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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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National Attention Focused on Science and Technology Makes Franklin Institutes Annual Celebration of Science Relevant and Timely
- 2008-03-03
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Lynda Bramble, +1-215-448-1176, or Stefanie Cerulli, +1- 215-448-1152, both of the Franklin Institute Eleven Individuals From Around the Globe Honored For Outstanding Achievements PHILADELPHIA,March 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the evening of April 17thin Philadelphia, following a whirl-wind week of activities celebrating science and the spirit of...
Globalization Expert Mauro Guillen to Lead Wharton School's Lauder Institute
- 2007-07-02
To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: Allison Bozniak, +1-202-302-5997, allison@lincolnparkpr.com, for the Lauder Institute PHILADELPHIA, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mauro F. Guillen, globalization expert and Dr. Felix Zandman Professor in International Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed director of Wharton's Lauder Institute, effective July 1, 2007....
Local News in Brief
- 2007-06-17
Friends install gazebo in slain woman's memoryA gazebo in memory of Ellen Robb of Upper Merion has been installed in a garden outside Roberts Elementary School in Wayne by Friends of Ellen, a group formed by Robb's friends.More than 20 friends, neighbors and school officials gathered to help set up...
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...
William P. Houpt | Retired professor, 92
- 2007-04-16
William P. Houpt, 92, of Westtown, a retired West Chester University professor, administrator, and World War II documentary filmmaker, died March 27 at Paoli Hospital. Dr. Houpt grew up in Ventnor, N.J. After graduating from Atlantic City High School, he was a photographer and reporter at the Atlantic City Press...
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...
Wharton prof faces new local charges
- 2006-09-05
Former Wharton marketing professor L. Scott Ward, arrested last week in Virginia on child pornography charges, now faces similar charges in Philadelphia after investigators said they turned up video and photos in his campus office. An arrest warrant was filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia yesterday charging Ward, 63,...
University of Pennsylvania
- 2006-05-18
DR. JOHN L. JACKSON JR. has been named the first Penn Integrates Knowledge professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Jackson was most recently an associate professor at Duke University. He holds a bachelor's from Howard University and a doctorate from Columbia University.
Author Cornel West takes part in a University of Pennsylvania conference on the worsening plight of young black men.
- 2006-04-20
With the words of an intellectual and the tone of a Baptist preacher, Cornel West rallied an audience today at the University of Pennsylvania to take action on an issue of growing national concern - the worsening plight of many young black men. "We are talking about serious business,"...
PolyMedix Elects William Kelley, M.D. and Shaun O'Malley to Board of Directors
- 2006-03-13
PHILADELPHIA -- PolyMedix, Inc. announced today that it has elected Dr. William Kelley and Shaun O'Malley to its Board of Directors. William Kelley, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He has been associated with...
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