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{{Short description|Private university in Philadelphia, US}}
{{about|the private Ivy League school in Philadelphia|the public research school in University Park|Pennsylvania State University}}
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{{short description|Private research university in Philadelphia}}
{{About|the private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia|the public research university with campuses across Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania State University}}
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| name = University of Pennsylvania
| name = University of Pennsylvania
| former_names = {{ubli|Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania (1751–1755) | College of Philadelphia (1755–1779, 1789–1791)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/penn1700s.html |title=Penn in the 18th Century |website=upenn.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428155156/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/penn1700s.html |archive-date=April 28, 2006 |access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>| University of the State of Pennsylvania (1779{{refn|group=note|It was not until 1785 that the name was made official as between 1779 and 1785 name was simply "University" in Philadelphia—see {{cite web |url=https://secretary.upenn.edu/trustees-governance/statutes-trustees |title=Statutes of the Trustees |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=September 12, 2022}}}}–1791) }}
| former_names = Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania <small>(1751–1755)</small><br/>College of Philadelphia <small>(1755–1779)</small><br/>University of the State of Pennsylvania <small>(1779–1791)</small>
| image = UPenn shield with banner.svg
| image_name = UPenn_shield_with_banner.svg
| image_upright = 0.7
| image_upright = 0.75
| image_alt = Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
| image_alt = Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
| caption = [[Coat of arms of the University of Pennsylvania|Coat of arms]]
| latin_name = Universitas Pennsylvaniensis
| latin_name = Universitas Pennsylvaniensis<ref>{{cite web | url=https://secretary.upenn.edu/trustees-governance/frequently-asked-questions | title=Frequently Asked Questions &#124; Office of the University Secretary }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney |date=1903 |publisher=William Brooks and Co. |isbn=9781112213304 |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] |language=en-AU }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Actes du Jubilé de 1909 |date=1910 |publisher=Georg Keck & Cie |isbn=9781360078335 |publication-place=[[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] |language=fr-CH }}</ref>
| motto = {{lang|la|Leges sine moribus vanae}} (Latin)
| motto = {{lang|la|Leges sine moribus vanae}} ([[Latin language|Latin]])
| mottoeng = Laws without morals are useless
| mottoeng = "Laws without morals are useless"
| established = {{start date and age|1740|11|14}}{{refn|group=note|name="founding_note"|The University officially uses 1740 as its founding date and has since 1899. The ideas and intellectual inspiration for the academic institution stem from 1749, with a pamphlet published by [[Benjamin Franklin]] (1705/1706–1790). When Franklin's institution was established, it inhabited a schoolhouse built on November 14, 1740 for another school, which never came to practical fruition.<ref name="archives.upenn.edu">{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history|title=Penn History Exhibits - University Archives and Records Center|website=archives.upenn.edu|access-date=January 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822113907/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history|archive-date=August 22, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Penn archivist Mark Frazier Lloyd noted, "In 1899, UPenn's Trustees adopted a resolution that established 1740 as the founding date, but good cases may be made for 1749, when Franklin first convened the Trustees, or 1751, when the first classes were taught at the affiliated secondary school for boys, Academy of Philadelphia, or 1755, when Penn obtained its collegiate charter to add a post-secondary institution, the College of Philadelphia."<ref name="upenn.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/2231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603231438/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/2231|archive-date=2011-06-03|title=A Penn Trivial Pursuit - Penn Current|date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> Princeton's library presents another diplomatically-phrased view.<ref name="princeton.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/older.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030319132644/http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/older.shtml|archive-date=2003-03-19|title=Seeley G. Mudd Library : FAQ Princeton vs. University of Pennsylvania: Which is the Older Institution?|date=March 19, 2003}}</ref>}}
| established = {{start date and age|1740|11|14}}{{refn|group=note|name="founding_note"|The university officially uses 1740 as its founding date and has since 1899. The ideas and intellectual inspiration for the academic institution stem from 1749, with a pamphlet published by [[Benjamin Franklin]] (1705/1706–1790). When Franklin's institution was established, it inhabited a schoolhouse built on November 14, 1740, for another school, which never came to practical fruition.<ref name="archives.upenn.edu">{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history |title=Penn History Exhibits |publisher=University Archives and Records Center |access-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822113907/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Penn archivist Mark Frazier Lloyd noted, "In 1899, UPenn's Trustees adopted a resolution that established 1740 as the founding date, but good cases may be made for 1749, when Franklin first convened the Trustees, or 1751, when the first classes were taught at the affiliated secondary school for boys, Academy of Philadelphia, or 1755, when Penn obtained its collegiate charter to add a post-secondary institution, the College of Philadelphia."<ref name="upenn.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/2231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603231438/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/2231 |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |title=A Penn Trivial Pursuit – Penn Current |date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> Princeton's library presents another diplomatically-phrased view.<ref name="princeton.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/older.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030319132644/http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/older.shtml |archive-date=March 19, 2003 |title=Seeley G. Mudd Library: FAQ Princeton vs. University of Pennsylvania: Which is the Older Institution?|date=March 19, 2003}}</ref>}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[Doctoral university|research]] university
| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
| affiliations = [[Association of American Universities|AAU]]<br />[[Consortium on Financing Higher Education|COFHE]]<br />[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<br />[[568 Group]]<br />[[Universities Research Association|URA]]
| accreditation = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
| endowment = $14.65 billion (2019)<ref name = endowment>As of June 30, 2019. {{cite web |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx? |title=U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised) |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA |access-date=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
| academic_affiliations = {{hlist
| budget = $3.5 billion (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Operating Budget |url=https://www.budget.upenn.edu:44303/Operating_Budget/ |website=Office of Budget and Management Analysis |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112170732/https://www.budget.upenn.edu:44303/Operating_Budget/ |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]
| founder = [[Benjamin Franklin]]
|[[Consortium on Financing Higher Education|COFHE]]
| president = [[Amy Gutmann]]
|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Quaker Consortium|QC]]
| provost = [[Wendell Pritchett]]
|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]
| head_label = Board Chairman
}}
| head = [[David L. Cohen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/trustees/TrusteeNameList.html|publisher=Office of the University Secretary, Penn|date=January 1, 2018|access-date=March 15, 2018|title=The Trustees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004140026/https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/trustees/TrusteeNameList.html|archive-date=October 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| academic_staff = 4,793 (2018)<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts">{{cite web|title=Penn: Penn Facts|url=http://www.upenn.edu/about/facts|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=January 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023185249/https://www.upenn.edu/about/facts|archive-date=October 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| endowment = $21.0 billion (2023)<ref name = endowment>As of June 30, 2023. {{cite report |url=https://investments.upenn.edu/about-us |title=About Us Penn Office of Investments |publisher=Penn Office of Investments |date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019034827/https://investments.upenn.edu/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref>
| students = 22,432 (Fall 2019)<ref name="CDS">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2019-20 |url=https://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2019-20.pdf?pdf=CDS%202018-19 |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>
| budget = $4.4 billion (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Operating Budget |url=https://budget.upenn.edu/operating-budget/ |publisher=Office of Budget and Management Analysis, University of Pennsylvania |access-date=2023-12-10 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009003416/https://budget.upenn.edu/operating-budget/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| founder = [[Benjamin Franklin]]
| undergrad = 10,019 (Fall 2019)<ref name="CDS"/>
| president = [[J. Larry Jameson]] (interim)<!--J. Larry Jameson has been chosen as interim president (https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/12/penn-larry-jameson-interim-president).-->
| postgrad = 12,413 (Fall 2019)<ref name="CDS"/>
| provost = [[John L. Jackson Jr.]]
| city = [[Philadelphia]]
| academic_staff = 4,793 (2018)<ref name="Facts">{{cite web |title=Penn: Penn Facts |url=http://www.upenn.edu/about/facts |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023185249/https://www.upenn.edu/about/facts |archive-date=October 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| students = {{gaps|23,374}} (fall 2022)<ref name="CDS">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022–2023 |url=https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2022-23-Jul-2023.pdf |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=Sep 12, 2023 |archive-date=Aug 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803133606/https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2022-23-Jul-2023.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
| country = United States
| total_staff = {{gaps|39,859}} (fall 2020; includes health system)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upenn.edu/about/facts |title=Facts |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=February 1, 2020 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124040550/https://www.upenn.edu/about/facts |url-status=live}}</ref>
| campus = Urban, {{convert|1085|acre|km2}} total:<br /> {{convert|299|acre|km2}}, [[University City, Philadelphia|University City]] campus; <br />{{convert|694|acre|km2}}, [[New Bolton Center]]; <br />{{convert|92|acre|km2}}, [[Morris Arboretum]]
| undergrad = 9,760 (fall 2022)<ref name="CDS"/>
| athletics = [[NCAA Division I]] –<br /> [[Ivy League]]<br />[[Philadelphia Big 5]]<br />[[City 6]]
| postgrad = {{gaps|13,614}} (fall 2022)<ref name="CDS"/>
| colors = [[Shades of red#Penn red|Penn Red]] and [[Shades of blue#Penn blue|Penn Blue]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/about/styleguide-logo-branding|title=Logo & Branding Standards|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723185326/https://www.upenn.edu/about/styleguide-logo-branding|archive-date=July 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color box|#990000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#011F5B}}
| city = [[Philadelphia]]
| nickname = [[Penn Quakers|Quakers]]
| state = Pennsylvania
| website = {{URL|upenn.edu}}
| country = United States
| logo = University of Pennsylvania wordmark.svg
| coordinates = {{Coord|39|57|01|N|75|11|41|W|region:US-PA_type:edu|display=title,inline}}
| logo_upright = .7
| campus = Large city

| campus_size = {{ubli|{{convert|1085|acre|ha}} (total); | {{convert|299|acre|ha}}, [[University City, Philadelphia|University City]] campus; | {{convert|694|acre|ha}}, [[New Bolton Center]]; | {{convert|92|acre|ha}}, [[Morris Arboretum]]}}
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| free2 = ''[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]''
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| nickname = [[Penn Quakers|Quakers]]
| mascot = The Quaker
| website = {{Official URL}}
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The '''University of Pennsylvania''' (commonly known as '''Penn'''{{refn|group=note|The registered trademark as the primary substitute for using the University's full name; it is part of the university's official brand.<ref name="branding">{{multiref2|1={{cite web |title=Penn Brand Standards |url=https://branding.web-resources.upenn.edu/ |website=UPenn Web Resources |publisher=University of Pennsylvania}} {{Webarchive |date= April 18, 2022 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220418015150/https://branding.web-resources.upenn.edu/}}|2= {{citation |title=UPenn Brand Guidelines |date= September 2022 |url=https://upenn.app.box.com/s/ya73qe5vsor49tlgqvv5pz2uz8yx750x |publisher=University of Pennsylvania}} }}</ref>}} or '''UPenn'''{{refn|group=note|name="name_style"|From ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'': "The University's online style guide says that while Penn is the officially sanctioned term, UPenn is 'permissible{{nbsp}}... in situations where it may help to distinguish Penn from other universities within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yagoda |first1=Ben |title=Penn v. UPenn |url=https://thepenngazette.com/penn-v-upenn/ |work=The Pennsylvania Gazette |date=29 August 2017}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104102013/https://thepenngazette.com/penn-v-upenn |date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> ''UPenn'' is an element used in the university's domain name.}}) is a [[Private university|private]] [[Ivy League]] [[research university]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of nine [[colonial colleges]] and was chartered prior to the [[United States Declaration of Independence|U.S. Declaration of Independence]] when [[Benjamin Franklin]], the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and [[public service]]. Penn identifies as the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States]], though this representation is challenged by other universities since Franklin first convened the board of trustees in 1749, arguably making it the fifth-oldest.{{refn|group=note|name="founding_note"}}
The '''University of Pennsylvania''' ('''Penn''' or '''UPenn''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[Ivy League]] [[research university]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The university claims a founding date of 1740{{refn|group=note|name="founding_note"}} and is one of the nine [[colonial colleges]] chartered prior to the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence]]. [[Benjamin Franklin]], Penn's founder and first president, advocated an educational program that trained leaders in commerce, government, and [[public service]], similar to a modern [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]] curriculum.<ref name="Penn's Heritage"/>


Penn has four undergraduate schools as well as twelve graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the [[University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]], the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]], the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]], and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|School of Nursing]]. Penn's "One University Policy" allows students to enroll in classes in any of Penn's twelve schools.<ref>Meyerson, Martin (January 29, 1973). "Report of the University Development Commission" (PDF). ''upenn.com''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> Among its highly ranked graduate and professional schools are a [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|law school]] whose first professor wrote the first draft of the [[United States Constitution]], the [[List of medical schools in North America|first school of medicine in North America]] ([[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|Perelman School of Medicine]], 1765), and first collegiate business school ([[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]], 1881).
The university has four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the [[University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]], the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]], the [[Wharton School]], and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|School of Nursing]]. Among its graduate schools are its [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|law school]], whose first professor [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]] participated in writing the first draft of the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]], its [[Perelman School of Medicine|medical school]], which was the first medical school established in North America, and the Wharton School, the nation's first collegiate business school.


In 2023, Penn ranked third among U.S. universities in [[List of countries by research and development spending|research expenditures]], according to the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref name="NCSES" >{{cite web |url=https://ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/higher-education-research-development/2023#survey-info |title=Higher Education Research and Development: Fiscal Year 2023 |publisher=National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |date=November 25, 2024 |access-date=November 26, 2024 }}</ref> Its [[financial endowment|endowment]] is {{USD|21 billion|long=no}}, making it the [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment|sixth-wealthiest private academic institution in the nation]] as of 2023. The University of Pennsylvania's main campus is located in the [[University City, Philadelphia|University City]] neighborhood of [[West Philadelphia]], and is centered around [[College Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|College Hall]]. Notable campus landmarks include [[Houston Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|Houston Hall]], the first modern [[Student activity center|student union]], and [[Franklin Field]], the nation's first dual-level [[college football]] stadium and the nation's longest-standing [[NCAA Division I]] college football stadium in continuous operation.<ref name="10 old"/> The university's athletics program, the [[Penn Quakers]], fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of NCAA Division I's Ivy League conference.
Penn is also home to the first "[[Student activity center|student union]]" building and organization ([[Houston Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|Houston Hall]], 1896), the first Catholic student club in North America ([[Newman Center]], 1893),<ref>John Whitney Evans, ''Making the Best of a Bad Job? Newman Chaplains between the Code and the Council'', U.S. Catholic Historian, Vol. 11, No. 1, Sulpicians and Seminaries, Prelates and Priests (Winter, 1993), pp. 35–50.</ref> the first double-decker college football stadium ([[Franklin Field]], 1924 when second deck was constructed),<ref name="University Archives">{{cite web|last=Tannenbaum|first=Seth S.|title=Undergraduate Student Governance at Penn, 1895–2006|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/studtorg/stugovt/housclub.html|work=University Archives and Research Center|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423224237/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/studtorg/stugovt/housclub.html|archive-date=April 23, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upenn.edu/about/history|title=Penn's Heritage {{!}} University of Pennsylvania|website=www.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> and [[Morris Arboretum]], the official arboretum of the [[Pennsylvania|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]]. The first general-purpose electronic computer ([[ENIAC]]) was developed at Penn and formally dedicated in 1946. In 2019, the university had an endowment of $14.65 billion, the [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment|sixth-largest endowment]] of all universities in the United States,<ref name="endowment" /> as well as a research budget of $1.02 billion.<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts" /> The university's athletics program, the [[Penn Quakers|Quakers]], fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of the [[NCAA Division I]] [[Ivy League]] conference.


Penn alumni, trustees, and faculty include eight [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] who signed the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]],<ref name="upenn1">{{Cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/search/|title=Search|website=University Archives and Records Center}}</ref><ref name="upenn2"/> seven who signed the [[United States Constitution]],<ref name="upenn2"/> 24 members of the [[Continental Congress]], three [[President of the United States|presidents of the United States]],{{refn|group=note|name="Harrison"}} 38 Nobel laureates, nine foreign [[Head of state|heads of state]], three [[United States Supreme Court]] justices, at least four Supreme Court justices of foreign nations,<ref>see list with citations in Notable People section</ref> 32 [[United States Senate|U.S. senators]], 163 members of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], 19 [[Cabinet of the United States|U.S. Cabinet Secretaries]], 46 [[Governor (United States)|governors]], 28 [[State supreme court|State Supreme Court]] justices, 36 living undergraduate billionaires (the largest number of any U.S. college or university),<ref name="quartz"/> and five [[Medal of Honor]] recipients.<ref name="MoH Recipients">{{cite web |last1=Ahern |first1=Joseph-James |last2=Hawley |first2=Scott W. |date=January 2011 |title=Congressional Medals of Honor, Recipients from the Civil War |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/medal-of-honor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123201154/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/medal-of-honor |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |publisher=Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania |website= University Archives and Records Center }}</ref><ref name="na">{{cite web |title=Frederick C. Murphy, Our Facility's Namesake |url=https://www.archives.gov/boston/exhibits/murphy |website=archives.gov |date=August 15, 2016 |publisher=National Archives at Boston |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>
As of 2018, distinguished alumni include three [[U.S. Supreme Court]] justices, 32 [[U.S. senators]], 46 [[Governor (United States)|U.S. governors]], 163 members of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], eight signers of the Declaration of Independence, 12 signers of the [[U.S. Constitution]], 24 members of the [[Continental Congress]], 14 foreign heads of state, and two [[President of the United States|presidents of the United States]], including the incumbent, [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/16/luxury/top-colleges-with-billionaire-undergraduates/|title=Top 20 Colleges with the most billionaire alumni|agency=[[CNN]]|department=[[CNNMoney]]|date=September 17, 2014|access-date=September 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920023934/http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/16/luxury/top-colleges-with-billionaire-undergraduates|archive-date=September 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UBS and Wealth-X">{{cite web|quote=According to annual studies (UBS and Wealth-X Billionaire Census) by [[UBS]] and Wealth-X, the University of Pennsylvania has produced the most billionaires in the world, as measured by the number of undergraduate degree holders. Four of the top five schools were [[Ivy League]] institutions.|url=http://www.wealthx.com/articles/2014/which-universities-produce-the-most-billionaires/|title=Which Universities Produce the Most Billionaires?|access-date=December 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231010617/http://www.wealthx.com/articles/2014/which-universities-produce-the-most-billionaires/|archive-date=December 31, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/signers.html|title=Penn Signers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence|publisher=Archives.upenn.edu|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307090215/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/signers.html|archive-date=March 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> As of October 2019, [[List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation|36 Nobel laureates]], 80 members of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/about/facts|title=Facts &#124; University of Pennsylvania|publisher=Upenn.edu|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023185249/https://www.upenn.edu/about/facts|archive-date=October 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> 64 [[billionaires]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/18/the-universities-that-produce-the-most-billionaires.html|title=More billionaires went to Harvard than to Stanford, MIT, and Yale combined|first1=Kathleen|last1=Elkins|publisher=CNBC|date=May 18, 2018|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522013005/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/18/the-universities-that-produce-the-most-billionaires.html|archive-date=May 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> 29 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/rhodes|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|title=Rhodes Scholarships|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127024829/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/rhodes|archive-date=January 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> 15 [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/marshall-students|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|title=Marshall Scholarships|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127024809/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/marshall-students|archive-date=January 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and 16 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners have been affiliated with the university.


