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Congratulations to Annenberg’s 2025 Ph.D. and M.A. Graduates

Twelve students earned their doctoral degrees, and eight students received M.A. degrees.

Get to Know Our ​​Communication Majors: Lex Gilbert (C’25)

As Lex Gilbert graduates with degrees in Communication and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, they not only leave behind a...

• Culture & Media

Kate Okker-Edging Wins 2025 James D. Woods Award

The award recognizes Annenberg graduate students for outstanding teaching.

Annenberg Presentations and Events at ICA 2025

The International Communication Association's 75th annual conference, "Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research," will be held June 12-16 in Denver, Colorado.

Melding Loves of Ice Skating and Children’s Media

Fourth-year communication student Nick Bausenwein took two gap years to skate professionally with a touring show, competed with the Penn Figure Skating Club, and wrote a thesis on children’s perceptions of film character meet-and-greets.

Get To Know Our ​​Communication Majors: Naima Small (C’25)

Before even arriving at Penn, Naima Small (C’25) knew she wanted to major in Communication. “I applied to Penn because...

Fifteen Communication Majors Present Senior Honors Theses

The subjects chosen by these 2025 honors graduates range from how presidential campaigns select music to reinforce their election strategy to how companies market oral nicotine pouches to target young adults.

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.