Event Archive

Nov 10, 2021
"Material Access Still Matters"
Dr. Teresa Correa, Universidad Diego Portales
Lecture Series: Pockrass Memorial Lecture
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Zoom
Dr. Teresa Correa of Universidad Diego Portales will present "Material Access Still Matters: The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Inclusion Through Mobiles Only”
The Pockrass Lecture was named after the late Professor Robert M. Pockrass, a member of Penn State’s journalism faculty from 1948 to 1977. Pockrass, who specialized in public opinion and popular culture, served as the graduate officer and taught radio news writing.

Nov 08, 2021
"Afghan Children: Four Decades of War”
Weeda Mehran, University of Exeter
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Zoom
Weeda Mehran, a faculty member at the University of Exeter, will be featued during a session sponsored by the Children, Youth, Media and International and Global Conflict Zones Initiative of the Rock Ethics Institute.
Website: https://rockethics.psu.edu/events/children-media-and-conflict-zones-lab-talk-with-weeda-mehran/
Nov 05, 2021
"Going Back, Coming Home? Future and Return Perspectives Among Sahrawi Youth Abroad"
Rita Reis, University of Lisbon
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: Zoom
Rita Reis, a Ph.D. candidate in social anthropology, Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, will be featued during a session titled "Going Back, Coming Home? Future and Return Perspectives Among Sahrawi Youth Abroad." The event is sponsored by the Children, Youth, Media and International and Global Conflict Zones Initiative of the Rock Ethics Institute. Hosted by Yael Warshel, an assistant professor, Department of Telecommunications and Media Industries. She is a Rock Ethics Research Associate and founding director of the Children, Media and Conflict Zones Lab:
https://rockethics.psu.edu/events/children-media-and-conflict-zones-lab-talk-with-rita-reis/
Website: https://rockethics.psu.edu/events/children-media-and-conflict-zones-lab-talk-with-rita-reis/

Nov 03, 2021
"Social Responsibility in the Creative World"
Bianca Guimaraes
Lecture Series: Davis Program in Ethical Leadership
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Bianca Guimaraes, an Emmy Award-winning creative advertising director based in New York City who has been named one of the "30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30” four times, will present the 2021 Davis Lecture in Advertising Ethics. Guimaraes will make her presentation remotely. The session is free and open to the public.
Nov 02, 2021
Guest Lecture: Sarah Silbiger
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Award-winning photojournalist Sarah Silbiger will discuss and share her work during a session that is free and open to the public.
Oct 28, 2021
BAMS Meeting
Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 103 Willard Building (Bellisario Media Center)
Regular meeting of Bellisario Alliance of Multicultural Students.
Oct 28, 2021
Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Stephanie Saul, The New York Times
Lecture Series: Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Time: 10:35am - 11:50am
Location: Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center
Closing session of the annual Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers, featuring Stephanie Saul, a national reporter at The New York Times, who is now covering education. She was a member of the paper’s politics team during the 2020 general election and the 2018 mid-term elections. She also has served on the Times’ investigations team.
Oct 27, 2021
Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press
Lecture Series: Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Time: 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Location: Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center
Opening session of the annual Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers featuring Jim Schaefer, senior news director for business, autos, education and investigations at the Detroit Free Press. He was the lead reporter/investigator of the team at the Free Press that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
Oct 26, 2021
"A Conversation with Tim Livingston"
Tim Livingston
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Part of the Conversation Series presented by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, featuring journalist Tim Livingston. Session moderated by John Affleck.
Oct 19, 2021
PRSSA Meeting
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: 62 Willard Building
Biweekly, regular meeting for the on-campus chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).