Free public session featuring David Smith. Presented by the College of Communications Office of Multicultural Affairs and Golden Key International Honour Society.

An exclusive screening of the premiere episode of "The Handmaid's Tale" as part of a collaboration between Hulu and Her Campus Penn State. The session is free and open to the public.

Annual regional meeting of Associated Press Sports Editors, conducted on campus as part of a collaboration with the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism.

Brandthumb and the Penn State Football Letterman's Club will present the Small Business Branding & Marketing Symposium 2017 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, in the Sutliff Auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building on Penn State's University Park campus. More info: http://www.brandthumb.com/events Branding and marketing experts from some of the world's most successful brands will join former professional athletes and Penn State faculty members to explore how entrepreneurs and small businesses can utilize strategic branding to create strong brand equity, added value, and long-term business success. This event is FREE for Penn State students, faculty, staff and Lettermen. Seating is limited, however, so registration is required. Students, faculty, and staff may register online. Penn State Lettermen and others who are interested in attending should contact Francesca DiJoseph at francesca@brandthumb.com.

A free public lecture focusing on the road ahead for Colombia after the Nov. 29, 2016, peace accord between Columbia's Congress and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), an armed insurgency the government has been fighting since 1964. Lecture by Jose Antequera Guzman, an award-winning activist, author and lawyer. His owrk on human rights and historical memory in Colombia has been highly acclaimed.

Founder Derek Jeter’s goal for The Players’ Tribune was “to ultimately transform how athletes and newsmakers share information, bringing fans closer than ever to the games they love.” Launched in October 2014, the online news site quickly attracted a sizable audience, a growing roster of contributing athlete, and significant venture capital. The Players’ Tribune is one of the more prominent examples of media startups disrupting both the traditional media business model and the notion of professional journalism itself. This panel discussion will focus on the process of bringing The Players’ Tribune from idea, to pitch, to reality. Panelists are Dan Treadway, deputy editor, The Players’ Tribune, and Anne Hoag, associate professor of communications and director of the minor in entrepreneurship and innovation. Moderator: John Affleck, the Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society and director of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism. Session is free and open to the public as part of Penn State Startup Week (https://startupweek.psu.edu/).

A cultural history scholar will discuss how feelings toward American culture changed in several European countries in the 1970s with the advent of Sesame Street on children’s television. Helle Strandgaard Jensen, an assistant professor of contemporary cultural history at Aarhus University in Denmark, will present “Capitalist Kermit and his Chubby Cousin: Sesame Street and the 1970s Transatlantic Battle for Children’s TV." The lecture is presented by the Department of History, the University Libraries, and the College of Communications Pockrass Lectureship at Penn State.

Free public event, a screening and panel discussion moderated by Matt Jordan as part of yearlong Talking Together About Guns initiative. The film documents the journey of an evangelical minister trying to find the moral strength to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America. Session to be broadcast on WPSU-TV at 8 p.m. Thursday, Apri 13.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik, will present a free public lecture titled "Big Science, Politics and the Press." A Los Angeles Times business columnist, Hiltzik is the author of "Big Science -- Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex." His presentation and campus visit is sponsored by the Norman Eberly Professsorship.