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Conversations Live

The 2020 Election

Season 10 Episode 2 | 57 min

WPSU's Anne Danahy talks with the Director of the Franklin and Marshall College Poll, Terry Madonna, and Penn State Political Scientist Candis Watts Smith about the 2020 election. How will the use of mail-in voting and drop boxes affect the election? How are opinions being influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic? And, what issues are important to Pennsylvania voters?  Continue »

Published October 25, 2020

 

Eric Barron on the set of Digging Deeper

Penn State President Eric Barron and guests talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement is manifesting on college campuses and what work needs to be done in higher education to address systemic racism. Continue »

Published October 18, 2020

 

Eric Barron on the set of Digging Deeper

Penn State President Eric Barron talks to Danielle Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Dickinson Law, and Michael Berkman, Director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, about the upcoming election. Continue »

Published September 29, 2020

 

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Conversations Live

COVID-19

Season 10 Episode 1 | 57 min

We answer your questions on the COVID-19 pandemic. We cover topics suchas as how much longer the pandemic willlast, when we will get a vaccine, how havepeople of color been disproportionately impacted, and more. Continue »

Published September 25, 2020

 

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Penn State humanities scholars explore the ongoing quest to achieve the promise of American democracy despite the many past, present and future obstacles to equality and social justice. Continue »

Published September 10, 2020

 

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Humanities scholars at Penn State reflect on migration, mobility and the ethics of hospitality so as to better understand the context of the debate on immigration and refugees in the US and around the world. Continue »

Published September 9, 2020

 

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Hollidaysburg

Season 24 Episode 1 | 1 hr 15 min

Volunteers from Hollidaysburg have come together to tell storiesthat capture the heart of their community for the 104th episode in the Our Town series. Continue »

Published September 3, 2020

 

Find out about more than a century of history that still exists today in historic Black churches in central Pennsylvania. Continue »

Published August 15, 2020

 

Investment 2020

Penn State student entrepreneurs will pitch to a panel of judges and compete for part of a $30,000 prize pool to try to earn funds for their startup companies. Continue »

Published August 5, 2020

 

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Look in the right place over the next few weeks and you may be able to see the comet Neowise with the naked eye. Happy stargazing! Continue »

Published July 31, 2020