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Andrew Miller

Brain's immune system to be topic of Biobehavioral Health Founders Day event

4/6/18

Andrew Miller of Emory University School of Medicine will present the keynote lecture “Immune System Targets in the Brain in Depression: Impact on Neurotransmitters and Neurocircuits” on April 23 as part of the Third Annual Founders Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, hosted by the Department of Biobehavioral Health.

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Free screening of ‘Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry’ set for Nov. 1

10/19/17

A screening of the award-winning Sundance documentary “Look & See,” a powerful cinematic portrait of Wendell Berry — farmer, activist, and one of America’s most significant living writers — will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the State Theatre in downtown State College. The screening is free and open to the public.

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Student Farm and Lemont Barn to host home gardening workshop June 25

6/20/17

The Student Farm at Penn State and the Barn at Lemont are hosting a free “Tools and Techniques” home gardening workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, at the Student Farm, located at the intersection of Big Hollow and Fox Hollow roads. Topics include drip irrigation methods and weed management. There will also be demonstrations of potato hilling and tomato trellising.

Blue-White Science Expo

Public invited to become fans of research at Blue-White Science Expo

4/10/17

Blue-White Weekend attendees and the general public are invited to the Penn State Blue-White Science Expo, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the HUB. The expo offers the community a chance to show their support for research while learning about the newest work from 17 of Penn State’s research faculty. A complete schedule and registration form for tickets is available at http://research.psu.edu/expo.

Six @ Six series to explore coal’s impact on Northeastern Pennsylvania

1/27/15

Penn State Lehigh Valley Continuing Education’s "Six @ Six" lecture series begins again in March with an in-depth look at the impact that the coal industry had on the people and culture of northeastern Pennsylvania. David Longenbach, instructor in history at Penn State Lehigh Valley, will present six lectures on “Old King Coal – Then and Now: Anthracite, Mining, Immigrants, Unrest, and Unions” at 6 p.m. beginning March 18 at the Lehigh Valley campus. The series is open to the public.

William Childs

Morning Call creative director to deliver final installment in speaker series

11/4/14

The Penn State Lehigh Valley student-run newspaper, State of the Valley, will hold the third and final installment in its fall speaker series, "Be Heard: Advocacy, Storytelling and Creativity in the Digital Age," at 1 p.m. Nov. 12 in Room 302 at the campus in Center Valley. William Childs, creative director at The Morning Call Media Arts Group, will present about “Creativity in Writing.” The event is free and open to the public.

mHealth 2014

Creating solutions together

10/24/14

Students from BBH and IST will create and pitch ideas for health technology applications as part of this semester's mHealth Challenger to be held on Nov. 17.

Author of "Main Street Vegan" Victoria Moran

Vegan superstar comes to Penn State Great Valley

10/24/14

If you are intrigued about the vegan life but worry that it’s expensive, too hard to maintain or just plain cow-hugging weird, join Penn State Great Valley on November 13 as we host holistic health counselor, author, and longtime vegan, Victoria Moran for an inspiring talk and book signing.

Martin Linder

Physics, teaching strategies, Poe on tap for fall lecture series

10/21/14

Penn State Lehigh Valley will host diverse speakers on three occasions this fall as part of its annual Faculty Invitational Lecture Series. Topics include observations from an ion composition experiment, globalizing teaching strategies and a performance event on Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart.” All events are free and open to the public.

Jack McAllum

Sports Illustrated writer to offer insight on storytelling

9/30/14

Jack McAllum, author and long-time Sports Illustrated writer, is the second speaker in The Penn State Lehigh Valley student-run newspaper State of the Valley’s speaker series, "Be Heard: Advocacy, Storytelling and Creativity in the Digital Age." McAllum will share his insight on storytelling at 1 p.m. Oct. 8 in Room 302 at the campus in Center Valley. The event is free and open to the public.

Local artists to discuss ‘Complex Web of Art Production’

9/30/14

A panel discussion examining the sociological context of art production will be held at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 9 in Room 135 at Penn State Lehigh Valley in Center Valley. “Artists, Art Worlds and Society: Exploring the Complex Web of Art Production,” will bring together four local artists to take a sociological look into creative production, and the ways in which artists are embedded in world around them. The event is free and open to the public.

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Six @ Six series to explore 'Shakespeare's Guide to Love and Marriage'

9/2/14

Penn State Lehigh Valley Continuing Education has announced a new topic for its fall Six @ Six lecture series. Margaret Christian, associate professor of English at Penn State Lehigh Valley, will lead six "Shakespeare's Guide to Love and Marriage" lectures at 6 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 23 to Dec. 4 (no lecture Nov. 27) at the Lehigh Valley campus. The cost of the series is $59 per person or $89 for two people from the same household. The series is open to the public.

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