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Working to understand and prevent intimate partner violence
Millan AbiNader presenting next to a screen.

Assistant Professor of Social Work Millan AbiNader.

(Image: Courtesy of the School of Social Policy & Practice)

Working to understand and prevent intimate partner violence

Millan AbiNader, an assistant professor in Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, explains how she approaches social work as a “macro” social worker, and the importance of community and connection in addressing structural factors and social ecology of gender-based violence.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

An mRNA vaccine against Lyme disease-causing bacteria
A deer tick in a petri dish.

Image: iStock/nechaev-kon

An mRNA vaccine against Lyme disease-causing bacteria

In pre-clinical models, researchers at Penn Medicine have developed a vaccine that protects against Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

From Penn Medicine News

What’s That? Locust Walk Compass
Students walk around a compass embedded in Locust Walk on Penn campus.

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What’s That? Locust Walk Compass

The granite compass embedded in Locust Walk has become the source of a campus legend.

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)

  • Q&A

    • 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

  • Q&A

    • 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

    Out this week: Emily Wilson’s ‘The Iliad’
    Emily Wilson, wearing glasses and a Greek necklace, smiles.

    Emily Wilson, a professor of classical studies, recently translated “The Iliad,” which publishes Sept. 26.

    (Image: Daniel McGarrity)

    Out this week: Emily Wilson’s ‘The Iliad’

    After years in the making, Wilson’s translation of “The Iliad” will release on Sept. 26.