Downloaded by more than 500,000 people in the first week, the "Hamilton" app was spearheaded by Marathon Live Entertainment, a social media and digital marketing company founded by Penn State alumnus Mike Karns. Penn State students Evan Young, a telecommunications major, and Haley Stipes, a graphic design major, also were involved in creating the app.
A promise to restore America’s crumbling infrastructure was a key part of President Donald Trump’s campaign speeches. He pledged to rebuild America’s roads and bridges, ports and highways, which are undoubtedly in need of repair. Less clear in his speeches – and in these early days of his administration – is what importance he gives broadband internet, an equally essential infrastructure in our 21st-century information economy.
With frequently evolving technology of computer access and smart phone capabilities and a particularly unpredictable White House, Penn State’s Institute for Information Policy (IIP) is as important today as it has ever been in its 20-year history. The IIP conducts innovative research and promotes programs that examine the social effects of information technology.
The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication elected Ellyn Fisher, senior vice president of the Ad Council and Penn State alumna; Tom Martin, former vice president of communications at ITT and FedEx and now executive-in-residence at the College of Charleston; and Gary Sheffer, former vice president of communications at General Electric, to its advisory board.
“Tower,” a documentary recounting the 1966 University of Texas tower shootings, will be shown at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 2 in the HUB-Robeson Center’s Flex Theater. A panel discussion and question-and-answer session will follow the Nov. 1 screening.
Ian Urbina, a prominent writer for the New York Times, will give a keynote presentation titled “From Ocean Outlaws and Glue Workers to Fracking and Clean Coal: Perspectives on Communicating Science from NY Times Investigative Reporting and Narrative Story Telling” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in Foster Auditorium on Penn State’s University Park Campus.
Three Schreyer Honors College Scholars, all earning two degrees, will serve as student marshals for their respective Fall 2015 Commencement ceremonies at Penn State.
The College of Arts and Architecture will present a “Salon Conversation” about the issue of sex crimes, in connection with the Penn State Centre Stage production of "Good Kids," from 5–7 p.m. Nov. 18 on the third floor of the Health and Human Development Building. A follow-up conversation on the same topic will be held from 5–7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 in 312 Biobehavioral Health Building.
An information and interest meeting for students about the first-ever Short Doc Workshop at Penn State will be held Nov. 4 in Carnegie Cinema.
Marcia DiStaso, an associate professor of advertising/public relations in the College of Communications, has successfully completed the examination for Accreditation in Public Relations, entitling her to use the APR professional designation.
These Penn State journalism students found out firsthand what it's like to get a story in another country. As part of an international reporting class through the College of Communications, a group of students traveled to Hong Kong to pursue stories amidst unfamiliar territory.
Penn State Washington Program ready to celebrate two decades of success.
For a contingent of Penn State journalism students who followed Pope Francis during portions of his recent trip to the United States, the visit was as much about career preparation as religious pilgrimage.
Two respected journalists will discuss the state of the news industry, job preparation and more during an Oct. 12 session in Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library.
A communications scholar is set to present a free public lecture about coalition building across activisms on Oct. 15 in Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library.
