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A look at former Penn economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Nobel-winning work
Two men and three women sit at desks with typwriters, rotary dial phones and desk calendars in an office in the 1950s.

Workers in Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., in 1959.

(Image: CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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    • A look at former Penn economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Nobel-winning work

    Penn economists Jere Behrman, who overlapped with Goldin during her time at Penn, and Petra Todd, whose students have been motivated by Goldin’s work, talk about the importance of her research. 

    Kristen de Groot

    Marking a monumental death
    A person is shown holding a photo of Mahsa Amini, a woman who was killed in police custody in Iran in 2022.

    A portrait of Mahsa Amini held during a rally Oct. 1, 2022 calling for regime change in Iran following the death of Amini, who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran’s morality police.

    (Image: AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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    • Marking a monumental death

    In honor of the first anniversary of the killing of Mahsa (Jîna) Amini in Iran and the subsequent outpouring of protest, Penn will host a two-day conference on violence against women.

    Kristen de Groot

    This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines
    Four bottles of Influenza vaccine beside one medical syringe.

    Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock

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    • This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines

    Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines.

    Liana F. Wait

    Shifting the climate narrative
    The sky glows yellow and purple after a strong summer storm in Philly.

    On Sept. 12, PBS, WHYY, and the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media are set to gather a group of community leaders, journalists, science communicators, and scientists to explore the role of storytelling in climate change education.

    (Image: iStock / Luke Chen)

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    • Shifting the climate narrative

    In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Mann of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media shares his views on the role of storytelling in the fight against climate change.
    Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine E. Harris on conservatorships
    A person wearing a t-shirt with Britney Spears face on it holds a pink flag with the slogan #FreeBritney.

    A Britney Spears supporter waves a “Free Britney” flag outside a court hearing concerning the pop singer’s conservatorship at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on June 23, 2021, in Los Angeles.

    (Image: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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    • Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine E. Harris on conservatorships

    Harris, an expert in disability and anti-discrimination law, discusses the history of conservatorship agreements, how they can be problematic, and why now is the time to do more than just overhaul the system.

    Kristen de Groot

    Disability in America
    Judy Heumann is applauded during her swearing-in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service in 1993.

    Judy Heumann, center, is applauded during her swearing-in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service by Judge Gail Bereola, left, in Berkeley, California, on June 29, 1993. At left is Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock with sign language interpreter Joseph Quinn, and Julie Weissman, right, in attendance. Heumann, a renowned disability rights activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, died on March 4, 2023.

    (Image: AP Photo/Susan Ragan)

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    • Disability in America

    In a Q&A, history and sociology of science professor Beth Linker discusses the history of disability in America.

    Kristina García

    Reinventing customary law in medieval France
    Historian Ada Kuskowski listens to a speaker sitting next to her at a table.

    Ada Maria Kuskowski is a medieval and legal historian. 

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    • Reinventing customary law in medieval France

    A new book by historian Ada Maria Kuskowski of the School of Arts & Sciences traces the formation of customary law as a field of knowledge in medieval Europe.

    Kristen de Groot

    Unpacking the NATO summit
    U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are seated next to each other, separated by a side table with flowers and in front to the American and Ukrainian flags on each side of them. Behind them is a sign reading NATO/OTAN Vilnius Summit/Sommet.

    U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023.

    (Image: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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    • Unpacking the NATO summit

    Alexander Vershbow, the former deputy secretary-general of NATO and current Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Perry World House, offers his takeaways from the two-day gathering.

    Kristen de Groot