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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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University of Pennsylvania president Gutmann to chair Obama’s bioethics commission
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Remembering Marie Little
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War Emblem: Choosy stallion
- 2008-06-06
NEW YORK - Every move Big Brown makes tomorrow will be analyzed as the colt races for the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes. But in Big Brown's next career, other moves will be followed even more closely. Here's the evidence: War Emblem, the 2002 winner of the Kentucky Derby...
William G. Owen | Penn administrator, 87
- 2008-01-26
William G. Owen, 87, of Newtown Square, a retired University of Pennsylvania administrator, died of heart failure Wednesday at home. Mr. Owen graduated from Upper Darby High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and later earned a master's degree in education...
Art | Penn Museum shines light on Tut's hometown
- 2006-11-19
King Tut won't be flaunting his golden visage at the Franklin Institute for 11 weeks yet, but already faint murmurs of nascent Egyptomania are being heard in West Philadelphia. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has opened its own Tut-related exhibition, "Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the...
Robert L. Mayock, 89, physician
- 2006-02-08
Robert L. Mayock, 89, who, after suffering from tuberculosis as a young medical school graduate, founded the pulmonary division at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in his half-century quest for healthy lungs, died Jan. 30 of Parkinson's disease at Waverly Heights, a retirement community in Gladwyne. He was...
Easing your
- 2006-02-07
There's nothing romantic about penny pinching. But when the cost of a wedding soars past the $20,000 mark, as it easily does these days, it's time to pay more attention to where the dollars are going. So when Shirit Kronzon was getting married in August 2002, she looked...
Richard J. Restrepo, 82, retired professor at St. Joseph's University
- 2006-01-26
Richard J. Restrepo, 82, a retired professor of Spanish at St. Joseph's University, died Jan. 17 from heart failure at Riddle Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Restrepo, a longtime Swarthmore resident, was born and raised in West Philadelphia to a German mother and Colombian father. He graduated...
Penn to Provide Bioethics Training to Emerging Scientists; Collaboration with Nationally Recognized Jackson Laboratory
- 2005-07-12
PHILADELPHIA, July 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will offer a comprehensive bioethics course to high school and college students from across the country who are participating in the prestigious Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program. Jackson Laboratory, in Bar...
Scholars From Around the Globe Toast Oz
- 2004-10-22
Vinograd, Samantha Forward 10-22-2004 In advance of the publication of his new memoir, "A Tale of Love and Darkness," Amos Oz and his writing will be the subject of a three-day conference, a joint venture by the University of Pennsylvania and ...
Talent Management in the 21st Century: Lessons From Singapore
BNET
- 2004-04-23
Two decades of corporate restructuring as well as new models for organizing business operations have almost completely eradicated the underpinnings of the Organization Man model in the U.S. The need for faster adjustment to changing business conditions drives periodic and unpredictable job cuts when business turns down; when it turns...
Two-Class Voting: A Mechanism For Conflict Resolution
BNET
- 2003-10-23
We discuss two-class voting procedures where voters are divided into classes and a separate majority is required in each class. We investigate how voting mechanisms aggregate information dispersed among voters when voters have conflicts of interests as well as different information regarding a proposal. We find that two-class voting provides...
