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At the National Liberty Museum, people’s browsing history is on display through art
Stylized, distorted portraits.

Risograph prints made by Vasudevan for an exhibition at Vox Populi in Philadelphia.

(Image: Roopa Vasudevan)

At the National Liberty Museum, people’s browsing history is on display through art

Annenberg’s Roopa Vasudevan created a browser extension that transforms a person’s portrait based on the websites they visited.

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What is deepfake porn and why is it thriving in the age of AI?
Hands typing on a laptop in the dark.

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What is deepfake porn and why is it thriving in the age of AI?

Doctoral candidate in the Annenberg School for Communication Sophie Maddocks addresses the growing problem of image-based sexual abuse.

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Ukraine from revolution to war—in photos
A person walking through the rubble of a collapsed building in Ukraine.

The remains of a residential building in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, in June 2022.

(Image: Joseph Sywenkyj)

Ukraine from revolution to war—in photos

A new exhibit on display at the Annenberg School shows conflict and resilience in Ukraine, as documented by Ukrainian and American photojournalists.

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Climate change’s impact on extreme weather events
Conceptual image of a city hit by extreme heatwave

Michael Mann, Penn’s inaugural Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science and collaborators found that the effects of climate change on the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events like wildfires, could lead to massive increases in all three.

(Image: iStock/Marc Bruxelle)

Climate change’s impact on extreme weather events

Michael Mann and collaborators investigated the effects of climate change on the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events like wildfires, and found that “worst-case” scenario could lead to significant increases in all three.
When child care and domestic gig workers have problems, where do they turn?
A childcare worker outside in a park with a toddler and a baby while on a laptop.

Image: iStock/Tatiana Buzmakova

When child care and domestic gig workers have problems, where do they turn?

A new study from professor Julia Ticona and doctoral candidate Ryan Tsapatsaris uncovers the online spaces where domestic workers and their clients talk about using Care.com.

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The state of extended reality research
A group of people standing at a table wearing VR headsets.

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The state of extended reality research

Published by the Annenberg School’s Virtual Reality ColLABorative, a new report summarizes augmented, mixed, and virtual reality research in the social sciences.

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Michael X. Delli Carpini named interim dean of Annenberg School for Communication
Michael Delli Carpini.

Michael Delli Carpini.

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Michael X. Delli Carpini named interim dean of Annenberg School for Communication

The Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication and Democracy at the Annenberg School, and dean from 2003 to 2018, Delli Carpini is currently concluding a term as the inaugural faculty director of Penn’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program.