==History==
==History==
{{Main|History of the University of Pennsylvania}}
[[File:Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Duplessis_1778.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Franklin]] was the primary founder, benefactor, President of the Board of Trustees and a trustee of the [[The Academy and College of Philadelphia|Academy and College of Philadelphia]], which merged with the [[University of the State of Pennsylvania]] to form the University of Pennsylvania in 1791 ([[Joseph Duplessis]], c. 1785).]]
In 1740, a group of [[Philadelphia]]ns organized to erect a great preaching hall for [[George Whitefield]], a traveling [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[evangelism|evangelist]],<ref>see second footnote 9 in Extracts from the Benjamin Franklin published Pennsylvania Gazette, (January 3 to December 25, 1740) – Founders Online https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-02-02-0065 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826064004/https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-02-02-0065 |date=August 26, 2023 }} "Note: The annotations to this document, and any other modern editorial content, are copyright the American Philosophical Society and Yale University. All rights reserved."</ref> which was designed and constructed by [[Edmund Woolley]]. It was the largest building in Philadelphia at the time, and thousands of people attended it to hear Whitefield preach.<ref name="MontgomeryHistory">{{cite book|title=A History of the University of Pennsylvania from Its Foundation to A. D. 1770|publisher=George W. Jacobs & Co.|author=Montgomery, Thomas Harrison|year=1900|location=Philadelphia|lccn=00003240|title-link=:File:History of the University of Pennsylvania - Montgomery (1900).djvu}}</ref>{{rp|26}}
[[File:PA-Philadelphia-Penn.jpg|thumb|Academy and College of Philadelphia (c. 1780), 4th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, home of what became the University from 1751 to 1801]]
[[File:House intended for the President Birch's Views Plate 13.jpg|thumb|"House intended for the President of the United States" from "[[Birch's Views of Philadelphia]]" (1800), home of the College of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania from 1801 to 1829]]
[[File:University of Pennsylvania, Ninth Street, above Chesnut, by Bartlett & French 2.jpg|thumb|Ninth Street Campus (above Chestnut Street) in [[stereographic]] image: Medical Hall (left) and College Hall (right), both built 1829–1830]]
The University of Pennsylvania considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, though this is contested by Princeton and Columbia Universities.{{refn|group=note| Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution. The College of Philadelphia (later Penn), [[Princeton University|College of New Jersey (later Princeton University)]] and [[Columbia University|King's College (later Columbia College, now Columbia University)]] all originated within a few years of each other. After initially designating 1750 as its founding date, Penn later considered 1749 to be its founding date for more than a century, including alumni observing a centennial celebration in 1849. In 1895, several elite universities in the United States convened in New York City as the "Intercollegiate Commission" at the invitation of [[John James McCook (lawyer)|John J. McCook]], a [[Union Army]] officer during the [[American Civil War]] and member of Princeton's board of trustees who chaired its Committee on Academic Dress. The primary purpose of the conference was to standardize American academic regalia, which was accomplished through the adoption of the [[Academic regalia in the United States|Intercollegiate Code on Academic Costume]]. This formalized protocol included a provision that henceforth [[academic procession]]s would place visiting dignitaries and other officials in the order of their institution's founding dates. The following year, Penn's ''The Alumni Register'' magazine, published by the General Alumni Society, began a campaign to retroactively revise the University's founding date to 1740, to become older than Princeton, which had been chartered in 1746. Three years later in 1899, Penn's board of trustees acceded to this alumni initiative and officially changed its founding date from 1749 to 1740, affecting its rank in academic processions as well as the informal bragging rights that come with the age-based hierarchy in academia generally. See "Building Penn's Brand" for more details on why Penn did this.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0902/thomas.html|title=Gazette: Building Penn's Brand (Sept/Oct 2002)|website=www.upenn.edu|access-date=January 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120020503/http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0902/thomas.html|archive-date=November 20, 2005|url-status=live}}</ref> Princeton implicitly challenges this rationale,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/meet-princeton/history|title=History|website=Princeton University|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805225330/https://www.princeton.edu/meet-princeton/history|archive-date=August 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> also considering itself to be the nation's fourth-oldest institution of higher learning.<ref>[https://www.princeton.edu/main/about/history/american-revolution/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403053852/http://www.princeton.edu/main/about/history/american-revolution/ |date=April 3, 2016 }}</ref> To further complicate the comparison, a [[University of Edinburgh]]-educated [[Presbyterian]] minister from Scotland, named [[William Tennent]] and his son [[Gilbert Tennent]] operated a "[[Log College]]" in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]], from 1726 until 1746; some have suggested a connection between it and Princeton because five members of Princeton's first Board of Trustees were affiliated with the "Log College", including Gilbert Tennent, William Tennent, Jr., and Samuel Finley, the latter of whom later became President of Princeton. All twelve members of Princeton's first Board of Trustees were leaders from the "[[The Old Side-New Side Controversy|New Side]]" or "[[Old and New Light|New Light]]" wing of the [[Presbyterian Church]] in the [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Pennsylvania]] areas.<ref>[https://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/founders.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013448/http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/founders.shtml |date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref> This antecedent relationship, when considered a formal lineage with institutional continuity, would justify pushing Princeton's founding date back to 1726, earlier than Penn's 1740. However, Princeton has not done so, and a Princeton historian says that "the facts do not warrant" such an interpretation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etcweb1.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/log_college.html|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051117052303/http://etcweb1.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/log_college.html|archive-date=November 17, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=January 30, 2006}}</ref> Columbia also implicitly challenges Penn's use of either 1750, 1749 or 1740, as it claims to be the fifth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (after Harvard, William & Mary, Yale and Princeton), based upon its charter date of 1754 and Penn's charter date of 1755.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.columbia.edu/content/history|title=History - Columbia University in the City of New York|website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517175032/https://www.columbia.edu/content/history|archive-date=May 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Academic histories of American higher education generally list Penn as fifth or sixth, after Princeton and immediately before or after that of Columbia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/ConspectusH/id/345|title=COH-03-057_Page-45|website=dmr.bsu.edu|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122150848/https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/ConspectusH/id/345|archive-date=January 22, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/9120/article_RI234246.pdf?sequence=5 |title=AMERICAN COLONIAL COLLEGES |website=scholarship.rice.edu |format=PDF |access-date=2019-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181127/http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/9120/article_RI234246.pdf?sequence=5 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/3878/gslisoccasionalpv00000i00140.pdf?sequence=1 |title=THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN COLLEGESAND THEIR LIBRARIES IN THESEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES |last=Zubatsky |first=David |date=2007 |website=/www.ideals.illinois.edu |format=PDF |access-date=2019-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028044908/https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/3878/gslisoccasionalpv00000i00140.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In the fall of 1749, [[Benjamin Franklin]], a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] and [[polymath]] in Philadelphia, circulated a pamphlet, "[[commons:File:Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania (UC) - Benjamin Franklin (1931 1749).djvu|Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania]]," his vision for what he called a "Public Academy of Philadelphia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/brief.html|title=A Brief History of the University, University of Pennsylvania Archives|first=Steven Morgan|last=Friedman|website=Archives.upenn.edu|access-date=December 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102143449/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/brief.html|archive-date=January 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Even Penn's account of its early history agrees that the original secondary school (the Academy of Philadelphia) did not add an institution of higher learning (the College of Philadelphia) until 1755, but university officials continue to make it their practice to assert their fourth-oldest place in academic processions. Other American universities that began as a colonial-era, early version of secondary schools such as [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College]] (founded as "King William's School" in 1696) and the [[University of Delaware]] (founded as "the Free Academy" in 1743) choose to march based upon the date they became institutions of higher learning. Penn History Professor Edgar Potts Cheyney was a member of the Penn class of 1883 who played a leading role in the 1896-1899 alumni campaign to change the university's formal founding date. According to Cheyney's later history of the event, the university did indeed consider its founding date to be 1749 for almost a century. However, it was changed with good reason, and primarily due to a publication about the university issued by the [[United States Secretary of Education|U.S. Commissioner of Education]] written by Francis Newton Thorpe, a fellow alumnus, and colleague in the Penn history department. The year 1740 is the date of the establishment of the first educational trust that the University had taken upon itself. Cheyney states further that "it might be considered a lawyer's date; it is a familiar legal practice in considering the date of any institution to seek out the oldest trust it administers". He also points out that Harvard's founding date is also the year in which the [[Massachusetts General Court]] (state legislature) resolved to establish a fund in a year's time for a "School or College". As well, Princeton claims its founding date as 1746, the date of its first charter. However, the exact words of the charter are unknown, the number and names of the trustees in the charter are unknown, and no known original is extant. Except for Columbia University, the majority of the American Colonial Colleges do not have clear-cut dates of foundation <ref>Edgar Potts Cheyney, "History of the University of Pennsylvania: 1740-1940", Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1940: pp. 45-52.</ref>}} The university also considers itself as the [[first university in the United States]] with both undergraduate and graduate studies.


On June 16, 1755, the [[Academy and College of Philadelphia|College of Philadelphia]] was chartered, paving the way for the addition of undergraduate instruction.<ref name="WoodHistory">{{cite book|lccn=07007833|oclc=760190902|title=The History of the University of Pennsylvania, from Its Origin to the Year 1827|publisher= McCarty and Davis|last=Wood|first=George Bacon|author-link=George Bacon Wood|year=1834|title-link=:s:en:The History of the University of Pennsylvania|page=13}}</ref>
[[File:Benjamin Franklin statue in front of College Hall.JPG|thumb|right|This statue of [[Benjamin Franklin]] donated by Justus C. Strawbridge to the [[Philadelphia|City of Philadelphia]] in 1899 now sits in front of [[College Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|College Hall.]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ceremonies Attending the Unveiling of the Statue of Benjamin Franklin|url=https://archive.org/details/ceremoniesatten02stragoog|quote=justus c strawbridge.|access-date=November 24, 2007|last=Strawbridge|first=Justus C.|publisher=Allen, Lane & Scott|isbn=978-1-103-92435-6|year=1899}}</ref>]]
In 1740, a group of Philadelphians joined together to erect a great preaching hall for the traveling [[evangelism|evangelist]] [[George Whitefield]], who toured the American colonies delivering open-air sermons. The building was designed and built by [[Edmund Woolley]] and was the largest building in the city at the time, drawing thousands of people the first time it was preached in.<ref name="MontgomeryHistory">{{cite book|title=A History of the University of Pennsylvania from Its Foundation to A. D. 1770|publisher=George W. Jacobs & Co.|author=Montgomery, Thomas Harrison|year=1900|location=Philadelphia|lccn=00003240|title-link=:File:History of the University of Pennsylvania - Montgomery (1900).djvu}}</ref>{{rp|26}} It was initially planned to serve as a [[charity school]] as well, but a lack of funds forced plans for the chapel and school to be suspended. According to Franklin's autobiography, it was in 1743 when he first had the idea to establish an academy, "thinking the Rev. [[Richard Peters (priest)|Richard Peters]] a fit person to superintend such an institution". However, Peters declined a casual inquiry from Franklin and nothing further was done for another six years.<ref name="MontgomeryHistory"/>{{rp|30}} In the fall of 1749, now more eager to create a school to educate future generations, [[Benjamin Franklin]] circulated a pamphlet titled "[[commons:File:Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania (UC) - Benjamin Franklin (1931 1749).djvu|Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania]]", his vision for what he called a "Public Academy of Philadelphia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/brief.html|title=A Brief History of the University, University of Pennsylvania Archives|first=Steven Morgan|last=Friedman|publisher=Archives.upenn.edu|access-date=December 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102143449/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/brief.html|archive-date=January 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unlike the other [[colonial colleges]] that existed in 1749—[[Harvard]], [[College of William & Mary|William & Mary]], [[Yale]], and [[Princeton]]—Franklin's new school would not focus merely on education for the clergy. He advocated an innovative concept of higher education, one which would teach both the ornamental knowledge of the arts and the practical skills necessary for making a living and doing public service. The proposed program of study could have become the nation's first modern liberal arts curriculum, although it was never implemented because [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] priest [[William Smith (Episcopal priest)|William Smith]] (1727-1803), who became the first [[provost (education)|provost]], and other [[Board of Trustees|trustees]] strongly preferred the traditional curriculum.<ref name="Penn's Heritage">{{cite web|title=Penn's Heritage|url=http://www.upenn.edu/about/history|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422090345/http://www.upenn.edu/about/history|archive-date=April 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>N. Landsman, From Colonials to Provincials: American Thought and Culture, 1680-1760 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997), pp. 30.</ref>


==Campus==
Franklin assembled a board of trustees from among the leading citizens of Philadelphia, the first such non-sectarian board in America. At the first meeting of the 24 members of the board of trustees on November 13, 1749, the issue of where to locate the school was a prime concern. Although a lot across Sixth Street from the old Pennsylvania State House (later renamed and famously known since 1776 as "[[Independence Hall (United States)|Independence Hall]]"), was offered without cost by [[James Logan (statesman)|James Logan]], its owner, the trustees realized that the building erected in 1740, which was still vacant, would be an even better site. The original sponsors of the dormant building still owed considerable construction debts and asked Franklin's group to assume their debts and, accordingly, their inactive trusts. On February 1, 1750, the new board took over the building and trusts of the old board. On August 13, 1751, the "Academy of Philadelphia", using the great hall at 4th and Arch Streets, took in its first secondary students. A charity school also was chartered on July 13, 1753,<ref name="WoodHistory"/>{{rp|12}} by the intentions of the original "New Building" donors, although it lasted only a few years. On June 16, 1755, the "[[College of Philadelphia]]" was chartered, paving the way for the addition of undergraduate instruction.<ref name="WoodHistory"/>{{rp|13}} All three schools shared the same board of trustees and were considered to be part of the same institution.<ref name=autogenerated1/> The first commencement exercises were held on May 17, 1757.<ref name="WoodHistory"/>{{rp|14}}
[[File:37th and Spruce SEPTA station.jpg|thumb|Primary architecture firm of Penn's main campus, [[Cope and Stewardson]], were Penn Professors who designed this Quadrangle dormitory on [[Collegiate Gothic]] style. Image that was taken in 2007 includes a replica of a non operational 1920s trolley car (similar to version that used to run down Locust Street) and now forms part of an entrance to SEPTA's 37th Street subway station]]
Much of Penn's current architecture was designed by the [[Philadelphia]]-based architecture firm [[Cope and Stewardson]], whose owners were Philadelphia born and raised architects and professors at Penn who also designed [[Princeton University]] and a large part of [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/walter-cope/ | title=Walter Cope | access-date=March 23, 2023 | archive-date=March 23, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323061145/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/walter-cope/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/john-stewardson/ | title=John Stewardson | website=University Archives and Records Center | access-date=March 23, 2023 | archive-date=March 23, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323060904/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/john-stewardson/ | url-status=live |publisher=Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania}}</ref> They were known for having combined the [[Gothic architecture]] of the [[University of Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge]] with the local landscape to establish the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Collegiate Gothic]] style.<ref>{{Philadelphia Architects and Buildings |ar=23024 |Cope & Stewardson (fl. 1885–1912)}}</ref>


[[File:Charter of the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) 1755.jpg|thumb|1755 Charter creating the College of Philadelphia]]
Penn's main artery at center of [[University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District|Penn's Campus Historic District]] is Locust Walk,
a pedestrian only walkway first announced by Penn President, [[Harold Stassen]] in 1948.<ref> Stassen was quoted in Volume 47, no. 4 (December 1948) issue: [pages 13-15] of the ''Pennsylvania Gazette'' that Locust Walk would make Penn, “one of the most beautiful metropolitan campuses in the world. The plan will result in a campus that is both utilitarian and beautiful.” see https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/gazette-expansion-plans-revealed-1948/ retrieved December 5, 2024</ref> Work began in the summer of 1960, and was completed in in 1972.<ref>https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2015-10-22/record/record-locust-walk retrieved December 5, 2024</ref>
[[File:Penn campus 2.jpg|thumb|"The Quad" in the Fall, from Fisher-Hassenfeld College House, facing Ware College House]]
[[File:Locust Walk - UPenn (53589301557).jpg|thumb| Penn's main artery, Locust Walk, a pedestrian artery traversing six blocks from 40th Street to 35th Street in University City, in a photo taken on March 1, 2024]]
The institution of higher learning was known as the College of Philadelphia from 1755 to 1779. In 1779, not trusting then-provost the [[William Smith (Episcopalian priest)|Reverend William Smith]]'s [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|"Loyalist"]] tendencies, the revolutionary State Legislature created a [[University of the State of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|title=Penn in the 18th Century, University of Pennsylvania Archives|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/penn1700s.html|publisher=Universdity of Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428155156/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/penn1700s.html|archive-date=April 28, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> The result was a schism, with Smith continuing to operate an attenuated version of the College of Philadelphia. In 1791, the legislature issued a new charter, merging the two institutions into a new University of Pennsylvania with twelve men from each institution on the new board of trustees.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
The present core campus covers over {{convert|299|acre|ha}} in a contiguous area of West Philadelphia's University City section, and the older heart of the campus comprises the [[University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District]]. All of Penn's schools and most of its research institutes are located on this campus. The surrounding neighborhood includes several restaurants, bars, a large upscale grocery store, and a movie theater on the western edge of campus. Penn's core campus borders [[Drexel University]] and is a few blocks from the University City campus of [[Saint Joseph's University]], which absorbed [[University of the Sciences]] in Philadelphia in a merger, and [[The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College]].


[[Wistar Institute]], a cancer research center, is also located on campus. In 2014, a new seven-story glass and steel building was completed next to the institute's original brick edifice built in 1897 further expanding collaboration between the university and the Wistar Institute.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Dominique|title=Wistar strategic plan includes new building and research|url=http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/09/wistar_strategic_plan_includes_new_building_and_research|access-date=November 10, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|date=September 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121203226/http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/09/wistar_strategic_plan_includes_new_building_and_research |archive-date=January 21, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
Penn has three claims to being the first university in the United States, according to university archives director Mark Frazier Lloyd: the 1765 founding of the first medical school in America<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=University of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9432|publisher=[[World Digital Library]]|access-date=February 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101150332/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9432/|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> made Penn the first institution to offer both "undergraduate" and professional education; the 1779 charter made it the first American institution of higher learning to take the name of "University"; and existing colleges were established as seminaries (although, as detailed earlier, Penn adopted a traditional seminary curriculum as well).<ref name="first university">{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/firstuniv.html|title=The University of Pennsylvania: America's First University|publisher=University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711051514/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/firstuniv.html|archive-date=July 11, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The Module 6 Utility Plant and Garage at Penn was designed by BLT Architects and completed in 1995. Module 6 is located at 38th and Walnut and includes spaces for 627 vehicles, {{convert|9000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of storefront retail operations, a 9,500-ton chiller module and corresponding extension of the campus chilled water loop, and a 4,000-ton ice storage facility.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Pennsylvania Module 6 Utility Plant and Garage|url=http://www.blta.com/#/3/0/4/7/|publisher=BLT Architects|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812175412/http://blta.com/#/3/0/4/7/|archive-date=August 12, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
After being located in downtown Philadelphia for more than a century, the campus was moved across the [[Schuylkill River]] to property purchased from the [[Blockley Almshouse]] in [[West Philadelphia]] in 1872, where it has since remained in an area now known as [[University City, Philadelphia|University City]]. Although Penn began operating as an academy or secondary school in 1751 and obtained its collegiate charter in 1755, it initially designated 1750 as its founding date; this is the year that appears on the first iteration of the university seal. Sometime later in its early history, Penn began to consider 1749 as its founding date and this year was referenced for over a century, including at the centennial celebration in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/trustees.html|title=Penn Trustees 1749-1800|publisher=University of Pennsylvania University Archives|access-date=July 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125023024/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/trustees.html|archive-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1899, the board of trustees voted to adjust the founding date earlier again, this time to 1740, the date of "the creation of the earliest of the many educational trusts the University has taken upon itself".<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the University of Pennsylvania 1740–1940|last=Cheyney|first=Edward Potts|author-link=Edward Potts Cheyney|year=1940|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Philadelphia|pages=46–48|url=http://repository.upenn.edu/penn_history/5/|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524003401/http://repository.upenn.edu/penn_history/5/|archive-date=May 24, 2011|url-status=live}} Cheyney was a Penn professor and alumnus from the class of 1883 who advocated the change in Penn's founding date in 1899 to appear older than both Princeton and Columbia. The explanation, "It will have been noted that 1740 is the date of the creation of the earliest of the many educational trusts the University has taken upon itself," is Professor Cheyney's justification (pp. 47-48) for Penn retroactively changing its founding date, not language used by the Board of Trustees.</ref> The board of trustees voted in response to a three-year campaign by Penn's General Alumni Society to retroactively revise the university's founding date to appear older than Princeton University, which had been chartered in 1746.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/alumpres.html|title=Presidents of Penn Alumni|website=www.archives.upenn.edu|access-date=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719203832/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/alumpres.html|archive-date=July 19, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2010, in its first significant expansion across the [[Schuylkill River]], Penn purchased {{convert|23|acre}} at the northwest corner of 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue, the then site of [[DuPont]]'s Marshall Research Labs. In October 2016, with help from architects [[Matthias Hollwich]], [[Marc Kushner]], and [[KSS Architects]], Penn completed the design and renovation of the center piece of the project, a former paint factory named ''Pennovation Works'', which houses shared desks, wet labs, common areas, a pitch bleacher, and other attributes of a tech incubator. The rest of the site, known as South Bank, is a mixture of lightly refurbished industrial buildings that serve as affordable and flexible workspaces and land for future development. Penn hopes that "South Bank will provide a place for academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs to establish their businesses in close proximity to each other to facilitate cross-pollination of their ideas, creativity, and innovation," according to a March 2017 university statement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pennovation.upenn.edu/news/tracking-evolution-industry-34th-and-grays-ferry |title=Tracking The Evolution Of Industry At 34th And Grays Ferry |last=Helmer |first=Madeleine |date=March 16, 2017 |publisher=Pennovation Works University of Pennsylvania |access-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623194534/https://www.pennovation.upenn.edu/news/tracking-evolution-industry-34th-and-grays-ferry |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Early campuses===
The Academy of Philadelphia, a secondary school for boys, began operations in 1751 in an unused church building at 4th and Arch Streets which had sat unfinished and dormant for over a decade. Upon receiving a collegiate charter in 1755, the first classes for the College of Philadelphia were taught in the same building, in many cases to the same boys who had already graduated from The Academy of Philadelphia. In 1801, the university moved to the unused Presidential Mansion at 9th and Market Streets, a building that both George Washington and John Adams had declined to occupy while Philadelphia was the temporary national capital.<ref name="WoodHistory">{{cite book|lccn=07007833|oclc=760190902|title=The History of the University of Pennsylvania, from Its Origin to the Year 1827|publisher= McCarty and Davis|author=Wood, George Bacon|author-link=George Bacon Wood|year=1834|title-link=:s:en:The History of the University of Pennsylvania}}</ref> Classes were held in the mansion until 1829 when it was demolished. Architect [[William Strickland (architect)|William Strickland]] designed twin buildings on the same site, College Hall and Medical Hall (both 1829–1830), which formed the core of the Ninth Street Campus until Penn's move to West Philadelphia in the 1870s.


