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How to protect the integrity of survey research
A person’s hand holding a pen filling out a paper survey.

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How to protect the integrity of survey research

Surveys provide a scientific way of acquiring information that inform policy and help society understand itself. In a new article, 20 experts from diverse fields offer a dozen recommendations to improve the accuracy and trustworthiness of surveys.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn
Michael Mann on Penn's campus

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    • Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn

    Known for his “hockey stick” graph that hammered home the dramatic rise of the warming climate, the climate scientist is now making his mark on Penn’s campus, both through his science and his work on communicating the urgent need for action on the climate crisis.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
    Gemma Hong and Sophie Young standing together holding copies of their book.

    Penn undergraduates Gemma Hong (left) and Sophie Young (right) hold copies of the graphic novel they wrote and created with alum Julie Merberg and illustrator Amelia Pinney.

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    With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on

    The new book, for 9- to 14-year-olds and written by two Penn undergrads and an alum, details what physically happens in the body as girls experience puberty, plus the internal emotions and external social forces that accompany it.

    Michele W. Berger

    Tracing public opinion on global issues
    Tom Etienne with students sitting outside.

    Doctoral student Tom Etienne with students from his cohort.

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    Tracing public opinion on global issues

    Tom Etienne, a joint doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Political Science, uses his skills in data collection to analyze political opinions.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    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.

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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