BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.0B
- Private
- US
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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
Recent Events
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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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Robert M. Figlio, 69, criminologist, author
- 2008-03-25
Robert M. Figlio, 69, of Upper Pittsgrove, N.J., a criminologist, author, and crime-prevention consultant to industry and government, died of multiple myeloma on March 15 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Figlio was a founder, in 1988, of CAP Index Inc., an Exton firm that did pioneering...
J. Herbert Ogden | Manufacturer, 91
- 2007-07-24
J. Herbert Ogden, 91, of Valley Forge, a business owner and inventor, died July 16 at home. Mr. Ogden grew up in Lansdowne and graduated from William Penn Charter School. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a star football player.During...
Francis Farley, 72, diligent city worker
- 2007-03-26
FRANCIS W. FARLEY Jr. had to start his working life at an early age.His father died when he was 9, and his widowed mother needed his help. At age 12, he handled two paper routes for the old Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Later, he was a vendor at Philadelphia Athletics games...
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- 2007-01-01
"The rest of the world must also take responsibility [for China's abysmal environmental] record] since we are all benefiting from cheaper goods." -Eric Orts, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania"We do everything we can do every moment of every day, of every week, of every month, of every year,...
Blogs abuzz over Penn
- 2006-11-04
University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann has at least this consolation: It's not a video on YouTube. Three days after Halloween, the Penn president's annual costume party lived on yesterday, courtesy of the Internet and student Saad Saadi, whose photograph - with him dressed as a suicide bomber and her...
Need to bring back credibility says Kligman.(HBA 2006)(Albert Kligman at the Health & Beauty America Conference)(Brief article)
- 2006-09-22
Legendary Dr. Albert Kligman, of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, was session leader for a panel discussion on "Anti-Aging: Where Do We Go From Here?" "We have an enormous number of new anti-aging products coming on the market and the...
Rules Rather Than Discretion: Lessons From Hurricane Katrina
BNET
- 2006-08-01
This paper explores options for programs to be put in place prior to a disaster to avoid large and often poorly-managed expenditures following a catastrophe and to provide appropriate protection against the risk of those large losses which do occur. The lack of interest in insurance protection and mitigation by...
Expert Comments on How U.S. Drug Safety System Should Be Changed.
- 2006-05-02
Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, May 2 AScribe Newswire -- In the May 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics...
Mind Menu Mind Menu Where to feed your intellect
- 2006-01-22
Indicates wheelchair-accessible. Indicates listening devices. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. Lectures & speeches Ambassador L Paul Bremer III Former head of Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq talks about Iraq's progress toward democracy. World Affairs Council, Union League, 140 S Broad St; 215-561-4700. www.wacphila.org. $20-$65. 5:45...
Systemic Risk And Regulation
BNET
- 2006-01-04
Historically, much of the banking regulation that was put in place was designed to reduce systemic risk. In many countries capital regulation in the form of the Basel agreements is currently one of the most important measures to reduce systemic risk. In last few years there has been considerable growth...
