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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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DocuSys Awarded Anesthesia Information Management System Vendor Agreement at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- 2008-10-23
ATLANTA -- DocuSys, the leading anesthesia information management system AIMS, medication management, and presurgical care management system provider, today announced it has signed an agreement with The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania HUP to take over the maintenance of their AIMS environment. HUP is part of the University of...
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. --...
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...
The University of Pennsylvania has received a $50 million gift from the founder of the Nine West women's shoe company, Jerome Fisher
- 2008-07-10
The UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA has received a $50 MILLION gift from the founder of the Nine West women's shoe company, Jerome Fisher. The Penn alumnus and his wife, Anne, donated the funds to help build a biomedical research facility on the university's campus in West Philadelphia.
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...
Judge seals portions of lung cancer suit
- 2008-04-08
A federal judge yesterday sealed portions of a lawsuit that alleges the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and other parties should have known that the lungs they transplanted into a Newark, N.J., man were diseased. Tony Grier, 43, was dying from a rare lung disease in 2005 when he...
Ailing teen still at large after fleeing hospital
- 2008-03-05
Anthony Horton remained on the lam yesterday, in spite of his precarious health and his family's best efforts to get him to surrender to police.Horton, 17, a Youth Study Center prisoner, escaped from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon with the help of four teen pals....
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...
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