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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...

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Art and Academia — Making Meaning Beyond Words

Upcoming graduate Azsaneé Truss’s scholarship reaches people through image, sound, and story.

• Culture & Media

Kate Okker-Edging Wins 2025 James D. Woods Award

The award recognizes Annenberg graduate students for outstanding teaching.

What Behavioral Strategies Motivate Environmental Action?

A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an ‘intervention tournament.’

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• Science Communication

Collaborating With Southern Black Grandmothers to Reimagine Scholarship

For an Annenberg School for Communication dissertation, Staci L. Jones and four grandmother co-authors introduce the Kitchen Scholar Framework. Their work embraces knowledge that goes beyond academia.

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Generative AI Can Help Doctors Diagnose Patients — But Is it Biased?

A new study by Professor Damon Centola tested if AI tools could help improve medical care without increasing bias.

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• Technology & Society

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.

How To Get People To Share Trustworthy Information Online

As people increasingly use social media to receive news and information, the surge of false, inaccurate, and misleading information online...

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• Technology & Society

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...