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Penn Offers Benefits-tax Offset to Same-sex Couples
PHILADELPHIA –- Beginning July 1, the University of Pennsylvania will provide a tax offset of as much as $125 per month for employees who are covering same-sex domestic partners under their Penn medical plans, with a maximum of $1,500 per year. This offset will appear in employees’ paychecks as additional taxable income — minus applicable state and federal taxes — starting in late July.
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Penn study documents gender pay gap among stockbrokers
The excesses of Wall Street may be big news, but behind the headlines is another major story. When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, men take home bigger paychecks. Newly published research by Janice Madden, a professor of urban studies, regional science, sociology and real estate at Penn, shows that female stockbrokers can earn up to 20 percent less than their male counterparts. “Stockbrokers are among the highest paid workers, yet they have the greatest gender inequality among all sales worker jobs,” she says.
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Penn extends tax offset to same-sex couples
Many members of Penn's faculty and staff take advantage of the employee benefit of paying for health insurance premiums for themselves and their dependents with pre-tax dollars, resulting in a bit more take-home pay. But employees who cover a same-sex domestic partner under the University’s benefit plans must pay federal and state taxes on the value of their partner’s coverage. That is because under federal and Pennsylvania tax codes domestic partners are not recognized as dependents.
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Penn researchers improve nano drug delivery design
Recent advances in nanotechnology and engineering are allowing scientists to design microscopic devices with nearly atomic precision. One promising application of this accuracy is to improve the way drugs are delivered to the areas in the human body where they are needed most.
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Penn GSE and Milken Family Foundation Announce 2012 Education Business Plan Competition Finalists
Philadelphia, PA – The University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) and the Milken Family Foundation have announced the finalists of the 2012 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition (EBPC).
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Jury Selects Winners for 'Take a Seat!' on Exhibition at Morris Arboretum and Woodmere Art Museum
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Winners of the collaborative Morris Arboretum-Woodmere Art Museum exhibit, 'Take a Seat!,' have been announced. Forty artists are included in the exhibition, and 70 Adirondack chairs will be on display at throughout Morris Arboretum’s 92-acre garden and at the Woodmere Art Museum May 31 through Labor Day, Sept. 3.
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PennDesign Students Assist Cities in Highway Projects
Many interstate highways across North America are about 50 years old, at the end of their lifespans and in need of repair or replacement. Some communities, such as Montreal, New Orleans and the Bronx are actively considering or in the process of removing an aging highway.A group of students in the University of Pennsylvania School of Design spent the spring semester researching and offering proposals for highway removal and redesign to government and planning officials in six cities.
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Penn Researchers Detail Polling-place Effect
Given how much time and money American political parties spend in redistricting, they may want to consider how voters are assigned to particular polling locations.
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State-of-the-art Large Animal Care at Penn Vet’s Moran Critical Care Center
The goal of a hospital it to make patients well, but hospital-acquired infections can result in just the opposite. That’s why infection control has become a top priority in medical facilities — and, increasingly, in veterinary settings as well.
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Exchange outgrown baby clothes at bi-annual Super Swap
Tiny newborn outfits draw collective “oohs” and “aahs” at baby showers. Too bad infants outgrow them so quickly. At Penn’s bi-annual Super Swap, gently used baby clothes, toddler and children’s toys and gear, as well as maternity clothing that is no longer of use, can be exchanged for similar items.