University of Pennsylvania

Template: Infobox university / professors missing

The University of Pennsylvania ( Penn ) is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Penn is one of the most prestigious and oldest universities in the United States of America. She is a member of the Association of American Universities and a sports league eight American elite universities, the Ivy League. Penn has approximately 13,240 employees the largest private employer in Philadelphia.

With annual research expenditures of $ 814 million (2011), the University is one of the largest research centers in the United States. The annual budget of the University in the amount of approximately $ 6 billion (fiscal year 2011; approximately $ 2.5 billion of which wages and salaries) is the greatest of all Ivy League universities. The Foundation's assets of Penn, however, with $ 6.44 billion (2007 ) is smaller than that of the foundations of Harvard University, Princeton University and Yale University.

The Wharton School of Business, the Law School and the School of Medicine enjoy a very high reputation.

  • 5.1 Professors and lecturers
  • 5.2 graduates
  • 6.1 Higher Education Development - "The Penn Compact"
  • 6.2 Name of the University
  • 6.3 Cooperations

History

The minister George Whitefield (1714-1770) founded an organization in 1740 to establish a school for underprivileged children ( Charity School). The construction of the school building began in the same year. However, the building could not be completed due to lack of funds.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) published in 1749 his ideas on a modern educational institution in Philadelphia ( Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania) and founded the Academy of Philadelphia (Philadelphia Academy). The Supervisory Board of the Academy in 1750 bought the school building of Whitefield school. On the grounds of the central campus of the Academy should arise. The Academy of Philadelphia undertook, however, to establish a school for poor children on the premises.

The Academy and School for arms opened 1751st The school for poor boys took in September 1751 the first students on. In October of the following year already attracted around 100 students the school. The curriculum consisted mainly of reading, writing and arithmetic. This curriculum was supplemented by lessons on the principles of Christianity.

The school for poor girls took the first students on the year 1753. The curriculum consisted mainly reading, sewing and knitting. Mostly attended by around 30 girls to school.

The priest William Smith was appointed in 1754 by the Supervisory Board of the Philadelphia Academy to the Headmaster. Founded in 1755, Benjamin Franklin and the Supervisory Board of the Philadelphia Academy, the College of Philadelphia with William Smith as Provost. Benjamin Franklin was forced to resign at the urging of William Smith as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, but remained a member of the Supervisory Board. The first students completed their studies in 1757.

1765, the first medical school in North America was founded at the College of Philadelphia. 1777, the college was temporarily closed due to the American Revolutionary War.

1779 was the revolution Management of Pennsylvania, the certificate of incorporation of the colleges from the colonial period as illegal. The administration wrote a new Memorandum and appointed a new board and Provost. The facility was renamed University of the State of Pennsylvania.

While Benjamin Franklin visited Paris in 1784, gave King Louis XVI. the university library books. After returning to Philadelphia Franklin 1785 he was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the University of the State of Pennsylvania. 1789 presented the Parliament of the State of Pennsylvania College of Pennsylvania with its original Supervisory Board and Provost 1789 restored.

By law in 1791 were the University of the State of Pennsylvania and the College of Philadelphia merged with the University of Pennsylvania. This institution still exists today.

Organization

Campus

The urban campus of Penn is located since the 1870s in West Philadelphia, near the center of Philadelphia. The approximately 1.1 km ² comprehensive campus in Philadelphia consists of 152 buildings ( 2005; without University Hospital ).

Penn owns the New Bolton Center, a research facility outside of Philadelphia. This center serves primarily as a veterinary clinic. The Botanical Garden of the University, the Morris Arboretum, is located north of the city center.

Faculties

There are 12 graduate schools. Some schools, such as the School of Arts & Sciences, in departments ( chemistry, physics, etc.) are divided.