===Residential university===
===Parks and arboreta===
{{Further|Morris Arboretum}}
[[File:U Penn Statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of the Reverend George Whitefield at the University of Pennsylvania]]
In 2007, Penn acquired about {{convert|35|acre|ha}} between the campus and the [[Schuylkill River]] at the former site of the [[Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center|Philadelphia Civic Center]] and a nearby {{convert|24|acre|ha|adj=on}} site then owned by the [[United States Postal Service]]. Dubbed the Postal Lands, the site extends from [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]] on the north to Penn's Bower Field on the south, including the former main regional U.S. Postal Building at 30th and Market Streets, now the regional office for the [[United States Internal Revenue Service|U.S. Internal Revenue Service]]. Over the next decade, the site became the home to educational, research, [[biomedical engineering|biomedical]], and [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] facilities. The first phase, comprising a park and athletic facilities, opened in the fall of 2011.
From its founding until construction of the [[Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania)|Quadrangle Dormitories]], which started construction in 1895, the student body did not live in university-owned housing as, with minor exceptions, there was none. Indeed a significant portion of the undergraduate population commuted from [[Delaware Valley]] and a large number of students resided in the Philadelphia area.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baltzell |first=Digby |date=1996 |title=Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia |location=Piscataway, NJ |publisher=Transaction Publishers |page=253 |isbn=978-1560008309}}</ref> The medical school (with roughly half the students) was a significant exception to this trend as it attracted a more geographically diverse population of students. For example, as of the mid-1850s, over half of the population of the medical school was from the southern part of the United States.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/pa-album/quad |title=The Quadrangle |last=Linck |first=Elizabeth |date=1990 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Archives & Records Center |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015644/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/pa-album/quad |archive-date=February 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/civil-war.pdf |title=National Crisis, Institutional Change: Penn and the Civil War |last=Pieczynski |first=Denise |date=1990 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Archives & Records Center |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024615/https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/civil-war.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In September 2011, Penn completed the construction of the {{USD|46.5 million|long=no}}, {{convert|24|acre|ha|adj=on}} Penn Park, which features passive and active recreation and athletic components framed and subdivided by canopy trees, lawns, and meadows. It is located east of the Highline Green and stretches from [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut]] to [[South Street (Philadelphia)|South Street]]s.
By 1931, first-year students were required to live in the quadrangle unless they received official permission to live with their families or other relatives.<ref name="auto"/> However, throughout this period and into the early post-World War II period, the university continued to have a large commuting population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/pa-album/modern |title=The Modern Urban University |last=Bessin |first=James |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Archives & Records Center |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024747/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/pa-album/modern |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> As an example, into the late 1940s, two-thirds of Penn women students were commuters.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Puckett|first1= John |last2=Lloyd|first2= Mark |date=1995 |title=Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950-2000 |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |page=45 |isbn=978-0812246803}}</ref>


Penn maintains two arboreta. The first, the roughly {{convert|300|acre|sp=us|adj=on}} Penn Campus Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania, encompasses the entire [[University City, Philadelphia|University City]] main campus. The campus arboretum is an urban forest with over 6,500 trees representing 240 species of trees and shrubs, ten specialty gardens and five urban parks,<ref name="arbnet">{{cite web |url=http://www.arbnet.org/morton-register/penn-campus-arboretum-university-pennsylvania-0 |title=Penn Campus Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania |website=arbnet.org |access-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419031738/http://www.arbnet.org/morton-register/penn-campus-arboretum-university-pennsylvania-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> which has been designated as a Tree Campus USA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/|title=Tree Campus Higher Education at arborday.org|website=arborday.org|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=December 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202212455/https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/|url-status=live}}</ref> since 2009 and formally recognized as an accredited ArbNet Arboretum since 2017.<ref name="arbnet"/> Penn maintains an interactive website linked to Penn's comprehensive tree inventory, which allows users to explore Penn's entire collection of trees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/ |title=Welcome |work=University of Pennsylvania Facilities & Real Estate |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304222559/https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The second arboretum, [[Morris Arboretum]], which serves as the official arboretum of the [[Pennsylvania|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]], is 92 acres and includes over 13,000 labelled plants from over 2,500 types, representing the temperate floras of [[North America]], [[Asia]], and [[Europe]], with a primary focus on Asia.
After World War II, Penn began a capital spending program to overhaul its campus, especially student housing. A large number of students migrating to universities under the GI Bill, and the resultant increase in Penn's student population, highlighted that Penn had outgrown previous expansions, which ended during the Depression-era. Nonetheless, in addition to a significant student population from the Delaware Valley, Penn attracted international students and students from most of the 50 states as early as the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/media/2017/04/integrated-development-plan-1962.pdf#page=13 |title=Integrated Development Plan |date=1962 |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024635/https://archives.upenn.edu/media/2017/04/integrated-development-plan-1962.pdf#page=13 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Referring to the developments of this time period, Penn Trustee Paul Miller remarked, "[t]he bricks-and-mortar Capital Campaign of the Sixties...built the facilities that turned Penn from a commuter school to a residential one...."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/almanac-franklins-promise-1989|title="'Keeping Franklin's Promise' is the Billion-Dollar Goal," The Almanac, 1989|website=University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218082006/https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/almanac-franklins-promise-1989|archive-date=February 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1961, 79% of male undergraduates and 57% of female undergraduates lived on campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/media/2017/04/integrated-development-plan-1962.pdf#page=67 |title=Integrated Development Plan |date=1962 |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024635/https://archives.upenn.edu/media/2017/04/integrated-development-plan-1962.pdf#page=67 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web| url = https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/SiteResource/H001351_04H.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Compton and Bloomfield| access-date = 2023-09-01| author = George E. Thomas| date = August 1978| archive-date = August 14, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220814120207/https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/SiteResource/H001351_04H.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>


===New Bolton Center===
From 1930 to 1966, there were 54 documented [[Rowbottom (riot)|Rowbottom riots]], a student tradition of rioting which included everything from car smashing to panty raids.<ref name=Rowbottom>{{cite web|last=McConaghy|first=Mary D.|title=Student Traditions Rowbottom: Documented Rowbottoms, 1910–1970|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/traditions/rowbottom/list.html|work=University Archives and Records Center|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 25, 2011|author2=Ashish Shrestha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210233901/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/traditions/rowbottom/list.html|archive-date=February 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> After 1966, there were five more instances of "Rowbottoms", the latest occurring in 1980.<ref name=Rowbottom />
{{main|New Bolton Center}}
Penn also owns the {{convert|687|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[New Bolton Center]], the research and large-animal health care center of its veterinary school.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = March 25, 2021| archive-date = July 21, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H096882_01H.pdf| title = Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: South Brook Farm| access-date = December 16, 2012| author = George E. Thomas| date = June 1991| archive-date = December 16, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182522/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H096882_01H.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref> Located near [[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania|Kennett Square]], New Bolton Center received nationwide media attention when [[Kentucky Derby]] winner [[Barbaro (horse)|Barbaro]] underwent surgery at its Widener Hospital for injuries suffered while running in the [[Preakness Stakes]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/barbaro/|title=Barbaro|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404200850/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/barbaro/|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Libraries===<!-- This section is linked from [[NeXT]] -->
In 1965, Penn students learned that the university was sponsoring research projects for the United States' [[United States biological weapons program|chemical and biological weapons program]].<ref name="CB Controversy">{{cite journal|last=Herman|first=Edward S.|author2=Robert J. Rutman |author3=University of Pennsylvania |title=University of Pennsylvania's CB Warfare Controversy|journal=BioScience|date=August 1967|volume=17|issue=8|pages=526–529|jstor=1294007|doi=10.2307/1294007}}</ref> According to [[Edward S. Herman|Herman]] and Rutman, the revelation that "CB Projects Spicerack and Summit were directly connected with U.S. military activities in Southeast Asia", caused students to petition Penn president [[Gaylord Harnwell]] to halt the program, citing the project as being "immoral, inhuman, illegal, and unbefitting of an academic institution".<ref name="CB Controversy" /> Members of the faculty believed that an academic university should not be performing classified research and voted to re-examine the University agency which was responsible for the project on November 4, 1965.<ref name="CB Controversy"/>
{{Further|Van Pelt Library}}
[[File:Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center - IMG 6589.JPG|thumb|[[Van Pelt Library]], Penn's main library building]]
[[File:Furness library.jpg|thumb|Penn's first standalone library, built in 1891 and designed by [[Frank Furness]], {{Circa|1915}}]]
[[File:Furness Lib interior looking N UPenn.JPG|thumb|The interior of the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design|School of Design]]'s library]]


Penn library system has grown into a system of 14 libraries with 400 [[full-time equivalent]] (FTE) employees and a total operating budget of more than {{USD|48 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/access/visitors |title=Penn Libraries Visitor Information |newspaper=Penn Libraries |access-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314193318/https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/access/visitors |url-status=live }}</ref> The library system has 6.19 million book and serial volumes as well as 4.23 million [[microform]] items and 1.11 million e-books.<ref name="Facts"/> It subscribes to over 68,000 print serials and e-journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/|title=Penn Library Data Farm|access-date=December 24, 2009|archive-date=March 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317083950/http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Data Farm|url =http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110317083950/http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/|archive-date=March 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1983, members of the [[Animal Liberation Front]] broke into the Head Injury Clinical Research Laboratory in the School of Medicine and stole research audio and video tapes. The stolen tapes were given to [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] who edited the footage to create a film, ''[[Unnecessary Fuss]]''. As a result of media coverage and pressure from [[animal rights activism|animal rights activists]], the project was closed down.<ref name="Ethics Report">{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlineethics.org/cms/17252.aspx|title=OEC - Reflections on the Organizational Locus of the Office for Protection from Research Risks (Research Involving Human Participants V2)|website=onlineethics.org|first=Charles R|last=McCarthy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806205817/https://www.onlineethics.org/cms/17252.aspx|archive-date=August 6, 2010|publisher=[[National Academy of Sciences]]|quote=The university was put on probation by OPRR. The Head Injury Clinic was closed. The chief veterinarian was fired, the administration of animal facilities was consolidated, new training programs for investigators and staff were initiated, and quarterly progress reports to OPRR were required.}}</ref>


The university has 15 libraries. [[Van Pelt Library]] on the Penn campus is the university's main library. The other 14 are:
The school gained notoriety in 1993 for the [[water buffalo incident]] in which a student who told a group of black students to "shut up, you water buffalo" was charged with violating the university's racial harassment policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kors-university.html|author1=Alan Charles Kors|author2=Harvey A. Silverglate|title=The Shadow University|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709085033/http://partners.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kors-university.html|archive-date=July 9, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The [[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania|Annenberg School for Communication]] library located on [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut Street]] between 36th and 37th Streets
*The Archaeology and Anthropology Library located at the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology|Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]]
*The Biddle Law Library located on campus on the 3500 block of Sansom Street at the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Law|School of Law]]
*The Chemistry Library located on campus on 3300 block of Spruce Street in the Chemistry Building
*The Dental Medicine Library on campus on the 4000 the block of [[Locust Street]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine|Dental School]]
*The [[Fisher Fine Arts Library]] located on campus on the 3400 block of Woodland Avenue
*The Holman Biotech Commons library located on campus on the 3500 block of Hamilton Walk adjacent to the Robert Wood Johnson Pavilion at the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine|Medical School]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|Nursing School]]
*The Humanities and Social Sciences Library, including [[Weigle Information Commons]], located on campus between 34th and 35th streets on Locust Street in the Van Pelt Library
*The [[Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies]] library located off campus at 420 [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut Street]] near [[Independence Hall]] and Washington Square
*The Lea Library, a collection of [[Catholic Church]] history, located on campus between 34th and 35th streets on Locust Street on the 6th floor of the [[Van Pelt Library]]
*The Lippincott Business Library located on campus between 35th and 36th streets on Locust Street in the second floor of the Van Pelt Library
*The Math/Physics/Astronomy library located on campus on 3200 block of Walnut Streets adjacent to [[The Palestra]] on the third floor of the David Rittenhouse Laboratory
*The Rare Books and Manuscripts library and Yarnall Library of Theology located on campus between 34th and 35th streets on Locust Street in Van Pelt Library
*The Veterinary Medicine Library located on the campus between 38th and 39th streets on Sansom Street at the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine|Veterinary Medicine School]] with satellite library located off campus at New Bolton Center.


Penn also maintains books and records off campus at high density storage facility.
===Educational innovations===
[[File:Universityofpennsylvaniacollegehall.jpg|thumb|College Hall and then Logan Hall viewed from Woodland Ave., c. 1892]]
Penn's educational innovations include the nation's first medical school in 1765; the first university teaching hospital in 1874; the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]], the world's first collegiate business school, in 1881; the first American student union building, [[Houston Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|Houston Hall]], in 1896;<ref>{{cite book|title=Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania|last1=Thomas|first1=George E.|last2=Brownlee|first2=David Bruce|year=2000|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Philadelphia|page=3 |isbn=978-0-8122-3515-9}}</ref> the country's second school of veterinary medicine; and the home of [[ENIAC]], the world's first electronic, large-scale, general-purpose digital computer in 1946. Penn is also home to the oldest continuously functioning [[psychology]] department in North America and is where the [[American Medical Association]] was founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psych.upenn.edu/|title=Welcome to the Department of Psychology|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423123404/http://psych.upenn.edu/|archive-date=April 23, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/schools/med.html|publisher=University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania|title=History of the School of Medicine|access-date=April 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215193941/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/schools/med.html|archive-date=December 15, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1921, Penn was also the first university to award a PhD to an African-American woman, [[Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander]] (in economics).<ref name=Almanac>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v49/n02/sadie_timeline.html|title=The life and accomplishments of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander|date=September 3, 2002|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Almanac|access-date=March 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525042547/http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v49/n02/sadie_timeline.html|archive-date=May 25, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design|Penn Design School]]'s Fine Arts Library was built to be Penn's main library and the first with its own building. The main library at the time was designed by [[Frank Furness]] to be first library in nation to separate the low ceilings of the [[library stack]], where the books were stored, from forty-foot-plus high ceilinged rooms, where the books were read and studied.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWOH42D3i1U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hWOH42D3i1U| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Penn's Spectacular Architecture – YouTube|website=youtube.com|date=March 18, 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>see also Applications for Historical Landmark Status</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1971 Nomination Form, by George Thomas|url=http://uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/furness.html|access-date=July 20, 2007|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729081956/http://uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/furness.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Motto===
Penn's motto is based on a line from [[Horace]]'s [[s:la:Carmina (Horatius)/Liber III/Carmen XXIV#line33|III.24 (Book 3, Ode 24), {{lang-la|quid leges sine moribus vanae proficiunt?|lit=of what avail empty laws without [good] morals?|link=no|label=none|cat=no}}]]. From 1756 to 1898, the motto read ''{{lang|la|Sine Moribus Vanae}}''. When it was pointed out that the motto could be translated as 'Loose women without morals', the university quickly changed the motto to {{lang-la|literae sine moribus vanae|lit=Letters without morals [are] useless|link=no|label=none}}. In 1932, all elements of the seal were revised. As part of the redesign, it was decided that the new motto "mutilated" Horace, and it was changed to its present wording, {{lang-la|Leges Sine Moribus Vanae|lit=Laws without morals [are] useless|link=no|label=none}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hughes|first=Samuel|year=2002|url=https://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0102/0102finals.html|title=Whiskey, Loose Women, and Fig Leaves: The University's seal has a curious history|journal=Pennsylvania Gazette|volume=100|issue=3|access-date=February 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113054610/http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0102/0102finals.html|archive-date=November 13, 2005|url-status=live}}</ref>


The Yarnall Library of Theology, a major American rare book collection, is part of Penn's libraries. The Yarnall Library of Theology was formerly affiliated with [[Saint Clement's Church (Philadelphia)|St. Clement's Church]] in Philadelphia. It was founded in 1911 under the terms of the wills of Ellis Hornor Yarnall (1839–1907) and Emily Yarnall, and subsequently housed at the former Philadelphia Divinity School. The library's major areas of focus are theology, patristics, and the liturgy, history and theology of the [[Anglican Communion]] and the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]. It includes a large number of rare books, incunabula, and illuminated manuscripts, and new material continues to be added.<ref>Joyce L. White, "Biographical and Historical Background of the Yarnall Library of Theology" (Offprint from ''The Library Chronicle'', University of Pennsylvania, Volume XLIII, number 2, Winter, 1979.)</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vahZAAAAMAAJ|title=Yarnall Library of Theology of St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia: The Ellis Hornor Yarnall Foundation|date=1933|publisher=Press of E. Stern & Company, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref>
===Seal===
[[File:1757 UPenn Seal.png|thumb|upright=0.7|1757 Seal of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania]]


===Art installations===
The official [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.<ref name="sealFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/FAQ.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions: Questions about the University|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031005744/https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/FAQ.html|archive-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> A request for one was first recorded in a meeting of the trustees in 1753 during which some of the Trustees "desired to get a Common Seal engraved for the Use of [the] Corporation". However, it was not until a meeting in 1756 that "a public Seal for the College with a proper device and Motto" was requested to be engraved in silver.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=William|title=Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 1|year=1749–1768|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|location=University of Pennsylvania Archives|pages=36, 68|url=http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=11133|access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607062521/http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=11133|archive-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The most recent design, a modified version of the original seal, was approved in 1932, adopted a year later and is still used for much of the same purposes as the original.<ref name="sealFAQ"/>
The campus has more than 40 notable art installations, in part because of a 1959 [[Philadelphia]] ordinance requiring total budget for new construction or major renovation projects in which governmental resources are used to include [[percent for art|1% for art]]<ref name="Abernethy1988">{{cite book|author=Lloyd M. Abernethy|title=Benton Spruance, the Artist and the Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZ1OhyLKEMIC&pg=PA119|year=1988|publisher=Associated University Presses|isbn=978-0-87982-517-1|pages=118–119}}</ref> to be used to pay for installation of site-specific public art,<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.phila.gov/2019-04-18-the-city-of-philadelphia-celebrates-60-years-of-percent-for-art/ |title=The City of Philadelphia Celebrates 60 Years of Percent for Art |publisher=City of Philadelphia |date=April 18, 2019 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623194608/https://www.phila.gov/2019-04-18-the-city-of-philadelphia-celebrates-60-years-of-percent-for-art/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in part because many alumni collected and donated art to Penn, and in part because of the presence of the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design]] on the campus.<ref name="art1">{{cite web |url=http://artcollection.upenn.edu/exhibitions/campus-sculpture-tour/ |title=Campus Sculpture Tour |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112195801/http://artcollection.upenn.edu/exhibitions/campus-sculpture-tour/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:King Solomon Archipenko.JPG|thumb|[[King Solomon]], cast in 1968 based on instructions by widow of artist [[Alexander Archipenko]] and now located on Penn campus]]
[[Alexander Archipenko]]'s sculpture of [[King Solomon]] was initially loaned to Penn in 1985 by parents of a Penn student and donated in 1995 to honor the inauguration of [[Judith Rodin]] as Penn president in 1994.<ref>https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v62/n09/clarification-king-solomon.html</ref>


In 2020, Penn installed ''Brick House'', a monumental work of art, created by [[Simone Leigh]] at the College Green gateway to Penn's campus near the corner of 34th Street and Woodland Walk. This {{convert|5,900|lb|adj=on}} bronze sculpture, which is {{convert|16|ft}} high and {{convert|9|ft}} in diameter at its base, depicts an African woman's head crowned with an afro framed by cornrow braids atop a form that resembles both a skirt and a clay house.<ref name="Brick House">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/simoneleigh/|title=Brick House|website=The High Line|language=en-US|access-date=February 29, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203172347/https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/simoneleigh/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the installation, Penn president Amy Guttman proclaimed that "Ms. Leigh's sculpture brings a striking presence of strength, grace, and beauty—along with an ineffable sense of mystery and resilience—to a central crossroad of Penn's campus."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/towering-bronze-sculpture-installed-entrance-penns-campus|title=Towering bronze sculpture installed at the entrance to Penn's campus|website=Penn Today|date=November 10, 2020|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505160358/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/towering-bronze-sculpture-installed-entrance-penns-campus|url-status=live}}</ref>
The outer ring of the current seal is inscribed with "Universitas Pennsylvaniensis", the Latin name of the University of Pennsylvania. The inside contains seven stacked books on a desk with the titles of subjects of the [[trivium]] and a modified [[quadrivium]], components of a classical education: Theolog[ia], Astronom[ia], Philosoph[ia], Mathemat[ica], Logica, Rhetorica and Grammatica. Between the books and the outer ring is the Latin motto of the University, "Leges Sine Moribus Vanae".<ref name="sealFAQ"/>


