Penn State alumnus Alan Marcus, award-winning senior vice president of SHIFT Communications in New York City, will present the annual Ben Bronstein Lecture in Ethics and Public Relations at 7 p.m. March 23, with a focus on the impact of updated Federal Communications Commission regulations on public relations efforts. The lecture will be held in Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State.
Students and faculty members representing four majors in the College of Communications at Penn State will travel around 500,000 combined miles to spend spring break continuing their studies as part of embedded courses.
Guest lecturer to address advertising efforts that look like fact-based journalism but are really sponsored content, during a free public lecture at 6 p.m. March 27 in Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library.
Net neutrality advocates want to make sure internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon have minimal control over how users access content on the web. However, new, award-winning research by a Penn State College of Communications faculty member says giving these companies some leeway might not be all bad.
While hundreds of students will spend 46 hours dancing in an effort to battle childhood cancer this weekend in the Bryce Jordan Center, around 60 more students will be conducting the live webcast to bring Penn State Dance Marathon to viewers all over the world. The webcast will begin at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and will be live through the conclusion of THON at 4 p.m. Feb. 19.
Highly competitive, semester-long Penn State Hollywood Program provides numerous opportunities for students.
A Penn State faculty member has co-authored a book that proposes a more inclusive model for media policy that could be driven by a social mission to improve the position of those most disadvantaged in society.
An interdisciplinary approach helps Penn State graduate student Jenna Grzeslo learn from various experiences and continually move to her ultimate goal of "leaving the world a better place than you found it."
A free discussion and question-and-answer session about the harassment of women in sports media, featuring Julie DiCaro and Sarah Spain, will be conducted Nov. 30 in Freeman Auditorium of the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park.
In 2006, one alumnus left Penn State with a telecommunications degree in hand. Ten years later, he’s making a name for himself as a forensic pathologist. Well, sort of: Johnathan Fernandez is starring in Fox’s new series “Lethal Weapon,” an action/drama/comedy based on the movies of the same name.
A mini-conference focusing on the how-tos and opportunities related to freelancing open to all Penn State students will be conducted from noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 13 in Carnegie Building.
When the presidential campaign culminates on Election Day, Penn State journalism students will gain ample hands-on experience with opportunities in Washington, D.C., and serving viewers in 29 Pennsylvania counties through a partnership with WPSU-TV.
A post-election panel discussion scheduled for Nov. 15 features three Penn State alumni who have covered the presidential campaigns since the start of the election cycle.
Alumnus Stanley Degler provides $1 million gift to support semester-in-residence program conducted by the College of Communications in Washington, D.C.
A critically acclaimed documentary by Penn State faculty member Boaz Dvir that tells the little-known story of World War II aviators who risked their lives and U.S. citizenships in 1948 to prevent what they viewed as a second Holocaust is set to be screened at India’s inaugural Library International Film Festival on Oct. 23.
