News from the Annenberg School for Communication
September 25, 2013
In this issue:
Prof. Jamieson's keynote at Sackler conference
PennTCORS combines expertise from Annenberg, APPC, Medicine, Wharton
FDA/NIH $20 million grant will establish a University of Pennsylvania Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science. Philadelphia National Public Radio affiliate WHYY provided coverage.
Prof. Jamieson delivers keynote in Washington, D.C. conference on science communication
Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson delivered the keynote address at the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia Sept. 23 on the subject of journalists as “custodians of the knowable.”
Sandra González-Bailón lecture in Barcelona
Prof. Sandra González-Bailón recently delivered a talk during a conference at the Open University of Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, recently, where the discussed the hierarchical nature of social networks. Her talk was the subject of an interview with a Catalan newspaper (note: the interview is not translated).
Prof. Jackson’s Lightbulb Café talk previewed
WHYY previewed the Sept. 24 inaugural Penn Lightbulb Café talk by Prof. John L. Jackson, Jr.
FactCheck.org again turned to in order to separate fact from fiction on Obamacare.
FactCheck.org’s Lori Robertson was interviewed by Southern California Public Radio about American’s apparent confusion over Obamacare.
The National Annenberg Election Survey was referenced in an ESPN story about controversial professional sports team names.
A new study on smoking by Michael Hennessy, Ph.D.; and Dan Romer, Ph.D., of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was referenced in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
New “3620” podcast - "City Docs"
SEPTEMBER
September 27 – Colloquium by Milad Doueihi. Noon in Room 500.
September 30 – Center for Global Communication Studies Visiting Scholars colloquium – 1 p.m. in Room 300.
OCTOBER
October 4 – Colloquium by Milton L. Mueller. Noon in Room 500.
October 9 – Annenberg Lecture by Milton Lodge. 6 p.m. in Room 109.
October 10 – CGCS/PARGC conference: Digital Methods, Ethical Challenges - Room 500.
October 11 – Colloquium by Stuart Soroka. Noon in Room 500.
October 17 – Scholarship after Snowden. Co-sponsored by Penn Law and the Annenberg Center
for Global Communication Studies. 4:30 p.m. at Gittis Hall, 3501 Sansom Street.
October 23 – CGCS/PARGC Colloquium by David Faris – 12:30 p.m. in Room 500.
October 26 – Iran: Art and Discourse. One-day symposium co-sponsored by the Annenberg Center for Global Communication Studies – Asia Society, New York, NY.
October 29 – Scholars Program lecture by José van Dijck. 6 p.m. in Room 109.
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