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New York Times journalist Brent Staples and Penn’s Tukufu Zuberi in conversation
Tukufu Zuberi (left) and Brent Staples

Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations in Penn’s departments of Sociology and Africana Studies, and New York Times journalist Brent Staples.

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New York Times journalist Brent Staples and Penn’s Tukufu Zuberi in conversation

At the inaugural W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science, the two discussed Du Bois’ legacy and influence, Staples’ personal and professional journey, and the importance of speaking truth to power.

Michele W. Berger

What statistics are most likely to promote positive actions during a pandemic?
A medical professional wearing scrubs, latex gloves and a stethoscope looks at pages of graphs and data.

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What statistics are most likely to promote positive actions during a pandemic?

A new study from PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and research associate Haesung Annie Jung finds that some COVID statistics are more effective than others at encouraging people to change their behavior.

From Annenberg School for Communication

New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship
An illustration whose background is the Constitution. The words "We the people" are visible in the background, and the words "13th Amendment," "14th Amendment," and "15th Amendment" are visible in the foreground.

A still from the new documentary “Juneteenth” from Annenberg Classroom.

(Image: Annenberg Public Policy Center)

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    • New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship

    An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28. Registration with a Penn email is required.

    Michele W. Berger

    Bringing Ukraine to Penn
    Dariya Orlova, Olena Lysenko, Serhii Shadrin, Hannah Kaluher, and Maksym Potlov

    (Left to right) Olena Lysenko, a documentary filmmaker, and Dariya Orlova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Serhii Shadrin and Hannah Kaluher, graduate students participating in a one-year program for displaced scholars in the Russian and East European Studies Department; and Maksym Potlov, a fourth-year from Odesa, a Penn World Scholar.

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    Bringing Ukraine to Penn

    On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.

    Kristen de Groot

    Americans don’t understand what companies can do with their personal data
    Crowd of pedestrians with data points overlapping over the graphic.

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    Americans don’t understand what companies can do with their personal data

    A new survey of 2,000 Americans finds that people don’t understand what marketers are learning about them online and don’t want their data collected, but feel powerless to stop it.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    Beyond America’s racial fault line
    Ben Jealous listens to Camille Charles talk at a Kelly Writers House event

    Ben Jealous listens to Camille Z. Charles at Kelly Writers House.

    (Image: Krista Patton)

    Beyond America’s racial fault line

    Professor of practice Ben Jealous discussed race, politics, America’s long history of interracial collaboration, and his new book with Camille Z. Charles during a co-sponsored event at Kelly Writers House.

    Kristina García

    Is social media good or bad for social unity?
    icons of individuals connected by social media.

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    Is social media good or bad for social unity?

    Annenberg professors Sandra González-Bailón and Yphtach Lelkes reviewed all of the previous literature to determine what scholars have discovered to date.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    ‘Fight for it:’ Nikole Hannah-Jones on abolition, reparation, and building a more just future
    Sarah J. Jackson and Nikole Hannah-Jones at the 2023 MLK Lecture in social justice

    “You can’t get a colorblind society until you’ve addressed all of the effects of a race-specific society,” said Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Sarah J. Jackson. “What the 1619 Project is trying to do is to really complexify and subvert these myths about America.” (Image: Eddy Marenco)

    ‘Fight for it:’ Nikole Hannah-Jones on abolition, reparation, and building a more just future

    Nikole Hannah-Jones, award-winning journalist and author of the 1619 Project, delivered the 22nd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice on Jan. 25 in conversation with Sarah Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication.

    Kristina García

    John L. Jackson Jr. named Penn’s next provost
    John L. Jackson Jr.

    John L. Jackson Jr.

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    John L. Jackson Jr. named Penn’s next provost

    The Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Richard Perry University Professor will begin his appointment on June 1, 2023.

    Matthew Levendusky and Kathleen Hall Jamieson on democracy amid crises
    The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected in a puddle in Washington, just before sunrise, on Jan. 6, 2022, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    The U.S. Capitol reflected in a puddle in Washington, D.C. just before sunrise on Jan. 6, 2022, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Image: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

  • Q&A

    • Matthew Levendusky and Kathleen Hall Jamieson on democracy amid crises

    A new book by a team of scholars—including Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson—analyzes the crises surrounding the 2020 election and its aftermath.

    Kristen de Groot