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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

    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.
    Inflammatory bowel disease linked to atopic dermatitis
    Person scratching at dermatitis on their arms.

    Image: iStock/Zinkevych

    Inflammatory bowel disease linked to atopic dermatitis

    Findings from researchers from Penn Medicine link an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease with the presence of atopic dermatitis, which can lead to new treatments for both.

    Alex Gardner

    The immune health future, today
    A person working in a medical lab.

    Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Magazine

    The immune health future, today

    Breaking the code of the immune system could provide a new fundamental way of understanding, treating, and preventing every type of disease. Penn Medicine is investing in key discoveries about immunity and immune system function, and building infrastructure, to make that bold idea a reality.

    Christina Hernandez Sherwood for Penn Medicine Magazine

    The crisis of climate-driven extinction
    Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, Zinta Zommers, and Simon Richter seat4ed on stage in front of a crowd.

    From left: Erol Akçay, associate professor of biology in the School of Arts & Sciences; Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication; Zinta Zommers, humanitarian affairs officer with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and served as the Wolk Visiting Fellow (2021-22) and a Visiting Fellow (2022-23) at the Perry World House; and Simon Richter, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, a Perry World House faculty fellow, a faculty fellow of Penn Institute of Urban Research, and a faculty advisory board member of the Water Center at Penn.

    (Image: Courtesy of Gabrielle Szcepanek)

    The crisis of climate-driven extinction

    In a session moderated by Simon Richter, panelists Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, and Zinta Zommers discussed the impact of climate change on efforts to conserve biological diversity.