Dr. Ruth Westheimer and James Earl Jones recently were added to the spring lineup of the Distinguished Speaker Series on the Penn State University Park campus. The next speaker in the series is journalist Soledad O'Brien, who will be at making a presentation at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The event is free to the public, but tickets are required. For information on tickets to the O'Brien event and the other speakers in the series, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9679
Meanwhile, the following lectures have been scheduled at University Park and elsewhere:
-- Carlo McCormick, public lecture, 2:30 p.m. today, Jan. 13, Palmer Lipcon Auditorium of the Palmer Museum of Art, University Park. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9693
-- Craig Crandall, "Effects of heat stress on autonomic control of the circulation in humans," 11 a.m. to noon Jan. 14, 127 Noll Laboratory, University Park; and Gregory L. Stahl, "Activation of the innate immune system following oxidative stress, A new paradigm in the making," 11 a.m. to noon Jan. 21, 127 Noll Laboratory, University Park. These are part of the Noll seminar series. For the full schedule, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9634
-- Veteran producers Paul Antonell and Rich Tozzoli will discuss the latest trends in audio technology in a presentation on surround sound mixing and recording from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the Penn State University Park campus. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9734
-- Roger Downs, "No Child Left Behind ... and Geography," 4 p.m. Jan. 14, 301 Steidle Building, University Park; and Ikubolajeh Logan, "Georgia on My Mind: Food Aid and Security in the Republic of Georgia," 4 p.m., Jan. 21, 301 Steidle Building, University Park. These are part of the Geography Coffee Hour series. For the full schedule, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9695
-- Lee Roberts, "Mixing Metaphors: Terms of a German-Japanese Alliance," 12:40 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 102 Kern Building, University Park. This is part of the Comparative Literature Luncheon series. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9733
-- Carol Gold, "Gender Differences in Health and Functioning: A Study of Older Unlike-Sex Twins," noon Jan.19, 108 Wartik Laboratory, University Park; and Valarie King, "A Comparison of Cohabiting Relationships Among Older and Younger Adults," noon Jan. 26, 108 Wartik Laboratory, University Park. These are part of the Gerontology Colloquium series. For the full schedule, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9694
-- Robert Gabbay, "A Clinical Perspective on Continuous Glucose Monitoring and the Quest for a Closed Loop Artificial Pancreas," noon Jan. 20, 127 Noll Lab at University Park. This is part of the Penn State Diabetes Center Seminar Series. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9689
-- Myriam Espinosa Dulanto, "Teaching about 'America' in Korea: The Paradox of Otherness and Expertise," noon Jan. 21, 221 Chambers Building, University Park. This is part of a series of comparative and international education brown bag seminars. For the full schedule, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9690
-- Janet Coffman,"Do Organizational Characteristics Moderate the Effects of Capitation on the Utilization of Inpatient Psychiatric Care?" noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, 101 East Henderson Building, University Park. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9687
-- Jeffery A. Ratner, "Excursions Beyond the Main Vein," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 112 Kern Building, University Park. campus. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9717
-- Doug Burrin, "New Insights into Glucagon-like Peptide 2 Receptor Function," 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, University Park. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9715
-- Alex Jones, annual Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. Jones is one of several speakers the College of Communications has invited to University Park during the spring semester. For the full schedule, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9688