Joe Battista, author, professional speaker, and success coach, will speak at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Penn State Shenango Auditorium in downtown Sharon. He will discuss and provide insight into his new book, "The Power of Pragmatic Passion: 7 Common Sense Principles for Achieving Personal & Professional Success." The event is free and open to the public.
Maria A. Turkson, assistant teaching professor of psychology at Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, will lead an interactive discussion and presentation to bring awareness to domestic violence from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in room W338 in the Olmsted Building on campus.
With the midterm elections a few weeks away, Penn State Abington is hosting this timely discussion on Oct. 16.
George Emanuele, who is an executive-in-residence in the Black School of Business, will deliver the presentation “Perspective on the Economy and Financial Markets” at Penn State Behrend at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29.
Retired FBI agent and Penn State alumnus James Fitzgerald will present "A Journey to the Center of the Mind," on Thursday, Oct. 25 as part of the College of Health and Human Development Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series. The talk will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ruth Pike Auditorium, 22 Biobehavioral Health Building. It is free and open to the public.
Retired Navy Admiral Michael S. Rogers, former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, will speak at Penn State as a guest of the Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) on Nov. 13.
Former Board of Trustees Chair Mimi Barash Coppersmith discusses her involvement with Penn State, the State College community with the publication of her new memoir
Paul Clement, the 43rd solicitor general of the United States, will visit Penn State Law on Nov. 9 for a conversation about the 2017-18 Supreme Court term—a term during which Clement himself argued six cases before the court.
Christopher Lubienski, professor of education policy in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University and visiting professor at East China Normal University, Shanghai, will present the Robert F. Nicely and Donna C. Nicely Distinguished Scholar in Education lecture on Nov. 9.
“Illustrating Rural Health Research Through Breast Cancer Survivorship” will be presented at the next Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Bench to Bedside and Beyond Seminar Series from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 30. This seminar will be held in H4504 at Penn State College of Medicine, streamed to 116 Henderson at University Park, and streamed online via Zoom. Register at bit.ly/B3Oct2018.
The College of Information Sciences and Technology will welcome leading data sciences faculty and scholars to share their research through a new research seminar series. Talks will be held on Tuesdays from 12-1 p.m. on the University Park campus, and all events are free and open to the public.
Vernon Chinchilli will present "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," from 4 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9, as part of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Recent Topics in Research Methods Seminar Series. The seminar will be presented at Penn State College of Medicine and also at University Park, as well as through online streaming via Zoom.
Sarah Rich and Daniel Zolli, professors in the Department of Art History and embedded researchers in the Arts & Design Research Incubator, are taking color back to its materiality through research, teaching, and an upcoming symposium. “Bugs, Boulders, Beakers: The Materiality of Artists’ Colors" will be held Oct. 5-6 at the Palmer Museum of Art. In conjunction with the conference, they are also hosting a pigment workshop for registered participants in the ADRI.
John Champagne, Penn State Laureate, will visit Penn State Schuylkill to deliver a presentation regarding artists' role during times of political distress. Champagne uses the contradictory relationship between Italian artist Corrado Cagli and the fascist government that supported him as a starting point for engaging his audience in a discussion of the responsibility of the artist in times of political unrest.
"The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science" is a documentary and photographic project about women working in the male-dominated field of paleontology. The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will host a screening of the 22-minute documentary and presentation, followed by a panel discussion, question and answer session and reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in 22 Deike Building on the University Park campus.