[[File:Covenant Liberman 1976 a.JPG|thumb|''The Covenant'', designed by artist [[Alexander Liberman]] and installed at Penn in 1975]]
==Campus==
The ''Covenant'', known to the student body as "Dueling Tampons"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duelingtampons.com/?m=1|title=Dueling Tees|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405140709/http://www.duelingtampons.com/?m=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='Dueling Tampons' graffitied |url=http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/04/dueling-tampons-grafitti |website=The Daily Pennsylvanian |access-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402012804/https://www.thedp.com/article/2014/04/dueling-tampons-grafitti |url-status=live }}</ref> or "The Tampons,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedp.com/blog/under-the-button/2015/01/the-tampons-look-like-tampons-a-public-reminder|title=The Tampons Look Like Tampons: A Public Reminder|website=thedp.com|access-date=May 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605042010/http://www.thedp.com/blog/under-the-button/2015/01/the-tampons-look-like-tampons-a-public-reminder|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> is a large red structure created by [[Alexander Liberman]] and located on Locust Walk as a gateway to the high-rise residences "super block." It was installed in 1975 and is made of rolled sheets of milled steel.
[[File:Foliage at Penn 2005 035.jpg|thumb|right|Overlooking Lower Quad from Upper Quad]]
Much of Penn's architecture was designed by the [[Cope and Stewardson]] firm (same architects who designed [[Princeton University]] and a large part of [[Washington University in St. Louis]]) known for having combined the [[Gothic architecture]] of the [[University of Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge]] with the local landscape to establish the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Collegiate Gothic]] style. The present core campus covers over {{convert|299|acre|ha}} in a contiguous area of West Philadelphia's University City section, whereas the older heart of the campus comprises the [[University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District]]. All of Penn's schools and most of its research institutes are located on this campus. The surrounding neighborhood includes several restaurants, bars, a large upscale grocery store, and movie theater on the western edge of campus. Penn borders [[Drexel University]] and is near the [[University of the Sciences in Philadelphia]]. The renowned cancer research center [[Wistar Institute]] is also located on campus. In 2014, a new 7-story glass and steel building was completed next to the Institute's historic 117-year-old brick building further expanding collaboration between the university and the Wistar Institute.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Dominique|title=Wistar strategic plan includes new building and research|url=http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/09/wistar_strategic_plan_includes_new_building_and_research|access-date=November 10, 2011|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|date=September 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121203226/http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/09/wistar_strategic_plan_includes_new_building_and_research|archive-date=January 21, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:Jerusalem Stabile Calder 1976.JPG|thumb|"[[Jerusalem]]", a stabile created in 1976 by [[Alexander Milne Calder|Alex "Sandy" Calder]] and sited between Penn's School of Design and Furness Fine Arts Library]]
The Module 6 Utility Plant and Garage at Penn was designed by BLT Architects and completed in 1995. Module 6 is located at 38th and Walnut and includes spaces for 627 vehicles, {{convert|9000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of storefront retail operations, a 9,500-ton chiller module and corresponding extension of the campus chilled water loop, and a 4,000-ton ice storage facility.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Pennsylvania Module 6 Utility Plant and Garage|url=http://www.blta.com/#/3/0/4/7/|publisher=BLT Architects|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812175412/http://blta.com/#/3/0/4/7/|archive-date=August 12, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>


A white button, known as [[The Button (sculpture)|The Button]] and officially called the Split Button is a [[modern art]] sculpture designed by designed by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[sculptor]] [[Claes Oldenburg]] (who specialized in creating oversize sculptures of everyday objects). It sits at the south entrance of [[Van Pelt Library]] and has button holes large enough for people to stand inside. Penn also has a replica of the ''[[Love (sculpture)|Love]]'' sculpture, part of a series created by [[Robert Indiana]]. It is a painted aluminum sculpture and was installed in 1998 overlooking College Green.<ref name="art1"/>
===Parks and fitness===
[[File:Love-sculpture-university-of-pennsylvania.JPG|thumb|Love sculpture in 2006 photo taken on University of Pennsylvania campus]]
In 2007, Penn acquired about {{convert|35|acre|ha}} between the campus and the Schuylkill River (the former site of the [[Philadelphia Civic Center]] and a nearby {{convert|24|acre|ha|adj=on}} site owned by the United States Postal Service). Dubbed the Postal Lands, the site extends from Market Street on the north to Penn's Bower Field on the south, including the former main regional U.S. Postal Building at 30th and Market Streets, now the regional office for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Over the next decade, the site became the home to educational, research, [[biomedical engineering|biomedical]], and [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] facilities. The first phase, comprising a park and athletic facilities, opened in the fall of 2011. In 2010, in its first significant expansion across the Schuylkill River, Penn purchased 23 acres at the northwest corner of 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue from [[DuPont]] for storage and office space.


In 2019, the [[Association for Public Art]] loaned Penn<ref name="twostatues">{{cite web |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/two-monumental-sculptures-arrive-campus |title=Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus |work=Penn Today |last=Shepard |first=Louisa |date=August 23, 2019 |access-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304063140/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/two-monumental-sculptures-arrive-campus |url-status=live }}</ref> two multi-ton sculptures. The works are ''Social Consciousness'', created by [[Sir Jacob Epstein]] in 1954,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://titilos.sorocabana.com/thumbnails.php?album=27 |title=Social Consciousness |website=sorocabana.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524132513/http://titilos.sorocabana.com/thumbnails.php?album=27 |archive-date=May 24, 2007}}</ref> and ''Atmosphere and Environment XII'', created by [[Louise Nevelson]] in 1970.<ref name="twostatues"/> Until the loan, both works had been located at the West Entrance to the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], the older since its creation and the Nevelson work since 1973. ''Social Consciousness'' was relocated to the walkway between Wharton's [[Lippincott Library]] and Phi Phi chapter of [[Alpha Chi Rho]] fraternity house, and ''Atmosphere and Environment XII'' is sited on Shoemaker Green between [[Franklin Field]] and Ringe Squash Courts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.associationforpublicart.org/apa-now/news/apa-to-relocate-nevelson-and-epstein-sculptures-to-penn/ |title=aPA to Relocate Nevelson and Epstein Sculptures to Penn |newspaper=Association for Public Art |date=July 9, 2019 |access-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303151154/https://www.associationforpublicart.org/apa-now/news/apa-to-relocate-nevelson-and-epstein-sculptures-to-penn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Upper Quad Gate in the fall.jpg|thumb|Upper Quad Gate]]
In September 2011, Penn completed the construction of the $46.5 million, {{convert|24|acre|m2|adj=on}} Penn Park, which features passive and active recreation and athletic components framed and subdivided by canopy trees, lawns, and meadows. It is located east of the Highline Green and stretches from Walnut Street to South Streets. The university also owns the {{convert|92|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Morris Arboretum]] in [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|Chestnut Hill]] in northwestern Philadelphia, the official arboretum of the state of [[Pennsylvania]].


[[File:Benjamin Franklin statue in front of College Hall.JPG|thumb|The ''[[Statue of Benjamin Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)|Statue of Benjamin Franklin]]'', honoring the university's founder, in front of [[College Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|College Hall]] on Penn's main campus<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ceremonies Attending the Unveiling of the Statue of Benjamin Franklin |url=https://archive.org/details/ceremoniesatten02stragoog|quote=justus c strawbridge.|access-date=November 24, 2007 |last=Strawbridge |first=Justus C. |publisher=Allen, Lane & Scott|isbn=978-1-103-92435-6|year=1899}}</ref>]]
Penn also owns the {{convert|687|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[New Bolton Center]], the research and large-animal health care center of its Veterinary School. Located near [[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania|Kennett Square]], New Bolton Center received nationwide media attention when [[Kentucky Derby]] winner [[Barbaro (horse)|Barbaro]] underwent surgery at its Widener Hospital for injuries suffered while running in the [[Preakness Stakes]].
In addition to the contemporary art, Penn also has several traditional statues, including a good number created by Penn's first Director of Physical Education Department, [[R. Tait McKenzie]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Joseph |last1=Hanaway |first2=Richard L. |last2=Cruess |title=McGill Medicine – 1885 to 1936 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |location=Montreal |year=1996 |page=56}}</ref> Among the notable sculptures is that of ''Young Ben Franklin'', which McKenzie produced and Penn sited adjacent to the fieldhouse contiguous to [[Franklin Field]]. The sculpture is titled ''[[Benjamin Franklin]] in 1723'' and was created by McKenzie during the pre-World War I era (1910–1914).
[[File:Architecture on University of Pennsylvania Campus - Young Ben Franklin Statue - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - 04.jpg|thumb|Young Ben Franklin (at about age 17) Statue on Penn Campus in front of Franklin Field<ref>https://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/benjamin-franklin-in-1723-or-the-young-franklin/ retrieved December 4, 2024</ref>]]


Other sculptures he produced for Penn include the 1924 sculpture of then Penn provost [[Edgar Fahs Smith]].
===Libraries===<!-- This section is linked from [[NeXT]] -->
[[File:Edgar Fahs Smith - IMG 6621.JPG|thumb|Photo os sculpture of [[Edgar Fahs Smith]]]]
[[File:FisherFineArtsLibrary.JPG|thumb|right|[[Fisher Fine Arts Library]], also referred to as the Furness Library or simply the Fine Arts Library]]


Penn is presently reevaluating all of its public art and has formed a working group led by Penn Design dean [[Frederick Steiner]], who was part of a similar effort at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] that led to the removal of statues of [[Jefferson Davis]] and other Confederate officials, and Penn's Chief Diversity Officer, Joann Mitchell. Penn has begun the process of adding art and removing or relocating art.<ref>{{cite web |work=Penn Today |date=April 5, 2021 |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/reassessing-iconography-campus |title=Reassessing iconography on campus |last=Hertzler |first=Lauren |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127001829/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/reassessing-iconography-campus |url-status=live }} and {{cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=Penn to remove statue of slavery supporter, forms group to look at campus iconography' |first=Susan |last=Snyder}} and {{cite web |url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/campus-iconography-group-report |title=Campus Iconography Group Report |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Almanac |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414155242/https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/campus-iconography-group-report |url-status=live }}</ref> Penn removed from campus in 2020 the statue of the Reverend [[George Whitefield]] (who had inspired the 1740 establishment of a trust to establish a charity school, which trust Penn legally assumed in 1749) when research showed Whitefield owned fifty enslaved people and drafted and advocated for the key theological arguments in favor of [[History of slavery in Georgia|slavery in Georgia]] and the [[Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|rest of]] the [[Thirteen Colonies]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/07/penn-whitefield-statue-removal |title=Penn announces plan to remove statue of slave owner George Whitefield from the Quad |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |last=Weisman |first=Zoey |date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401063907/https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/07/penn-whitefield-statue-removal |url-status=live }}</ref>
Penn's library began in 1750 with a donation of books from cartographer [[Lewis Evans (surveyor)|Lewis Evans]]. Twelve years later, then-provost William Smith sailed to England to raise additional funds to increase the collection size. Benjamin Franklin was one of the libraries' earliest donors and, as a trustee, saw to it that funds were allocated for the purchase of texts from London, many of which are still part of the collection, more than 250 years later. It has grown into a system of 15 libraries (13 are on the contiguous campus) with 400 [[full-time equivalent]] (FTE) employees and a total operating budget of more than $48&nbsp;million. The library system has 6.19 million book and serial volumes as well as 4.23 million [[microform]] items and 1.11 million e-books.<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts"/> It subscribes to over 68,000 print serials and e-journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/|title=Penn Library Data Farm|access-date=December 24, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Data Farm|url =http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110317083950/http://datafarm.library.upenn.edu/|archive-date=March 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Penn Museum===
Penn has the following libraries, associated by school or subject area: Annenberg (School of Communications), located in the Annenberg School; Biddle (Law), located in the Law School; Biomedical, located adjacent to the Robert Wood Johnson Pavilion of the Medical School; Chemistry, located in the 1973 Wing of the Chemistry Building; Dental Medicine; Engineering, located on the second floor of the Towne Building in the Engineering School; Fine Arts, located within the [[Fisher Fine Arts Library]], designed by [[Frank Furness]] to be first library in nation to separate the low ceilings of the [[library stack]], where the books were stored, from forty foot plus high ceilinged rooms, where the books were read and studied <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWOH42D3i1U|title=Penn's Spectacular Architecture - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and also see Applications for Historical Landmark Status-;<ref>{{cite web|title=1971 Nomination Form, by George Thomas|url=http://uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/furness.html|access-date=July 20, 2007}}</ref> [[Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies]], located at 420 Walnut Street, near Independence Hall and Washington Square; Lea Library, located within the Van Pelt Library; Lippincott (Wharton School), located on the second floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center; Math/Physics/Astronomy, located on the third floor of David Rittenhouse Laboratory; Museum (Archaeology); Rare Books and Manuscripts; [[Van Pelt Library|Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center]] (Humanities and Social Sciences) – location of [[Weigle Information Commons]]; Veterinary Medicine, located in Penn Campus and New Bolton Center; and High Density Storage.
{{Main|University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology}}
[[File:Penn_Museum's_Warden_Garden_and_Main_Entrance,_Summer_2012.jpg|thumb|The [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]] and Warden Garden]]


Since the Penn Museum was founded in 1887,<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Museum – Penn Museum |url=https://www.penn.museum/about/our-story |website=Penn Museum |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |access-date=September 6, 2020 |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904102304/https://www.penn.museum/about/our-story |url-status=live }}</ref> it has taken part in 400 research projects worldwide.<ref name="About UPM">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.penn.museum/about-us.html |website=Penn Museum |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521153922/http://penn.museum/about-us.html|archive-date=May 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum's first project was an excavation of [[Nippur]], a location in current day Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|title=Research at the Penn Museum|url=http://www.penn.museum/research.html|work=Penn Museum|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811205610/http://penn.museum/research.html|archive-date=August 11, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Penn Libraries are strong in Area Studies,<ref>{{cite web|title=Area Studies Collections @ Penn |url=http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/all.html |access-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203150438/http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/all.html|archive-date=February 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> with bibliographers for Africa, East Asia, Judaica, Latin America, Middle East, Russia, and Slavic and [[South Asia Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries|South Asia]]. As a result, the Penn Libraries have extensive collections in several hundred languages.


Penn Museum is home to the largest authentic sphinx in North America at about seven feet high, four feet wide, 13 feet long, 12.9 tons, and made of solid red granite.
The Yarnall Library of Theology, a major American rare book collection, is part of Penn's libraries. The Yarnall Library of Theology was formerly affiliated with [[Saint Clement's Church (Philadelphia)|St. Clement's Church]] in Philadelphia. It was founded in 1911 under the terms of the wills of Ellis Hornor Yarnall (December 23, 1839 - December 18, 1907) and Emily Yarnall, and subsequently housed at the former Philadelphia Divinity School. The library's major areas of focus are theology, patristics, and the liturgy, history and theology of the [[Anglican Communion]] and the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]. It includes a large number of rare books, incunabula, and illuminated manuscripts, and new material continues to be added.<ref>Joyce L. White, "Biographical and Historical Background of the Yarnall Library of Theology" (Offprint from ''The Library Chronicle'', University of Pennsylvania, Volume XLIII, number 2, Winter, 1979.)</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vahZAAAAMAAJ|title=Yarnall Library of Theology of St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia: The Ellis Hornor Yarnall Foundation|date=1933|publisher=Press of E. Stern & Company, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref>


The sphinx was discovered in 1912 by the British archeologist, [[Flinders Petrie|Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie]], during an excavation of the ancient Egyptian city of [[Memphis, Egypt]], where the sphinx had guarded a temple to ward off evil. Since Petri's expedition was partially financed by Penn Petrie offered it to Penn, which arranged for it to be moved to museum in 1913. The sphinx was moved in 2019 to a more prominent spot intended to attract visitors.<ref>Crimmins, Peter (June 12, 2019). [https://whyy.org/articles/like-back-to-the-future-penn-museum-floats-its-ancient-sphinx-to-a-new-home/amp/ "Like 'Back to the Future': Penn Museum floats its ancient sphinx to a new home"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410041015/https://whyy.org/articles/like-back-to-the-future-penn-museum-floats-its-ancient-sphinx-to-a-new-home/amp/ |date=April 10, 2021 }}.</ref>
===Art installations and The Penn Museum===
The campus has several notable art installations. The ''Covenant'', better known to the student body as "The Tampons,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedp.com/blog/under-the-button/2015/01/the-tampons-look-like-tampons-a-public-reminder|title=The Tampons Look Like Tampons: A Public Reminder|website=www.thedp.com|access-date=May 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605042010/http://www.thedp.com/blog/under-the-button/2015/01/the-tampons-look-like-tampons-a-public-reminder|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> is a large red structure located on Locust Walk between the high rise residences. It was installed in 1975 and is made of rolled sheets of milled steel. A larger-than-life white button, known as ''[[The Button (sculpture)|The Button]]'', is another popular sculpture. It sits at the south entrance of [[Van Pelt Library]] and has button holes large enough to stand in. Penn also has a replica of the ''[[Love (sculpture)|Love]]'' sculpture, part of a series created by [[Robert Indiana]]. It is a painted aluminum sculpture and was installed in 1998.


The museum has three gallery floors with artifacts from [[Egypt]], the Middle East, [[Mesoamerica]], Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa and indigenous artifacts of the Americas.<ref name="About UPM"/> Its most famous object is the goat rearing into the branches of a rosette-leafed plant, from the [[Ur III|royal tombs of Ur]].
[[File:Penn_Museum's_Warden_Garden_and_Main_Entrance,_Summer_2012.jpg|thumb|University Museum and Warden Garden]]

{{Main|University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology}}
The Penn Museum's excavations and collections foster a strong research base for graduate students in the [[Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World]]. Features of the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] building include a [[rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]] and gardens that include Egyptian [[papyrus]].
Since the Penn Museum was founded in 1887,<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Museum – Penn Museum |url=https://www.penn.museum/about/our-story |website=Penn Museum |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology}}</ref> it has taken part in 400 research projects worldwide.<ref name="About UPM">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.penn.museum/about-us.html |website=Penn Museum |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521153922/http://penn.museum/about-us.html|archive-date=May 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum's first project was an excavation of [[Nippur]], a location in current day Iraq.<ref name="Penn museum research">{{cite web|title=Research at the Penn Museum|url=http://www.penn.museum/research.html|work=Penn Museum|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811205610/http://penn.museum/research.html|archive-date=August 11, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum has three gallery floors with artifacts from [[Egypt]], the Middle East, [[Mesoamerica]], Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa and indigenous artifacts of the Americas.<ref name="About UPM"/> Its most famous object is the goat rearing into the branches of a rosette-leafed plant, from the [[Ur III|royal tombs of Ur]]. The Museum's excavations and collections foster a strong research base for graduate students in the [[Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World]]. Features of the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] building include a [[rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]] and gardens that include Egyptian [[papyrus]]. The [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia|Institute of Contemporary Art]], which is based on Penn's campus, showcases various art exhibitions throughout the year.

===Other Penn museums and galleries===
{{Further|Arthur Ross Gallery|Fisher Fine Arts Library|Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia}}
Penn maintains a website providing a detailed roadmap to small museums and galleries and over one hundred locations across campus where the public can access Penn's over 8,000 artworks acquired over 250 years, which includes paintings, sculptures, photography, works on paper, and decorative arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artcollection.upenn.edu/about/curators-welcome/|title=Curator's Welcome — The Penn Art Collection|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404143017/http://artcollection.upenn.edu/about/curators-welcome/|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest of the art galleries is the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia|Institute of Contemporary Art]], one of the only [[kunsthalle]]s in the country, which showcases various art exhibitions throughout the year. Since 1983, the [[Arthur Ross Gallery]], located at the [[Fisher Fine Arts Library]], has housed Penn's art collection<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/about/history/|website=Arthur Ross Gallery|access-date=December 21, 2014|archive-date=December 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221165820/http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is named for its benefactor, philanthropist [[Arthur Ross (philanthropist)|Arthur Ross]].


