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Trump administration pulls $300M in health funding from Virginia
Axios

Trump administration pulls $300M in health funding from Virginia

Postdoc Alyssa Sinclair of the Annenberg School for Communication says that Virginia universities will likely need to institute budget adjustments to make up cuts to federal health funding.

Yphtach Lelkes awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Yphtach Lelkes awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

The Annenberg School for Communication associate professor will study how political hostility is shaped in an overloaded information environment. His research focuses on Lelkes the structure, dynamics, and causes of political attitudes, with a particular emphasis on polarization and American politics.

From research to fiction: How David Lydon-Staley merges academia and creativity
David Lydon-Staley.

David Lydon-Staley is an assistant professor of communication and principal investigator in the Addiction, Health, & Adolescence (AHA!) Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication.

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From research to fiction: How David Lydon-Staley merges academia and creativity

The Annenberg School for Communication professor discusses his creative practice, the overlap between his creative and academic work, and how his teaching informs his writing outside of the classroom.

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Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research
A map of the US showing the impact of federal health research cuts

Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP).

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Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research

A new interactive map co-developed by researchers at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication shows that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Sarah J. Jackson awarded fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

Sarah J. Jackson awarded fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

Jackson, an associate professor at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication will begin a one-year fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s foremost centers for intellectual inquiry. Jackson studies the ways media, journalism, and technology represent and are used by marginalized publics. Her research focuses on how communication arising from Black, feminist, and activist spaces contributes to U.S. progress.

Social psychology is not in crisis
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Social psychology is not in crisis

In a co-written letter, PIK Professor Dolores Albarracin comments on a recent essay portraying social psychology as experiencing catastrophic failure.

Joseph Turow: A career immersed in research of audiences
Joseph Turow at a podium.

Joseph Turow is the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication.

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Joseph Turow: A career immersed in research of audiences

During the five decades of his academic career, Annenberg School for Communication professor Joseph Turow has tackled many topics related to advertiser-sponsored media industries.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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