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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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University of Pennsylvania Libraries Presents LIFE IN BOXES: COMIC ART & ARTIFACTS
- 2008-10-23
PHILADELPHIA -- While most ten-year-old boys were buying candy and baseball cards, Havertown native and University of Pennsylvania alumnus Steven Rothman was using his allowance to buy comic books. This early investment led to a life-long interest in comics, resulting in a recent donation to the Penn Libraries of 20,000...
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...
William L. West | Lawyer, 81
- 2008-06-20
William L. West, 81, a real estate, trusts and estates lawyer from Huntingdon Valley, died of a stroke Wednesday at Abington Memorial Hospital. Born in Akron, Ohio, Mr. West moved to Philadelphia with his family in 1941. He attended Overbrook High School, and in 1947 graduated summa cum laude from...
3 men shot in legs in separate incidents
- 2008-06-14
A local fugitive was wounded by police and two other people were shot in separate incidents in less than two hours last night.The spate of violence started at 8:10 p.m., when a 19-year-old man took a bullet to the left ankle and right thigh while he was walking near Connell...
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...
University of Pennsylvania obtains United States patent.
- 2007-12-01
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) has patented anticode oligomers and methods of using them for controlling the growth of cancer cells expressing the bcl-2 gene. (US 7,314,927)
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- 2007-09-10
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William W. Simon III pledged his eternal love with Antoinette Yancy at the Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia. The bride is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. She is an associate director for Wharton Executive Education. The groom is a graduate of Lincoln PA University. He is...
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania has received a $20 million gift from Krishna Singh to create the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology
- 2007-09-06
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA has received a $20 MILLION gift from Krishna Singh to create the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology. The gift is the single largest in the engineering school's history. The 100,000-square-foot center is expected to serve the Penn...
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...
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