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At the University of Pennsylvania, you'll find a historic, Ivy League school with highly selective admissions and a history of innovation in interdisciplinary education and scholarship. You'll also find a picturesque campus amidst a dynamic city and a world-class research institution. Today Penn is home to a diverse undergraduate student body of nearly 10,000, hailing from every state in the union and all around the globe. Admissions are among the most selective in the country and Penn consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Another 10,000 students are enrolled in Penn's 12 graduate and professional schools, which are national leaders in their fields. The Wharton School is consistently one of the nation's top three business schools. The School of Nursing is one of the two best in the U.S. The School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Law School, School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, and Annenberg School for Communication all rank among the top 10 schools in their fields.
Number of Employees 20,000
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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Obama Appoints Wagner to Council
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University of Pennsylvania president Gutmann to chair Obama’s bioethics commission
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Vendor Notebook - Siemens Healthcare to provide Penn with integrated service management
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CSC Renews its Contract with the University of Pennsylvania through 2012
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Remembering Marie Little
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Debate surrounds new prostate-cancer treatment
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Bayhealth Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania Health System Sign Clinical Affiliation Agreement
- 2008-08-19
Affiliation Further Enhances Cancer Care for Delaware Residents DOVER, Del. -- Bayhealth Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania Health System UPHS today announced that they have entered into an affiliation agreement to provide expanded cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education to Delaware residents. Bayhealth Medical Center is the...
Penn gets $50 million gift for research
- 2008-06-04
The founder of Nine West Group Inc. and his wife yesterday gave the University of Pennsylvania a $50 million gift to support a new eight-story biomedical-research center. The gift from Jerome and Anne Fisher is the second largest ever to Penn's health system and will help in the growing field...
Weiss Tech House Announces PennVention 2008 Finalists
- 2008-04-10
11 Student Teams Vie to Win Top Prizes in Annual Student Invention Competition PHILADELPHIA -- The Weiss Tech House, a student-run hub of technological innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, announced today the 11 teams of student inventors that will compete in the final round of the fourth annual...
Childrens Hospital Physician Named Deputy Mayor of Health and Opportunity and Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia
- 2008-01-02
To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Joey Marie McCool of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, +1-267-426-6070, McCool@email.chop.edu Donald F. Schwarz, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, deputy physician-in-chief at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and chief, Craig-Dalsimer Division of...
Health alert is issued at Penn
- 2007-09-10
A University of Pennsylvania sophomore died yesterday of meningococcal meningitis, prompting school officials to issue a health alert for those who were in close contact with her. Anne Ryan, 19, was hospitalized Saturday afternoon in critical condition, and died early yesterday morning at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,...
Says advisers told him form was OK
- 2007-03-21
MAYORAL CANDIDATE Bob Brady says he read over his financial-disclosure form, scanned a set of instructions - and still didn't understand what he was supposed to do."I read them and didn't understand them and asked my accountant and attorney to do that ," the congressman testified yesterday at a court...
Surgery a heavenly success
- 2007-01-26
Both the Rev. Karen Onesti and Rabbi Andrew Bossov were in good spirits and relatively good health yesterday, 48 hours after she donated a kidney to him. They were both up walking together, urine bags in hand. "I've got my purse," Onesti joked. Onesti, 49, and Bossov,...
Phi alpha theta initiates.(Directory)
- 2006-09-22
Abilene Christian University Zeta Beta 4 April 2006: Jessica Baber, Samantha Borgeson, D'Lynn Gage, Maridith Hollis, Kyle Law, Jenny Paxton, Steven Saffel, Erin Shilcutt, Adam Smith, Micah Walsleben. Adelphi University Zeta Delta 19 April 2006: Christina Asselta, Michael Bradshaw, Michelle Catalano, Andrew Cattani, Timothy...
Penn's epic plans for riverfront
- 2006-06-18
The Schuylkill is just 330 feet wide at Walnut Street, but by other measuring sticks, Center City and West Philadelphia are far more distant neighbors. The west bank's tangle of rail lines, its grimy industrial remains, the roaring expressway - all have served to further cleave the city. That...
Barbaro Fund benefits veterinary school
- 2006-05-24
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Gretchen and Roy Jackson hope something very good can come of the misfortune that befell Barbaro, their immensely popular Kentucky Derby champion. With the help of a "very generous gift" from an anonymous donor, they have started the Barbaro Fund to assist the University of...
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