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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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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...
Kissinger and Rubin to Discuss Global Challenges Facing Next President
- 2008-10-15
Who & What: On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the Center for U.S. Global Engagement will continue its Impact '08 in Pennsylvania effort with a panel discussion on the global challenges facing the next president featuring former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and moderated by...
Chris Satullo: A coda of caring for the Kimmel
- 2008-03-22
The first movement came from the leaders of the Kimmel Center, who were hearing ominous chords from the community. They decided to take soundings: Just how deep was the dissatisfaction with the public spaces at the region's performing arts center? Why had the Kimmel never become the vibrant "indoor square"...
Deliberative Democracy Events at Cal U Include Lectures by James Fishkin, George Mehaffy, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- 2008-03-17
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Angela Burrows, California University of Pennsylvania Director of Public Affairs, +1-724-938-1540, burrows@cup.edu Environmental issues are vital to region, say students energized by presidential politics CALIFORNIA, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California University of Pennsylvania hosts Deliberative Democracy: University Students Have Their Say, a day of...
New path to university success: community ties.(University of Pennsylvania)
- 2007-07-23
Thirty-three armed robberies hit on or near the University of Pennsylvania's Philadelphia campus in September 1996. Broken glass, trash and sometimes discarded drug paraphernalia littered the area. Dark, empty streets made students and staff feel jumpy. A month later, walking with his fiancee to...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Costa Rica President Oscar Arias Sanchez to Keynote Wharton School Event in Costa Rica
- 2007-05-31
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Philadelphia contact: Peter Winicov, Sr. Assoc. Dir, Communications, +1-215-746-6471, winicov@wharton.upenn.edu, or Alumni Forum Cost Rica contact, June 7-8: Michael Baltes, Director, Communications, +(506) 208-2100 Real InterContinental Costa Rica, baltes@wharton.upenn.edu, both of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania SAN JOSE, Costa Rica and PHILADELPHIA, May 31...
M.F. Baum, adventurer and judge
- 2007-04-27
Common Pleas Court Senior Judge Myrna Field Baum, 71, the energetic judge whose husband said life with her was like living the movie Romancing the Stone, died Tuesday of a rare blood disease at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She lived in Society Hill."She was dynamite," her husband...
The 2007 Executive Leadership Council Business Case Competition Finals
- 2007-04-19
To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Joann Stevens, Director of Communications, of the Executive Leadership Council, +1-703-706-5216, jstevens@elcinfo.com; or Shaun Wiggins, Manager of US Corporate Media Relations, of Shell Oil Company, +1-713-241-3264, Shaun.Wiggins@shell.com HOUSTON, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory was issued today by the Executive Leadership Council: WHEN & WHEREThursday, April...
Effective Leadership: Building A Successful Corporate Culture
BNET
- 2006-10-25
The information revolution has taken some old-time sources of competitive advantage - technology, manufacturing processes, and others - out of the equation. So more than ever, leadership, strategy and culture are important to a company's success. Executives who seek input from all levels of their organization can build a knowledge...
Phila. Award honors Levy as a visionary
- 2006-05-16
TONIGHT, PAUL LEVY, president of the Center City District, will receive the Philadelphia Award. The award, created 85 years ago by civic leader and philanthropist Edward Bok, honors a Philadelphia citizen who has done the most "to make the city and the region more prosperous, efficient and beautiful." ...
