Interest meeting for potential student chapter of National Association of Black Journalists.

Professor Leverett served nine years as a senior Middle East analyst for the CIA, and in 2002 was the senior director for Middle East affairs with the National Security Council. He is a professor of international affairs and Asian studies at Penn State.

A Homecoming weekend, 20th anniversary celebration of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism for alumni, friends and current students.

Char Morett-Curtiss, retired Penn State field hockey coach and director of "Teammates For Life: A Penn State Women's Athletics Initiative," will be the featured guest when Football Fridays, an on-campus question-and-answer series, continues for the fall. The Football Fridays speakers series is sponsored by the Penn State Center for the Study of Sports in Society and the Penn State All-Sports Museum, and hosted by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Alumnus Joanie Vasiliadis, vice president of digital content for TEGNA, will present "How Digital Media is Changing Local News." Student-focused free public session sponsored by the Office of Internships and Career Services.

A conversation with alumnus Ryan Hockensmith of ESPN, facilitated by John Affleck, director of the John Curley Center for Sports journalism and head of the Department of Journalism. The session is free and open to the public.

Yael Warshel, an assistant professor of telecommunications and media industries and African Studies, and Rock Ethics Institute Research Associate, will discuss her award-winning book, "Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Children, Peace Communication and Socialization," published by Cambridge University Press, as part of the Humanities Institute Reading New Books in the Humanities by Penn State Faculty series.

Session of the Bellisario College Brownbag Series featuring Ryan Bisel of the University of Oklahoma, who will be presenting “Moral Muteness in the Workplace: Implications and Remedies.” The event is sponsored by the Davis Program for Ethical Leadership.

University-wide Open House for prospective students.

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Deepak Sethi, a comedy writer who teaches in the Penn State Hollywood Program and has over a decade of experience writing for primetime television, will present a free public lecture. Sethi was nominated for an Annie Award for writing in 2020. His short film, "Coffee Shop Names," was a finalist for the Tribeca X award at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by HBO Max for debut in September 2021.