News from the Annenberg School for Communication
October 19, 2010
Caryn Lerman named interim director of the Abramson Cancer Center
Faculty news - Prof. Jamieson, Prof. Turow
Caryn Lerman named interim director of the Abramson Cancer Center
Caryn Lerman, Ph.D., a secondary faculty member at Annenberg, has been named interim director of Penn's Abramson Cancer Center.
The news media is frequently turning to Annenberg for commentary as the mid term elections draw near. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, has offered her insights in numerous stories, including:
- The emergence of the term "Man Up."
- The ins and outs of the New York Governor's race, and the Delaware U.S. Senate race.
Prof. Jamieson also recently talked to an assembly at Syracuse University about President Obama's campaign promises.
The book Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling, and Medical Power by Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, was reviewed recently on the web site TVOvermind.com.
Doctoral student Aymar Jean Christian published in BlackWeb2.0.
The Annals, the journal of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, edited by Phyllis Kaniss, Ph.D., was cited several times in a recent story in The New York Times about the comeback of the term “Culture of Poverty” in academic circles.
FactCheck.com recommended by GoErie.com as a source of reliable information for election day.
October 20 at 5 p.m. - Islamically Marked Bodies and Neoliberal Locations in Egyptian Cinema - Fisher-Bennett Hall.
October 22 at noon - George Gerbner Post Doc Amelia Arsenault colloquium.
October 26 at 6:15 p.m. - Scholars lecture by Guobin Yang.
October 29 at noon - Noon time colloquium by Oscar Gandy, Ph.D.
November 3 at noon - Karen Glanz, Penn PIK Professor, lecture on skin cancer prevent program.
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