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Car insurance scofflaws raise health mandate doubt...such mandates work. "Not everyone complies," said Scott Harrington, a professor of health care management and risk management at the University of Pennsylvania. "The auto insurance mandate is almost everywhere. But it's not rigorously... In this article: Barack Obama, Risk management, School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, and Boston University |
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AP Online | 19 hours ago
Coma recovery case attracts doubters
...and the video hit the world this week, some people immediately began raising doubts. Bioethics professor Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania was among the first - calling the practice of facilitated communication "Ouija...
In this article: Dartmouth Medical School, University of Liege, Cambridge University, British Psychological Society, and Cornell University
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
George F. Will on the disaster of Christmas giving
...Presents for the Holidays" comes from a distinguished publisher, Princeton University Press, and an eminent author, Joel Waldfogel of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school. He says that the crux of Yuletide economics,...
In this article: Sears, Katrina, Montgomery Ward, Woolworth, and Iphone
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn
Many center on the fine distinction between a vegetative state and minimal consciousness. Arthur Caplan, a bioethics professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has had no direct contact with Houben or personal knowledge of the case,...
In this article: Dartmouth Medical School and Weill Cornell Medical College
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White House News | 2 days ago
President Obama Establishes New Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Names Commission Leadership
...- a distinguished political scientist, philosopher, and scholar of ethics and public policy - currently serves as president of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political...
In this article: Barack Obama, Amy Gutmann, Harvard University, Emory University, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts
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Who Runs Gov | 2 days ago
Profiles/Rajiv_Shah
...formatted as 'month, day, year' Hometown: list the person's birthplace (city and state) or if unavailable, where they grew up Alma Mater: University of Michigan, B.S.; University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A.; University of Pennsylvania, M.D.
In this article: Usaid, Barack Obama, White House, Department of Agriculture, University of Michigan, Washington Post Company, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Al Gore
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CBS | 3 days ago
Police Probe Reported Rape Of UPenn Student
...requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy Police Probe Reported Rape Of UPenn Student A copy was sent to your e-mail address Nov 24, 2009 12:04 am US/Eastern
In this article: E mail and Allegation
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Inquirer Local and Regional News | 4 days ago
Not in the race, but with runners
...my running partner." Running runs in the Sigmund family. John and Johanna's grandfather Paul Sigmund had won a track scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Sigmund's gravestone bears these words from the Bible: I have fought...
In this article: Ben Franklin Parkway, Legal age, and Penn State football
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Inquirer Local and Regional News | 4 days ago
Progress lagging on President's House project
...the project is headed off the tracks. "I am deeply unhappy about the process," said Michael Zuckerman, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and part of an advisory group known as the ad hoc historians. "I'm probably...
In this article: George Washington, Philadelphia, Chaka Fattah, John Adams, and Barack Obama
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Forbes.com News | 4 days ago
The 10 Questions You Should Never Stop Asking
...your shareholders. Marc Kramer is president of Kramer Communications, author of five books and instructor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the National University of Singapore. He can be reached at...
In this article: Revenue, Philadelphia, Strategic planning, Wharton School, Anxiety, and National University of Singapore
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AP Online | November 18, 2009
Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster
...repeated tests over a number of days that can add up to a high cumulative radiation dose. "If you had a CT scan and it showed you were fine, you would not get any of that radiation," said Dr. Mariell Jessup of the University of Pennsylvania,...
In this article: Chest pain, Cancer, Florida, Angiography, Angioplasty, Stroke, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as UPenn or just Penn) is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Penn claims to be the first university and the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Penn is a member of the Ivy League and is one of the Colonial Colleges.
Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple "faculties" (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution. Penn is today one of the largest private universities in the nation, offering a very broad range of academic departments, an extensive research enterprise and a number of community outreach and public service programs. Penn is particularly well known for its business school, law school, education school, medicine school, health school, social sciences/humanities, and its biomedical teaching and research capabilities.
In FY2009, Penn's academic research programs undertook more than $730 million in research, involving some 3,800 faculty, 1,000 postdoctoral fellows and 5,400 support staff/graduate assistants. Much of the funding is provided by the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research. Penn tops the Ivy League in annual spending, with a projected 2009 budget of $5.542 billion. In 2008, it ranked fifth among U.S. universities in fundraising, bringing in about $475.96 million in private support.
- Name:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Also Known As:
- Quakers
- Type:
- Private
- Location City:
- Philadelphia
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1740
- Head:
- Amy Gutmann
- Associated With:
- Ivy League, AAU, COFHE
- Endowment:
- US $5 billion
- Motto:
- Leges sine moribus vanae
- Campus:
- Urban, 279 acres (1.1 km), West Philadelphia campus; 600 acres (2.4 km), New Bolton Center; 92 acres (0.37 km), Morris Arboretum
- Colors:
- Red and blue
- Undergrad:
- 10,153
- Postgrad:
- 9,653
- Staff:
- 4,038 (Faculty), 2,276 (Staff)
- Enrollment:
- 19,816
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