Penn State University Libraries to host NPR's Hansi Lo Wang on October 19

Award-winning NPR journalist Hansi Lo Wang will discuss the census with the Penn State community at through a virtual event that starts at 4 pm Monday, October 19

The discussion, titled "The People, Power, and Money Behind the Census," is organized by University Libraries and the McCourtney Institute for Democracy.

To register for the event, which is free and open to the public, click here.

Wang is NPR's national correspondent for the 2020 United States Census, which marks the population count once per decade for the nation. Received the award for excellence in statistical reporting from the American Statistical Association in 2019.

Wang has covered the event extensively throughout his career, including the recent controversy over the Trump administration's attempts to add a citizenship question to the census.

"I see this conversation with Hansi as a deeper dive into what is happening with the census this year and where we are going from here when the data collection ends," Jenna Spinelle, member of the McCourtney Institute's Democracy Works podcast, said in a statement. "The McCourtney Institute is very grateful to the Libraries for creating an opportunity to raise awareness of this important and often overlooked issue."

For more information on the event, contact Andrew Dudash event coordinator and librarian for political science, policy studies and government information.