PITTSBURGH — Penn State University President Rodney Erickson will meet with alumni to discuss the child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in town hall-style meetings in Pittsburgh, near Philadelphia and in New York next week.

The first session is set for Wednesday night at the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in downtown Pittsburgh on Jan. 11. Erickson will do the same thing at hotels in King of Prussia on Jan. 12 and in Manhattan on Jan. 13.

The sessions are being sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association. Those wishing to attend must register online.

Erickson has replaced Graham Spanier, who was forced out by school trustees in the wake of the scandal, and is attempting to repair the schools image.