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Four Communication Majors Present Senior Honors Theses

The subjects chosen by these 2026 honors graduates range from parasocial relationships with media figures to the rhetoric of presidential speeches.

Get To Know Our ​​Communication Majors: Emmy Keogh (C’26)

Whenever the question of post-graduation plans came up, Communication major Emmy Keogh (C’26) and her mom had a running joke...

• Culture & Media

Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on Museum Education

Butler, a fourth-year Anthropology and Communication double-major from Philadelphia, is starting a master’s program at the Graduate School of Education in the fall, with the goal of becoming a museum educator.

• Culture & Media

Laura Petro (C’16) to Speak at 2026 Communication Major Graduation

Petro, who is the Vice President of Brand and Fan Experience at Gotham FC, will speak to our graduates as an alumni speaker on May 17.

Shawnika Hull (Ph.D. '10) Delivers 2024 Communication Major Graduation Speech

Rutgers Associate Professor Shawnika Hull spoke about finding your purpose and following it into the future.

A Comm Major’s Journey from Pop Culture to Free Speech to Networked Technology and Beyond 

Anika Gururaj (C’24) followed her intellectual curiosity throughout her time at Penn, and will soon be off to Harvard Law School.

• Technology & Society

A New Class Has Students Use AI To Do Their Homework

Lecturer Matt O’Donnell’s course “Talking with AI: Computational and Communication Approaches” encourages undergraduates to play with AI.

• Technology & Society

Thirteen Communication Majors Present Senior Honors Theses

Their subjects span topics covering legislative speechcraft to the effects of killer shark movies on environmental attitudes.

Communication Major Crystal Marshall (C’24) Wins Thouron Award

The award will allow Marshall to study Film Programming and Curating at the University of London, Birbeck.

• Culture & Media

Shawnika Hull (Ph.D. '10) to Speak at Annenberg’s 2024 Communication Major Graduation Celebration

An expert in health communication and advocate for communities impacted by HIV, Hull will deliver the alumni address to our graduates.