Event Archive
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 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
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 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 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.
Oct 09, 2024
BAMS Summer Intern Panel
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: 271 Willard Building
Panel discussion for students featuring four Bellisario College students discussing their summer internships. Panelists include: Mahari Blanks, Jade Bramwell, Cerena Lewis and Milena Velez. Presented by the Bellisario Alliance of Multicultural Fellows.

Oct 09, 2024
Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Sarah Kaufman
Lecture Series: Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: Kern Auditorium (112 Kern Building)
Sarah Kaufman of The Washington Post will conclude the two-day Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers. Her session is free and open to the public.

Oct 08, 2024
Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Michael Biesecker
Lecture Series: Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: Kern Auditorium (112 Kern Building)
Michael Biesacker of The Associated Press will kick off the two-day Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers. His session is free and open to the public.
Oct 07, 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 03, 2024
Donor Recognition Event
Time: All Day
Location: Nittany Lion Inn
Awards and recognition event for donors who support the Bellisario College. Specific time for the evening event to be announced.