The Center for Healthy Aging presents "Conversations Around Aging Science: Current Opportunities & Future Directions" - October 7, 2026

The McCourtney Institute for Democracy's 2026 Presentation of the Brown Democracy Medal "Trusting News -- The Transparency Imperative: Journalism, Trust, and the Future of an Informed Democracy" with Joy Mayer and Mollie Muchna held on October 8, 2026

"Mission in Motion: The Next Chapter of the LION Mobile Clinic" presented by Dr. Michael McShane

"Acquiescence, Normalcy and the Urgent Necessity of Noticing" by Christa J. Olson

"250 Years of Our Declaration of Independence: Why an Old Text Still Serves Us Now" by Danielle Allen

Presentation by Janet Napolitano, former Secretary of Homeland Security

"The Brain's Rinse Cycle- How Sleep and Exercise Flush out Waste" by Dr. Patrick Drew

"Are You in Control?: Individual and Social Determinants of Healthy Brain Aging", presented by Dr. Martin Sliwinski.

Lecture by Dennis Steigerwalt, President of The Housing Innovation Alliance

"The Dismantling of USAID and the Death of Independent Government Oversight" by Paul Martin, Former Inspector General for USAID. Introduction by Former U.S. Representative Charlie Dent.

"Detecting AI Generated Images Across the Lifespan" by Dr. Nelson Rogue

The 2025 Presentation of the Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal to The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement.

Jeff Sharlet presents "The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War"

"A Tale of Two Gasses: Classical and Quantum" by Marcos Rigol

"Building quantum information highways with topological edge states" by Jun Zhu

Presented by Dr. Nikki Crowley

"Accurate Quantum Computing" by Abhinav Kandala

"What Can Quantum Computing Do for Scientific Computing?"

"How Chemistry and Physics Come Together in Quantum Materials" by Lukas Muechler

"Public Interest Technologists and the Battle for Privacy in the Quantum Age" by Sascha Meinrath

Presented by Dr. Michael McShane

"A Builder's Guide to Carbon-Neutral Construction" by Gene Meyers

Arranged by the Centre County Historical Society and sponsored for C-NET by the Stuckeman School at Penn State.

"Invisible University for Ukraine: Democracy During Wartime"

Colleen Shogun, the 11th Archivist of the United States, in Conversation with Lisa Flores

"Spice Up Your Days and Spice Down Your Nights for Healthy Aging" by Soomi Lee, PhD

The Penn State Center for Healthy Aging Lecture recorded May 7, 2024 "Redefining Aging: From Stereotypes to Science" presented by Martin Sliwinski, PhD

McCourtney Institute for Democracy Welcomes Eric King Watts, Postracial Fantasies and Zombies Lecture

"Aging in a Hotter World" by W. Larry Kenney, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Kinesiology, and Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance.

Vitus "V" Spehar, Content Creator, Tiktoker, Political Advocate and Host of "Under the Desk News" presents "TikTok News and Politics: Democratizing Narratives or National Security Threat?"

"Staying Real: The War on Truth and How to Win It" by Jonathan Rauch

The 2023 Hankin Distinguished Lecture: "Residential Innovation Challenges and Opportunities" by Dr. Theresa A. Weston

The 2023 Brown Democracy Medal Ceremony: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian Lawyer, Civil Rights Activist, recorded October 26, 2023

"Populism and Religion: A Transactional Alliance" by Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and in the Center for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo

"The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century" by Peniel E. Joseph, sponsored by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy. Recorded March 23, 2023 on the campus of Penn State University

"Indigenous Wisdom and 21st Century Technology: Building Science from the Far North" by Jack Hebert, Founder of Cold Climate Housing Research Center and Senior Research Advisor at NREL

2022 Brown Democracy Medal Presentation: "States United: A Survival Guide for our Democracy" with Joanna Lydgate, Norman Eisen and Christine Todd Whitman. Hosted by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University

"Is Democracy Under Attack? by Ralph Cintron, sponsored by the Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy. Recorded on April 14, 2022 on the campus of Penn State University

"Russian Propaganda in War-Turn Ukraine", by Peter Pomerantsev, sponsored by the Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy. Recorded on April 1, 2022 on the campus of Penn State University

"This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality", sponsored by the Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy. Recorded on March 31, 2022 in the Foster Auditorium on the campus of Penn State University.

"Our Constitutional Crisis is Already Here" by Robert Kagan, recorded on March 1, 2022

Desmond Meade presents "America's Disenfranchised: Why Restoring their Vote Can Save the Soul of Our Democracy", recorded November 11, 2021.

"Can Congress Overcome Partisanship to Get Things Done?" by Charlie Dent, Former U.S. Congressman, PA 15th Congressional District. This lecture is sponsored by the Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy.

"The ABCs of LGBTQ+: Healthy Aging and Inclusion" by Britney Wardecker, Assistant Professor in the Penn State College of Nursing. Recorded at Foxdale Village on August 22, 2019

"What's On Your Mind? Promoting Short-Term Memory for Long-Term Healthy Aging" by Dr. Jonathan Hakun

"The Cost of Healthy Aging: Is It Worth the Effort" by Dr. Martin Sliwinski, recorded October 10, 2018