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Sharrona Pearl
Research

Pearl Publishes New Book Face/On

Pearl uses a study of face transplants to explore why faces are so important to us.

Tyler Burke
Undergraduate News

Communication Major Tyler Burke Creates Documentary on Jewish Matchmaking

Burke's film explores both matchmakers and their modern online replacements in the world of Jewish dating.

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Graduate Student News

Doctoral Student John Vilanova Explores Racism in the Music Industry

Vilanova aims to unpack how anti-black racism impacts the ways we buy, sell, write, and hear music.

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NPR Television Critic Eric Deggans Lectures on Race and the Media at Annenberg

Deggans discussed social media’s impact on news dissemination and the types of racism evident in media reporting.

Stack of #QIS2 programs. The cover has a graphic background of slanted yellow, red, pink and teal parallelograms placed in disarray. Two light blue horizontal strips run across the top and bottom of the program. The top says "The Queer Internet Studies Workshop" and bottom "February 17, 2017, The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia". The middle is a large 'Q' in the same blue as strips.
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#QIS2: The Second Queer Internet Studies Symposium Held at Penn

Co-organized by Jessa Lingel, #QIS2 was a space to envision what Queer Internet Studies might look like.

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Four Philosophy Journals Laud Romano's America the Philosophical

Romano's book is described as "a courageous work that fully belongs to the pragmatist tradition."

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Research

Study Finds Troubling Consequences for Anti-Muslim and Anti-Mexican Attitudes and Actions

Those holding anti-immigrant sentiment were more likely to support increased surveillance, restricting immigration, and deportation.

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Alumni

Scholars Program Welcomes Lisa Henderson (Ph.D. ’90) and Isabel Molina-Guzmán (Ph.D. ’00)

Alums Henderson and Molina-Guzmán have returned to Annenberg this semester as visiting scholars.

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Research

Gun Violence in PG-13 Movies Continues to Climb Past R-Rated Films

Portrayals of gun violence in PG-13 movies more than doubled from 1985-2015.

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Faculty News

Klaus Krippendorff Featured Guest on The Drexel InterView

Krippendorff discussed the transformative power of design, as well as the intersection of design, culture, technology, and art aesthetics in a global market.