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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.

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

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.

From Research to Fiction: How David Lydon-Staley Merges Academia and Creativity

Assistant Professor David Lydon-Staley discusses his passion for writing, both inside the research lab and outside of it.

Amy Gutmann Receives Yale Legend in Leadership Award

Gutmann accepted the award, presented by five current and former university presidents, at a ceremony on Jan. 28.

24th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice

This year’s event featured sociologist Orlando Patterson of Harvard University, known for his work on the history of race and slavery, in conversation with Michael Hanchard of Penn's Africana Studies department.

More Than a Year in as Annenberg Dean, Sarah Banet-Weiser Focuses on Care and Collaboration

Drawing on her background as a scholar of gender in media and founder of the Center for Collaborative Communication, she is supporting community members as they drive communication research around democracy, climate, health, and more.

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Welcomes Three Visiting Scholars for Spring 2025

Gholam Khiabany, Anis Rahman, and Anastasia Kavada will join the center this spring.

• Global Communication

In the Annual Annenberg Lecture, Former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Explores the Complexities of Communicating Public Health Information

Walensky, director of the CDC from January 2021 to June 2023, discussed communicating health information during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

• Health Communication

Victor Pickard Named to University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Professor Pickard received his M.A. from the university in 2003 and was selected for his professional achievements and service.