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
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Odyssey Investment Partners Announces Investment Team Promotions
- 2008-04-17
William Hopkins and Brian Kwait Named Co-Presidents NEW YORK -- Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC today announced several promotions within its investment team: * William Hopkins and Brian Kwait have been named Co-Presidents. In 1997, Messrs. Hopkins and Kwait were two of the founders of Odyssey Investment Partners, and...
Weiss Tech House Announces 2008 PennVention Competition Winners
- 2008-04-16
PHILADELPHIA -- A new prosthetic accessory that is worn on the residual limb of a transtibial (below-knee) amputee was awarded the Grand Prize at the Fourth Annual PennVention competition for student inventors at the University of Pennsylvania's Weiss Tech House. This year's PennVention competition drew 50 student invention submissions, featured...
ARAMARK Delivers Sustainable Practices on Campuses
- 2007-10-23
Campus Sustainability Day Celebrates Environmental Stewardship PHILADELPHIA -- In honor of Campus Sustainability Day, October 24, 2007, ARAMARK Higher Education, a world leader in providing professional services to more than 600 colleges and universities in North America, is supporting new programs and initiatives focused on ecology, conservation and environmental...
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...
West Phila. shooting leaves one dead, 2 hurt
- 2006-10-19
One man was killed, a second wounded and a third injured while trying to get away when gunfire erupted yesterday afternoon in front of a grocery store in West Philadelphia. A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania shortly after the shooting at 49th...
Calorie-burning drink no diet in a can
- 2006-10-13
It's just what many Americans want, said one food-marketing professor: A beverage that burns calories. But Enviga, a new drink coming to the Philadelphia market early next month that claims to burn calories, will not be a workout in a can. Anyone who counts on Enviga for weight loss is...
East meets West (Philadelphia)
- 2006-10-06
Immerse yourself in the traditions of the Orient at the University of Pennsylvania Museum's Celebrate Japan - an afternoon of music, food and fashion designed to narrow the bridge between East and West. Masayo Ishigure, whose talents are featured on the Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack, will perform on the...
UPenn study: less can be more when it comes to portion sizes
- 2006-08-07
Bigger is not always better. Despite a widespread belief in the restaurant industry that consumers want large portions, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are finding that diners can easily adapt to smaller serving sizes. That conclusion is based on new studies of eating behavior that show people...
NetJets® Collaborates with Penn Veterinary Medicine to Provide Veterinary Care for NetJets Owners' Companion Animals
- 2006-05-02
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. & PHILADELPHIA -- NetJets announced today that it has collaborated with the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Veterinary Medicine to provide NetJets U.S. Owners with quality veterinary care for their companion animals anywhere in the United States. The services package, known as the PennVet VIP Program, is...
Irish Professor Strip Searched by U.S.
- 2006-02-21
O'Driscoll, Sean Irish Voice 02-21-2006 THE University of Pennsylvania is to make an official complaint to the Department of Homeland Security after an Irish Joycean professor was handcuffed, strip searched, locked in jail overnight and sent back to Germany last month...
