Penn’s Open Enrollment runs through Friday, April 29. This is an opportunity to make changes to health care selections, including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and prescription drug coverage.
The selections an employee makes during an enrollment period stay in effect for the entire plan year unless he or she experiences a qualifying life event change, such as birth or adoption of a child, marriage, or divorce or separation. Penn’s plan year runs from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.
There is one remaining Open Enrollment presentation on Monday, April 25, at noon in the Golkin Room, Houston Hall, where attendees can ask questions about any changes to plans or coverage.
If people are unable to attend that presentation, they may access the Powerpoint slides, as well as other benefit information, on the Division of Human Resources website (login required): www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/benefits/health/openenrollment.
For questions about benefits, contact the Penn Benefits Center at 1-888-PENN-BEN.
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
