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Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion
Matthew Levendusky.

Matthew Levendusky is a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

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Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion

Matthew Levendusky has been named a joint professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

From Annenberg School for Communication

2 min. read

Scholars focus on credit, accountability, and transparency in scientific authorship guidelines

Scholars focus on credit, accountability, and transparency in scientific authorship guidelines

A new article co-authored by Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson argues that what constitutes a contribution worthy of authorship should be determined by who has accountability for the research; the foundation for “responsible authorship,” they write, are transparency, credit, and accountability.

How markets can help society adapt to climate change
People working on a laptop and a screen looking at climate initiatives.

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How markets can help society adapt to climate change

Environmental and labor economist R. Jisung Park co-authored a new paper reporting that carefully designed markets and supportive public policy can help individuals and communities more effectively approach climate adaptation.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

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Penn GSE announces expansion of ‘Pioneering AI in School Systems’ Program to school districts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey

Penn GSE announces expansion of ‘Pioneering AI in School Systems’ Program to school districts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey

Several regional schools have been selected for the next phase of the “Pioneering AI in School Systems” program, the professional learning initiative that guides K–12 systems through integrating AI into teaching, learning, and leadership. 

How can people boost resilience? Karen Reivich shares some key insights
Karen Reivich smiling and hand gesturing while teaching a resilience workshop.

Karen Reivich, director of training programs at Penn’s Positive Psychology Center, facilitating a resilience workshop.

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How can people boost resilience? Karen Reivich shares some key insights

In a four-part series offered by Penn HR this spring, Karen Reivich of Penn’s Positive Psychology Center will guide staff, faculty, and postdocs toward building resilience.

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Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
Marcia Chatelain

Marcia Chatelain’s next book, coming out this fall, is a narrative history of the women who played roles in the 1963 March on Washington.

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Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marcia Chatelain, a Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Africana Studies, takes a unique approach to history, from the impact of fast food to the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Anthropomorphizing AI

Anthropomorphizing AI

Artificial intelligence doesn’t make decisions like a human, but according to research from Arts & Sciences economics professor Kevin He, people seem to think it does.

From Omnia

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Designing opportunities, not solutions, in Northeast Arizona
Max Taylor, a Hopi ethnobotanist, leads students on a site visit at the Hopi First Mesa Consolidated Villages.

Max Taylor, a Hopi ethnobotanist, leads students on a site visit at the Hopi First Mesa Consolidated Villages in the fall of 2025.

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Designing opportunities, not solutions, in Northeast Arizona

In a collaboration with the Hopi of Arizona, Weitzman School of Design students learn to listen to the land and channel the community’s aspirations.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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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

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