Ralph Wilson, co-founder of UnKoch My Campus, will present a free public talk about the Koch brothers "leverage science and universities." In addition to his talk, a reception will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.4, in the second floor atrium of Carnegie Buiding.

Session features Bill King of Sports Business Journal, Oskar Garcia of The Associated Press and more. Coordinated by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism. Session is free and open to the public.

Journalism-focused guest lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winner Steven Rich, database editor for the investigations unit at The Washington Post. He has worked on investigations across virtually every beat at The Post, including stories on civil forfeiture, college athletics, the National Security Agency, policing, and school shootings. His work has been part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning efforts (national reporting, 2016; public service, 2014) and he has also earned a Peabody Award (2017), and two Polk Awards (2016, 2015) in the past four years. His work has also been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors and the American Society of News Editors, among others. He is a member of the board of directors for Investigative Reporters and Editors. The session is free and open to the public.

Television veteran Jay Crawford will talk about launching a succesful career in sports journalism during this free public session.

David Frum, senior editor of The Atlantic, former speechwriter for George W. Bush and the author of "Trumpocracy," will present a free public lecture. The session is sponsored by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State.

Dr. Sharon Dunwoody is an expert on the public understanding of science, particularly the role of science, environment and health messages in mass media. She is a professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The research areas she focuses on include science literacy, risk communication, scientist-journalist interactions and environmental communication. Her talk -- titled "Social Norms as Behavioral Catalysts for Science and Environmental Issues" -- is free and open to the public. Dunwoody is a professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin.

You can watch the livestream of this lecture here: http://live.libraries.psu.edu/Mediasite/Play/2b92279fe05045dca74b2203ee70e5961d

The CDC reports that diagnoses of STDs have increased 31 percent in the last five years. What’s causing the uptick in infections? What are the long-term repercussions of this epidemic? How do we use social and medical science to implement effective policies to stop the trend?

Come hang out at Science Insider on Tuesday, September 25 at 5:30pm in the Life Sciences Building ground floor lobby, where we’ll be talking about these and other topical questions.

“Engaging the Community in Research” will be presented at the next Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Bench to Bedside and Beyond Seminar Series from noon to 1 p.m. on Sept. 24. This seminar will be held in H4504 at Penn State College of Medicine, streamed to 116 Henderson at University Park, and streamed online via Zoom.

Register at bit.ly/B3Sept2018.

A panel will discuss community-engaged research, resources available through the Community-Engaged Research Core, the core’s faculty fellowship program and the value of Community Engagement Studios. The panel will feature Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski, co-director of the institute’s Community-Engaged Research Core, Gina Brelsford, 2017-18 Community-Engaged Research Fellow, and Dr. Deepa Sekhar, 2018-19 Community-Engaged Research Fellow.

The Bench to Bedside and Beyond Seminar Series is held to encourage an engaged translational science workforce while promoting a culture of continuous improvement in research conduct and practice at Penn State.

For more information about Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and its mission to accelerate discoveries to benefit human health, visit ctsi.psu.edu.

Free public session featuring alumnus Dave Leopold, director of content production technologies at Viacom, discussing creativity and storytelling with immersive reality.

Special event coordinated by the Penn State Alumni Association.