WATCH: President Bendapudi addresses controversial speakers visiting Penn State

Penn State fully supports the fundamental right of free speech – even speech that tests the limits of tolerance. Free speech and expression of ideas are essential to higher education’s academic and civic missions. Watch as University President Neeli Bendapudi discusses the unique role that public institutions like Penn State play in supporting and protecting the First Amendment – a law that guarantees the basic freedom to think and express ourselves as we wish.