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Sean B. Carroll (2019 Darwin Day Speaker)

Sean B. Carroll to deliver 2019 Darwin Day Lecture

1/25/19

Sean B. Carroll, vice president of science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will deliver the 2019 Darwin Day Lecture titled “The Serengeti Rules: The Regulation and Restoration of Biodiversity” at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8 in 101 Thomas Building.

Jonathan Haidt will present lectures at University Park. Feb. 21 and 22

Jonathan Haidt to present lectures Feb. 21, 22

1/23/19

Haidt will present a lecture on “The Three Terrible Ideas Weakening Gen Z and Damaging Universities and Democracies” Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. in 100 Thomas and on “What Capitalism Does to Us, and For Us” Feb. 22 at 11:10 a.m. in the Struthers Auditorium of the Business Building.

Awaly Diallo

Liberal Arts student leads commemoration committee honoring MLK

1/22/19

Entering its 34th year, the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration student planning committee has been hard at work gearing up for a week full of events. Awaly Diallo, a junior and Paterno Fellow majoring in sociology and African American studies, serves as the executive director of the committee and hopes to inspire social justice across Penn State's University Park campus.

Popovic to present 'Laughtivism: The Power of Humor in Nonviolent Struggle'

1/22/19

The Center for Global Studies at Penn State will host Srdja Popovic, activist, global thinker, and founder and executive director of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies, on Feb. 26 at University Park. Popovic will deliver a lecture titled “Laughtivism: The Power of Humor in Nonviolent Struggle” at 4:30 p.m. in the Lewis Katz Auditorium.

Paul and Beverly Perreault endow new international fellows program

1/21/19

Paul and Beverly Perreault, of Park City, Utah, have made a generous commitment of $1.08 million to establish the Perreault Fellows Program and Scholarship in Global Programs, which will provide international internship opportunities to talented undergraduate students interested in becoming global leaders in their fields.

Graduate Writing Center 20th anniversary

Graduate Writing Center celebrates 20th anniversary

1/16/19

Penn State’s Graduate Writing Center is celebrating 20 years of service to graduate students this month. Founded in January 1999, it was one of the first writing centers dedicated to graduate-level communication.

Center for Global Studies lecture series

Center for Global Studies to host spring lecture series

1/16/19

The Center for Global Studies will continue to host the Brown Bag Lecture Series this spring on select Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in 157 Burrowes Building on the University Park campus of Penn State. The lectures highlight faculty and graduate interdisciplinary research of global studies. All are welcome to attend and enjoy complimentary cookies and coffee.

Shale Play (Rolling Reading Series)

Rolling Reading Series lecture rescheduled for Jan. 31

1/15/19

The Mary E. Rolling Reading series lecture by Penn State professors Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin, originally scheduled for Jan. 24, will now take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium.

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