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Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships
Portraits of Watts and Jackson

2020 Carnegie Fellows Sarah Jackson and Duncan Watts.

Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships

The program supports high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.

Ashton Yount, Julie Sloane , Michele W. Berger

Documentary filmmaking in the Himalayas
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Documentary filmmaking in the Himalayas

Supported by National Geographic and other grants, seniors Alina Peng and Charles Zhang traveled to Bhutan to discover how villagers are coping with the effects of water scarcity and climate change.
What craigslist can teach us about Web 2.0
A person standing in a library stack, with shelves of books on either side. Jessa Lingel, an assistant professor at the Annenberg School for Communication.

What craigslist can teach us about Web 2.0

In a new book, Annenberg’s Jessa Lingel views modern online life through the lens of a site that hasn’t changed much in look or feel since it began 25 years ago.

Michele W. Berger, Julie Sloane

International film and the Oscars
Oscars Statue with Film Reel
  • Q&A

    • International film and the Oscars

    Cinema & Media Studies Senior Lecturer Meta Mazaj describes Hollywood's traditional attitude toward international films and the chances of Korean film “Parasite” winning Best Picture at the Oscars.
    ‘May the force be with you’ and other fan fiction favorites
    An array of plastic Star Wars figurines

    ‘May the force be with you’ and other fan fiction favorites

    Researchers have created a unique digital humanities tool to analyze the most popular phrases and character connections in fan fiction based on blockbuster film series, starting with “Star Wars,” “Lord of the Rings,” and “Harry Potter.”
    ‘13 Reasons Why’ and media effects on suicide
    Forlorn teen sits on a couch pointing a television remote control.

    ‘13 Reasons Why’ and media effects on suicide

    in a recent study, researchers estimated that an additional 195 suicide deaths among 10- to 17-year-olds occurred in the nine months after the 2017 release of the first season of the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.”

    Penn Today Staff

    Immersive stories to spur action on climate
    Person wearing a virtual reality headset looks to the side, standing next to a statue facing the same direction

    In one of four virtual reality pop-up stations around campus this week, sophomore Katie Collier of Orlando takes in a vignette from “The Altering Shores,” which will premier at the PPEH Environmental Storytelling and Virtual Reality festival on Saturday. (Image: Roderick Coover)

    Immersive stories to spur action on climate

    Organized by the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH), a two-day festival, “Environmental Storytelling and Virtual Reality” begins Friday, and will explore how virtual reality and other immersive storytelling might inspire action on climate change.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    White nationalism documentary explores the power of symbolism
    Australian person shouts while gripping flag shirt A scene from the 2017 documentary film "We Don't Need a Map." (Image: Penn Museum)

    White nationalism documentary explores the power of symbolism

    At a film screening at Penn Museum, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies Julia Alekseyeva will discuss the unique form of the 2017 documentary "We Don't Need a Map" and explore its connection to the theme of kinship.
    Streaming endures growing pains
    wall of screen icons streaming different content and a hand with a remote

    Streaming endures growing pains

    With several new contenders entering the streaming wars in the months ahead, faculty from Wharton and Cinema and Media Studies weigh in on the state of streaming and obstacles ahead.
    Seeing life through their eyes
    African American person sitting in a wooden chair, feet up on a wooden table that holds a ball jar filled with sweet tea.

    E. Patrick Johnson (above) stars in “Making Sweet Tea,” a 90-minute film about life as an African American gay man in the southern United States. The film, which was co-produced and co-directed by Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and Penn doctoral student Nora Gross, is based on a book Johnson wrote, which then became a play.

    Seeing life through their eyes

    Through the voices and stories of seven men, a feature-length documentary co-produced and directed by Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and graduate student Nora Gross illustrates what it means to be black and gay in the south.

    Michele W. Berger