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About University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private, coeducational research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the university, it is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Penn is also a member of the Ivy League and is one of the Colonial Colleges.

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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 several "faculties" (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution.

Penn is acknowledged as a leader in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, architecture, communications and education. Penn is particularly noted for its schools of business, law and medicine (see BusinessWeek magazine and U.S. News and World Report). About 4,500 professors serve nearly 10,000 full-time undergraduate and 10,000 graduate and professional students.

In FY2007, Penn's academic research programs undertook more than USD$787 million in research, involving some 4,200 faculty, 870 postdoctoral fellows, 3,800 graduate students, and 5,400 support staff. Much of the funding is provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for biomedical research.

Penn tops the Ivy League in annual spending, with a projected 2007 budget of $5.18 billion. In 2007, it ranked fourth among U.S. universities in fundraising, bringing in about $392.4 million in private support.

Penn is incorporated as "The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania." The university is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities."

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    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Jun 29 2009)

    Brazil: Venture Capital's Next Hotbed? ... we have now," said Regueira, a former Bank of America (BAC) executive who has an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Still, Brazil has its share of challenges that may make some investors think ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   FIR Capital   Google   Marcus Regueira

  3. Brazil: The next hotbed of venture capital and private equity?

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Jun 26 2009)

    ... Regueira, a former executive at Bank of America who received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Brazil has yet to produce a breakout technology startup that is a leader on the global scene. But ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Marcus Regueira   FIR Capital

  4. Industry Moves: Big Flix Names Preetam Shah To Head VOD For International Markets

    Explore Article contentSutra.com (May 5 2009)

    ...ian markets since the beginning. Shah is an MBA in finance and strategy from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. From our Sponsors: Lotame Locate, Target, and Message your customer using Social Dat... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   University of Pennsylvania   Wharton School   Reliance Capital

  5. Content Syndicate wins TiE-ISB award

    Explore Article uk.zawya.com (Nov 12 2008)

    ...nces with The Kellogg School of Management at North western University; Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the London Business School (LBS), ISB offers post graduate courses; high-powered Executive Educ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   University of Pennsylvania   Helion Venture Partners

  6. Mobile advertising start-up AdMob lands funding, sees bright future

    Explore Article Top of the Ticket (Oct 21 2008) Funding

    Mobile advertising start-up AdMob lands funding, sees bright future ...d conservative about how invest, but we have always been that way." Hamoui, who dropped out of University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, is a Los Angeles native who says the idea for AdMob was born out of his own f... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   University of Pennsylvania   Google   Jim Goetz

  7. The 'Underprivileged Majority': Merging Policy with Practice to ...

    Explore Article Knowledge@Wharton (May 29 2008)

    The 'Underprivileged Majority': Merging Policy with Practice to ... ...armers." (Devarajan spoke about these and other issues during a separate speech he made at the University of Pennsylvania last year, which India Knowledge@Wharton covered in an article titled, "What Could Derail the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   University of Pennsylvania   University of Chicago   Sun Microsystems

  8. An idea that’s clicked

    Explore Article The Tribune, Chandigarh, India (Jan 30 2008)

    An idea that’s clicked ...ance each were represented with two B-schools, followed by India and Switzerland with one each. The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton topped the list, while London Business School and Columbia Business School took the s... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   University of Pennsylvania   Indian Institute of Management   Planning Commission

  9. Rank Indian Business Schools at PaGalGuy.com

    Explore Article Information Madness (Nov 21 2007) Maps/Local

    ... precision in analysis. Allwin Agnel, the founder of PaGaLGuY.com – an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania said “At pagalguy.com we believe it is important for people to know how business schools are percei... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   University of Pennsylvania   Wharton School   Allwin Agnel

  10. Cleartrip - Taking confusion out of the trip

    Explore Article startups.in (Dec 3 2006) Travel

    Cleartrip - Taking confusion out of the trip ...hat, he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Wharton School, both obtained in 1998. Hrush Bhatt, Fou... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sandeep Murthy   Sherpalo Ventures   Wharton School

  11. Rishi Navani on Online Movie Rental Services and Other Investment Opportunities in India

    Explore Article PodTech.net (Nov 18 2006)

    ...India. Rishi has a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the Ford Fellowship Award as the top-ranked first-year student. He is a member o... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Wharton School   Rishi Navani   Kamla Bhatt

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