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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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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...
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...
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...
William G. Owen | Penn administrator, 87
- 2008-01-26
William G. Owen, 87, of Newtown Square, a retired University of Pennsylvania administrator, died of heart failure Wednesday at home. Mr. Owen graduated from Upper Darby High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and later earned a master's degree in education...
Penn Researchers Find That Participation in Organized High School Activities Lowers Risk of Smoking Three Years After Graduation
- 2007-12-06
To: SPORTS EDITORSContact: Olivia Fermano of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, +1-215-349-5653 - Office, +1-215-459-0546 - Cell, Olivia.Fermano@uphs.upenn.edu Girls Derive Less Benefit from Such Activities than BoysPHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvaniareported today that students who participate in high...
Penn Libraries to Display Panel of the Nobel Prize Nominated AIDS Memorial Quilt
- 2007-11-26
PHILADELPHIA -- The Penn Libraries, in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, and other campus agencies, will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, internationally recognized as a symbol of personal and universal grief, remembrance, and healing in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic....
Health alert is issued at Penn
- 2007-09-10
A University of Pennsylvania sophomore died yesterday of meningococcal meningitis, prompting school officials to issue a health alert for those who were in close contact with her. Anne Ryan, 19, was hospitalized Saturday afternoon in critical condition, and died early yesterday morning at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,...
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...
PTC Therapeutics Announces $15.4 Million NIH Research Grant for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- 2007-07-10
To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Jane Baj of PTC Therapeutics, Inc., +1-908-222-7000 x167, jbaj@ptcbio.com; Sheryl Seapy of Pure Communications, +1-949-608- 0841, sheryl@purecommunicationsinc.com, for PTC Therapeutics, Inc. SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. PTC, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of small-molecule drugs targeting post-transcriptional...
Biomedical building is coming to Penn
- 2007-06-30
The University of Pennsylvania announced plans yesterday to build a $370 million biomedical research facility on its West Philadelphia campus.The building will expand Penn's research abilities and encourage collaboration by its patient-care centers.The 10-story, 500,000-square-foot building, to be designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects P.C. of New York, will connect to...
