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McCourtney Institute for Democracy

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Donna Shalala, Anne Applebaum and Danielle Allen will discuss the future of American democracy in virtual events this spring sponsored by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy. Visit democracy.psu.edu/virtual-events to learn more and register.

McCourtney Institute spring events to explore the future of American democracy

The McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s will host a discussion of the book “Engaged: A Citizen’s Perspective on the Future of Civic Life,” written by Penn State alumnus Andrew Sommers, on Dec. 7 at 4 p.m.

Virtual book club to discuss civic engagement in American democracy

Black and white photo of an envelope stamped with the word election and a lock and linked chain of top of it.

Penn State Law, Policy, and Engineering hosts election security panel discussion

closeup image of person's hand holding red "I Voted" sticker on fingertip

Election resources and candidate information available in one place from WPSU

President Barron siting on the production set of his TV show.

WPSU’s ‘Digging Deeper’ returns Sept. 27 with a look at the 2020 election

Virginia Eubanks

Award-winning author Virginia Eubanks to deliver 2020 Lippin Lecture in Ethics

A graph from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's Mood of the Nation Poll showing how attitudes about common activities changed as a result of COVID-19

Mood of the Nation Poll offers a snapshot of life during pandemic's early phase

“Hope for Democracy” by Penn State's John Gastil and Colorado State's Katherine Knobloch

Virtual book club to explore civil discourse, political deliberation

Candis Watts Smith

Candis Watts Smith named Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Liberal Arts

Libraries marks Juneteenth with resources for historical, present context

Libraries marks Juneteenth with resources for historical, present context

The McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual book club will be held June 24 at 7 p.m. and June 29 at 4 p.m. in Zoom. All members of the Penn State community are welcome to attend for discussions of Ezra Klein's "Why We're Polarized."

Virtual book club to read Ezra Klein's 'Why We’re Polarized'

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Online event will explore the power of podcasts

Taylor Scott, associate director of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration discusses her work on a collaborative podcast episode between the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the McCourtney Institute for Democracy.

Podcast collaboration explores research, policy and democracy during pandemic

 Xiaoye You, Liberal Arts Professor of English and Asian Studies, will become director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy July 1.

Xiaoye You named director of Center for Democratic Deliberation

"How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt will be the first selection in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual book club. Discussions will be held May 20 and 21 in Zoom.

McCourtney Institute for Democracy launches virtual book club

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