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Yael Warshel

Bellisario researcher seeks to sustain peace through media

3/14/18

Yael Warshel is an assistant professor of telecommunications at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and an award-winning scholar. She is also a Rock Ethics Institute core faculty member and an affiliated faculty member of comparative and internal education, international affairs and Middle Eastern studies.

Robin Nabi

Media effects, health comm expert to discuss 'Why Watching TV is Good for You'

3/14/18

Robin Nabi, a professor of communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present the spring 2018 Pockrass Lecture titled “Why Watching TV is Good for You and Other Reflections on the Emotional Benefits of Media Consumption” at 5:30 p.m. April 9 in Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library.

Brian Southwell

Science comm expert to discuss 'The Peril and Persistence of Misinformation'

3/13/18

Brian Southwell is an expert in science communication whose work combines research from a number of areas, including public health, psychology, political science and environmental science. He specifically targets the public’s understanding of science, and he will discuss that and other topics at noon April 18 in Foster Auditorium in Penn State’s Paterno Library. His talk is titled “The Peril and Persistence of Misinformation.”

Etan Thomas book cover

Social justice advocate and former NBA player Etan Thomas to speak at Penn State

3/12/18

Author, social justice advocate, and former NBA player Etan Thomas will give a free public lecture from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 15 in 233A HUB-Robeson Center at University Park. Thomas will discuss his latest book, “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” which includes dozens of interviews — with people like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mark Cuban, and Soledad O’Brien — on the subject of race in America.

Arienne Ferchaud (Comm Ph.D. '18)

Bellisario College doctoral graduate asks 'To binge or not to binge?'

3/9/18

Recent doctoral graduate Arienne Ferchaud got an idea for her dissertation after binge-watching the TV show "The Walking Dead." Do people who binge-watch a program enjoy it differently than those who watch it week to week? What are the differences and how will show creators respond?

Ron Culp

Industry veteran set to talk PR ethics March 27

2/28/18

Ron Culp, a Chicago-based public relations veteran, will give the Ben Bronstein Lecture in Public Relations Ethics at 6 p.m. March 27 in the Nittany Lion Inn Assembly Room on campus.

Kim Pegula to keynote inaugural Penn State Sports Business Conference

2/27/18

A variety of representatives from high-profile sports business organizations and former professional athletes will be featured speakers at the inaugural Penn State Sports Business Conference on March 15-16. Organized by the Penn State Smeal College of Business' Sports Business Club, the conference is designed to provide students and community members access to insights on a host of sports business topics.

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