Penn State Harrisburg will host illustrator Brian Pinkney and writer/editor Andrea Davis Pinkney, at 11:50 a.m. on April 24, in the Library's Morrison Gallery. The event is free and open to the public. (more)
Penn State's Eberly College of Science has announced science seminars taking place during the week of April 16 on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
Jonathan H. Marks, associate professor of bioethics, humanities and law; associate director of the Rock Ethics Institute; and director of the bioethics program at Penn State; will present "The Future of Food Ethics" at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 23, in the Foster Auditorium at Paterno Library on the University Park campus. The event is free and open to the public. (more)
David Mentzer, retired vice president of operations for Redline Communications in Ontario, Canada, and 1967 industrial engineering alumnus, will present "Managing Change" at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus of Penn State. The talk, free and open to the public, is the final lecture of the Spring 2012 Industrial Engineering Colloquium Series. (more)
Foreign correspondent, investigative journalist and author Sebastian Rotella will present "The Media in the Internet Age" at Penn State School of International Affairs on April 19. A senior reporter for ProPublica, Rotella covers terrorism, intelligence, organized crime and law enforcement. (more)
Foreign Service Officer Peter Van Buren, author of a critical account of his experience assisting in Iraq reconstruction, will speak at Penn State's School of International Affairs on April 26. The public is welcome. Van Buren will present "Post-Conflict Nation Building: Why It Isn't Easy" and be available to sign copies of the book after the presentation. (more)
Garth Lewellyn, principal hydrogeologist with Appalachia Hydrogeologic and Environmental Consulting Inc., will present a talk from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on April 24 in Room 301 of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus. The talk will be titled "Hydrogeologic Conceptual Modeling and Geochemical Considerations for Evaluating Groundwater Flow and Gas-Drilling Impacts Throughout Susquehanna County, Pa." (more)
Adam G. Riess, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Johns Hopkins University, member of the science staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute, and co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, will present the Eberly Family Distinguished Lecture in Science at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, in the HUB Auditorium on the University Park campus. This free public lecture, titled "Supernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe," is sponsored by the Penn State Eberly College of Science. (more)
At 12:30 p.m. on April 16, Jose Rabasa, Long Term Visiting Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, will present "Geoncide, Science, and Ethnosuicide, The Extirpation of Idolitries in the Colonial Andes and a Contemporary Variant," in room 102 of the Kern Building on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
The International Law Society and the Student Government Association of the School of International Affairs are hosting a roundtable discussion on recent U.S.-relevant developments in trade, law, human rights, and strategic affairs in South and East Asia. "Power and Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific" will be held at Penn State Law's Lewis Katz Building, University Park, Pa., beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 and will feature a panel of experienced scholars and diplomats who will offer their perspectives on current events and ongoing issues in the region. (more)