  • Design
  • Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Communication Studies ( Annenberg School for Communication)
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Education
  • Care
  • Law
  • Social Policy and Practice
  • Veterinary medicine
  • Economics ( Wharton School of Business )
  • Dentistry

For undergraduate students there are four different schools:

  • College of Arts & Sciences
  • Wharton School of Business
  • The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • The Nursing School

After the " One University " concept, it is students not only allows, but recommended to take courses in other faculties. Many students take advantage of this concept in which they complement, for example, their studies at the College of Arts & Sciences with courses from the Wharton School or the Faculty of Law (actually only for master's students ).

These offers Penn four so-called " joint degree " programs:

  • The Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology
  • The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business
  • Nursing and Health Care Management
  • The Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management

These are particularly renowned, as students are enrolled in two different schools.

Admission of students

The admission of candidates who are seeking a bachelor's degree ( " undergraduates " ), Penn is one of the most selective universities in the United States. Only about 12% of applicants are accepted each year. From the graduating class of 2015 ( start of studies in the fall of 2011) include 97% of the candidates admitted to the top 10% of their class. In courses for post-graduate students ( " graduate programs" ) the approval rate among other things, the reputation of the respective course of study depends.

Tuition fees and financial support

The tuition fees at the University of Pennsylvania be approximately $ 42,098 ( 2011) for undergraduates ( " undergraduates "). Undergraduates are supported by loans or grants from the university. Doctoral and master students have to pay any fees in general and also receive grants for livelihood. A grant of a PhD student in the School of Arts and Sciences consists of a tuition remission (about $ 34,000 ), health insurance (approx. $ 2,200 ) and a stipend of approximately $ 24,500 ( Academic Year 2006-2007).

Sports

Attractions on Campus

In 1887 founded the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is an archaeological and anthropological university own museum located on the campus.

Famous people

Professors and lecturers

Nobel Laureate

The following winners were professors at the University of Pennsylvania at the time of award.

  • Raymond Davis Jr. ( Nobel Prize in Physics, 2002; Professor of Physics from 1985 to 2006, Emeritus since? )
  • Alan G. MacDiarmid (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000; Professor of Chemistry from 1955 to 2007 )
  • Lawrence R. Klein (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1980; Professor of Economics since 1958, Emeritus since 1991)
  • Baruch S. Blumberg (Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1976; professor of medicine since 1964, Emeritus since? )
  • Robert Schrieffer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1972; Professor of Physics from 1962 to 1980 )

The following winners were professors or researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The award ceremony took place after or before their affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania at a time.

  • Ragnar Granit (Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1967; researchers from 1929 to 1931 )
  • Haldane K. Hartline (Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1967; Professor for 1936-1949? )
  • Alan J. Heeger (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000; Professor of Physics from 1962 to 1982 )
  • Robert Hofstadter (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1961; researchers 1939-40; teaching 1940-41 )
  • Simon Smith Kuznets (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1971; Professor of Economics from 1930 to 1954 )
  • Otto F. Meyerhof (Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1922; Professor of Chemistry from 1940 to 1951 )
  • Edward C. Prescott ( Nobel Prize in Economics, 2004; Professor of Economics from 1967 to 1971 )
  • Irwin A. Rose ( Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004; professor of chemistry in the 1970s )
  • Hideki Shirakawa (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000; Post- graduate student, 1976-1977 )
  • Vincent du Vigneaud (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1955; assistant in biochemistry from 1924 to 1925 )

Penn alumni who have received a Nobel Prize are " Notable Alumni" listed in the section.

Lecturers

  • Eugenio Calabi (Professor of Mathematics since 1964, Emeritus since 1994 Leroy P. Steele Prize in 1991 for his contributions to differential geometry)
  • Hermann Volrath Hilprecht, (Professor of Assyriology and Äthiopiologie )
  • Stuart Kauffman (Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics 1975-1995 )
  • James McKeen Cattell ( professor of psychology from 1888 to 1891, the first professor of psychology in the USA )
  • Martin Ostwald (Professor of Greek Philology 1968-1992 )
  • Thorsten Sellin ( criminologist, Professor of Sociology from 1926 to 1959 )
  • Lightner Witmer (Professor of Psychology, founder of the first psychological clinic )

