Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Native American Heritage Month, celebrated during the month of November. Here’s a look at some of the events taking place at the University’s campuses.
During the ninth week of the fall semester, Penn State students can attend downtown State College or on-campus events to break up homework and celebrate Homecoming week.
The third annual Centre Film Festival returns Nov. 1-7 with a mix of in-person, hybrid and virtual offerings. The festival includes comedy, drama, experimental and children's films, with a focus on the work of Pennsylvania filmmakers including several Penn State alumni.
The Sustainability Institute at Penn State is hosting their Intersections Film Series, screening "Woman At War" under their main film series, "Driving it Home," and includes a post-film panel discussion.
“Woman At War” is directed by Benedikt Erlingsson (2019, Iceland, 101 min.) + post-film panel discussion
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) October 2018 report warns that we are approaching an irreversible 1.5 – 2°C increase in global temperature (or worse), with far-reaching implications for climate refugees, risks to food security, greater sea levels, and more. And this report and others like it may be conservative. Curbing carbon emissions is critical to prevent irreversible damage to human society. Failure to act will be catastrophic. But act how? And to what extent?
Benedikt Erlingsson’s comedic thriller Woman at War addresses these very existential questions. Halla, a fifty-year-old Icelandic woman, leads a secret double