Rock Institute of Ethics
The mission of the Rock Ethics Institute is to promote ethical awareness and inquiry in the University and in the public and professional sectors by supporting curricular innovations designed to improve moral literacy across the University curriculum, building collaborative research projects around ethically based initiatives, and encouraging public dialogue on ethical issues.
Lecture Series: http://rockethics.psu.edu/events/sje0607.htm
Population Research Institute – Brown Bag Lecture Series
The Population Research Institute (PRI) encourages, organizes, and supports innovative research and training in the population sciences. Drawing on the talents of over sixty outstanding scholars, PRI provides a supportive and collegial intellectual environment to stimulate collaborative, externally funded research. PRI also is the home of Penn State's Graduate Program in Demography and a postdoctoral training program in the demography of aging.
http://cairo.pop.psu.edu/events/0607brownbag.cfm
The 2007 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science
The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science is a series of Saturday-morning lectures begun in 1995 by a group of Penn State Eberly College of Science faculty in the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry. It was an innovative move for our college because these lectures were designed for the enjoyment and education of average citizens rather than for a specialized audience composed exclusively of scientists, as were our other annual lectures at that time. Abhay Ashtekar, director of the center and holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Physics, explained at that time, "One of the missions of the center is to improve scientific literacy both on and off campus by presenting such public lectures."
http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/index2007.html
Human Development and Family Studies Methods Lunch
Fridays, 12:00 - 1:15, 102 South Henderson Building Methods Lunch, provides an opportunity for graduate students and faculty to discuss methodological questions impacting their research. This semester is hosted by Eric Loken, Mike Rovine, Jennifer Maggs, and David Almeida. The format is to discuss one major topic or problem each week. Some previous topics included mixture models, SEM, multi-level models, hazard models, and causal analysis, all attached to substantive questions from intervention, education, infancy research, and adult development.
If you think you might be interested in having a problem or issue from your research project added to the agenda, please contact David Almeida at dalmeida@psu.edu.
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/news/methodslunch.html
Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment - Colloquium on the Environment
The Colloquium on the Environment is a joint venture between PSIE and the Finance and Business Environmental Stewardship Strategy. The Colloquium is held annually in April — usually to correspond with the annual observance of Earth Day. The event features in-depth presentations about Penn State's environmental initiatives, from both operational and academic units. The day's activities culminate with a nationally-known speaker discussing a current environmental topic.
http://www.environment.psu.edu/news/colloquium.asp
International Programs Events
Offers international film series and other events.