Lectures
Penn State Intercom......January
24, 2002
Chuck D goes from
Public Enemy to public speaker
Chuck D, leader and co-founder of rap group Public Enemy, will speak as part of the Distinguished Speaker's Series at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Chuck D helped define rap music with his ability to rap about issues of race, rage and inequality. A producer, author and lecturer, he is influential as a force in the alternative production, distribution and promotion of hip-hop, and has long been one of the industry's most outspoken proponents of MP3 music.
The event is free to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets may be available the night of the speech.
For information, call (814) 863-3786.
Director to explore myth,
reality of Paul Robeson
Lawrence Young, director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, will present "Paul Robeson, the Man, the Myth and the Cultural Center at Penn State" from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in the Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, on the University Park campus.
Young's discussion is part of the Social Science Library's First Friday series, intended to bring together researchers and others interested in social sciences research.
The lectures are free to the public. For a schedule of upcoming speakers in the series, visit http://www.libraries.psu.edu/pubinfo/events.html. For information, call (814) 865-4861.
Speaker set for Comparative Literature series
The Comparative Literature Luncheon, a weekly informal lunchtime gathering of students, faculty and other members of the University community, has announced the next speaker in this semester's series.
Cary Fraser, assistant professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies, will discuss "Forging a Diasporic Sensibility: The Caribbean as a Site of Alternative Identity."
The event begins with lunch from 12:15 to 12:40 p.m. Jan. 28 in 102 Kern Building on the University Park campus. Participants may bring their own lunch or buy something in Kern Cafeteria. Coffee and tea are provided. The speaker will begin at about 12:40 p.m. The event is free to the public.
For information, e-mail Daniel Walden at dxw8@psu.edu.
Veteran, screenwriter
is next Forum speaker
James Webb, former secretary of the Navy and award-winning journalist, will deliver the Penn State Forum lecture at noon Friday, Feb. 8, at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
His topic is "Reflections on Asia, U.S. National Security and The Literary Life."
The Penn State Forum is a lunchtime speaker series offered by the Faculty Staff Club and is sponsored in part by the Penn State Bookstore. It is open to the public. Tickets are $10 for members and $12 for non-members and include lunch. Reservations can be made by mail or by stopping by the Faculty Staff Club office at 103 HUB-Robeson Center. Tickets will be on sale at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the speech and a question-and-answer session at noon. For information, call (814) 865-7590.
Talk will illuminate
postwar German culture
Ulrike Weckel, assistant professor at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Women and Gender at Technische Universität in Berlin, will discuss "Converted Collaborators: Wolfgang Staudte's Postwar Films and the German Public" at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in 102 Weaver Building on the University Park campus.
This year, Weckel is a visiting associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan.
In her presentation, she will use film, opera, literature, television, radio and the visual arts to illustrate the restructuring of German consciousness and culture in the postwar period.
Professional development
conference planned
Outreach and Cooperative Extension will hold the 2002 Outreach Professional Development Conference on Feb. 11 and 12 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus.
The conference provides Outreach and Cooperative Extension employees the opportunity to meet and network with colleagues from across the commonwealth.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn about new and successful programs and practices, participate in sessions designed to enhance understanding and skills, and learn from peers and benefit from the University's many educational resources.
To register, go to http://www.outreach.psu.edu/outreach2002 on the Web.
IBM innovator to address
global business outlook
David Partridge of IBM's e-Business Innovation Institute will speak at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in the Assembly Room at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
The free presentation kicks off the eBusiness Research Center's Spring 2002 Distinguished Speaker Series on e-Business.
Partridge will address the global business outlook in the context of the "next-generation" networked environment. Partridge is responsible for the Intellectual Capital Development Group within IBM's e-Business Innovation Institute. He is responsible for developing industry-specific viewpoints regarding the evolution of e-business.
For information concerning the speaker series, visit http://www.ebrc.psu.edu/events/speakerSeries/index.html.
'Lean on Me' principal
to share his successes
Joe Clark, the controversial former principal of New Jersey's Eastside High School, will share his strategies and success stories at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Atrium at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Theatre at Penn State Berks.
Now serving as director of Essex County Detention, Clark used his hard-hitting tactics to rehabilitate criminal youth and stressed his belief that pride in self and school must be reinforced. Clark was the subject of the movie, "Lean On Me."
The events are free to the public.
For information, call Brian Mauro, Lehigh Valley campus, at (610) 285-5021, or Doreen Fisher, Berks campus, at (610) 396-6068.
Conference on
Organizational Development set
The Practicing Cutting-Edge Organizational Development Conference, an outreach service of the College of Education, will be held April 3 to 6 at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
Conference participants will have the opportunity to learn from and interact and network with experts on the latest thinking in the organizational development field. Presenters include Paris Glendening, Kristine Quade, William J. Rothwell, Edie Seashore, Roland Sullivan and others.
The event will act as a forum for addressing the latest ideas in organizational development -- a field that focuses on various aspects of organizational life, including culture, values, systems and behavior.
For information about program content, call William J. Rothwell at (814) 863-2581 or e-mail wjr9@psu.edu.
Soil scientist will examine
soil survey issues
Timothy Craul will speak about "Joining Two Adjacent Soil Survey Areas" from 3:35 to 4:25 p.m. Jan. 25 in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the University Park campus.
Craul is a U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service soil scientist at the Pennsylvania Map Compilation and Digitizing Center.
The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences is the host for the event. For information, call (814) 863-1601.
Effects of global
warming to be explored
William Easterling, professor of geography and director of the Environmental Consortium at Penn State, will discuss "Will Global Warming Let Us Feed 10 Billion People Without Trashing the Planet?" at 11 a.m. Jan. 26 in 101 Thomas Building on the University Park campus.
Easterling's lecture is the second in the 2002 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science. The theme is "Planet Earth: Our Role in Its Health."
Easterling will discuss whether we will be able to provide enough food for the lifetime of our next two generations, during which Earth's human population is likely to more than double while our climate also will be changing rapidly.
The lectures are free to the public.
For information, call (814) 863-8453, e-mail science@psu.edu or check the Web at http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/FrontiersIndex.html.