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The economic crisis has been discussed up and down, left and right, yet many of us still don’t understand how we actually got from bad mortgages to global economic meltdown. Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg, primary correspondents and witty chief “economic explainers” for National Public Radio’s Planet Money feature, will bring their gift for distilling this complex situation to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Tuesday, March 13.

This Speaker Series event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the McGarvey Commons of the college’s Reed Union Building. Admission is free and open to the public.

Planet Money, a multimedia buffet of podcasts, a blog, and regular features on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and This American Life broadcasts, is lauded for its ability to explain even the most intricate economic issue in a way that offers not only a complete understanding what happened and why, but also its effect on our wallets. In their Penn State Behrend appearance, “Planet Money LIVE: The Economy, Explained,” the charismatic duo will both examine the current economic crisis and offer a humorous, human look at where it’s leading.

Davidson has won most of broadcast journalism’s highest honors, including the Peabody, DuPont-Columbia, and Polk awards, for international reporting that helps Americans understand how a rapidly changing global economy impacts every aspect of our lives. Blumberg, an executive producer for Showtime’s television version of This American Life, is the winner of four Emmy awards, including one for best non-fiction series. He teaches radio journalism at Columbia University.

“Planet Money LIVE: The Economy, Explained” is supported by the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend, the Student Activity Fee, the Division of Student Affairs, and the Harriet Behrend Ninow Memorial Lecture Series Fund. Also appearing in the series this spring will be National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence Spencer Wells on Thursday, April 2. For additional information, contact the Office of Student Activities at 814-898-6171.

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2012 will be a very good year for amateur astronomers, so much so that Darren Williams, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will offer a preview of its unique viewing opportunities at his next Open House Night in Astronomy.

“2012: Year of the Planets” takes place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, in 101 Otto Behrend Science Building. The nontechnical presentation is free and open to the public and will be followed by astronomical viewing from the college’s Mehalso Observatory, weather permitting.

“The winter sky in 2012 is packed with bright planets,” Williams says. “Venus and Jupiter make a spectacular pair in the western sky after sunset and are followed by Mars and Saturn, which rise in the east a few hours later. Both Mars and Saturn appear unusually bright this spring because they happen to be nearest the Earth in their orbits.”

In addition to the spring planetary palette, Williams adds, Venus will pass directly in front of the sun in early June, marking a rare alignment that will not be repeated until 2117.

Open House Nights in Astronomy are an outreach program of the School of Science at Penn State Behrend intended for ages 8 and up. For additional information, contact the school at 814-898-6105.