As part of the Rock Ethics Institute Expanding Empathy lecture series, New York University associate professor of psychology Jay Van Bavel delved into the role social identity plays amid the coronavirus pandemic and the issue of polarization in the U.S. during a virtual event on Wednesday.
Van Bavel said he believes it didn t have to be this way about how the U.S. handled the pandemic and the partisan rhetoric of the pandemic.
He said the way national leaders acted and how seriously they handled the coronavirus is what made the pandemic a partisan issue in some countries but not others.
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Penn State’s Student Programming Association (SPA) will host Josh Peck for a free virtual lecture at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 22. SPA said it’s collaborating with Hillel UP and Penn State Abington for the event.
Penn State students can use this
link to register and receive a free ticket. SPA is working with WPSU Radio to stream the lecture.
Peck is best known for his role as Josh Nichols on Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh,” which earned him a Kid’s Choice Award nomination in 2008. He also starred in the movie “Merry Christmas Drake & Josh.” Later in 2008, Peck won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival for his coming-of-age role in “The Wackness.”
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