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2025 George Gerbner Lecture in Communication Delivered by Khadijah Costley White

Her lecture explored how publicly engaged scholarship and multimodal research are discussed and framed.

Most Americans Support Checks on Presidential Power

A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that a strong majority of Americans support the role of the courts and Congress in serving as checks on presidential power.

• Political Communication

Penn Leaders-Turned-Diplomats Reflect on American Statecraft and Foreign Policy

In a conversation at a Perry World House event on ‘Common Sense Diplomacy,’ President Emerita Amy Gutmann and former trustee chair David L. Cohen shared insights and experiences.

• Political Communication

Do Harm Reduction Interventions for Substance Use Lower or Raise Trust in Government?

A new study by researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Social Action Lab explored the relationship between harm reduction policies and citizens’ beliefs about the government in rural U.S. Appalachian and Midwestern counties.

• Health Communication

Yphtach Lelkes Awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Lelkes will study how political hostility is shaped in an overloaded information environment.

• Political Communication

University of Texas at Austin Professor Simone Browne To Give 2025 Transit Talk

Transit Talks is a partnership between the Annenberg School, Villanova University’s Waterhouse Institute, and Temple University’s Lew Klein College of Media and Communications.

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change

Vice Dean Emily Falk's first book provides a window into the impacts of the brain’s value, self-relevance, and social relevance systems.

Q&A: Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation

In a new book, Professor Barbie Zelizer, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Professor Nelson Ribeiro, and other communication scholars explore media and propaganda.

• Political Communication

Sarah J. Jackson Awarded Fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

The prestigious fellowship allows for focused and collaborative study at a renowned research institution.

Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.

• Science Communication