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Lauren Bridges Receives 2021-22 Graduate Student Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

The fellowship is designed to help graduate students develop as teachers.

Center on Digital Culture and Society Announces Two New Postdoctoral Fellows

Dasol Kim and Woori Han will join the Annenberg School this fall.

• Culture & Media

The Center for Media at Risk Welcomes Its 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellows

Chaz Barracks and Perry Johnson will join the Annenberg School in the fall.

• Culture & Media

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Welcomes Three New Postdoctoral Fellows

Woori Han, Ali Karimi, and Ayesha Omer will join the Annenberg School in the fall.

• Global Communication

2021 Undergraduate Communication Major Award Winners

Seven students were recognized for their outstanding achievements with awards from the Annenberg School.

Darin Johnson Wins Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Johnson was nominated by undergraduate students for this award.

Andrews and Haywood Named Presidential Ph.D. Fellows

Doctoral students Mary E. Andrews and Antoine Haywood are recipients of the new Penn Presidential Ph.D. Fellowship, which includes three years of funding.

• Culture & Media
• Health Communication
• Media Institutions

Hope and Help for Wrongfully Incarcerated Pennsylvanians

With Project HOPE, President’s Engagement Prize winners Carson Eckhard, Natalia Rommen, and Sarah Simon will address the lack of support to wrongfully incarcerated people in Philadelphia and across the state.

COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs Increased among Users of Conservative and Social Media

These increases in conspiracy beliefs were associated with less mask wearing and decreased intentions to get a vaccine.

• Health Communication
• Political Communication

Communication Majors Complete 2021 Senior Honors Theses

From cancel culture to hunger to political polarization, their subjects span the field of Communication.