A free public screening of the sports documentary “Running Home,” which tells the story of humanitarian, accomplished middle-distance runner and coach Tony Ruiz, will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 30 in Carnegie Cinema.
WPSU Penn State — central Pennsylvania’s public media station — has been nominated for five 2019 Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards for excellence in the television and media industries.
Teri Haddad, business development manager at Penn State Lehigh Valley, is executive producer on a documentary, "Close to Home: Human Trafficking, the Survivor Story," that has received a regional Emmy nomination.
Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center announces its 2019-20 season with a variety of unique performances. Tickets to all shows are on sale now.
“DisemPOWERed: Puerto Rico's Perfect Storm,” a film that examines the reasons why Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, will premiere at Penn State. The screening will occur at 6:30 p.m. July 23 in Foster Auditorium in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus. A panel discussion will follow the screening.
"Albatross," a film by artist Chris Jordan, will be offered as a free public screening through Penn State Centre Stage and the Penn State Sustainability Institute at noon on July 12 and 7 p.m. on July 16 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre.
James Kalsbeek, Penn State professor of architecture in the Stuckeman School, has joined forces with a Brooklyn-based film crew to create a film about storytelling, loss and memory. "The Molok" begins filming in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, on July 1 and continues through Arts Festival weekend with community events being hosted at The Workshop, a collaborative space for experimental art, design and performance.
Penn State's Sustainability Institute will present a free film screening on May 21 at the State Theatre in downtown State College, showcasing an inspiring mix of documentary, drama, animation and slam-poetry films that relate to visions of the future and the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
A documentary by a Penn State assistant professor is being screened in Istanbul and other locations around Turkey as part of the Environmental Short Film Festival.
Film Professor Pearl Gluck has produced a short, call-to-action film featuring actors whose credits include “Atlanta,” “Law and Order” and “Orange is the New Black,” for the New Jersey-based The Nature Conservancy. The film will be available online on Earth Day, April 22.
The Arts and Design Research Incubator (ADRI) is hosting a one-day symposium on Friday, April 26 to showcase advances and inspire cross-pollination between art and health.
A film written, directed and produced by a Penn State student about the challenges of adapting to American college life as a foreigner will screen at 5 p.m. on April 21 in Carnegie Cinema on the University Park campus.
The final rough-cut screening of Penn State assistant professor Boaz Dvir’s post-Holocaust film, “Cojot,” will be conducted at 6 p.m. April 29 at New York University.
WPSU’s “Conversations LIVE” airs Thursday, April 18, as a pair of Penn State Extension horticultural educators share their advice and take viewers questions for the best ways to prepare summer gardens.
Penn State alumna Jamie Ratner appeared on the popular ABC television show "Shark Tank" on April 7 and secured a deal with Kevin O’Leary. Ratner and her husband, Brian, founded CertifiKID, a Potomac, Maryland-based deal website focused on kids’ activities and family entertainment.