===Residences===
===Residences===
{{Main|University of Pennsylvania College Houses}}
{{Main|University of Pennsylvania College Houses}}
[[File:Upper Quad Gate in the fall.jpg|thumb|The Upper Quad Gate to the first dormitory primarily built in the 20th Century, which forms the lower part of Memorial Tower and honors veterans of the [[Spanish–American War]]]]
Every College House at the University of Pennsylvania has at least four members of faculty in the roles of House Dean, Faculty Master, and College House Fellows.<ref name="College House PDF">{{cite web|title=College Houses at Penn|url=http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/collegehouses_11-12.pdf|work=College Houses and Academic Services|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=October 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001225828/http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/collegehouses_11-12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Within the College Houses, Penn has nearly 40 themed residential programs for students with shared interests such as world cinema or science and technology. Many of the nearby homes and apartments in the area surrounding the campus are often rented by undergraduate students moving off campus after their first year, as well as by graduate and professional students.
Every College House at the University of Pennsylvania has at least four members of faculty in the roles of House Dean, Faculty Master, and College House Fellows.<ref name="College House PDF">{{cite web|title=College Houses at Penn|url=http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/collegehouses_11-12.pdf|work=College Houses and Academic Services|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=October 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001225828/http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/collegehouses_11-12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Within the College Houses, Penn has nearly 40 themed residential programs for students with shared interests such as world cinema or science and technology. Many of the nearby homes and apartments in the area surrounding the campus are often rented by undergraduate students moving off campus after their first year, as well as by graduate and professional students.
The College Houses include W.E.B. Du Bois, Fisher Hassenfeld, Gregory, Gutmann, Harnwell, Harrison, [[Hill College House]], Kings Court English, Lauder, Riepe, Rodin, Stouffer, and Ware. The first College House was Van Pelt College House, established in the fall of 1971. It was later renamed Gregory House.<ref>{{cite web|title=College Houses & Academic Services: University of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/index.asp|website=Collegehouses.upenn.edu|access-date=July 23, 2013|archive-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812121818/http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/index.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware and Riepe together make up one building called "The Quad." The latest College House to be built is Guttman<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/about/gutmann | title=Gutmann College House {{pipe}} College Houses & Academic Services | access-date=June 3, 2023 | archive-date=May 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528211918/https://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/about/gutmann | url-status=live }}</ref> (formerly named New College House West), which opened in the fall of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn to Build New College House Near 40th and Walnut Streets: University of Pennsylvania|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-build-new-college-house-near-40th-and-walnut-streets|access-date=May 15, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129215203/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-build-new-college-house-near-40th-and-walnut-streets}}</ref>


The College Houses include W.E.B. Du Bois, Fisher Hassenfeld, Gregory, Harnwell, Harrison, Hill, Kings Court English, Lauder College House, Riepe, Rodin, Stouffer, and Ware. In 2019, Penn announced the construction of New College House West. The first College House was Van Pelt College House, established in the Fall of 1971. It was later renamed Gregory House.<ref>{{cite web|title=College Houses & Academic Services: University of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/index.asp|website=Collegehouses.upenn.edu|access-date=July 23, 2013|archive-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812121818/http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/index.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware and Riepe together make up one building called "The Quad". A new College House called New College House West is planned to open in the next few years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn to Build New College House Near 40th and Walnut Streets: University of Pennsylvania|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-build-new-college-house-near-40th-and-walnut-streets|access-date=May 15, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129215203/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-build-new-college-house-near-40th-and-walnut-streets}}</ref>
Penn students in Junior or Senior year may live in the 45 sororities and fraternities governed by three student-run governing councils, Interfraternity Council,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://upennifc.org/chapters/|title=Chapters|date=August 27, 2020|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214020/https://upennifc.org/chapters/|url-status=live}}</ref> Intercultural Greek Council, and Panhellenic Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ofsl.vpul.upenn.edu/organizations/|title=Organizations to Join Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517163254/https://ofsl.vpul.upenn.edu/organizations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="80px">
University of Pennsylvania- its history, traditions, buildings and memorials- also a brief guide to Philadelphia (1918) (14578281487).jpg|The university's first purpose-built dormitory in the foreground (on right), built in 1765<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/campuses/first-campus/ |title=Penn's First Campus, 1749–1801 |website=University Archives and Records Center |access-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212121739/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/campuses/first-campus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|alt=
Penn campus 2.jpg|The Upper Quad, originally called The Triangle,<ref>{{cite book |first=George Erazmus |last=Nitzche |title=The University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials |location=Philadelphia |publisher=International Printing Company |edition=7th |date=1918 |pages=62–74 |url=https://archive.org/details/universityofpenn01nitz/page/65/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=April 5, 2021 |via=The Internet Archive}}</ref> and formerly "The Men's Dormitory," viewed from the Memorial Tower<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-11-15/record/record-quadrangle-dormitories|title=For the Record: Quadrangle dormitories|website=Penn Today|date=November 15, 2012|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405123006/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-11-15/record/record-quadrangle-dormitories|url-status=live}}</ref>|alt=
Woodland Walk.jpg|Woodland Walk pathway between [[University of Pennsylvania College Houses|Hill College House]] and Lauder College House|alt=
Hill College House - IMG 6582.JPG|[[Hill College House]], a dormitory designed in 1958 to house female students, was designed by [[Eero Saarinen]]|alt=
Quadrangle Building at the University of Pennsylvania.jpg|"The Quad," formerly known as the Men's Dormitory, in 2014|alt=
George W. Childs Drexel Mansion (now Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity) - University of Pennsylvania - IMG 6638.jpg|The [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity house, built by George W. Childs Drexel as one of two mansions for his daughters|alt=
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==Organization==
{{seealso|List of presidents of the University of Pennsylvania}}
{{Graduate schools of the University of Pennsylvania}}
The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]] is the undergraduate division of the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences|School of Arts and Sciences]]. The School of Arts and Sciences also contains the [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate Division School of Arts & Sciences|Graduate Division]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania College of Liberal and Professional Studies|College of Liberal and Professional Studies]], which is home to the [[Fels Institute of Government]], the master's programs in Organizational Dynamics, and the Environmental Studies (MES) program. [[Wharton School]] is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania. Other schools with undergraduate programs include the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|School of Nursing]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)]].

The current president is [[J. Larry Jameson]] (interim).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/12/penn-larry-jameson-interim-president | title=Perelman School of Medicine Dean J. Larry Jameson named Penn's interim president }}</ref>
===Campus police===
===Campus police===
The University of Pennsylvania Police Department (UPPD) is the largest, private police department in Pennsylvania, with 117 members. All officers are sworn municipal police officers and retain general law enforcement authority while on the campus.<ref name="PPD">{{cite web|title=Penn Police Department|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|url=https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/about/uppd/|access-date=November 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603025235/https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/about/uppd/|archive-date=June 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
The University of Pennsylvania Police Department (UPPD) is the largest, private police department in Pennsylvania, with 117 members. All officers are sworn municipal police officers and retain general law enforcement authority while on the campus.<ref name="PPD">{{cite web|title=Penn Police Department|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|url=https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/about/uppd/|access-date=November 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603025235/https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/about/uppd/|archive-date=June 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Seal===
==Academics and interdisciplinary focus==
[[File:1757 UPenn Seal.png|thumb|upright|The 1757 seal of the academy and College of Philadelphia]]


The official [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.<ref name="sealFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/FAQ.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions: Questions about the University|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031005744/https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/FAQ.html|archive-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The most recent design, a modified version of the original seal, was approved in 1932, adopted a year later and is still used for much of the same purposes as the original.<ref name="sealFAQ"/>
{{Graduate schools of the University of Pennsylvania}}
The official [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.<ref name="sealFAQ"/> A request for one was first recorded in a meeting of the trustees in 1753 during which some of the Trustees "desired to get a Common Seal engraved for the Use of [the] Corporation." In 1756, a public seal and motto for the college was engraved in silver.<ref name="Coleman 1749–1768 36, 68">{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=William|title=Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 1|year=1749–1768|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|location=University of Pennsylvania Archives|pages=36, 68|url=http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=11133|access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607062521/http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=11133|archive-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The most recent design, a modified version of the original seal, was approved in 1932, adopted a year later and is still used for much of the same purposes as the original.<ref name="sealFAQ"/>
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The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]] is the undergraduate division of the School of Arts and Sciences. The School of Arts and Sciences also contains the Graduate Division and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, which is home to the [[Fels Institute of Government]], the master's programs in Organizational Dynamics, and the Environmental Studies (MES) program. [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton]] is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania. Other schools with undergraduate programs include the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|School of Nursing]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)]].


The outer ring of the current seal is inscribed with "Universitas Pennsylvaniensis," the Latin name of the University of Pennsylvania. The inside contains seven stacked books on a desk with the titles of subjects of the [[trivium]] and a modified [[quadrivium]], components of a classical education: Theolog[ia], Astronom[ia], Philosoph[ia], Mathemat[ica], Logica, Rhetorica and Grammatica. Between the books and the outer ring is the Latin motto of the university, "Leges Sine Moribus Vanae."<ref name="sealFAQ"/>
Penn has a strong focus on interdisciplinary learning and research. It offers double degree programs, unique majors, and academic flexibility. Penn's "One University" policy allows undergraduates access to courses at all of Penn's undergraduate and graduate schools except the medical, veterinary and dental schools. Undergraduates at Penn may also take courses at [[Bryn Mawr College|Bryn Mawr]], [[Haverford College|Haverford]], and [[Swarthmore College|Swarthmore]] under a reciprocal agreement known as the [[Quaker Consortium]].


[[File:University of Pennsylvania seal 1894.svg|thumb|right|Updated seal of the University of Pennsylvania with present name of school in Latin]]
===Coordinated dual-degree and interdisciplinary programs===
Penn offers specialized [[double degree|coordinated dual-degree]] (CDD) programs, which award candidates degrees from multiple schools at the university upon completion of graduation criteria of both schools. Undergraduate programs include:
* Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology
* Artificial Intelligence: Computer and Cognitive Science
* [[The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business]]
* Nursing and Health Care Management
* Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management
* [[Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences]]
* Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER)
* Accelerated 7-year Bio-Dental Program
* [[Singh Program in Networked & Social Systems Engineering (NETS)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=NETS Homepage|url=http://www.nets.upenn.edu/|publisher=Penn Engineering|access-date=November 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024753/http://www.nets.upenn.edu/|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Accelerated 6-year Law and Medicine Program<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160623_Penn_to_launch_joint_degree_program_in_law_and_medicine.html|title=Penn to launch joint degree program in law and medicine|website=Philly.com|access-date=June 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623143541/http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160623_Penn_to_launch_joint_degree_program_in_law_and_medicine.html|archive-date=June 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Digital Media Design (DMD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd_program.html|title=CG@Penn {{!}} DMD Program|last=Mally|first=Adam|website=cg.cis.upenn.edu|access-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033631/http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd_program.html|archive-date=October 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Academics==
Dual-degree programs that lead to the same multiple degrees without participation in the specific above programs are also available. Unlike CDD programs, "dual degree" students fulfill requirements of both programs independently without the involvement of another program. Specialized dual-degree programs include Liberal Studies and Technology as well as an Artificial Intelligence: Computer and Cognitive Science Program. Both programs award a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and a degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Also, the Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences allows its students to either double major in the sciences or submatriculate and earn both a B.A. and an M.S. in four years. The most recent Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) was first offered for the class of 2016. A joint program of Penn's School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, VIPER leads to dual Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees by combining majors from each school.


Penn's "One University Policy" allows students to enroll in classes in any of Penn's twelve schools.<ref name="Meyerson, Martin 1973">Meyerson, Martin (January 29, 1973). "Report of the University Development Commission" (PDF). ''upenn.com''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref>
For graduate programs, Penn offers many formalized double degree graduate degrees such as a joint J.D./MBA and maintains a list of interdisciplinary institutions, such as the Institute for Medicine and Engineering, the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, and the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science.
[[University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice]], commonly known as '''Penn SP2''', is a school of [[social policy]] and [[social work]] that offers degrees in a variety of subfields, in addition to several dual degree programs and sub-matriculation programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/programs/index.html|title=SP2 Programs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-school-of-social-policy-and-practice-program-in-social-work-000_10013879.aspx|title=Peterson's National Guide University of Pennsylvania SP2|publisher=Petersons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/degree-programs/dual-degree-programs/overview/about-the-programs/|title=About the Programs {{!}} School of Social Policy & Practice |website=www.sp2.upenn.edu |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> Penn SP2's vision is: "The passionate pursuit of social innovation, impact and [[justice]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/about/index.html|title=About SP2|publisher=University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice}}</ref>


Penn has a strong focus on interdisciplinary learning and research. It offers double degree programs, unique majors, and academic flexibility. Penn's "One University" policy allows undergraduates access to courses at all of Penn's undergraduate and graduate schools except the medical, veterinary and dental schools. Undergraduates at Penn may also take courses at [[Bryn Mawr College|Bryn Mawr]], [[Haverford College|Haverford]], and [[Swarthmore College|Swarthmore]] under a reciprocal agreement known as the [[Quaker Consortium]].
Originally named the School of Social Work, SP2 was founded in 1908 and is a graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania. The school specializes in research, education, and policy development in relation to both social and economic issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/about/index.html|title=SP2 Vision}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graduateguide.com/university_of_pennsylvania_school_of_social_policy__and__practice.html|title= SP2 School of Social Policy & Practice |publisher=Graduate Guide}}</ref>


=== Admissions ===
The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine|School of Veterinary Medicine]] offers five dual-degree programs, combining the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (VMD) with a Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Environmental Studies (MES), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Public Health (MPH) or Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree. The Penn Vet dual-degree programs are meant to support veterinarians planning to engage in interdisciplinary work in the areas of human health, environmental health, and animal health and welfare.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hackett |first=Martin |title=Penn Vet expands timely dual degree during COVID-19 pandemic {{!}} Penn Today |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vet-expands-timely-dual-degree-during-covid-19-pandemic |website=Penn Today |date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>
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!scope="col"| 2022<ref name="CDS_2020-FF">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2020–2021 |url=https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2020-21.pdf |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 19, 2022 |pages=35, 11 |date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817153509/https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2020-21.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2019<ref name="CDS_2019-FF">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2019–2020 |url=https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2019-20.pdf |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 19, 2022 |pages=35, 11 |date=May 19, 2020 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818062310/https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2019-20.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2018<ref name="CDS_2018-FF">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2018–2019 |url=https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2018-19.pdf |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 19, 2022 |pages=35, 11 |date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707023032/https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2018-19.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2017<ref name="CDS_2017-FF">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2017–2018 |url=https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2017-18.pdf |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 19, 2022 |pages=35, 11 |date=November 5, 2018 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702085637/https://ira.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/UPenn-Common-Data-Set-2017-18.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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!scope="row"| Applicants
| 54,588
| 44,961
| 44,491
| 40,413
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| 3,404
| 3,446
| 3,740
| 3,757
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| 4.24%
| 6.66%
| 7.41%
| 8.30%
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| 2,417
| 2,400
| 2,518
| 2,456
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!scope="row"| [[Yield (college admissions)|Yield]]
| 68.18%
| 69.65%
| 67.33%
| 65.37%
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| 1510–1560
| 1450–1560
| 1440–1560
| 1420–1560
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| 34–36
| 33–35
| 32–35
| 32–35
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Undergraduate admissions to the University of Pennsylvania is considered by ''[[U.S. News & World Report|US News]]'' to be "most selective." Admissions officials consider a student's [[Grading in education|GPA]] to be a very important academic factor, with emphasis on an applicant's high school class rank and letters of recommendation.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=University of Pennsylvania|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-pennsylvania-3378/applying|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]: Education|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623194344/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-pennsylvania-3378/applying|url-status=live}}</ref> Admission is [[need-blind]] for U.S., Canadian, and Mexican applicants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Aid At Penn |url=https://admissions.upenn.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid/cost-and-financial-aid/financial-aid-at-penn |website=Penn admissions |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223230031/https://admissions.upenn.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid/cost-and-financial-aid/financial-aid-at-penn |url-status=live }}</ref>


For the class of 2026, entering in Fall 2022, the university received 54,588 applications.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tilitei|first=Leanna|title=Penn accepts record-low 5.68% of applicants to the Class of 2025|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/04/penn-admissions-class-of-2025-acceptance-rate|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=thedp.com|language=en-us|archive-date=March 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317060620/https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/04/penn-admissions-class-of-2025-acceptance-rate|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'' also ranked Penn among the 10 most selective schools in the country. At the graduate level, based on admission statistics from ''U.S. News & World Report'', Penn's most selective programs include its law school, the health care schools (medicine, dental medicine, nursing, veterinary), the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Wharton School.
===Academic medical center and biomedical research complex===
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In 2018, the university's nursing school was ranked number one by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/03/penn-upenn-nursing-ranking-top-qs-world-global-ivy-satisfaction-league-philadelphia|title=Penn Nursing ranked top in the world, but receives mediocre score for 'employer reputation'|last=Chin|first=Zachary|website=www.thedp.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> That year, Quacquarelli Symonds also ranked Penn's school of Veterinary Medicine sixth.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/28/qs-world-university-rankings-2018-veterinary-science|title=QS world university rankings 2018: veterinary science|date=2018-02-28|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-25|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


===Coordinated dual-degree, accelerated, interdisciplinary programs===
In 2019, the Perelman School of Medicine was named the third-best medical school for research in ''U.S. News & World Report's'' 2020 ranking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/perelman-school-of-medicine-ranking-us-news-third-place-penn|title=Perelman School of Medicine ranked third place for research in U.S. News report|last=Hachenburg|first=Carmina|website=www.thedp.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref>
[[File:Smith Walk, view of Towne Hall.JPG|thumb|Smith Walk with a view of Towne Building and the Engineering Quad]]


Penn offers unique and specialized [[double degree|coordinated dual-degree]] (CDD) programs, which selectively award candidates degrees from multiple schools at the university upon completion of graduation criteria of both schools in addition to program-specific programs and senior capstone projects. Additionally, there are accelerated and interdisciplinary programs offered by the university. These undergraduate programs include:
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* Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business<ref>{{cite web|url=https://huntsman.upenn.edu/|title=The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business|website=The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182853/https://huntsman.upenn.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (M&T)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fisher.wharton.upenn.edu/|title=Home|website=Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182435/https://fisher.wharton.upenn.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management (LSM)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lsm.upenn.edu/|title=Home {{pipe}} Penn Life Sciences & Management Program|website=lsm.upenn.edu|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116184138/https://lsm.upenn.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Nursing and Health Care Management (NHCM)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhcm/|title=Nursing and Healthcare Management Dual Degree Program|website=nursing.upenn.edu|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182551/https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhcm/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Roy and Diana Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viper.upenn.edu/|title=VIPER {{pipe}} Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research {{pipe}} Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research|website=viper.upenn.edu|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116184139/https://www.viper.upenn.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences (MLS)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/biochem/faq.html|title=Vagelos MLS Scholars: Frequently Asked Questions|website=sas.upenn.edu|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116184134/https://www.sas.upenn.edu/biochem/faq.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Singh Program in Networked and Social Systems Engineering (NETS)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nets.upenn.edu/|title=Networked & Social Systems Engineering|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116184138/https://www.nets.upenn.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Digital Media Design (DMD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd.html|title=CG@Penn {{pipe}} DMD Program|website=cg.cis.upenn.edu|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124222423/http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Computer and Cognitive Science: Artificial Intelligence<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cis.upenn.edu/undergraduate/program-options/computer-and-cognitive-science-dual-degree/|title=Computer and Cognitive Science Dual Degree|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182635/https://www.cis.upenn.edu/undergraduate/program-options/computer-and-cognitive-science-dual-degree/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Accelerated 7-Year Bio-Dental Program<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bio.upenn.edu/undergraduate/submatriculation/accelerated-dental-program|title=Seven Year Bio-Dental Program {{pipe}} Department of Biology|website=bio.upenn.edu|access-date=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182512/https://www.bio.upenn.edu/undergraduate/submatriculation/accelerated-dental-program|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Accelerated 6-Year Law and Medicine Program<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160623_Penn_to_launch_joint_degree_program_in_law_and_medicine.html|title=Penn to launch joint degree program in law and medicine|website=Philly.com|date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=June 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623143541/http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160623_Penn_to_launch_joint_degree_program_in_law_and_medicine.html|archive-date=June 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


Dual-degree programs that lead to the same multiple degrees without participation in the specific above programs are also available. Unlike CDD programs, "dual degree" students fulfill requirements of both programs independently without the involvement of another program. Specialized dual-degree programs include Liberal Studies and Technology as well as an Artificial Intelligence: Computer and Cognitive Science Program. Both programs award a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and a degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Also, the Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences allows its students to either double major in the sciences or submatriculate and earn both a BA and an MS in four years. The most recent Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) was first offered for the class of 2016. A joint program of Penn's School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, VIPER leads to dual Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees by combining majors from each school.
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For graduate programs, Penn offers many formalized double degree graduate degrees such as a joint J.D./MBA and maintains a list of interdisciplinary institutions, such as the Institute for Medicine and Engineering, the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, and the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science.
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The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice]], commonly known as Penn SP2, is a school of [[social policy]] and [[social work]] that offers degrees in a variety of subfields, in addition to several dual degree programs and sub-matriculation programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/programs/index.html|title=SP2 Programs|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622205941/http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/programs/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-school-of-social-policy-and-practice-program-in-social-work-000_10013879.aspx|title=Peterson's National Guide University of Pennsylvania SP2|publisher=Petersons|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523105504/https://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-school-of-social-policy-and-practice-program-in-social-work-000_10013879.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/degree-programs/dual-degree-programs/overview/about-the-programs/|title=About the Programs {{!}} School of Social Policy & Practice|website=sp2.upenn.edu|access-date=June 30, 2016|archive-date=July 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730133126/http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/degree-programs/dual-degree-programs/overview/about-the-programs/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Penn SP2's vision is: "The passionate pursuit of social innovation, impact and [[justice]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/about/index.html|title=About SP2|publisher=University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715142716/http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/about/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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For the class of 2024, entering in the fall of 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/penn-acceptance-ivy-league-regular-decision-admissions-class-2023|title=Penn admits a record-low 7.44 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023|last=Diebold|first=Gillian|website=www.thedp.com|access-date=2019-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328223429/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/penn-acceptance-ivy-league-regular-decision-admissions-class-2023|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> the university received 42,205 applications and admitted 8.07 percent of the applicants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/03/penn-acceptance-ivy-league-regular-decision-admissions-class-2024|title=Penn admits 8.07% of applicants to the class of 2024, a slight uptick from last year|last=Singh|first=Pia|website=www.thedp.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'' also ranked Penn among the 10 most selective schools in the country. At the graduate level, based on admission statistics from ''U.S. News & World Report'', Penn's most selective programs include its law school, the health care schools (medicine, dental medicine, nursing, veterinary), and Wharton business school.


