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2025 McGraw Prize in Education winners honored
(from left) Cathy N. Davidson, Joe Wolf, and Frederic Bertley

McGraw Prize winners (from left) Cathy N. Davidson, Joe Wolf, and Frederic Bertley.

(Image: Steve Belkowitz)

2025 McGraw Prize in Education winners honored

Four honorees were awarded with Penn GSE’s McGraw Prizes in Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Pre-K–12 Education in a ceremony in New York City this month.

Kat Stein

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Understanding the climate record through objects
Melissa Charenko stands in front of art in her office.

In her office, Melissa Charenko has paintings by artist Jill Pelto that depict the kind of climate proxies Charenko writes about in her new book, such as sediment cores containing pollen grains.

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Understanding the climate record through objects

Melissa Charenko’s new book shares the history of how 20th-century scientists used climate “proxies”—such as tree rings and fossil pollen—to understand past climates, which has implications for future climate action.

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The W. P. Carey Foundation commits $3M to endow interdisciplinary professorship

The W. P. Carey Foundation commits $3M to endow interdisciplinary professorship

The William P. Carey Professorship in Economics will recognize exemplary faculty at the intersection of economics and political scienc; the inaugural chair holder is Enrique Mendoza, who will assume the title of William P. Carey Professor in Economics.

Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist collection donated to the Annenberg School for Communication

Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist collection donated to the Annenberg School for Communication

The newest notable gift to the the Annenberg School for Communication is from Pulitzer-prize winning American editorial cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Tony Auth, who is best known for his syndicated work originally drawn for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1971 to 2012.

Brain activity reveals what makes persuasive messages stick

Brain activity reveals what makes persuasive messages stick

A new study by the Communication Neuroscience Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Laura Perna named one of the inaugural ASHE Fellows

Laura Perna named one of the inaugural ASHE Fellows

The vice provost for faculty and the Graduate School for Education Centennial Presidential Professor of Education joins 24 scholars from across the country in the first class of fellows of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

(Image: Nam Y. Huh via Getty Images)

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    • Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

    The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

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    Addressing economic complexities

    Addressing economic complexities

    Beginning in fall 2026, the College of Liberal & Professional Studies and the Department of Economics in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences will offer a new Master of Applied Economics and Data Science degree.

    From Omnia

    Analyzing youth voter turnout

    Analyzing youth voter turnout

    Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Annenberg Communication Neuroscience Lab find that Voting in an election helps shape the government to work on their behalf; however, the majority of U.S. youth don’t vote regularly.