Past Events
Past Events
Mar 20, 2019
07:00 PM
The Rock Ethics Institute 2019 Richard B. Lippin Lecture
Brian Stevenson, Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is this years feature speaker. Stevenson is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and author of the New York Times bestseller "Just Mercy".
Mar 20, 2019
01:00 PM
Mar 19, 2019
07:00 PM
Film Series "Intersections: Landscapes of Labor" Screening
The film has been called a "savvy, socially conscious crowd-pleaser" that offers an entertaining yet profound look into the construction of class, gender, family, and employment relations as they are lived out inside of the home. It has a score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, and received awards at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Lima Latin American Film Festival. Here is a short PSU news article about this new film series that was launched back in January, with the lineup of films: https://news.psu.edu/story/554623/2019/01/16/arts-and-entertainment/new-labor-rights-and-sustainability-film-series
Feb 20, 2019
10:00 AM
Nov 15, 2018
09:00 AM
13th Annual De Jong Lecture in Social Demography
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Berkman,Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Oct 25, 2018
01:00 PM
Pathways to Pardons
The program is free, open to the public, and designed to inform constituents of the pardons process with time allotted for Q&A and discussion.
Oct 23, 2018
04:00 PM
Murder Case Processing and the Death Penalty in PA: 2000-2010
The death penalty and murder sentencing are the most consequential punishment decisions in U.S. society. There has been long-standing concern about disparity in these decisions, most prominently, disparity based on the race/ethnicity and gender of defendants and victims, as well as concern about differences in case outcomes related to legal representation, and differences between court jurisdictions.
Oct 22, 2018
12:00 AM
Penn State's 26th Annual Symposium on Family Issues
Save the date for Penn State's 26th Annual Symposium on Family Issues: "Rural Families and Communities"
Oct 12, 2018
02:00 PM
Decision-Making and Desistance: The Relative Importance of Changing Expectations and Changing Preferences
The Criminology Forum is pleased to welcome Dr. Kyle Thomas from The University of Missouri for his talk on October 12th in Oswald Tower room 406!
Sep 27, 2018
11:00 AM
Internship Info Session
The Department of Sociology and Criminology internship information fair is going to be in the Sparks Building Lobby. Come find out about all of our great internship opportunities!