The history of movie theaters in Centre County is a miniature of the growth and plateauing of public moviegoing in the United States from the nickelodeon era (1905-1915) to the present. Faculty member Kevin Hagopian will discuss that history during this program presented by the Centre County Historical Society.

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S. Shyam Sundar, the James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects at Penn State, will discuss how intelligent machines pose a threat to human agency, by using media-related examples such as fake news and personalized entertainment. Sundar will explore strategies for reconciling the tension between machine and human agency by theorizing about social and psychological aspects of human-AI interaction.

The event is part of the 2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture Series.

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Dmitry Chernobrov, a faculty member at the University of Sheffield, will be featued during a session sponsored by the Children, Youth, Media and International and Global Conflict Zones Initiative of the Rock Ethics Institute. Register HERE

Free event for all students, faculty, staff and community members. Come for a chance to play casino games, Stuff-A-Plus, free food and more! Organized by the Blue & White Society.

A free public screening and talk-back session featuring artist, designer and activist Hamilton Glass, along with the documentary co-producers, Bellisario College of Communications alumna Pam Hervey and her husband, Todd Hervey. The documentary is about the public mural project Glass spearheaded in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020, with related work continuing in response to the attention the documentary received.

Student Film Organization meeting featuring guest speaker Kai Jiang ('20), a technician/colorist for CarStage. He has worked on various productions, including Marvel’s "Hawkeye," Sony Picture’s "A Journal for Jordan" and Netflix’s "The Goodnurse."