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Communication Majors Complete 2021 Senior Honors Theses

From cancel culture to hunger to political polarization, their subjects span the field of Communication.

Comm Major Sophia Liu Receives Mitchell Center Fellowship

The fellowship supports research focused on democracy.

• Political Communication

Diana Mutz Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Mutz is one of four Penn faculty elected this year.

Samantha Moore-Berg Named Inaugural Bruneau Fellow

The fellowship was established to honor the memory of Emile Bruneau, peace and conflict neuroscientist.

• Culture & Media
• Political Communication

Comm Major Jean Chapiro Named Penn SAS Dean’s Scholar

She has conducted independent research and created original films.

• Culture & Media

Toward a Better Understanding of "Fake News"

Professor Duncan Watts published a framework for developing a comprehensive research agenda to study the origins, nature, and consequences of misinformation on democracy.

• Media Institutions
• Technology & Society

Fashina Aladé (C’11) to Speak at Annenberg’s 2021 Undergraduate Graduation

A scholar of children and media, Aladé is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.

• Culture & Media

Media Studies Scholar Sarah Banet-Weiser Researches Gender, Pop Culture, and Feminism

Banet-Weiser will join the Annenberg School faculty on July 1.

• Culture & Media

Penn and USC Launch Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication

The Center is a first-of-its-kind joint venture between the two Annenberg Schools.

• Culture & Media

Narratives of COVID-19 in China and the World

The two-day symposium covered a broad range of topics, from racism against Chinese students studying in the United States to digital workplace surveillance of Chinese workers.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication
• Technology & Society