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For Yezidi, historic images and cultural restoration
Khalaf and Hamdya pose with their son Hegar in Sinjar’s old district.

To mark their wedding anniversary, two Yezidi—Khalaf and Hamdya—pose with their son Hegar in Sinjar’s old district.

(Image: Nathaniel Brunt)

For Yezidi, historic images and cultural restoration

Marc Marín Webb, a Ph.D. candidate in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, has researched the images in the Penn Museum archives and brought them back to Yezidi communities.

Kristina Linnea García

1 min. read

Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US
Two people unpacking boxes of Narcan in a rural community.

In 2024, members of the Social Action Lab toured rural areas in Appalachia to hear from nonprofit groups and others who help people with opioid use disorder move toward recovery.

(Image: Courtesy of the Social Action Lab)

Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US

Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.

From Annenberg School for Communication

100 years of television
An old television set in front of curtained windows.

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100 years of television

Annenberg faculty reflect on the history of television and the social, political, and technological changes its viewers experienced through the medium.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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How children consider objects provides a peek into their behavior

How children consider objects provides a peek into their behavior

Young children gravitate toward objects with anthropomorphic features, an inclination that is not as strong in children with early signs of antisocial behavior, according to research from the lab of associate professor of psychology Rebecca Waller.

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Study finds declining perceptions of safety of COVID-19, flu, and MMR vaccines

Study finds declining perceptions of safety of COVID-19, flu, and MMR vaccines

An Annenberg Public Policy Center panel survey finds that a sizable majority of Americans think the three vaccines that combat measles, mumps, and rubella are safe to take, although perceptions of the safety of all three vaccines showed a statistically significant drop over the past three years.

Framework for assessing trustworthiness of scientific research

Framework for assessing trustworthiness of scientific research

The systems-level framework for evaluating the trustworthiness of research findings is published by a group of researchers, including Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

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What makes an AI livestreamer seem real?

What makes an AI livestreamer seem real?

New research from Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication examines 15 months of livestreams from AI livestreamer Neuro-sama and proposes a new framework of what makes AI feel authentic.

Why students leave community college
Estefanie Aguilar Padilla conducting fieldwork at a community college.

Penn GSE doctoral student Estefanie Aguilar Padilla conducting fieldwork at a community college. 

(Image: Courtesy of Penn GSE)

Why students leave community college

At Penn’s Graduate School for Education, doctoral student Estefanie Aguilar Padilla’s work with associate professor Rachel Baker reveals why students walk away—and how colleges can help them stay.

From Penn GSE

2 min. read

How to incentivize problem solving in groups
Artist rendering of several people conected with string stretch their connections to the limit, testing the strength of unity.

Image: Flavio Coelho via Getty Images

How to incentivize problem solving in groups

Why do some groups get smarter together while others collapse into groupthink? New research from theoretical biologist Joshua Plotkin and collaborators show that collective intelligence doesn’t emerge by rewarding the most accurate individuals but by rewarding those who improve the group’s prediction as a whole.

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New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions
A row of newspaper boxes, mostly empty.

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New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions

A report co-authored by Annenberg School for Communication professor Victor Pickard traces the erosion of the free press in the United States over the past two decades.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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