Former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey will speak Thursday, March 26 on the path forward for the federal government as part of the University of Scranton’s community education series, the Schemel Forum.
Casey’s appearance is titled “The Federal Government Today: Institutional Pressures and the Way Forward.”
He will explore “the role of federal institutions, the norms and constraints that guide them, and the pressures they face in an era of polarization, rapid change and public skepticism,” as described in the Schemel Forum brochure.
Casey, a Scranton native, was a Democratic senator for 18 years before losing the 2024 race to Republican Dave McCormick.
In August, Casey became a Leahy Distinguished Fellow in Public Service at the university.
His lecture will be at 11:30 a.m. at the DeNaples Center on campus. Tickets to the luncheon are $30, with a $15 virtual option. It is included in the spring semester Forum tuition and is free for University of Scranton and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students, staff and faculty.
Other spring semester events will cover artificial intelligence, the American Revolution, George Gershwin and wine.
University staff are presenting two evening classes, which each run for several sessions. One considers food, climate change and justice and the other is on art appreciation.
A free event Thursday, April 30, will reveal discoveries made during the restoration of a painting. The university owns a painting by Niccolò Betti, now called the “Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist.” Conservators discovered unknown elements, including the figure of John the Baptist. It will be unveiled at a reception and lecture at 5:30 p.m. in the Weinberg Memorial Library.
For information, go to scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/index.shtml.