Originally named the School of Social Work, SP2 was founded in 1908 and is a graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania. The school specializes in research, education, and policy development in relation to both social and economic issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/about/index.html|title=SP2 Vision|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715142716/http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/about/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graduateguide.com/university_of_pennsylvania_school_of_social_policy__and__practice.html|title=SP2 School of Social Policy & Practice|date=August 10, 2018|publisher=Graduate Guide|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014160149/http://www.graduateguide.com/university_of_pennsylvania_school_of_social_policy__and__practice.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Research, innovations and discoveries==
[[File:Entrance to Logan Hall.jpg|thumb|Claudia Cohen Hall, formerly Logan Hall, home of the College of Arts and Sciences and former home of the Wharton School and originally, the medical school]]
Penn is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] as an "R1" doctoral university: "Highest research activity."<ref name="RU/VH">{{cite web |title=University of Pennsylvania |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=215062 |publisher=[[Center for Postsecondary Research]] |date=2018 |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806025108/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=215062 |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its economic impact on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 2015 amounted to $14.3&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobile.philly.com/business/?wss=/philly/business&id=369185191&betaPreview=redesign|title=Study: Penn has $14.3B economic impact|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301212924/http://mobile.philly.com/business/?wss=%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness&id=369185191&betaPreview=redesign|archive-date=March 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Penn's research expenditures in the 2018 fiscal year were $1.442 billion, the fourth largest in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=May 2, 2020 }}</ref> In fiscal year 2019 Penn received $582.3 million in funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&fy=2019&state=&ic=&fm=&orgid=&distr=&rfa=&om=n&pid= |title=NIH Awards by Location & Organization |publisher=National Institutes of Health |access-date=May 2, 2020 }}</ref> In line with its well-known interdisciplinary tradition, Penn's research centers often span two or more disciplines. In the 2010–2011 academic year alone, five interdisciplinary research centers were created or substantially expanded; these include the Center for Health-care Financing,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Penn Medicine/Wharton Center to Study Health-care Financing|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/new-center-study-health-care-financing|access-date=September 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031005716/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/new-center-study-health-care-financing|archive-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> the Center for Global Women's Health at the Nursing School,<ref name="Nursing Goes Global">{{cite news|title=Nursing Goes Global|url=https://penncurrent.upenn.edu/2011-06-09/news-brief/nursing-goes-global/|publisher=Penn Current|date=June 9, 2011|access-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604194258/https://penncurrent.upenn.edu/2011-06-09/news-brief/nursing-goes-global/|archive-date=June 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> the $13&nbsp;million Morris Arboretum's Horticulture Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/spotlights/morris-arboretum-sustainability|title=Morris Arboretum's Horticulture Center is a Model of Workaday Sustainability|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024346/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/spotlights/morris-arboretum-sustainability|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the $15&nbsp;million Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at Wharton<ref name=bakercenter>{{cite web|title=Wharton School Announces $15 Million Gift from Patty and Jay H. Baker to Establish the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center|url=http://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2010/10/wharton-school-announces-15-million-gift-from-patty-and-jay-h-baker-to-establish-the-jay-h-baker-retailing-center/|publisher=The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010224456/http://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2010/10/wharton-school-announces-15-million-gift-from-patty-and-jay-h-baker-to-establish-the-jay-h-baker-retailing-center/|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and the $13&nbsp;million Translational Research Center at Penn Medicine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Penn Med receives $13&nbsp;million for new research center|url=http://www.thedp.com/article/penn-med-receives-13-million-new-research-center|author=Nadine Zylberberg|date=September 17, 2010|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829004648/http://thedp.com/article/penn-med-receives-13-million-new-research-center|archive-date=August 29, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> With these additions, Penn now counts 165 research centers hosting a research community of over 4,300 faculty and over 1,100 postdoctoral fellows, 5,500 academic support staff and graduate student trainees.<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts"/> To further assist the advancement of interdisciplinary research President [[Amy Gutmann]] established the "Penn Integrates Knowledge" title awarded to selected Penn professors "whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge".<ref name="PIK Professors">{{cite web|url=https://pikprofessors.upenn.edu|title=Penn's PIK Professors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011115012/https://pikprofessors.upenn.edu/|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> These professors hold endowed professorships and joint appointments between Penn's schools.


The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine|School of Veterinary Medicine]] offers five dual-degree programs, combining the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (VMD) with a Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Environmental Studies (MES), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Public Health (MPH) or Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree. The Penn Vet dual-degree programs are meant to support veterinarians planning to engage in interdisciplinary work in the areas of human health, environmental health, and animal health and welfare.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hackett |first=Martin |title=Penn Vet expands timely dual degree during COVID-19 pandemic {{!}} Penn Today |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vet-expands-timely-dual-degree-during-covid-19-pandemic |website=Penn Today |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929182807/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vet-expands-timely-dual-degree-during-covid-19-pandemic |url-status=live }}</ref>
Penn is also among the most prolific producers of doctoral students. With 487 PhDs awarded in 2009, Penn ranks third in the Ivy League, only behind [[Columbia University|Columbia]] and [[Cornell]] (Harvard did not report data).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/09tables.xls|title=Association of Research Libraries Annual Tables|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117065649/http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/09tables.xls|archive-date=January 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also has one of the highest numbers of post-doctoral appointees (933 in number for 2004–2007), ranking third in the Ivy League (behind Harvard and Yale) and tenth nationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mup.asu.edu/AnyFed2002-2007/Postdoc_App_2001-2007.xls|title=MUP Post Doctoral Appointees Table|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822182913/http://mup.asu.edu/AnyFed2002-2007/Postdoc_App_2001-2007.xls|archive-date=August 22, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In most disciplines Penn professors' productivity is among the highest in the nation and first in the fields of epidemiology, business, communication studies, comparative literature, languages, information science, criminal justice and criminology, social sciences and sociology.<ref name="chronicle.com">{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=3257&byinst=Go|title=The Chronicle of Higher Education Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117162745/http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=3257&byinst=Go|archive-date=January 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] nearly three-quarters of Penn's 41 assessed programs were placed in ranges including the top 10 rankings in their fields, with more than half of these in ranges including the top five rankings in these fields.<ref>{{cite web|last=Holtzman|first=Phyllis|title=National Research Council Ranks Penn's Graduate Programs Among Nation's Best|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/national-research-council-ranks-penn-s-graduate-programs-among-nations-best|work=Penn News|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630113527/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/national-research-council-ranks-penn-s-graduate-programs-among-nations-best|archive-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Academic medical center and biomedical research complex===
[[File:Eniac.jpg|thumb|[[ENIAC]], the first general-purpose electronic computer, was born at Penn in 1946.]]
In 2018, the university's nursing school was ranked number one by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/03/penn-upenn-nursing-ranking-top-qs-world-global-ivy-satisfaction-league-philadelphia|title=Penn Nursing ranked top in the world, but receives mediocre score for 'employer reputation'|last=Chin|first=Zachary|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225161811/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/03/penn-upenn-nursing-ranking-top-qs-world-global-ivy-satisfaction-league-philadelphia|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, Quacquarelli Symonds also ranked Penn's school of Veterinary Medicine sixth.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/28/qs-world-university-rankings-2018-veterinary-science|title=QS world university rankings 2018: veterinary science|date=February 28, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 25, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225161814/https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/28/qs-world-university-rankings-2018-veterinary-science|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the Perelman School of Medicine was named the third-best medical school for research in ''U.S. News & World Report's'' 2020 ranking.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/perelman-school-of-medicine-ranking-us-news-third-place-penn|title=Perelman School of Medicine ranked third place for research in U.S. News report|last=Hachenburg|first=Carmina|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225161822/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/03/perelman-school-of-medicine-ranking-us-news-third-place-penn|url-status=live}}</ref>
Penn's research tradition has historically been complemented by innovations that shaped higher education. In addition to establishing the first medical school, the first university teaching hospital, the first business school, and the first student union, Penn was also the cradle of other significant developments. In 1852, Penn Law was the first law school in the nation to publish a law journal still in existence (then called ''The American Law Register,'' now the ''[[University of Pennsylvania Law Review|Penn Law Review]]'', one of the most cited law journals in the world).<ref>{{cite web|title=Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking|url=http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx|publisher=Washington and Lee University School of Law|access-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121012415/http://lawlib.wlu.edu/lj/index.aspx|archive-date=November 21, 2011}}</ref> Under the deanship of [[William Draper Lewis]], the law school was also one of the first schools to emphasize legal teaching by full-time professors instead of practitioners, a system that is still followed today.<ref>Owen Roberts, William Draper Lewis, 89 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (1949)</ref> The Wharton School was home to several pioneering developments in business education. It established the first research center in a business school in 1921 and the first center for entrepreneurship center in 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/about/wharton-history.cfm|title=Wharton History|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828064630/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/about/wharton-history.cfm|archive-date=August 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and it regularly introduced novel curricula for which ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' wrote, "Wharton is on the crest of a wave of reinvention and change in management education".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/innovationHistory/leaders.html|title=Wharton: A Century of Innovation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181606/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/innovationHistory/leaders.html|archive-date=January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Best B Schools Move over, Northwestern—this time, Wharton is No. 1|url=http://www.businessweek.com/1989-94/pre94/b339564.htm|access-date=November 10, 2011|newspaper=Businessweek|date=October 24, 1994|author=John Byrne|author2=Lori Bongiorno|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110445/http://www.businessweek.com/1989-94/pre94/b339564.htm|archive-date=November 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


The [[University of Pennsylvania Health System]], also known as UPHS, is a multi-hospital [[health system]] headquartered in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], owned by Trustees of University of Pennsylvania. UPHS and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania together constitute Penn Medicine, a clinical and research entity of the University of Pennsylvania. UPHS hospitals include the [[Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/capital/penn-medicine-to-open-1-6b-hospital-in-october.html |title=Penn Medicine to open $1.6B hospital in October |website=Becker's Hospital Review |last=Ellison |first=Alya |date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022191354/https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/capital/penn-medicine-to-open-1-6b-hospital-in-october.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Penn Presbyterian Medical Center]], [[Pennsylvania Hospital]], Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Hospital, and Princeton Medical Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/pa/hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania-6231900 |title=Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213174833/https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/pa/hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania-6231900 |url-status=live }}</ref> Penn Medicine owns and operates the first hospital in the United States, the [[Pennsylvania Hospital]].<ref>{{cite book | title=America's First Hospital: The Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751–1841 | url=https://archive.org/details/americasfirsthos0000will | url-access=registration | publisher=Haverford House | last=Williams |first=William Henry | year=1976 | isbn=9780910702027}}</ref> It is also home to America's first surgical amphitheatre<ref name="pennmedicine.org">{{cite web|title=Visitor Information for Pennsylvania Hospital|url=http://www.pennmedicine.org/pahosp/visitor-information/|work=University of Pennsylvania|publisher=Penn Medicine|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032038/http://www.pennmedicine.org/pahosp/visitor-information/|url-status=live}}</ref> and its first medical library.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Weise|first=F|date=Jan 2004|title=Being there: the library as place.|journal=Journal of the Medical Library Association|volume=92|issue=1|pages=6–13|pmc=314099|pmid=14762459}}</ref>
Several major scientific discoveries have also taken place at Penn. The university is probably best known as the place where the first general-purpose electronic computer (ENIAC) was born in 1946 at the [[Moore School of Electrical Engineering]].<ref name="Moore Engineering">{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/computers/intro.html|title=Important Milestones and Fascinating Innovations During the Last Fifty Years of Computing Research at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009144750/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/computers/intro.html|archive-date=October 9, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It was here also where the world's first spelling and grammar checkers were created, as well as the popular [[COBOL]] programming language.<ref name="Moore Engineering"/> Penn can also boast some of the most important discoveries in the field of medicine. The [[dialysis]] machine used as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function was conceived and devised out of a pressure cooker by William Inouye while he was still a student at Penn Med;<ref name="Medical Innovations">{{cite web|url=http://www.med.upenn.edu/research/visitors/highlights.shtml|title=Some Research Highlights at PENN Medicine|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620150709/http://www.med.upenn.edu/research/visitors/highlights.shtml|archive-date=June 20, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the [[Rubella]] and [[Hepatitis B]] vaccines were developed at Penn;<ref name="Medical Innovations"/> the discovery of cancer's link with genes, [[cognitive therapy]], [[Retin-A]] (the cream used to treat acne), [[Resistin]], the [[Philadelphia gene]] (linked to [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]]) and the technology behind [[Positron Emission Tomography|PET Scans]] were all discovered by Penn Med researchers.<ref name="Medical Innovations"/> More recent gene research has led to the discovery of the genes for [[fragile X syndrome]], the most common form of inherited mental retardation; [[spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy]], a disorder marked by progressive muscle wasting; and [[Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease]], a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the hands, feet and limbs.<ref name="Medical Innovations"/> [[Conductive polymer]] was also developed at Penn by [[Alan J. Heeger]], [[Alan MacDiarmid]] and [[Hideki Shirakawa]], an invention that earned them the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. On faculty since 1965, [[Ralph L. Brinster]] developed the scientific basis for [[in vitro fertilization]] and the transgenic mouse at Penn and was awarded the [[National Medal of Science]] in 2010. The theory of [[BCS theory|superconductivity]] was also partly developed at Penn, by then-faculty member [[John Robert Schrieffer]] (along with [[John Bardeen]] and [[Leon Cooper]]). The university has also contributed major advancements in the fields of economics and management. Among the many discoveries are [[conjoint analysis]], widely used as a predictive tool especially in market research, [[Simon Kuznets]]'s method of measuring [[Gross National Product]],<ref name="125 Influential People and Ideas">{{cite web|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/infodocs/alum_mag/am07anniv.pdf|title=125 Influential People and Ideas|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610064028/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/infodocs/alum_mag/am07anniv.pdf|archive-date=June 10, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the [[Penn effect]] (the observation that consumer price levels in richer countries are systematically higher than in poorer ones) and the "Wharton Model"<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/727461/Wharton-Model|title=Wharton Model (economics) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Britannica.com|access-date=March 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919212318/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/727461/Wharton-Model|archive-date=September 19, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> developed by Nobel-laureate [[Lawrence Klein]] to measure and forecast economic activity. The idea behind [[Health Maintenance Organization]]s also belonged to Penn professor Robert Eilers, who put it into practice during then-President Nixon's health reform in the 1970s.<ref name="125 Influential People and Ideas"/>


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The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia MET DT1811.jpg|The [[Pennsylvania Hospital]] as painted by [[Pavel Svinyin]] in 1811
Hamilton Walk at the Perelman School of Medicine.jpg|[[Perelman School of Medicine]]
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Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center East Side.jpg|Penn-owned Princeton Medical Center, eastern facade
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=== International partnerships ===
===International partnerships===
Students can study abroad for a semester or a year at partner institutions such as the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Barcelona]], [[Sciences Po]], [[University of Queensland]], [[University College London]], [[King's College London]], [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and [[University of Warwick]].
Students can study abroad for a semester or a year at partner institutions, which include the [[Singapore Management University]], [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Edinburgh]], [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], [[University of Melbourne]], [[Sciences Po]], [[University of Queensland]], [[University College London]], [[King's College London]], [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], and [[ETH Zurich]].


===Rankings===
===Reputation and rankings===
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''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s 2024 rankings place Penn 6th of 394 national universities in the United States.<ref name="Rankings_USNWR_NU" /> [[The Princeton Review]] student survey ranked Penn in 2023 as 7th in their Dream Colleges list.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 College Hopes & Worries Survey Results Are Here! |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/college-hopes-worries |access-date=January 20, 2024 |website=[[The Princeton Review]] |language=en}}</ref> Penn was ranked 4th of 444 in the United States by College Factual for 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Best Colleges in the United States |url=https://www.collegefactual.com/rankings/best-colleges/ |website=College Factual |access-date=January 20, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Penn was ranked as having the 7th happiest students in the United States (the highest in the Ivy League).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/03/pa-university-among-top-happiest-colleges-in-us-report.html | title=Pa. University among top 'happiest colleges' in U.S.: Report | newspaper=Pennlive | date=March 27, 2023 | access-date=March 30, 2023 | archive-date=March 30, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330060811/https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/03/pa-university-among-top-happiest-colleges-in-us-report.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-ranked-happiest-university-pennsylvania-seventh-national |title=Penn ranked happiest college in Pennsylvania, No. 7-happiest in country by new study |last1=Binday |first1=Ben |access-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402041952/https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-ranked-happiest-university-pennsylvania-seventh-national |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Wall Street Journal]] reported in 2024 that Penn's undergraduate alumni earned the 5th highest salaries (taking into account the cost of education and other factors<ref>Note: see methodology in '''WSJ / College Pulse Rankings Best Salaries''' https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/salary-impact-2025?mod=article_inline&wsj_native_webview</ref>), which was 2nd in Ivy League behind Princeton.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/salary-impact-2025?mod=article_inline&wsj_native_webview=android&ace_environment=androidphone%2Cwebview&ace_config=%7B%22wsj%22%3A%7B%22djcmp%22%3A%7B%22propertyHref%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwsj.android.app%22%7D%7D%7D accessed September 10, 2024</ref>
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Among its professional schools, [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education|the school of education]] was ranked number one in 2021 and [[Wharton School]] was ranked number one in 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings |title=2023 Best Business Schools |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=March 30, 2022 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314003952/https://www.usnews.com/best%2Dgraduate%2Dschools/top%2Dbusiness%2Dschools/mba%2Drankings |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2024 <ref>https://poetsandquants.com/2024/03/29/the-top-100-business-schools-ranked-by-research-3/ accessed March 30, 2024</ref> and the [[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania|communication]], [[University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine|dentistry]], [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|medicine]], [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|nursing]], [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|law]] and [[University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine|veterinary]] schools rank in the top 5 nationally.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-215062/overall-rankings|title=University of Pennsylvania Grad Schools|website=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320130149/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-215062/overall-rankings|archive-date=March 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Penn's [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|Law School]] was ranked number 4 in 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings |title=2023 Best Law Schools |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113091457/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> and Penn's [[Stuart Weitzman School of Design|School of Design and Architecture]], and its School of Social Policy and Practice are ranked in the top 10.<ref name="auto1"/>
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==Research==
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[[File:Eniac.jpg|thumb|[[ENIAC]], the first general-purpose electronic computer, founded at Penn in 1946]]
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Penn is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] as an "R1" doctoral university: "Highest research activity."<ref name="RU/VH">{{cite web |title=University of Pennsylvania |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=215062 |publisher=[[Center for Postsecondary Research]] |date=2018 |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806025108/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=215062 |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its economic impact on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 2015 amounted to {{USD|14.3 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobile.philly.com/business/?wss=/philly/business&id=369185191&betaPreview=redesign|title=Study: Penn has $14.3B economic impact|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301212924/http://mobile.philly.com/business/?wss=%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness&id=369185191&betaPreview=redesign|archive-date=March 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Penn had research expenditures totaling over {{USD|1.9 billion|long=no}} in 2023, raking third among U.S. universities in [[List of countries by research and development spending|research and development spending]], according to the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref name="NCSES" /> In fiscal year 2019 Penn received {{USD|582.3 million|long=no}} in funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&fy=2019&state=&ic=&fm=&orgid=&distr=&rfa=&om=n&pid= |title=NIH Awards by Location & Organization |publisher=National Institutes of Health |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510232335/https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&fy=2019&state=&ic=&fm=&orgid=&distr=&rfa=&om=n&pid= |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Penn's research centers often span two or more disciplines. In the 2010–2011 academic year, five interdisciplinary research centers were created or substantially expanded; these include the Center for Health-care Financing,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Penn Medicine/Wharton Center to Study Health-care Financing|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/new-center-study-health-care-financing|access-date=September 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031005716/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/new-center-study-health-care-financing|archive-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> the Center for Global Women's Health at the Nursing School,<ref>{{cite news|title=Nursing Goes Global |url=https://penncurrent.upenn.edu/2011-06-09/news-brief/nursing-goes-global/|publisher=Penn Current |date=June 9, 2011|access-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604194258/https://penncurrent.upenn.edu/2011-06-09/news-brief/nursing-goes-global/|archive-date=June 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> the Morris Arboretum's Horticulture Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/spotlights/morris-arboretum-sustainability|title=Morris Arboretum's Horticulture Center is a Model of Workaday Sustainability|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024346/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/spotlights/morris-arboretum-sustainability|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at Wharton<ref name=bakercenter>{{cite web|title=Wharton School Announces $15 Million Gift from Patty and Jay H. Baker to Establish the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center|date=October 28, 2010|url=http://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2010/10/wharton-school-announces-15-million-gift-from-patty-and-jay-h-baker-to-establish-the-jay-h-baker-retailing-center/|publisher=The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010224456/http://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2010/10/wharton-school-announces-15-million-gift-from-patty-and-jay-h-baker-to-establish-the-jay-h-baker-retailing-center/|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Translational Research Center at Penn Medicine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Penn Med receives $13&nbsp;million for new research center|url=http://www.thedp.com/article/penn-med-receives-13-million-new-research-center|author=Nadine Zylberberg|date=September 17, 2010|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829004648/http://thedp.com/article/penn-med-receives-13-million-new-research-center|archive-date=August 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> With these additions, Penn now counts 165 research centers hosting a research community of over 4,300 faculty and over 1,100 postdoctoral fellows, 5,500 academic support staff and graduate student trainees.<ref name="Facts"/> To further assist the advancement of interdisciplinary research President [[Amy Gutmann]] established the "Penn Integrates Knowledge" title awarded to selected Penn professors "whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge."<ref name="PIK Professors">{{cite web|url=https://pikprofessors.upenn.edu|title=Penn's PIK Professors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011115012/https://pikprofessors.upenn.edu/|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> These professors hold endowed professorships and joint appointments between Penn's schools.
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Penn is also among the most prolific producers of doctoral students. With 487 PhDs awarded in 2009, Penn ranks third in the Ivy League behind [[Columbia University|Columbia]] and [[Cornell University|Cornell]]; [[Harvard University|Harvard]] did not report data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/09tables.xls|title=Association of Research Libraries Annual Tables|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117065649/http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/09tables.xls|archive-date=January 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also has one of the highest numbers of post-doctoral appointees (933 in number for 2004–2007), ranking third in the Ivy League (behind Harvard and Yale) and tenth nationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mup.asu.edu/AnyFed2002-2007/Postdoc_App_2001-2007.xls|title=MUP Post Doctoral Appointees Table|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822182913/http://mup.asu.edu/AnyFed2002-2007/Postdoc_App_2001-2007.xls|archive-date=August 22, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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In most disciplines Penn professors' productivity is among the highest in the nation and first in the fields of epidemiology, business, communication studies, comparative literature, languages, information science, criminal justice and criminology, social sciences and sociology.<ref name="chronicle.com">{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=3257&byinst=Go|title=The Chronicle of Higher Education Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117162745/http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&institution=3257&byinst=Go|archive-date=January 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] nearly three-quarters of Penn's 41 assessed programs were placed in ranges including the top 10 rankings in their fields, with more than half of these in ranges including the top five rankings in these fields.<ref>{{cite web|last=Holtzman|first=Phyllis|title=National Research Council Ranks Penn's Graduate Programs Among Nation's Best|url=http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/national-research-council-ranks-penn-s-graduate-programs-among-nations-best|work=Penn News|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630113527/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/national-research-council-ranks-penn-s-graduate-programs-among-nations-best|archive-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Penn's research tradition has historically been complemented by innovations that shaped higher education. In addition to establishing the first medical school, the first university teaching hospital, the oldest continuously operating degree-granting program in [[chemical engineering]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/fast-facts/ | title=Fast Facts | access-date=December 31, 2022 | archive-date=December 31, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231200656/https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/fast-facts/ | url-status=live }}</ref> the first business school, and the first student union, Penn was also the cradle of other significant developments.
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In 1852, Penn Law was the first law school in the nation to publish a law journal still in existence (then called ''The American Law Register,'' now the ''[[University of Pennsylvania Law Review|Penn Law Review]]'', one of the most cited law journals in the world).<ref>{{cite web|title=Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking|url=http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx|publisher=Washington and Lee University School of Law|access-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121012415/http://lawlib.wlu.edu/lj/index.aspx|archive-date=November 21, 2011}}</ref> Under the deanship of [[William Draper Lewis]], the law school was also one of the first schools to emphasize legal teaching by full-time professors instead of practitioners, a system that is still followed today.<ref>Owen Roberts, "William Draper Lewis", 89 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (1949)</ref>
''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'''s 2020 rankings place Penn 8th among national universities in the United States<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-pennsylvania-3378|title=National University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910181932/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-pennsylvania-3378|archive-date=September 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and Center for World University Rankings' ("CWUR") 2020/2021 survey also ranks Penn as the 8th best University in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|title=World University Rankings 2020-21 &#124; CWUR|website=cwur.org}}</ref> [[The Princeton Review]] includes Penn in its Dream Colleges list.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/college-hopes-worries|title=2015 College Hopes & Worries Survey Report|publisher=[[The Princeton Review]]|access-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316191137/http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/college-hopes-worries|archive-date=March 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> As reported by ''[[USA Today]]'', Penn was ranked 1st in the United States by College Factual for 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://college.usatoday.com/2014/09/08/upenn-named-best-college-nationwide-for-2015/|title=UPenn named best college nationwide for 2015|work=USA TODAY College|access-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208121718/http://college.usatoday.com/2014/09/08/upenn-named-best-college-nationwide-for-2015/|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


