Event Archive
Mar 02, 2018
Science Policy Happy Hour
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Liberty Craft House - State College, Pa.
Calling all science advocates and science enthusiasts!
Join fellow sciencephiles as we build a community of civic-minded researchers and more informed public in Happy Valley.
Sponsored by the Penn State Science Policy Society
Feb 28, 2018
Crisis Management: Why Do Companies Keep Getting it Wrong?
Rob Britton, Airline Expert and Marketing Consultant
Lecture Series: Page Center Professional in Residence
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center
Free public lecture by airline expert and marketing consultant Rob Britton. Supported by the Arthur W. Page Center Professional in Residence program.
Feb 28, 2018
Using Social Media as a Science Outreach Platform
Dr. George Perry and Bill Zimmerman
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: HUB-Robeson Center 322
Presented by the Penn State Science Policy Society
Did you know that less than 2/3 of college professors participate in social media? Meanwhile, only 28 percent of our population can pass a basic science literacy test. Scientist participating in social media can help change the science dialogue and reach a broader audience. Learn the facts and statistics surrounding social media and science, and how to become active online in a meaningful way.
Feb 22, 2018
Schreyer Scholars Roundtable
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: 101 Carnegie Building
Annual informal event with reseach presentations and updates by Schryer Scholars in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
Feb 20, 2018
Guest Lecture: Halle Stockton
Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Kern Auditorium (112 Kern Building)
Alumna Halle Stockton, managing editor of Pittsburgh-based publicsource.org, will be featured in a session designed for COMM 260W students, discussing the importance of journalism, and local journalism in particular. She'll also discuss her career and responsibilities, offer some advice and take questions. Stockton will be on campus as part of the Hearst Visiting Professional program.
Feb 20, 2018
"Digital Punctuation and Social Transformation"
Richard Taylor
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: 3 Carnegie Building
Presentation by Professor Emeritus Richard Taylor. Dramatic social changes are ahead. Embedded information networks will affect all aspects of our lives. How will things change? What will it mean for us? Is it building up to some dramatic societal shifts? Are we approaching an historic “punctuation” in human society driven by the convergence of data networks and machine learning? Sponsored by the Institute for Information Policy and the Department of Telecommunications.
Feb 12, 2018
A Conversation with Deb Gelman
Time: 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Location: TBA
A conversation with alumna Deb Gelman, a producer/director for CBS Sports and president of Creative Spark Productions. Free public session sponsored by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism and University Libraries.
Jan 29, 2018
A Conversation with Louis Moore
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Louis Moore, an associate proefessor at Grand Valley State University who teaches African-American history, civil rights, sports history and U.S. history, will be featured in a free public session sponsored by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism and University Libraries.
Jan 22, 2018
COMM Career Conversations: Breaking Into the Entertainment Industry
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Jan 17, 2018
Communicating Science: Skills for Effective Media Engagement
Megan Manlove and Josh Ash
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hershey, PA
Presenters will be:
Megan Manlove, director of content and communications at Penn State Health
Josh Ash, client specialist for education and research, Office of Maketing and Communications
Wednesday, January 17
Noon - 1 p.m.
500 University Drive
Penn State College of Medicine
Lecture Room D
Hershey, PA 17033
Streaming via Zoom at University Park. Login information available soon.