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The Venezuelan crisis, explained
Tulia Falleti

Tulia Falleti, director of Penn’s Latin American and Latino Studies program, the Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences, and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. (Photo: Eric Sucar)

  • Q&A

    • The Venezuelan crisis, explained

    A Q&A with Tulia Falleti, a political science professor and the director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, on the past, present, and possible future of Venezuela.

    Penn Today Staff

    Political intimidation, at-risk media, and the future of journalism
    Barbie Zelizer, director of the Center for Media at Risk

    Barbie Zelizer, the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, is also the director of the Center for Media at Risk.

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  • Q&A

    • Political intimidation, at-risk media, and the future of journalism

    In the wake of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death, Barbie Zelizer, director of the Center for Media at Risk, discusses how journalists and other digital media practitioners can better prepare for working in today’s climate and why, for that to happen, the media culture needs to shift.

    Michele W. Berger

    In the brain, ‘dislike’ and ‘dehumanization’ are not the same thing
    Researchers from the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn discovered that “dehumanization” and “dislike” are processed by two completely separate brain regions, which suggests that they may be two different psychological processes.

    Researchers from the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn discovered that “dehumanization” and “dislike” are processed by two completely separate brain regions, which suggests that they may be two different psychological processes.

    In the brain, ‘dislike’ and ‘dehumanization’ are not the same thing

    It has long been thought that characterizing people as less than human was an expression of extreme dislike. Annenberg neuroscientists now find that neurologically, these two viewpoints actually differ.

    Julie Sloane , Michele W. Berger

    Immersive trip exposes students to the complex narratives of Israel
    Encompass

    Immersive trip exposes students to the complex narratives of Israel

    15 undergraduates took part in the inaugural Encompass fellowship, a project run by Penn Hillel, with a tour around Israel examining cultural and political sites with a focus on gaining a deeper understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    Lauren Hertzler

    The transforming power of global aid on health care—and care giving
    McKay, Ramah

    Ramah McKay

    The transforming power of global aid on health care—and care giving

    Foreign aid makes up close to half of Mozambique’s national health care budget. In a new book, Ramah McKay of the School of Arts and Science lends a critical eye toward how this influx of global health dollars is felt on the ground, by caregivers and patients alike.

    Katherine Unger Baillie