Free public session featuring David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of "Trumpocracy," presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy.

The Penn State Sustainability Institute will host a workshop to develop sustainability coursework on Aug. 7 and 8. Over the course of two days, faculty will develop a common language for sustainability, connect it to their disciplines and coursework, visit some of Penn State’s best assets, and workshop materials with their peers. The workshop will be held on the University Park campus. Faculty members from all Penn State campuses are encouraged to attend.

Science on Tap is your local distillery for research conducted at Penn State. Every third Tuesday of the month, Penn State faculty members talk about their research and answer any questions about the science, the field, and more. Come down to Liberty Craft House for the community, the food, and most importantly, the science.

Join Penn State at “The Art of Discovery,” the University’s booth at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to learn how art detectives use technology to solve art history mysteries; make your own handmade paints the way early humans did hundreds of thousands of years ago; learn about the bizarre science behind zombie ants; explore mankind’s relationship to plastics, and more.

Located at the end of the Willard Building, closest to the Penn State Obelisk.

Final day of two-day session for law enforcement personnel focusing on communications challenges.

Opening day of two-day session for law enforcement personnel focusing on communications challenges.

An informative, how-to workshop focusing on simple security precautions everyone can take. From shoppers' club cards and your privacy settings on Facebook, to the cars we drive and phones we use -- the data we are creating is being used by governments, advertisers, and business strategists to build your personal profile! But what do we do when the data being gathered crosses the ethical line -- how do we help protect ourselves from harm, unintentional and purposeful? Technology guru, professor and digital freedom fighter, Sascha Meinrath, talks data mining at this pop-up community event! Questions will be taken in advance. Register online -- space is limited. Refreshments provided!

Annual regional meeting of Associated Press Sports Editors, hosted by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.

Rob Potter, and professor at Indiana University and director of the Institute for Communicaiton Research, presents “Peering Backward and Peeking Forward: What I’ve Learned After a Quarter Century of Using Psychophysiology."

This is a free event. but seating is limited.

For more information and to reserve seats. visit: http://thestatetheatre.org/food-evolution/

To learn more about the film and its creation, visit: http://news.psu.edu/story/510981/2018/03/19/public-events/documentary-takes-global-look-food-technology-issues

Following the screening, there will be a question and answer session with a group of experts. The Q&A panelists will be Sarah Evanega, director of the Alliance for Science at Cornell University; Siela Maximova, research professor of plant biotechnology; Lee Ahern, director of Penn State’s Science Communication Program; and Shelby Fleisher, professor of entomology.

Sponsored by:

Council on Agricultural Innovation: Scientific, Ethical, Legal, Social Issues
College of Agricultural Sciences
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications' Science Communication Program