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Penn State Deliberates series explores dialogue on campus

11/14/18

Penn State Deliberates, a new student-run project in the Center for Democratic Deliberation, aims to shed light on the democratic deliberations that are happening in person — across the political spectrum and away from social media.

Public Mapping Project

Public Mapping Project to receive Brown Democracy Medal on Nov. 9

10/17/18

The University of Florida’s Michael McDonald and MIT’s Micah Altman, principal investigators on the Public Mapping Project, winners of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's 2018 Brown Democracy Medal, will give a public lecture on their work at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium.

Word Cloud September 2018 McCourtney Institute Mood of the Nation Poll

Mood of the Nation Poll finds one person's anger is another's pride

10/12/18

Responses to the September McCourtney Institute Mood the Nation Poll reveal partisan differences concerning President Donald Trump, but also football player and activist Colin Kaepernick, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Nevins Fellows Program introduces students to democracy

9/25/18

The Nevins Fellows Program provides undergraduate students at Penn State the opportunity to complete paid internships at organizations that promote democracy. Penn State students interested in participating in the program can register for PLSC 209/CAS 209 Democratic Leadership. At the conclusion of the course, students will be selected to complete an internship next summer.

Constitution Day September 17

Professor: Dig into the Constitution for yourself

9/17/18

Rosa Eberly will gladly tell people that the U.S. Constitution affects them every day of their lives. But you don’t have to take her word for it: just talk to her students in her Foundations of Civic and Community Engagement class.

David Frum to discuss the ‘guardrails of democracy’ on Sept. 26

8/30/18

Frum, a senior editor at the Atlantic and author of “Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic,” will present a lecture on what he describes as the “guardrails of democracy” at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Lewis Katz Building auditorium. The lecture is presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy in the College of the Liberal Arts.

City of Ghosts movie poster

Film screening of 'City of Ghosts,' followed by discussion

8/22/18

The Center for Global Studies will present a film screening of "City of Ghosts" on Sept. 5 in the Lewis Katz Auditorium, followed by a discussion with Abdalaziz Alhamza, award-winning Syrian journalist, human rights defender and activist.

Matt Jordan, associate professor of media studies in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

Podcast: Finding the truth in an era of 'fake news'

8/16/18

Matt Jordan, an assistant professor of media studies in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, joins the Democracy Works podcast to discuss "fake news" and the role of social media in a democracy.

Brad Vivian

Democracy Works podcast examines how public remembers Charlottesville events

8/8/18

Bradford Vivian, professor of communication arts and sciences and director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy, opens the second season of the Democracy Works podcast with a discussion about public memory, Confederate monuments, and last summer’s Unite the Right rally and counterprotests.

Stephanie Keyaka

Penn State student fights for change in Charm City

7/5/18

Stephanie Keyaka is working for Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen this summer as part of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Nevins Fellows program. She also is the incoming editor-in-chief of The Underground

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