News from the Annenberg School for Communication
February 19, 2014
In this issue:
Public lecture by former U.S.Treasury official
Faculty news - Profs. Pickard, Krippendorff
Reminder: Well-wishes for Prof. Katz
ASC, Wharton PPI sponsor visit and lecture by former U.S. Treasury official
Mark A. Patterson, former chief of staff to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, will be a visiting scholar at the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative March 31 – April 1.
His visit is jointly sponsored by the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative and the Annenberg School for Communication. It will include a public lecture at 4:30 p.m. March 31 – tentatively titled “Choosing Public Service: Costs, Benefits, and Strategies for Landing the Right Job in the Public Sector” (Huntsman Hall Room 350) – and one-on-one visits with Penn students and faculty. This is part of an initiative to introduce government employees to Penn students interested in government career paths.
New book chapter by Prof. Pickard
Contributed chapter “Unfounded Fears of Press Subsidies,” to the book, State Aid for Newspapers, (Springer 2013).
Prof Krippendorff delivers keynote at Amsterdam conference
Feb. 6 – 8 event was organized by the Interaction Design Association.
Reminder: well-wishes for Prof. Katz
There is ample time to offer good wishes via an online forum to Prof. Elihu Katz, who is transitioning to emeritus status this year.
New publication looks at communication effects on use of medical imaging
Andy Tan, colleagues from the Annenberg Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
February 20 – TCORS Guest Speaker, Benjamin Toll (Yale University). 2 p.m. in Room 500.
February 21 - Colloquium by Prof. Monroe Price. Noon in Room 500.
February 21 – Social Action Lab guest speaker, Dr. Michael Blank, Penn Dept. of Psychiatry. 1:30 p.m. in Room 300.
February 26 – Gerbner Postdoc Lecture by Garrett Broad. Noon in Room 500.
February 27: Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication lecture by Post-doctoral scholar Donatella Della Ratta – Noon in Room 300.
February 27: Prof. John L. Jackson, Jr. to discuss his research at Jewish Studies talk. – 5:30 p.m. at Café 58, Irvine Auditorium.
February 28 – Colloquium by Jeffrey Green, Ph.D., Penn Dept. of Political Science. Noon in Room 500.
March 2: Second annual Screening Scholarship Media Festival – 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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