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Free screening, panel discussion of 'Shock and Awe' set Oct. 18

9/19/18

A free public screening — with a panel discussion to follow — of “Shock and Awe,” the new Rob Reiner film that recounts how journalists revealed the faulty "weapons of mass destruction" intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, will be offered at 6 p.m. Oct. 18 at the State Theatre in State College.

Sports Gambling

Panel discussion to address legalized sports gambling

9/13/18

A panel of experts, including media members and faculty, will address the potential impact of legalized sports gambling on the landscape of athletics during a free public session at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 in 121 Sparks Building.

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Conference features screenings of two films about police ethics

9/12/18

Free public screenings of a film by a Penn State faculty member and an Academy Award-qualified short film will be part of the Rock Ethics Institute’s Ethics of Policing Conference at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library.

Rhonda Gibson

Buying a cake or building a case?

9/11/18

A leading researcher in digital communications will discuss the challenge of framing conversations about marriage equality and religious freedom during a free public lecture Oct. 10 on the University Park campus at Penn State.

Deborah Coker

Alumna accepted into competitive NBCUniversal Page Program

8/20/18

Recent Penn State alumna Deborah Coker was selected for the NBCUniversal Page Program, an extremely competitive rotational program that gives accepted individuals the opportunity to learn about every aspect of the media industry.

Ketchum Fellows 2018

Three recent graduates sharpening skills at top public relations firm

7/25/18

Three recent graduates of Penn State's Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications — Jayla Akers, Tayah Price, and Alexandra Velazquez — were selected from more than 1,000 applicants to participate in the Ketchum Fellows summer internship program. The 10-week program gives Fellows real-world, hands-on experience.

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Rationalizations by low-paid microworkers raise questions of ethics, rigor

7/18/18

Researchers found that lower-paid Amazon Mechanical Turk microworkers — or Turkers — were more likely to reduce their efforts, as well as experience psychological states that could impact the results of the study. Microwork sites offer scientists and other researchers an inexpensive way to recruit participants, who often agree to be paid well below the minimum wage.

Global Programs announces spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients

7/17/18

Global Programs has announced the spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients. The program supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population. Graduate students may apply for the grants for assistance with travel to international conferences with the goal of promoting and supporting global leadership in scholarship and international engagements.

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Suppressing negative emotions during health scare may whip up spiral of fear

7/10/18

People use a lot of different strategies to handle fear — including avoiding bad news, reappraising the information, contesting the news, or suppressing the fear. Of those strategies, a team of researchers found that suppressing the fear is actually counter-productive. Trying to suppress worries during a health scare, like the recent Zika outbreak, may lead to an ever-intensifying cycle of emotional suppression and fear, according to the researchers.

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Three new co-funds join Institutes of Energy and the Environment

6/28/18

Three faculty members recently joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) in three different areas of expertise. Two are in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, and the other is in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. This is the first time that IEE has had co-funded faculty in the Bellisario College.

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