News from the Annenberg School for Communication
January 22, 2013
In this issue:
ASC weighs in on the inauguration
The Presidential Inauguration; ASC weighs in
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, provided some perspective on President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in stories that appeared in Yahoo News and in The Daily Nation. She was interviewed by The Washington Post and by USA Today about the President’s speech, and she talked to the Associated Press about the President’s post inauguration “to do” list.
Visiting Scholar Lilach Nir, Ph.D. (Gr ’05) published in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
Prof. Mutz presents her research at SPSP Political Psychology preconference.
Congratulations to Annenberg doctoral students Devon Brackbill and Sally Jingwen Zhang and members of “Team FitPhilly” for advancing to the finals of the Fels Institute of Government’s Public Policy Challenge.
The second semester of Annenberg’s student-produced podcasts features a mashup of past Presidential inauguration speeches.
Jan. 23 – CECCR Speaker Series – Catherine Maclean – noon in Room 500.
Jan. 23 – Physics Dept. lecture – “Controversy in Science; When scientists disagree, what’s the poor journalist to do?” A lecture by Paula Aspell, Senior Executive Producer of the PBS program NOVA – 4 p.m., David Rittenhouse Lab, Room A8.
Jan. 24 – ICT4D seminar – Ten trends in Technology Use in Education in Developing Countries that you may not have heard about (and why you should care) – 4:30 p.m., Room 500.
Feb. 6 – Penn Design presents “Understanding Change & the Change in Understanding,” – 7 p.m., Meyerson Hall.
Feb. 8 – CGCS seminar – From Tehran to Tahrir: Public Space Redefined – all day.
Feb. 13 – CECCR Speaker Series – Sonya Dal Cin – noon in Room 500.
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