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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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Richard Shell: Negotiation Tips from a Master Persuader
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- 2009-07-07
To thrive in your career, you have to be good at selling your ideas inside your own organization. After years of study, Wharton professor Richard Shell can tell you exactly what works ? and what doesn?t. The...
How & Why CUs Must Ramp Up Collaboration To Drive Growth
- 2008-04-21
In market in which the only thing increasing is expenses and competition and the only thing shrinking is margins, credit unions have no choice but to trust each other and collaborate to survive, according to a new report released by the Filene Research Institute. The report, titled “Connecting the...
FreedomWorks Foundation to Host Policy Luncheon on Subprime Bailout
- 2008-03-21
Professor Todd Sinai of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania to Keynote WASHINGTON -- FreedomWorks Foundation will be hosting a Capitol Hill policy luncheon on the subprime bailout issue featuring its Chief Economist Dr. Wayne Brough and Dr. Todd Sinai of The Wharton School at The University...
Merging to create synergy.(GO!)(Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania)
- 2007-11-01
ACCORDING TO a May 2006 report from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the total value of mergers and acquisitions reached approximately $900 billion during the first quarter of 2006, up 44% from the same period in 2005. The growth and consolidation strategy goes...
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....
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...
FFN/WSR Small Cap Conference on June 5th at the University of Pennsylvania's and Wharton School's PENN CLUB OF NEW YORK
- 2007-05-30
This All Day Event for Investors and Fund Managers Features a Dozen Undiscovered Emerging Companies, and is Being Webcast Live at www.WallStreetResearch.org
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,...
Jean-Pierre Rosso Appointed Chairman of the Lauder Institute Board of Governors
- 2007-03-01
To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: Tonio Palmer of the Lauder Institute, +1-215-898-6843, palmer2@wharton.upenn.edu PHILADELPHIA, March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lauder Institute at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School has named Jean-Pierre Rosso as Chairman of the Lauder Institute Board of Governors. Rosso joined the Lauder Institute's Board of Governors in 2001. "We are...
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- 2007-01-01
"The rest of the world must also take responsibility [for China's abysmal environmental] record] since we are all benefiting from cheaper goods." -Eric Orts, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania"We do everything we can do every moment of every day, of every week, of every month, of every year,...
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