In their 2020 edition, Penn was ranked 15th in the world by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-pennsylvania/undergrad |title=QS World University Rankings 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328190537/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-pennsylvania/undergrad |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2019, 17th by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' (ARWU) and 12th by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]''. In 2019, it ranked 12th among the universities around the world by ''[[SCImago Institutions Rankings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all|title=SCImago Institutions Rankings - Higher Education - All Regions and Countries - 2019 - Overall Rank|website=www.scimagoir.com|access-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422183813/https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all|archive-date=April 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the 2015 ARWU ranking, Penn is also the 8th- and 9th-best university in the world for economics/business and social sciences studies, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/University-of-Pennsylvania.html|publisher=ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.|access-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016093739/http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/University-of-Pennsylvania.html|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> University of Pennsylvania ranked 12th among 300 Best World Universities in 2012 compiled by [[Human Resources & Labor Review]] (HRLR) on Measurements of World's Top 300 Universities Graduates' Performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chasecareer.net/news_detail.php?id=61 |title=World Top 300 Universities Alumni Ranking |publisher=Chasecareer.net |access-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511100108/http://www.chasecareer.net/news_detail.php?id=61 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref>
The [[Wharton School]] was home to several pioneering developments in business education. It established the first research center in a business school in 1921 and the first center for entrepreneurship center in 1973<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/about/wharton-history.cfm|title=Wharton History|newspaper=The Wharton School |access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828064630/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/about/wharton-history.cfm|archive-date=August 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and it regularly introduced novel curricula for which ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' wrote, "Wharton is on the crest of a wave of reinvention and change in management education."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/innovationHistory/leaders.html|title=Wharton: A Century of Innovation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181606/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/innovationHistory/leaders.html|archive-date=January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Best B Schools Move over, Northwestern this time, Wharton is No. 1|url=http://www.businessweek.com/1989-94/pre94/b339564.htm|access-date=November 10, 2011|newspaper=Businessweek|date=October 24, 1994|author=John Byrne|author2=Lori Bongiorno|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110445/http://www.businessweek.com/1989-94/pre94/b339564.htm|archive-date=November 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university has also contributed major advancements in the fields of economics and management. Among the many discoveries are [[conjoint analysis]], widely used as a predictive tool especially in market research, [[Simon Kuznets]]'s method of measuring [[gross national product]],<ref name="Ideas">{{cite web|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/infodocs/alum_mag/am07anniv.pdf|title=125 Influential People and Ideas|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610064028/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/infodocs/alum_mag/am07anniv.pdf|archive-date=June 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Penn effect]] (the observation that consumer price levels in richer countries are systematically higher than in poorer ones) and the "Wharton Model"<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/727461/Wharton-Model|title=Wharton Model (economics) Britannica Online Encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Britannica.com|access-date=March 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919212318/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/727461/Wharton-Model|archive-date=September 19, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> developed by Nobel-laureate [[Lawrence Klein]] to measure and forecast economic activity. The idea behind [[Health Maintenance Organization]]s also belonged to Penn professor Robert Eilers, who put it into practice during then-president Nixon's health reform in the 1970s.<ref name="Ideas"/>


Several major scientific discoveries have also taken place at Penn. The university is probably best known as the place where the first general-purpose electronic computer (ENIAC) was born in 1946 at the [[Moore School of Electrical Engineering]].<ref name="Moore Engineering">{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/computers/intro.html|title=Important Milestones and Fascinating Innovations During the Last Fifty Years of Computing Research at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009144750/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/computers/intro.html|archive-date=October 9, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It was here also where the world's first spelling and grammar checkers were created, as well as the popular [[COBOL]] programming language.<ref name="Moore Engineering"/>
The Center for Measuring University Performance places Penn in the first tier of the United States' top research universities (tied with Columbia, [[MIT]] and [[Stanford]]), based on research expenditures, faculty awards, PhD granted and other academic criteria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mup.asu.edu/research_data.html|title=Research- The Center for Measuring University Performance|publisher=Mup.asu.edu|access-date=November 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031204542/http://mup.asu.edu/research_data.html|archive-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref> Penn was also ranked 18th of all U.S. colleges and universities in terms of R&D expenditures in fiscal year 2013 by the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref name="nsf.gov">{{cite web|url=http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2013/html/HERD2013_DST_17.html|title=Table 17. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2013 R&D expenditures: FYs 2004–13|publisher=National Science Foundation|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025173729/http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2013/html/HERD2013_DST_17.html|archive-date=October 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The High Impact Universities research performance index ranks Penn 8th in the world, whereas the 2010 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (published by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan) ranks Penn 11th in the world for 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2007|title=2007 National Taiwan University Ranking|publisher=NTU Ranking|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131431/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2007|archive-date=February 11, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 2008 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2008|title=2008 National Taiwan University Ranking|publisher=NTU Ranking|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131335/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2008|archive-date=February 11, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and 2010 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2010|title=2010 National Taiwan University Ranking|publisher=NTU Ranking|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131535/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2010|archive-date=February 11, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and 9th for 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2009|title=2009 National Taiwan University Ranking|publisher=NTU Ranking|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131514/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/University.aspx?query=&university=University%20of%20Pennsylvania&y=2009|archive-date=February 11, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


Penn can also boast some of the most important discoveries in the field of medicine. The [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]] machine used as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function was conceived and devised out of a pressure cooker by William Inouye while he was still a student at Penn Med;<ref name="M1">{{cite web|url=http://www.med.upenn.edu/research/visitors/highlights.shtml|title=Some Research Highlights at Penn Medicine|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620150709/http://www.med.upenn.edu/research/visitors/highlights.shtml|archive-date=June 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Rubella]] and [[Hepatitis B]] vaccines were developed at Penn;<ref name="M1"/> the discovery of cancer's link with genes, [[cognitive therapy]], [[Retin-A]] (the cream used to treat acne), [[Resistin]], the [[Philadelphia gene]] (linked to [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]]) and the technology behind [[Positron Emission Tomography|PET Scans]] were all discovered by Penn Med researchers.<ref name="M1"/> More recent gene research has led to the discovery of the genes for [[fragile X syndrome]], the most common form of inherited mental retardation; [[spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy]], a disorder marked by progressive muscle wasting; [[Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease]], a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the hands, feet and limbs;<ref name="M1"/> and genetically engineered T cells used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia and refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.med.upenn.edu/cci/junelab/|title=June Lab|website=Penn Medicine Center for Cellular Immunotherapies|access-date=July 24, 2021|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820221523/https://www.med.upenn.edu/cci/junelab/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>T Cell cancer therapy research conducted by [[Carl H. June]] who, as of July 2021, is the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the [[Perelman School of Medicine]] of the University of Pennsylvania see also {{cite web |url=https://www.amc.edu/news/trailblazing-researchers-in-immunotherapy-selected-to-receive-americas-most-distinguished-prize-in-medicine.cfm |title=Trailblazing Researchers in Immunotherapy Selected to Receive America's Most Distinguished Prize in Medicine |publisher=Albany Medical College |date=August 15, 2018 |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213022052/https://www.amc.edu/news/trailblazing-researchers-in-immunotherapy-selected-to-receive-americas-most-distinguished-prize-in-medicine.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> Another contribution to medicine was made by [[Ralph L. Brinster]] (Penn faculty member since 1965) who developed the scientific basis for [[in vitro fertilization]] and the transgenic mouse at Penn and was awarded the [[National Medal of Science]] in 2010.
The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers measures universities' research productivity, research impact, and research excellence based on the scientific papers published by their academic staff. The [[SCImago Journal Rank|SCImago]] Institutions Rankings World Report 2012, which ranks world universities, national institutions and academies in terms of research output, ranks Penn 7th nationally among U.S. universities (2nd in the Ivy League behind Harvard) and 28th in the world overall (the first being France's [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scimagoir.com/pdf/sir_2012_world_report.pdf|title=SIR World Report 2012 :: Global Ranking|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181127/http://www.scimagoir.com/pdf/sir_2012_world_report.pdf|archive-date=January 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Penn professors [[Alan J. Heeger]], [[Alan MacDiarmid]] and [[Hideki Shirakawa]] invented a [[conductive polymer]] process that earned them the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. The theory of [[BCS theory|superconductivity]] was also partly developed at Penn, by then-faculty member [[John Robert Schrieffer]] (along with [[John Bardeen]] and [[Leon Cooper]]).
The [[Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking of World Universities|Mines ParisTech International Professional Ranking]], which ranks universities on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies, ranks Penn 11th worldwide and 2nd nationally behind Harvard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2011EN-Fortune2010.html|title=International Professional Ranking Of Higher Education Institutions 2011 Survey|publisher=MINES Paris Tech|access-date=July 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720162348/http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2011EN-Fortune2010.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to a ''U.S. News'' article in 2010, Penn is tied for second (tied with [[Dartmouth College]] and [[Tufts University]]) for the number of undergraduate alumni who are current Fortune 100 CEOs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burnsed|first=Brian|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2010/11/15/where-ceos-at-americas-largest-companies-went-to-college.html|title=Where CEOs at America's Largest Companies Went to College|publisher=Usnews.com|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=July 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110061424/http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2010/11/15/where-ceos-at-americas-largest-companies-went-to-college.html|archive-date=January 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked Penn 17th, based on a variety of criteria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-pennsylvania/|work=[[Forbes]]|title=University of Pennsylvania Profile|access-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318215851/http://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-pennsylvania/|archive-date=March 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


Penn professors [[Carl H. June|Carl June]] and Michael C. Milone at [[Penn Medicine]] developed [[Tisagenlecleucel|Kymriah]], the first FDA-approved [[CAR T cell therapy]] for treating certain types of leukemia, approved in August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Commissioner |first=Office of the |date=March 24, 2020 |title=FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States |url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approval-brings-first-gene-therapy-united-states |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=FDA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Braendstrup |first1=Peter |last2=Levine |first2=Bruce L. |last3=Ruella |first3=Marco |date=February 2020 |title=The Long Road to the First FDA Approved Gene Therapy: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Targeting CD19 |journal=Cytotherapy |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=57–69 |doi=10.1016/j.jcyt.2019.12.004 |issn=1465-3249 |pmc=7036015 |pmid=32014447}}</ref>
====Graduate and professional programs====
Among its professional schools, the schools of [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education|education]], [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|business]], [[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania|communication]], [[University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine|dentistry]], [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|medicine]], [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|nursing]], and veterinary medicine rank in the top 5 nationally.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-215062/overall-rankings|title=University of Pennsylvania Grad Schools|website=U.S. News|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320130149/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-pennsylvania-215062/overall-rankings|archive-date=March 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Penn's [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|Law School]], Design school, and its School of Social Policy and Practice are ranked in the top 10 <ref name="auto1"/> In the 2010 [[QS Global 200 Business Schools Report]], Penn was ranked 2nd in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200/2010/region/north-america|title=QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2010 North America|work=TopMBA|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited|access-date=July 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060333/http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200/2010/region/north-america|archive-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Student life==
==Student life==
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|+ Ethnic breakdown of enrollment
|+ Ethnic breakdown of enrollment
!scope="col"| Ethnic enrollment,<br />fall 2018<ref name=CDS1>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202017-18.pdf?pdf=CDS%202017-18 |title=University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2017-2018, Part B2 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030709/http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202017-18.pdf?pdf=CDS%202017-18|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Ethnic enrollment,<br />fall 2018<ref name=CDS1>{{cite web|url=http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202017-18.pdf?pdf=CDS%202017-18 |title=University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2017–2018, Part B2 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030709/http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202017-18.pdf?pdf=CDS%202017-18|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Number (percentage)<br />of undergraduates
!scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Number (percentage)<br />of undergraduates
|-
|-
!scope="row"| African American
!scope="row"| [[African Americans|African American]]
|715 (7.1%)
|715 (7.1%)
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
!scope="row"| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|12 (0.1%)
|12 (0.1%)
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Asian American and<br />Pacific Islander
!scope="row"| [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|2,084 (20.7%)
|2,084 (20.7%)
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|1,044 (10.4%)
|1,044 (10.4%)
|-
|-
!scope="row"| [[White American|White]]
!scope="row"| [[White Americans|White]]
|4,278 (42.6%)
|4,278 (42.6%)
|-
|-
!scope="row"| International
!scope="row"| [[International student|International]]
|1,261 (12.6%)
|1,261 (12.6%)
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Two or more races,<br />non-Hispanic
!scope="row"| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]],<br />non-Hispanic
|460 (4.6%)
|460 (4.6%)
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|10,033 (100%)
|10,033 (100%)
|}
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[[File:Library of the Philomathean Society.jpg|thumb|Library of [[the Philomathean Society]]]]
[[File:The Castle.jpg|thumb|Psi Upsilon Fraternity a.k.a. The Castle]]
[[File:PDT and KS.JPG|thumb|[[Phi Delta Theta]] and [[Kappa Sigma]]]]


Of those accepted for admission in 2018, 48 percent were [[Asian people|Asian]], [[Hispanic]], African-American or Native American.<ref name="Facts"/> Fourteen percent of entering undergraduates in 2018 were [[international student]]s.<ref name="Facts"/> The composition of international first-year students in 2018 was: 46% from Asia; 15% from Africa and the Middle East; 16% from Europe; 14% from Canada and Mexico; 8% from the [[Caribbean]], Central America and South America; 5% from Australia and the [[Pacific Islands]].<ref name="Facts" /> The acceptance rate for international students admission in 2018 was 493 out of 8,316 (6.7%).<ref name="Facts"/> In 2018, 55% of all enrolled students were women.<ref name="Facts"/>
===Demographics===
Of those accepted for admission to the undergraduate Class of 2018, 52 percent are [[Asian people|Asian]], [[Hispanic]], African-American or Native American.<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts"/> In addition, 53% of current students are women.<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts"/>


In the last few decades, Jewish enrollment has been declining. {{circa|1999}} about 28% of the students were Jewish.<ref>{{cite news|author=Pam, Caroline C. |url=http://observer.com/1999/05/enrollment-of-jews-at-princeton-drops-by-40-percent-in-15-years/ |title=Enrollment of Jews at Princeton Drops by 40 Percent in 15 Years|newspaper=[[The New York Observer]]|date=May 31, 1999 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831071855/http://observer.com/1999/05/enrollment-of-jews-at-princeton-drops-by-40-percent-in-15-years/ |archive-date=August 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2020, 1,750 Penn undergraduate students were Jewish,<ref name="PennHillel">{{cite web |title=About {{!}} Penn Hillel |url=https://www.pennhillel.org/about |website=Penn Hillel |access-date=September 6, 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922134846/https://www.pennhillel.org/about |url-status=live }}</ref> which would be approximately 17%<ref name="hillel.org">{{cite web|title=Record|url=https://www.hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/university-of-pennsylvania|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=Default|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723192909/https://hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/university-of-pennsylvania|url-status=live}}</ref> of the some 10,000 undergrads for 2019–20.
Twelve percent of the undergraduate Class of 2018 were [[international student]]s.<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts"/> The composition of international students accepted in the Class of 2018 is: 43% from Asia; 15% from Africa and the Middle East; 20% from Europe; 15% from Canada and [[Mexico]]; 5% from the [[Caribbean]], Central America and South America; 3% from Australia and the [[Pacific Islands]].<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts" /> The acceptance rate for international students applying for the class of 2018 was 429 out of 6,428 (6.7%).<ref name="Penn: Penn Facts"/>
Penn has been ranked as the number one [[LGBTQ+]] friendly school in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greatvaluecolleges.net/50-great-lgbtq-friendly-colleges/ |title=50 Great LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges |work=Great Value Colleges |access-date=October 22, 2021 }}</ref> Penn's LGBTQ+ center is second oldest in the nation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lgbtc.vpul.upenn.edu/history/|title=History – LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 23, 2021|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023010201/https://lgbtc.vpul.upenn.edu/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and oldest in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as it has been serving the LGBTQ+ community since 1979 by providing support and guidance through 25 groups (including Penn J-Bagel a Jewish LGBTQ+ group, the Lambda Alliance a general LGBTQ social organization, and oSTEM a group for LGBTQ people in STEM fields).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.campuspride.org/campusspotlightuniversityofpennsylvania/ |title=20th Anniversary Spotlight:: University of Pennsylvania |website=campuspride.org |date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=October 22, 2021 }}</ref> Penn offers courses in Sexuality and Gender Studies which allows students to discover and learn queer theory, history of sexual norms, and other gender orientation related courses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onlineschoolscenter.com/friendliest-colleges-lgbtq-community/|title = Friendliest Colleges for the LGBTQ Community|date = April 23, 2019}}</ref>


===Penn Face and behavioral health===
In the last few decades, Jewish enrollment has been declining. Circa 1999 about 28% of the students were Jewish, a drop of some 40% over 15 years previous.<ref>{{cite news|author=Pam, Caroline C.|url=http://observer.com/1999/05/enrollment-of-jews-at-princeton-drops-by-40-percent-in-15-years/|title=Enrollment of Jews at Princeton Drops by 40 Percent in 15 Years|newspaper=[[The New York Observer]]|date=1999-05-31|access-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831071855/http://observer.com/1999/05/enrollment-of-jews-at-princeton-drops-by-40-percent-in-15-years/|archive-date=August 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2020, 1,750 Penn undergraduate students were Jewish,<ref name="PennHillel">{{cite web |title=About {{!}} Penn Hillel |url=https://www.pennhillel.org/about |website=Penn Hillel |access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> which would be approximately 17% of the some 10,000 undergrads for 2019–20.

