If it feels like you have been seeing, hearing or reading about 51Թ more in the news as of late, that’s because it’s true.
According to the media tracking platform Cision, from July 1, 2024, through today, the university has been mentioned in nearly 46,000 news stories. On a daily basis, experts across 51Թ’s 17 schools and colleges participate in interviews, providing commentary and offering insight that is helping guide the news cycle on a local, national and international level.
These stories have the potential to reach billions of readers, listeners and viewers around the globe, and they also help shine a light on 51Թ and its status as an R1 research institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It is also an opportunity for faculty members to use their expertise for the greater good.
“I suppose, what it comes down to, is what’s the purpose of being an academic if you’re just interested in gathering the information for your own benefit; that doesn’t seem to make much sense that the whole purpose is,” said James Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at 51Թ Japan in . “It’s our responsibility to try and assist others to understand certain issues where they don’t have the luxury of being able to spend the type of time on those topics as we do. This is why we’re here.”
Beyond faculty lending their expertise, the university and its many programs and initiatives were also regularly covered over the last several months. Here are just some of the highlights of 51Թ in the media from this past academic year.
- Michael Robinson, director of community outreach and hiring for the 51Թ Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative, , which drew record attendance this year, with the Philadelphia Tribune, June 6, 2025.
- The Department of Public Safety and are highlighted by Fox29, May 30, 2025.
- Peter Spiro, the Charles R. Weiner Professor of Law and co-director of the Institute for International Law and Public Policy, in The New York Times, May 9, 2025.
- Sergei Pond, associate dean for research and innovation and a professor of biology in the College of Science and Technology, in The New York Times, May 7, 2025.
- Bryant Simon, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of History, in Yahoo Life, April 21, 2025.
- Dustin Kidd, director of general education and professor of sociology, from the Saturday Night Live stage after his performance with The New York Times, March 31, 2025.
- Mehdi Khanzadeh Moradllo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has his covered by Interesting Engineering, March 25, 2025.
- Sarah Bauerle Bass and Susannah Anderson of the College of Public Health with Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 10, 2025.
- Blair Hedges, the Laura H. Carnell Professor in the Department of Biology and director of the Center for Biodiversity, has covered by Politico, Jan. 3, 2025.
- Beth Pfeiffer, associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, she received in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 27, 2025.
- Sean Mitchell, project leader for the Digital Equity Center, discusses the to the community with 6ABC, Dec. 11, 2024.
- Crystal Reeck, an associate professor of marketing and the associate director of the Center for Applied Research in Decision Making, h covered by The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 18, 2024.
- Thilo Kunkel, professor in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, in the Associated Press, Aug. 2, 2024.
- Jonathan Gerstenhaber, Yah-el Har-el and Peter Lelkes of the College of Engineering have covered by Fox29, July 30, 2024.