BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15083-65f8c9db9008e6e08b662059dff664f2@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260522T113410Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T193000 SUMMARY:“Research Scholarship and the Land Grant Mission: Why It Matters in Turb ulent Times” DESCRIPTION:\nThree Penn State deans are co-hosting a discussion on the vital role of land-grant universities and the impact of their research i n addressing today’s challenges. The event will highlight cutting-edge r esearch and the University’s commitment to public service. Co-sponsored by the College of the Liberal Arts\, University Libraries\, and the Coll ege of Earth and Mineral Sciences\, the event is free and open to the pu blic\, with both in-person and virtual attendance options available.\n\n Featured presenters include:\n\nRay Block Jr.\, Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and associate professo r of political science and of African American studies\, will present "W hen False and Misleading Information Becomes Infrastructure: Restoring T rust in an Out-of-Balance Information Ecosystem." By reframing the chall enges of misinformation\, disinformation and other false or misleading n arratives as a systemic infrastructure problem\, this presentation moves beyond individual responsibility or government regulation and focuses o n practical\, multi-level solutions to rebalance our information ecosyst em and rebuilding the foundations of truth itself.\nJennie Knies\, Unive rsity Libraries associate dean for Commonwealth Campus libraries\, and R ebecca Waltz\, University Libraries associate dean for learning and enga gement\, will co-present “Research is a Conversation: Libraries\, Inform ation Literacy and Constructive Dialogue." This presentation explores th e dynamic nature of information literacy\, emphasizing its importance in the context of media literacy\, artificial intelligence and technology\ , and will provide insights into the evolving roles of libraries and edu cators in promoting a nuanced understanding of information literacy\, pr eparing students to be informed and responsible citizens.\nErica Smithwi ck\, distinguished professor of geography\, director of the Earth and En vironmental Systems Institute and associate director of the Institute of the Energy and the Environment\, who will present “Reimagining the Land Grant mission to meet our climate moment.” Land-grant institutions have a unique and pivotal role to play in stewarding the trust of the commun ities we serve and accelerating climate solutions\, and using examples f rom the Penn State Climate Consortium\, media campaigns (e.g. ScienceMom s) and examples of ongoing climate work from across the University\, thi s session will invite conversation about how to more meaningfully advanc e climate solutions in the commonwealth.\n\nFor more details: https://ev ents.la.psu.edu/event/land-grant-032425/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Three Penn Stat e deans are co-hosting a discussion on the vital role of land-grant univ ersities and the impact of their research in addressing today’s challeng es. The event will highlight cutting-edge research and the University’s commitment to public service. Co-sponsored by the College of the Liberal Arts, University Libraries, and the College of Earth and Mineral Scienc es, the event is free and open to the public, with both in-person and virtual attendance options available.

Featured presente rs include:

Ray Block Jr., Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and associate p rofessor of political science and of African American studies, will pres ent "When False and Misleading Information Becomes Infrastructure: Resto ring Trust in an Out-of-Balance Information Ecosystem." By reframing the challenges of misinformation, disinformation and other false or mislead ing narratives as a systemic infrastructure problem, this presentation m oves beyond individual responsibility or government regulation and focus es on practical, multi-level solutions to rebalance our information ecos ystem and rebuilding the foundations of truth itself.
Je nnie Knies, University Libraries associate dean for Commonwealt h Campus libraries, and Rebecca Waltz, University Libraries associate de an for learning and engagement, will co-present “Research is a Conversat ion: Libraries, Information Literacy and Constructive Dialogue." This pr esentation explores the dynamic nature of information literacy, emphasiz ing its importance in the context of media literacy, artificial intellig ence and technology, and will provide insights into the evolving roles o f libraries and educators in promoting a nuanced understanding of inform ation literacy, preparing students to be informed and responsible citize ns.
Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute an d associate director of the Institute of the Energy and the Environment, who will present “Reimagining the Land Grant mission to meet our climat e moment.” Land-grant institutions have a unique and pivotal role to pla y in stewarding the trust of the communities we serve and accelerating c limate solutions, and using examples from the Penn State Climate Consort ium, media campaigns (e.g. ScienceMoms) and examples of ongoing climate work from across the University, this session will invite conversation a bout how to more meaningfully advance climate solutions in the commonwea lth.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/land-grant-03242 5/

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