New USC Capital Campus Studio Puts Students at the Center of Global Communications and Public Discourse
The USC Capital Campus will soon be home to a state-of-the-art multimedia production studio — made possible by a $5-million grant from USC Life Trustee Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation. The new studio will position USC Annenberg students and Trojans at the epicenter of media, communications and public discourse in Washington, D.C. Open to all USC students, faculty, staff, […]
AnnenbergTech Hosts Second-Annual Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition
AnnenbergTech in collaboration with Annenberg Learner and in partnership with Greater LA Education Foundation and Best Buy Foundation, hosted the second annual Young Innovators Accelerator (YIA) pitch competition at the Spotify Mateo Campus in Downtown Los Angeles. The competition marked a milestone of the program designed to help youth develop an entrepreneurial mindset through intensive training […]
Education Coalition Debuts National Certification for Tutors
The High-Impact Tutoring Micro-Credential will serve as a measurement for tutor skill and help reinforce a national tutoring standard. LOS ANGELES – A coalition of education organizations unveiled a micro-credential for tutors designed to indicate competency while expanding tutoring best practices to ultimately improve student outcomes. Annenberg Learner, Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, […]
Celebrating the Opening of NHM Commons
NHM Commons, the L.A. County Natural History Museum’s new wing and community hub in Exposition Park, opened November 17. The Annenberg Foundation was among major supporters of the extension designed by architect Fred Fisher. Among new and refreshed spaces, visitors can enjoy a plaza and garden landscaped with California Indigenous plants and features, then proceed […]
Social Studies Documentary Screening at USC Annenberg
This week, the Annenberg Foundation convened a screening and discussion of the documentary series, Social Studies at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Annenberg Foundation chairman, president, and CEO Wallis Annenberg served as an executive producer on the series and Annenberg Learner is providing free, educator-curated content for teachers and parents […]
Annenberg Foundation Offers Free Online Resources to Navigate Teens’ Social Media Use
Digital Curriculum from Annenberg Learner Complements the Debut of Powerful FX “Social Studies” Documentary Series by EmmyⓇ-Winning Director Lauren Greenfield SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 — The Annenberg Foundation and Annenberg Learner today debuted an expansive suite of online resources to help parents and educators contend with the challenges of social media use and abuse among young people, and […]
Education Coalition Releases Tutor Training to Build National Tutor Corps
First training of its kind to increase the number of trained tutors and address unfinished learning in schools across the country.
AnnenbergTech Hosts Inaugural Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition
AnnenbergTech – in partnership with the Calley Foundation, Greater LA Education Foundation, Best Buy – hosted the Young Innovators Accelerator (YIA) pitch competition at the Spotify Mateo Campus. The event celebrated the culmination of the inaugural YIA program, which encourages young people to gain experience in entrepreneurship. During eight intensive weeks this summer, 35 high […]
Explore.org Brings Global Nature Live Cams to the Aspen Ideas Festival
Explore and Charles Annenberg Weingarten – the founder of explore.org, and Vice President and Director of the Annenberg Foundation – were front and center at the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival. Explore’s innovative Aspen Festival installation – known as the Zen Den – featured nine live cameras from around the globe, offering views of brown […]
Annenberg Foundation Supports Historic Renovation of the Annenberg School of Communication
/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/USCAnnenberg.mp4 The Annenberg Foundation is proud to provide a matching grant to help kick off the fundraising campaign to update the Annenberg School of Communication (ASC) building. The $10 million grant will help the school renovate its facilities to ensure students have access to state-of-the-art equipment. USC Annenberg Dean Willow Bay emphasized the need […]