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Many Americans unaware high blood pressure usually has no noticeable symptoms

Many Americans unaware high blood pressure usually has no noticeable symptoms

In a recent Annenberg Public Policy Center health survey, over one-third of respondents report having been diagnosed with high blood pressure, but the survey also shows that few U.S. adults—including those who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure—can correctly identify what blood pressure reading doctors consider “high.”

Xinyi Wang: Sparking curiosity for better learning and better lives
Xinyi Wang.

Xinyi Wang is a member of Annenberg’s Addiction, Health, & Adolescence Lab and the Communication Neuroscience Lab.

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Xinyi Wang: Sparking curiosity for better learning and better lives

Annenberg School for Communication doctoral graduate Xinyi Wang studies how people actively seek out and engage with new information.

Hailey Reissman

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Professor of practice Leslie Richards on innovative transit and city planning
Leslie Richards.

Leslie Richards, professor of practice in the Weitzman School.

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Professor of practice Leslie Richards on innovative transit and city planning

Once described as a “battleship turner” by Philadelphia Magazine, Weitzman professor of practice Leslie Richards served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and subsequently led the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), where she oversaw a $2 billion budget and a network that connects over five million residents in Greater Philadelphia. Having earned a master of regional planning degree from Penn in 1993, she was the first planner and

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Penn, Neubauer Family Foundation, and Philadelphia Police Department partner to support police leadership education
Jeffrey Kallberg; Keven Bethel; Joseph Neubauer; Cherelle Parker; Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer; John MacDonald; and Beth A. Winkelstein.

(From left) Interim Dean of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Music History Jeffrey Kallberg; Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel; Joseph Neubauer; Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker; Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer; professor of criminology John MacDonald; and Deputy Provost Beth A. Winkelstein.

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Penn, Neubauer Family Foundation, and Philadelphia Police Department partner to support police leadership education

The first-of-its-kind graduate degree in the U.S. for police leaders launches this fall at the School of Arts & Sciences.

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Americans say benefits of MMR vaccine for children outweigh risks by nearly 5-1

Americans say benefits of MMR vaccine for children outweigh risks by nearly 5-1

While many Americans know how measles can spread, most cannot accurately estimate the prevalence of complications associated with measles such as hospitalization or the risks it presents during pregnancy, according to the latest Annenberg Science and Public Health survey, which was conducted by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center.

How the Annenberg School connected all the dots for Naima Small
Naima Small in a tulip garden.

Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication

How the Annenberg School connected all the dots for Naima Small

The Class of 2025 communications major was drawn to studying social media and culture, how gender is portrayed online, and the role of technology in perpetuating bias. “I loved how Annenberg enabled me to not only see the diversity of ways I could use my degree, but also learn from people who had much different academic interests than me.”

From Annenberg School for Communication

2 min. read

Performer, biomedical engineer, and soon-to-be graduate
Jordyn Harris standing among lights

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Performer, biomedical engineer, and soon-to-be graduate

A performer and dancer, fourth-year Jordyn Harris has been a work-study student for the Platt House and managed tech for myriad student shows, while also advising engineering first-years and working as a researcher at a hospital.

Louisa Shepard

5 min. read

What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?
Drawing of people in park.

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What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?

A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an “intervention tournament.”

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For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body
Kelvin Vu performing a dance move.

Image: Kait Privitera

For dual architecture degree candidate Kelvin Vu, design begins with the body

Master of architecture and master of landscape architecture candidate Kelvin Vu, who was a professional dancer before coming to Weitzman, says “dance and landscape design are about change, flux, and dynamism.”

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Collaborating with southern Black grandmothers to reimagine scholarship
Staci L. Jones.

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Collaborating with southern Black grandmothers to reimagine scholarship

For an Annenberg School for Communication dissertation, Staci L. Jones and four grandmother co-authors introduce the Kitchen Scholar Framework. Their work embraces knowledge that goes beyond academia.

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