BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.0B
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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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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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Arginetix, Inc. Completes $2.3 Million Initial Financing and Technology License
- 2008-10-23
Financing Will Advance Development of Therapeutic Arginase Inhibitors for Cardiovascular, Respiratory and other Human Diseases BALTIMORE -- Arginetix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing novel therapeutic small molecule inhibitors of arginase, announced today that it has completed a $2.3 million initial financing. The financing was co-led...
Rendell and Lehman to Represent Obama and McCain at Impact '08 Forum
- 2008-10-20
Who & What: On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, prominent representatives from both presidential campaigns will address the Center for U.S. Global Engagement's Impact '08 in Pennsylvania forum following a non-partisan panel discussion with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell...
Advaxis Incorporated Collaborates on Groundbreaking Listeria Moncoytogenes Immunotherapy Research Discovery
- 2008-10-07
Highlights Potential Ability of a Live Listeria Monocytogenes Vaccine to Reduce/Eliminate Tumors in Many Different Cancer Types and Prevent Reoccurrence Using Immunological Methods Collaboration Team Comprised of Advaxis' Scientific Founder, And Investigators From The University Of Pennsylvania And The Hilman Cancer Center In Pittsburgh NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. --...
Womens Studies Program at Cal U Sponsors 'The Other Side of Beauty: Impact on a Womans Sense of Self,' March 27th
- 2008-03-20
To: EDUCATION EDITORS Contact: Angela Burrows of California University of Pennsylvania, +1-724-938-1540, burrows@cup.edu 3rd Annual Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference Addresses Womens Experiences in Science, Fashion, Dance, Sports; Race, Gender and Sexuality; and the Social Construction of Identity CALIFORNIA, Pa., March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Womens Studies Program of California University...
National Attention Focused on Science and Technology Makes Franklin Institutes Annual Celebration of Science Relevant and Timely
- 2008-03-03
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Lynda Bramble, +1-215-448-1176, or Stefanie Cerulli, +1- 215-448-1152, both of the Franklin Institute Eleven Individuals From Around the Globe Honored For Outstanding Achievements PHILADELPHIA,March 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the evening of April 17thin Philadelphia, following a whirl-wind week of activities celebrating science and the spirit of...
J. Morton Orman, physician
- 2008-01-30
Dr. J. Morton Orman, 95, of Wyncote, a family physician in Hatboro for more than 52 years, died of heart failure Sunday at home. Dr. Orman cared for several generations of families in Hatboro and delivered thousands of babies at Abington Memorial Hospital, his son James said. When he retired...
Delcath Appoints Three Leading Physicians to Its Newly Formed Scientific Advisory Board
- 2008-01-03
NEW YORK -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCTH) announced today that the Company has appointed three leading, internationally recognized physicians to its newly formed Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB"). The newly appointed members bring expertise in regional cancer therapies, melanoma, neuroendocrine tumors, colorectal cancer and cancers of the limbs. These experts...
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...
Ceragenix™ Compound Shows Promise for Treating Lethal Cystic Fibrosis Infections
- 2007-07-02
Testing Performed at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Medicine and Engineering DENVER -- Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:CGXP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on infectious disease and dermatology, today announced that researchers at the University of Pennsylvania led by Dr. Paul Janmey and Dr. Robert Bucki, in collaboration with Dr....
William P. Houpt | Retired professor, 92
- 2007-04-16
William P. Houpt, 92, of Westtown, a retired West Chester University professor, administrator, and World War II documentary filmmaker, died March 27 at Paoli Hospital. Dr. Houpt grew up in Ventnor, N.J. After graduating from Atlantic City High School, he was a photographer and reporter at the Atlantic City Press...
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