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How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
CHOP physicians Elizabeth Sanseau (left) and Vanessa Denny (right) with Kyle Cassidy of the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab (center) demonstrate how modules of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free, openly accessible interactive distance learning platform, are filmed.

CHOP physicians Elizabeth Sanseau (left) and Vanessa Denny (right) with Kyle Cassidy of the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab (center) demonstrate how modules of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free, openly accessible interactive distance learning platform, are filmed.

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How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives

A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in nonmedical uses.

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Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
Damon Centola

As director of the Network Dynamics Group and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Centola’s research centers on social networks and behavior change.

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Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

The Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering, he is among the 223 people chosen for the Guggenheim’s 101st class of Fellows.

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Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
Duncan Watts and the lab members of Media Bias Lab.

Duncan Watts (far left) and managing director Jeanne Ruane (second from left) with members of Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab.

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Cutting through the cluttered media landscape

Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector team, under founder and director Duncan Watts, explores how people behave, how media works, how society functions, and how the human mind operates.

From Penn Inspiring Impact

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Annenberg Scholars awarded Information and Democracy Research Grants from the Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

Annenberg Scholars awarded Information and Democracy Research Grants from the Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

The 16 awardees will conduct research that unpacks how media ecosystems shape public understanding, examine AI’s expanding role as an information intermediary, and investigate communication strategies that enable persuasion and common ground.

Analyzing the news with AI
A person standing inside multicoloured data sheets and social media chat icons organised into circular pattern.

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Analyzing the news with AI

Annenberg School for Communication postdoctoral fellow Baird Howland looks at prominent narratives in the news media and how they shape Americans’ worldviews.

Hailey Reissman

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Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
Kara Butler talks at podium.

Kara Butler spoke at an event for Makuu: The Black Cultural Center about her experience growing up in Philadelphia.

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Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education

Butler, a fourth-year anthropology and communication double-major from Philadelphia, is starting a master’s program at the Graduate School of Education in the fall, with the goal of becoming a museum educator.

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Awards and accolades for six members of Penn faculty
College Hall in spring with Fisher Fine Arts Library.

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Awards and accolades for six members of Penn faculty

A roundup of the latest awards for faculty members at the Wharton School, Penn Vet, Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, and Nursing.

Penn Today Staff

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