Tag: Colloquium

HASS Colloquium – Jim Crow in Blue: Policing While Black in Postwar New York City

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One of the key outcomes of the civil rights movement was the diversification of America’s urban police forces. Faced with new federal policies and emerging demands from African American and Latino political leaders, police departments from Philadelphia to Milwaukee to Houston wrestled with how diverse police forces would impact neighborhoods of color. Justin DeSenso will discuss the implications of being black-and-blue, and what policing while black teaches us about American policing writ large. His talk will pay particular attention to specific officers tasked with policing Harlem and Brooklyn between 1950-1970.

This LionSide Chat will be presented by:
Justin DeSenso
Associate Teaching Professor

Vaccine Diplomacy

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What will a country do to get lifesaving vaccines?  COVID-19 vaccine is in high demand all over the world.  Because of this, countries making vaccines–such as Russia, China, and the U.S.—have been able to gain diplomatic power.  If a country wants vaccines, it often must do what the producing states want. Can the ‘vaccine-poor’ countries find a way out of this dilemma?

This LionSide Chat will be presented by:
Randall Newnham
Professor of Political Science

Division of HASS Colloquium: Get Back, Pathways to the Beatles

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Around the world musicians and music lovers enjoy songs by the Beatles, but how did four young men from Liverpool, England become the most popular musical group in the world? Learn how the group’s extraordinary impact was based on the many innovative and beloved songs they wrote and performed. Even though the Beatles did not read or write musical notation, they strove for ongoing growth as composers and musical artists, and their complementary talents allowed them to realize their musical visions.

This LionSide Chat will be presented by:
Dr. Thomas Jay Lynn
Associate Professor of English
Penn State Berks

Division of Science Colloquium: The Electron Ion Collider and the future of nuclear physics

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The future Electron Ion Collider (EIC) to be built in Brookhaven National Laboratory will play a crucial role in our understanding of the structure of the building blocks of the visible universe, the proton and the neutron. I will speak about the scientific program of the EIC and, in particular, about the state of the art of the studies of the three-dimensional structure of the nucleon. I will highlight the involvement of Penn State Berks in the project.

This LionSide Chat will be presented by:
Dr. Alexei Prokudin
Associate Professor of Physics