Events
Campus Conversation - Are You Being Watched? A Conversation About Networked Surveillance Cameras
Date and Time
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
RSVP
You can RSVP for this event until November 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Location
Kirkhof Center Room 2263
Description
Networked surveillance cameras like Flock Safety cameras are quietly reshaping how movement is tracked across the country. As these cameras spread across municipal roads and university campuses nationwide, the line between safety and surveillance is becoming increasingly complex. Where does our university fit into this shifting landscape? How do our local campus security choices reflect national questions of privacy, data control, and civil liberties? Who has access to the data collected? Under what standards may law enforcement search collected data?
Join students, staff, and faculty for a multi-perspective campus conversation on the ethical dynamics of automated tracking.
The Campus Conversation series offers a space for students, staff, and faculty to gather and collectively reflect on how current issues impact the campus community. Hosted by the Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse, the goal of this non-partisan conversation series is to increase awareness, understanding, and mutual support on campus. Conversation can strengthen community.
Co-sponsored by Political Science Department
Facilitated by Professor Mark Richards, Political Science and Dan Cope, Civil Discourse Faculty Fellow
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as administration, campus, civil, conversations, discourse, and int100201.