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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...
University of Pennsylvania Team Wins the 2008 ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition
- 2008-04-07
DALLAS -- A plan drafted by a University of Pennsylvania team to redevelop a site within the Cedars neighborhood of Dallas has been selected as the winning scheme in the sixth annual ULI Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The team's entry was selected over plans...
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...
Backbone of Success: NP Solutions Wins Wharton Business Plan Competition Grand Prize with Next Generation Back Pain Treatment
- 2007-04-26
RejuvaDisc[TM] Injectable Hydrogel Provides Alternative to Implants, Spinal Fusion for $4.87 Billion Market PHILADELPHIA -- Student team NP Solutions, which has developed a polymer based injectable hydrogel treatment for back pain related to degenerative disc disease that is less invasive, more effective with fewer side effects than current approaches,...
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...
Double Header Training at UMC; World Class Heart Transplant Teams to Become the 14th and 15th CardioWest™ Temporary Total Artificial Heart Certified Implant Centers
- 2006-04-25
TUCSON, Ariz. -- On Thursday and Friday, April 20 and 21, cardiovascular surgeon Benjamin Sun, M.D., of Ohio State University Ross Heart Hospital, and the 13 members of his transplant team were at University Medical Center UMC, in Tucson, Ariz., to complete Phase I of the CardioWestTM TAH-t certification training....
USA TODAY's 2006 All-USA College Academic Teams
- 2006-02-15
Here are the undergraduates named to the Second Team, Third Team and honorable mentions in USA TODAY's 17th annual All-USA College Academic Team program. The Second Team *Daniel Armanios, University of Pittsburgh. Majors: mechanical engineering and political science. Founder of Session: Middle East, a political...
Science Center Management Team Strengthened; The Science Center Adds Key Commercialization Team Members and Moves Forward to Create $1 Billion New Market Value by 2010
- 2005-07-28
PHILADELPHIA -- The Science Center, the leading commercialization engine for life science and technology companies in the Greater Philadelphia Region, announces the recent addition of Mitchell Glass, MD and Sandra McElligott, Ph.D to its management team. E[acute accent]"With our new strategic direction and new additions to our already talented staff,...
Chinese may have fermented drinks over 9,000 years ago
- 2004-12-20
AP--Archaeologists have found evidence that a Chinese community may have been fermenting drinks more than 9,000 years ago. The team, led by Patrick E. McGovern of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, found pieces of 16 pottery vessels at Jiahu, an early new stone age village in...
Research to Create Lung Cancer Blood Tests Receives $3.4 Million in Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement Funds.
- 2004-03-12
Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, March 12 AScribe Newswire -- A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $3.4 million to pursue development of blood tests for lung cancer. The need for...
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