Graduates

1 Natural Sciences and Medicine

  • Christian B. Anfinsen (MS, 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972)
  • Harry F. Bisel ( pioneer of Oncology)
  • Michael S. Brown (BS, 1962; MD, 1966; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1985)
  • Gerald M. Edelman (MD, 1954; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1976)
  • Isaac Israel Hayes (G ' 1853; polar explorer )
  • Elisha Kent Kane (G ' 1842 Polar and explorer )
  • Stanley B. Prusiner (AB, 1964; MD, 1968; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1997)
  • Ahmed H. Zewail ( PhD, 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1999)
  • Ei-ichi Negishi ( PhD, 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2010)
  • Sheena Iyengar ( B. A. Psychology )

Second economy

  • Walter H. Annenberg (G ' 1931; businessman, philanthropist, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain from 1968 to 1974 )
  • Leonard Bosack (BS, 1973; co-founder of Cisco Systems )
  • Warren Buffett ( Penn student in the 1940s; degree at another institution; U.S. investor, regarded as one of the richest men in the world )
  • Peter Lynch (MBA, 1968; investment fund manager and consultant at Fidelity Investments)
  • Donald J. Trump, Sr. (BS, 1968; CEO of the Trump Organization and billionaire )
  • P. Roy Vagelos (BS, 1950; CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
  • Stephen A. Wynn (BS, 1963; CEO of Wynn Resorts, Limited and CEO of Mirage Resorts, Inc. )
  • Zumwinkel (MBA, 1971; former CEO of Deutsche Post AG)
  • Sheena Iyengar ( B. S. )

3 Politics and Justice

  • William Henry Harrison (G ' 1791; 9th President of the United States)
  • Martin Luther King ( attended lectures; degree at another institution; U.S. civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize )
  • Kwame Nkrumah (MS, 1942; MA, 1943; First President of Ghana ( 1960-1966 ) )
  • Alassane Ouattara D. ( PhD, 1972 Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 1990 to 1993 and Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, 1994-1999)
  • Owen J. Roberts (G ' 1898; Judge of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1930 to 1945 )

4 Sports

  • Chuck Bednarik (American football player, since 1967 a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame )
  • Southwestern Hamer (American football player )

5 Others

  • Henry Glade (1920-1999), MA and PhD, a linguist and professor
  • Hilary Putnam (BA, one of the most important and influential representatives of the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and the philosophy of mathematics in the 20th century, president of the American Philosophical Association and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences )
  • Walter Seltzer, 1934; Writer and film producer ( 2022 ... want to survive ( Soylent Green ) )
  • Gil Stein ( PhD, 1988, head of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)

More

Higher Education Development - "The Penn Compact"

Core of the high school development plan is unveiled by President Amy Gutmann in 2004, " Penn Compact". With this plan, Penn has set a goal in teaching, research and service continue to provide excellent services. The " Penn Compact" consists of three core objectives:

  • Access to excellent students from all social classes will be facilitated through improved financial support.
  • The knowledge from different disciplines to be more integrated into teaching and research. This will be achieved inter alia through increased recruitment of internationally renowned scientists. These are to hold to promote positions in several faculties to interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • The regional and global commitment of the University of Pennsylvania to be further strengthened. The university is actively involved through the development of the campus to the city's development.

Name of University

The University of Pennsylvania is a private university in Philadelphia. The university is often confused with Pennsylvania State University ( Penn State ). However, there is no connection between these two institutions.

The University of Pennsylvania has decided in 2002 to use Penn as the official abbreviation. However, one finds in the English-language media still often UPenn the abbreviation.

In the German media the names of University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania University and University of Pennsylvania are used.

Cooperations

The university cooperates in Germany, inter alia, with the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, in particular in the fields of economics, finance and law.

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Raymond Davis, Jr. Alan MacDiarmid Haldan Keffer Hartline Otto Fritz Meyerhof Irwin Rose Harry Bisel Michael Stuart Brown Elisha Kane Ahmed Zewail Donald Trump Klaus Zumwinkel Dartmouth College
793712
de