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Video: President Bendapudi discusses free speech and freedom of expression

Free speech and expression of ideas are essential to higher education’s academic and civic missions. Listen as University President Neeli Bendapudi discusses the unique role that public institutions like Penn State play in supporting and protecting the First Amendment — a law that guarantees the basic freedom to think and express ourselves as we wish. 

As a land-grant institution, Penn State embraces its role in promoting and supporting the First Amendment and values the legal protections it offers for free expression, inquiry and thought — all foundational to our mission of discovering and disseminating ideas through research, teaching and learning.

In this accompanying video, I discuss the unique role that public institutions like Penn State play in supporting and protecting the First Amendment — a law that guarantees the basic freedom to think and express ourselves as we wish. I invite you to watch and learn more about this important topic.

Neeli Bendapudi,
Penn State President

Last Updated September 9, 2024