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Penn State Today Quickcast: March 26, 2018

3/25/18

This episode of the Quickcast looks at a major gift for the Arboretum at Penn State, President Eric Barron's op-ed on the dangers of drinking and hazing and the groundbreaking for a renovation project at Penn State Schuylkill.

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Tommie Smith, Wyomia Tyus, Harry Edwards visiting Penn State on April 3

3/22/18

Olympic gold medalists Tommie Smith and Wyomia Tyus and noted sociologist and civil rights activist Harry Edwards will participate in a panel discussion titled “Sports Protest and Politics: Reflections on the 1968 Olympics” at 6 p.m. on April 3, in the Greg Sutliff Auditorium, which is located in the Lewis Katz Building on the University Park campus at Penn State.

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Award honors series about high school basketball, human trafficking

3/21/18

A series of articles by NJ Advance Media over a nine-month period that uncovered a human trafficking network that directed teenage boys and girls to public high schools in New Jersey earned the Award for Excellence in Coverage of Youth Sports from the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.

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Documentary takes a global look at food technology issues

3/19/18

A screening of the acclaimed documentary “Food Evolution” will be held at 7 p.m. on April 19 in the State Theatre in downtown State College. The film takes an in-depth look at a number of controversial food issues across the globe, including GMOs.

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.”

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