Penn State Berks will host acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul, author of “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain," at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium as part of the college’s Common Reading Week.
The Penn State Berks global studies degree program will host a forum with a presentation titled “How Hate Crime Laws Perpetuate Anti-Muslim Racism” on Oct. 25. Evelyn Alsultany, professor of American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, is the featured speaker for the forum, which is free and open to the public.
Four Penn State Berks Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing (LION) STEM Scholars were selected to from thousands of applicants to attend the inaugural S-STEM Scholars Meeting from Sept. 14 to 16 in Washington, D.C.
This past spring, Cheryl Nicholas, associate professor of communication arts and sciences and global studies at Penn State Berks, and Heidi Mau, a professor from Albright College, led a team of students on the creation of a virtual reality/digital exhibition at the Perak Museum in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, which opened on Aug. 15 to a crowd of more than 3,000 attendees, including government ministers. The exhibition, which runs through Oct. 22, gives viewers a snapshot of that moment in history.
In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, three Penn State Berks degree programs –––cybersecurity analytics and operations, security and risk analysis, and information technology programs – will join forces to host events to increase awareness about cybersecurity issues and best practices among the campus and local community.
As part of the "Global Oscars Comes to Berks" series, Penn State Berks will present the film “Cairo Conspiracy” at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 in room 5 of the Luerssen Science Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Penn State Berks will hold its 11th annual Latino Forum from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, in the college’s Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This special event is free and open to students from all Berks County high schools, as well as members of the local Hispanic and Latino community.
Eric Alva will tell his story of coming out as a gay man in the armed forces and his advocacy for diversity and inclusion in the workplace during a lecture titled “The End of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11 in the Penn State Berks Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Lori Hepner, the 2023-24 Penn State Laureate, will visit Penn State Berks and give a live presentation at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2. The event, which will take place in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room, is free and open to the public.
Earlier this summer, Penn State senior hospitality management majors Grace Fischer and Amy Yu took their studies international, studying abroad in Europe with Penn State’s Hospitality Management program through the University Park campus.
