorium (112 Kern Building)
A panel discussion about covering major news events with Rebecca Droke of AFP New Agency, Sebastian Foltz of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Scott Goldsmith of Politico, who all covered the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this year. The event is free and open to the public.
Oct 14, 2024
Cover Letter and Resume Workshop
Bob Martin
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: 262 Willard Building
Session presented by the Office of Internship and Career Services for Bellisario College students.
Oct 14, 2024
Centre Documenters Training
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: 224 Willard Building (Bellisario Media Center)
Centre Documenters is looking for new documenters, fact-checkers and editors. Join the first rural documenters program in the country and a national network of documenters. We train and pay students to attend and document public meetings across Centre County. Sign up for this two-part training is open to anyone interested in becoming a Centre Documenter. These trainings will also qualify you for paid jobs with Centre Documenters — the best training ground for journalists and engaged citizens!
Oct 14, 2024
Penn State Days
Time: All Day
University-wide Open House for prospective students, with tours of the Bellisario Media Center from 1-2 p.m.
Oct 12, 2024
University Wide Day of Service
Time: 9:00am - 1:30pm
Location: Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm at Penn State
A day of service at the Student Farm. Meet in front of Eisenhower Auditorium on Shortlidge Road. Transportation will be provided to and from the Student Farm. Assist with harvesting produce, cultivating fields and planting crops! Service work will be from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch, presentations and discussion until 1:30 p.m. Sponsored by Penn State Global.

Oct 11, 2024
"The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity (And Ethics) Survive Social Media and What If It Can’t?"
Nick Couldry, London School of Economics
Lecture Series: Davis Program in Ethical Leadership
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Flex Theatre, HUB-Robeson Center
Keynote lecture as part of "Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing" Symposium, presented by the David Program in Ethical Leadership. Speaker NIck Couldry is a professor of media, communications and social theory in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics whose work also has spanned media ethics and journalism studies. The symposium is sponsored by the Bellisario College, the Arthur W. Page Center for Public Integrity, and the Rock Ethics Institute.
Oct 11, 2024
Media Literacy with Dr. Russell Frank
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: 130 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Free public lecture by Bellisario College faculty member Russell Frank as part of the Lead-Up to the Election Ethical Development series presented by the Penn State Student Affairs and the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Development. Also available on Zoom, bit.ly/CSEDmeet

Oct 10, 2024
"In a Mirror, Dimly: Why AI Can’t Tell Our Stories, and Why We Must"
Shannon Vallour, University of Edinburgh
Lecture Series: Davis Program in Ethical Leadership
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Flex Theater, HUB-Robeson Center
Keynote lecture as part of "Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing" Symposium, presented by the David Program in Ethical Leadership. Speaker Shnnoan Vallour is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh Futures Institute, and she is a former AI ethicist at Google. The symposium is sponsored by the Bellisario College, the Arthur W. Page Center for Public Integrity, and the Rock Ethics Institute.