APPC General News

Penn PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín is the new director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, where she will develop an initiative dedicated to communication policy.

Penn State Professor & APPC sabbatical scholar John Gastil talks about working on his new book, “The Democracy Machine: Reimagining How We Can Govern Ourselves Online.”

Fumihiko Maki, who died June 6 at age 95, designed the Annenberg Public Policy Center's innovative glass-and-wood building to bring "delight" to Penn's campus.

The Annenberg Public Policy Center celebrated its 30th anniversary by honoring the work of its former postdoctoral and FactCheck.org fellows and opening a new Climate Communication division.

APPC Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson has been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

The Roper Center at Cornell University honored Kathleen Hall Jamieson with the 2022 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for her contributions to the field of survey research.

Delivering the Annenberg Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa discussed being the target of online attacks and what it will take to ensure that truth prevails.

At the delayed commencement for Penn's class of 2020, Kathleen Hall Jamieson lauded the university's faculty, students, and graduates for their work battling the pandemic.

Over the past year, the Annenberg Public Policy Center has welcomed 19 new distinguished research fellows to its ranks, bringing the group to a total of 58.

The Roper Center for Public Opinion at Cornell University announced today that University of Pennsylvania Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the recipient of its 2022 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research.