===Penn Face and Behavioral Health===
The university's social pressure surrounding academic perfection, extreme competitiveness, and nonguaranteed readmission have created what is known as "Penn Face": students put on a façade of confidence and happiness while enduring mental turmoil.<ref>{{cite news
The university's social pressure surrounding academic perfection, extreme competitiveness, and nonguaranteed readmission have created what is known as "Penn Face": students put on a façade of confidence and happiness while enduring mental turmoil.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Scelfo
|last = Scelfo
|first = Julie
|first = Julie
|date = 27 July 2015
|date = July 27, 2015
|title = Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection
|title = Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/stress-social-media-and-suicide-on-campus.html
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/stress-social-media-and-suicide-on-campus.html
|url-access = limited
|url-access = limited
|work = The New York Times
|work = The New York Times
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = An apothegm long used by students to describe the practice of acting happy and self-assured even when sad or stressed, Penn Face is so widely employed that it has showed up in skits performed during freshman orientation...[e]lite colleges often make it difficult for students to take time off, and readmission is not always guaranteed, something frequently cited as a deterrent to getting help.
|quote = An apothegm long used by students to describe the practice of acting happy and self-assured even when sad or stressed, Penn Face is so widely employed that it has showed up in skits performed during freshman orientation...[e]lite colleges often make it difficult for students to take time off, and readmission is not always guaranteed, something frequently cited as a deterrent to getting help.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190614120239/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/stress-social-media-and-suicide-on-campus.html
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190614120239/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/stress-social-media-and-suicide-on-campus.html
|archive-date = June 14, 2019
|archive-date = June 14, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last = Capriglione
|last = Capriglione
|first = Danielle
|first = Danielle
|date = 12 April 2019
|date = April 12, 2019
|title = Mental health researchers highlight risk factors for student suicide at Penn panel
|title = Mental health researchers highlight risk factors for student suicide at Penn panel
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/04/suicide-symposium-mental-health-wellness-penn-face
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/04/suicide-symposium-mental-health-wellness-penn-face
|work = The Daily Pennsylvanian
|work = The Daily Pennsylvanian
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = 'Penn Face,' the tendency of Penn students to act as though their lives are perfect despite the challenges and stresses they are facing.
|quote = 'Penn Face,' the tendency of Penn students to act as though their lives are perfect despite the challenges and stresses they are facing.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413003324/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/04/suicide-symposium-mental-health-wellness-penn-face
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413003324/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/04/suicide-symposium-mental-health-wellness-penn-face
|archive-date = April 13, 2019
|archive-date = April 13, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last = Dent
|last = Dent
|first = Mark
|first = Mark
|date = 11 December 2015
|date = December 11, 2015
|title = 'Penn Face' and the 'social' Ivy's suicide problem, and how students are fighting back
|title = 'Penn Face' and the 'social' Ivy's suicide problem, and how students are fighting back
|url = https://billypenn.com/2015/12/11/penn-face-and-the-social-ivys-suicide-problem-and-how-students-are-fighting-back/
|url = https://billypenn.com/2015/12/11/penn-face-and-the-social-ivys-suicide-problem-and-how-students-are-fighting-back/
|work = BillyPenn
|work = BillyPenn
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = Penn Face…[i]t means putting on the facade that you're perfect and your life is perfect, no matter how pressured you are to keep up with school and social life.
|quote = Penn Face...[i]t means putting on the facade that you're perfect and your life is perfect, no matter how pressured you are to keep up with school and social life.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211632/https://billypenn.com/2015/12/11/penn-face-and-the-social-ivys-suicide-problem-and-how-students-are-fighting-back/
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211632/https://billypenn.com/2015/12/11/penn-face-and-the-social-ivys-suicide-problem-and-how-students-are-fighting-back/
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name="duck">{{cite news
}}</ref><ref name="duck">{{cite news
|last = Hu
|last = Hu
|first = Lucy
|first = Lucy
|date = 26 September 2017
|date = September 26, 2017
|title = Penn Face is a part of who we are
|title = Penn Face is a part of who we are
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/09/lucy-hu-penn-face-is-a-part-of-who-we-are
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/09/lucy-hu-penn-face-is-a-part-of-who-we-are
|work = The Daily Pennsylvanian
|work = The Daily Pennsylvanian
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = [I]t becomes a breeding ground for competitiveness. And with competition comes the need to uphold reputation. Low acceptance rates come with very high stakes, and a slip of the mask of strength calls into question the legitimacy of your place at Penn... Stanford University calls it the Duck Syndrome... Interestingly, Penn Face perfectly mirrors social media trends.
|quote = [I]t becomes a breeding ground for competitiveness. And with competition comes the need to uphold reputation. Low acceptance rates come with very high stakes, and a slip of the mask of strength calls into question the legitimacy of your place at Penn... Stanford University calls it the Duck Syndrome... Interestingly, Penn Face perfectly mirrors social media trends.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211639/https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/09/lucy-hu-penn-face-is-a-part-of-who-we-are
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211639/https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/09/lucy-hu-penn-face-is-a-part-of-who-we-are
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last = Maheshwari
|last = Maheshwari
|first = Karisma
|first = Karisma
|date = 16 March 2018
|date = March 16, 2018
|title = Exchange Students Share Their Experiences with Penn Face
|title = Exchange Students Share Their Experiences with Penn Face
|url = https://www.34st.com/article/2018/03/exchange-student-ego-penn-face-international-culture
|url = https://www.34st.com/article/2018/03/exchange-student-ego-penn-face-international-culture
|work = 34th Street
|work = 34th Street
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = Penn Face…[i]t's the name given to Penn's culture of perfection, which pressures students to constantly 'do more' with their time and appear put together academically and socially while hiding their insecurities.
|quote = Penn Face...[i]t's the name given to Penn's culture of perfection, which pressures students to constantly 'do more' with their time and appear put together academically and socially while hiding their insecurities.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211631/https://www.34st.com/article/2018/03/exchange-student-ego-penn-face-international-culture
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211631/https://www.34st.com/article/2018/03/exchange-student-ego-penn-face-international-culture
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref> Stanford University calls this phenomenon "Duck Syndrome."<ref name="duck"/><ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> Stanford University calls this phenomenon "Duck Syndrome."<ref name="duck"/><ref>{{cite news
|last = Zhao
|last = Zhao
|first = Dora
|first = Dora
|date = 18 September 2018
|date = September 18, 2018
|title = Benefits of doing nothing
|title = Benefits of doing nothing
|url = http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/09/benefits-of-doing-nothing
|url = http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/09/benefits-of-doing-nothing
|work = The Daily Princetonian
|work = The Daily Princetonian
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = Peer institutions like Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania have problems with the duck syndrome or Penn Face, respectively — similar phenomena that encourage students to appear to be unstressed while actually grappling with a lot of work. The duck appears calm from the surface, but underwater, it is struggling to stay afloat. It makes small mistakes feel like big failures and discourages students from seeking out mental health resources when needed.
|quote = Peer institutions like Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania have problems with the duck syndrome or Penn Face, respectively — similar phenomena that encourage students to appear to be unstressed while actually grappling with a lot of work. The duck appears calm from the surface, but underwater, it is struggling to stay afloat. It makes small mistakes feel like big failures and discourages students from seeking out mental health resources when needed.
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211639/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/09/benefits-of-doing-nothing
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211639/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/09/benefits-of-doing-nothing
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref> In recent years, mental health has become an issue on campus with ten student suicides between the years of 2013 to 2016.<ref name="lala">{{cite news
}}</ref> In recent years, mental health has become an issue on campus with ten student suicides between the years of 2013 to 2016.<ref name="lala">{{cite news
|last1=Lala
|last=Lala
|first1=Elisa
|first=Elisa
|title=Penn student's death ruled suicide; 10th in three years at university
|title=Penn student's death ruled suicide; tenth in three years at university
|url=http://www.phillyvoice.com/tenth-student-suicide-3-years-penn/
|url=http://www.phillyvoice.com/tenth-student-suicide-3-years-penn/
|access-date=August 4, 2016
|access-date=August 4, 2016
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}}</ref> The school responded by launching a task force.<ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> The school responded by launching a task force.<ref>{{cite news
|author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
|author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
|date = 27 February 2015
|date = February 27, 2015
|title = Report of the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare
|title = Report of the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare
|url = https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v61/n23/pdf/task-force-psychological-health.pdf
|url = https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v61/n23/pdf/task-force-psychological-health.pdf
|work = Almanac Supplement
|work = Almanac Supplement
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|edition = 23
|edition = 23
|publisher = University of Pennsylvania
|publisher = University of Pennsylvania
|publication-date = 17 February 2015
|publication-date = February 17, 2015
|agency = Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare
|agency = Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180325162648/https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v61/n23/pdf/task-force-psychological-health.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180325162648/https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v61/n23/pdf/task-force-psychological-health.pdf
|archive-date = March 25, 2018
|archive-date = March 25, 2018
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name="ozio">{{cite news
}}</ref><ref name="ozio">{{cite news
|last1=Ozio
|last=Ozio
|first1=Ron
|first=Ron
|title=Penn Forms New Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare
|title=Penn Forms New Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare
|url=https://news.upenn.edu/news/penn-forms-new-task-force-student-psychological-health-and-welfare
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|last=Fagan
|first=Kate
|first=Kate
|date=1 August 2017
|date=August 1, 2017
|title=What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
|title=What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
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|last = Zamore
|first = Zachary
|first = Zachary
|date = 5 February 2018
|date = February 5, 2018
|title = Harvard's Varsity Club distributes biography on Penn student Madison Holleran to all athletes
|title = Harvard's Varsity Club distributes biography on Penn student Madison Holleran to all athletes
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/02/harvard-mental-health-athletes-madison-holleran-upenn-penn-philadelphia
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/02/harvard-mental-health-athletes-madison-holleran-upenn-penn-philadelphia
|work = The Daily Pennsylvanian
|work = [[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211639/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/02/harvard-mental-health-athletes-madison-holleran-upenn-penn-philadelphia
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211639/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/02/harvard-mental-health-athletes-madison-holleran-upenn-penn-philadelphia
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
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}}</ref> In 2018, initiatives were enacted to ameliorate mental health problems, such as requiring sophomores to live on campus and the daily closing of Huntsman Hall at 2:00&nbsp;a.m.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> In 2018, initiatives were enacted to ameliorate mental health problems, such as requiring sophomores to live on campus and the daily closing of Huntsman Hall at 2:00&nbsp;a.m.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/09/upenn-2021-sophomore-housing-required-greek
|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/09/upenn-2021-sophomore-housing-required-greek
|title=Penn will require all sophomores to live in college housing starting in 2021
|title=Penn will require all sophomores to live in college housing starting in 2021
|last1=Fortinsky
|last=Tan
|first=Sarah Fortinsky, Rebecca
|first1=Sarah
|last2=Tan
|date=26 September 2018
|first2=Rebecca
|website=www.thedp.com
|date=September 26, 2018
|work=[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]
|language=en-us
|language=en-us
|access-date=2019-01-22
|access-date=January 22, 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195512/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/09/upenn-2021-sophomore-housing-required-greek
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195512/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/09/upenn-2021-sophomore-housing-required-greek
|archive-date=January 22, 2019
|archive-date=January 22, 2019
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/08/wharton-huntsman-closing-early-new-hours-philadelphia-upenn-penn-wellness-mental-health
|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/08/wharton-huntsman-closing-early-new-hours-philadelphia-upenn-penn-wellness-mental-health
|title=Huntsman Hall will now close at 2 a.m. as part of an effort to improve wellness on campus
|title=Huntsman Hall will now close at 2 a.m. as part of an effort to improve wellness on campus
|last=Heinzerling
|last=Heinzerling
|first=Kelly
|first=Kelly
|date=23 August 2018
|date=August 23, 2018
|work=[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]
|website=www.thedp.com
|language=en-us
|language=en-us
|access-date=2019-01-22
|access-date=January 22, 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122144936/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/08/wharton-huntsman-closing-early-new-hours-philadelphia-upenn-penn-wellness-mental-health
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122144936/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/08/wharton-huntsman-closing-early-new-hours-philadelphia-upenn-penn-wellness-mental-health
|archive-date=January 22, 2019
|archive-date=January 22, 2019
|url-status=live
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}}</ref> The university's suicide rate was the catalyst for a 2018 state bill, introduced by Governor Tom Wolf, to raise Pennsylvania's standards for university suicide prevention.<ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> The university's suicide rate was the catalyst for a 2018 state bill, introduced by Governor [[Tom Wolf]], to raise Pennsylvania's standards for university suicide prevention.<ref>{{cite news
|last1 = Cohen
|last1 = Cohen
|first1 = Max
|first1 = Max
|last2 = Hodges
|last2 = Hodges
|first2 = Bebe
|first2 = Bebe
|date = 24 October 2018
|date = October 24, 2018
|title = In response to suicides at Penn, a new mental health bill may soon become law
|title = In response to suicides at Penn, a new mental health bill may soon become law
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/10/mental-health-higher-education-harrisburg-bill-suicide-penn-upenn-philadelphia
|url = https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/10/mental-health-higher-education-harrisburg-bill-suicide-penn-upenn-philadelphia
|work = The Daily Pennsylvanian
|work = [[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]
|access-date = 17 June 2019
|access-date = June 17, 2019
|quote = In light of the recent suicides at Penn, a new Pennsylvania bill aiming to improve suicide prevention services and mental health resources at Pennsylvania universities is close to being signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf (D-Pa.)...In a press release, Schlossberg also said the new bill was inspired by a study conducted in response to 'multiple suicides at the University of Pennsylvania.'
|quote = In light of the recent suicides at Penn, a new Pennsylvania bill aiming to improve suicide prevention services and mental health resources at Pennsylvania universities is close to being signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf (D-Pa.)...In a press release, Schlossberg also said the new bill was inspired by a study conducted in response to 'multiple suicides at the University of Pennsylvania.'
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211729/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/10/mental-health-higher-education-harrisburg-bill-suicide-penn-upenn-philadelphia
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211729/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/10/mental-health-higher-education-harrisburg-bill-suicide-penn-upenn-philadelphia
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|archive-date = June 17, 2019
|url-status = live
|url-status = live
}}</ref> The university's efforts to address mental health on campus came into the national spotlight again in September 2019 when the director of the university's counseling services committed suicide nine months after starting the position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/11/university-pennsylvania-director-counseling-dies-suicide |title=Head of Counseling at Penn Dies in Suicide |first=Elin |last=Johnson |date=September 11, 2019 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914094019/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/11/university-pennsylvania-director-counseling-dies-suicide |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}</ref> The university's efforts to address mental health on campus came into the national spotlight again in September 2019 when the director of the university's counseling services died by suicide six months after starting the position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/11/university-pennsylvania-director-counseling-dies-suicide |title=Head of Counseling at Penn Dies in Suicide |first=Elin |last=Johnson |date=September 11, 2019 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914094019/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/11/university-pennsylvania-director-counseling-dies-suicide |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>


===Selected student organizations===
===Student organizations===
{{See also|University of Pennsylvania senior societies|Penn Debate Society|Penn History Review}}
The [[Philomathean Society]], founded in 1813, is one of the United States' oldest collegiate literary societies and continues to host lectures and intellectual events open to the public.<ref name="History of Philomathean society">{{cite book|title=A History of the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania|author=Philomathean Society|author-link=Philomathean Society|year=1913|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|location=Philadelphia|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyphilomat00socigoog/page/n34 22]|url=https://archive.org/details/historyphilomat00socigoog|access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:The Philomathean Library.jpg|thumb|The Philomathean Society Presidential Library, named after former [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] and [[University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine|Penn Med]] alumnus [[William Henry Harrison]]]]
The [[Mask and Wig]] Club, founded in 1889, is the oldest all-male musical comedy troupe in the country, and Bloomers Comedy, founded in 1978, is the oldest collegiate all-female musical comedy troupe in the country. [[The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club]], founded in 1862, is one of the oldest continually operating collegiate choruses in the United States. [[Bruce Montgomery (entertainer)|Bruce Montgomery]], its best-known and longest-serving director, led the club from 1956 until 2000.<ref name="Montgomery Obituary">{{cite journal|title=Mr. Montgomery, Long-time Glee Club Director and Renaissance Man|journal=University of Pennsylvania Almanac|date=July 15, 2008|volume=55|issue=1|url=http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v55/n01/obit.html|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629100534/http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v55/n01/obit.html|archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The International Affairs Association (IAA) was founded in 1963 as an organization to promote international affairs and diplomacy at Penn and beyond.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maa|first=Peter|title=Penn IAA – About us|url=http://penniaa.com/aboutus.php|work=Penn IAA|publisher=Penn IAA|access-date=July 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824071325/http://penniaa.com/aboutus.php|archive-date=August 24, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> With over 400 members, it is the largest student-funded organization on campus. The IAA serves as an umbrella organization for various conferences (UPMUNC, ILMUNC, and PIRC), as well as a host of other academic and social activities. The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education (SCUE), founded in 1965, is the education policy branch of the Penn student government, whose sole mission is to improve undergraduate education at Penn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scue.org/|title=Student Committee on Undergraduate Education|website=Student Committee on Undergraduate Education}}</ref> The Penn Debate Society (PDS), founded in 1984 as the Penn Parliamentary Debate Society, is Penn's debate team, which competes regularly on the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]] and the international British Parliamentary circuit.<ref name="Penn Debate Society">{{cite web|url=http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/debate/index.html|title=Penn Debate Society|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601204314/http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/debate/index.html|archive-date=June 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The PDS has a history of success, consistently fielding debaters ranked in the top 10 nationally and advancing teams to elimination rounds at the [[World University Debating Championships]].


The [[Philomathean Society]], founded in 1813, is the United States' oldest continuously existing collegiate literary society and continues to host lectures and intellectual events open to the public.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania|author=Philomathean Society|author-link=Philomathean Society|year=1913|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|location=Philadelphia|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyphilomat00socigoog/page/n34 22]|url=https://archive.org/details/historyphilomat00socigoog|access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref>
[[The University of Pennsylvania Band]] has been a part of student life since 1897.<ref name="Who are we?!">{{cite web|title=Who are we?!|url=http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pennband/about.html|work=Penn Band|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Band|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005010616/http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pennband/about.html|archive-date=October 5, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Penn Band performs at football and basketball games as well as university functions (e.g. [[Graduation|commencement]] and [[convocation]]) throughout the year and was the first college band to perform at [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]].<ref name="Who are we?!"/> Membership fluctuates between 80 and 100 students.<ref name="Who are we?!" />


''[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]'' is an independent, student-run newspaper, which has been published daily since it was founded in 1885.<ref name="About DP">{{cite news|title=About Us|url=http://thedp.com/about-us|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807005912/http://thedp.com/about-us|archive-date=August 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper went unpublished from May 1943 to November 1945 due to [[World War II]].<ref name="About DP"/> In 1984, the university lost all editorial and financial control of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' (also known as ''The DP'') when the newspaper became its own corporation.<ref name="About DP" /> ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' has won the [[Pacemaker Award]] administered by the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] multiple times, most recently in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm07.html|work=ACP|publisher=National Scholastic Press Association/Associated Collegiate Press|title=2007 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161701/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm07.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Max |title=The Daily Pennsylvanian wins 'Pulitzer' of college journalism for third year in a row |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/pacemaker-award-daily-pennsylvanian-wins-2019 |work=The Daily Pennsylvania |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221162501/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/pacemaker-award-daily-pennsylvanian-wins-2019 |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''DP'' also publishes a weekly arts and culture magazine called ''[[34th Street Magazine]]''.
The PennApps organization at the University of Pennsylvania was created in fall 2009 and hosted the United States' first student-run hackathon "PennApps" in 2008. As of fall 2019, they have hosted 20 iterations of this international hackathon.
;Pre-professional organizations
There are a number of career-focused clubs at Penn, especially housed under the Wharton School. Wharton Council regulates these clubs, which include various consulting, investing, and industry-specific clubs. Because of the high demand to be members of these clubs, most clubs have a competitive application process, often with multiple rounds of interviews. The largest undergraduate club in Wharton is the Wharton Undergraduate Finance Club (WUFC), with a general membership of over 2,500 students. WUFC is sponsored by a number of prestigious sponsoring firms, including [[Goldman Sachs]], [[Silverlake Partners]], [[CitiBank]], and others, and WUFC members are heavily recruited by the very firms that sponsor the club.


The Penn Debate Society (PDS), founded in 1984 as the Penn Parliamentary Debate Society, is Penn's debate team, which competes regularly on the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]] and the international British Parliamentary circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penndebatesociety.com/history |title=History — Penn Debate Society |website=Penndebatesociety.com |date= |access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>
;Performing arts organizations

The ''Penn History Review'' is a journal, published twice a year, through the Department of History, for undergraduate historical research, by and for undergraduates, and founded in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Penn History Review |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/phr/all_issues.html |website=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Penn History Review |url=https://live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/undergraduate/penn-history-review |website=Department of History |publisher=Penn Arts & Sciences |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Penn History Review |url=https://pennclubs.com/club/penn-history-review |website=pennclubs.com |access-date=April 30, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Penn Electric Racing ====
[[File:Penn Electric Racing REV8 Unveiling.jpg|thumb|Penn Electric Racing unveiled REV8 on March 31, 2023, in front of the ''[[Statue of Benjamin Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)|Statue of Benjamin Franklin]]'' in front of [[College Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|College Hall]].]]

Penn Electric Racing is the university's [[Formula SAE]] (FSAE) team, competing in the international [[electric vehicle]] (EV) competition. Colloquially known as "PER," the team designs, manufactures, and races custom electric racecars against other collegiate teams. In 2015, PER built and raced their first racecar, REV1, at the [[List of Formula SAE winners|Lincoln Nebraska FSAE competition]], winning first place.<ref name="SAE-2015">{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2015 |title=Electric 2015 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2018/student-events/fsae/results/fsae_ev_2015_result.pdf |page=1 |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=SAE}}</ref> The team repeated their success with their next two racecars: REV2 won second place in 2016,<ref name="SAE-2016">{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Electric 2016 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2018/student-events/fsae/results/fsae_ev_2016_result.pdf |page=1 |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=SAE}}</ref> and REV3 won first place in 2017.<ref name="SAE-2017">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2017 |title=Electric 2017 Overall Results |url=https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/assets/cm/content/attend/2018/student-events/fsae/results/fsae_ev_2017_result.pdf |page=1 |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=SAE}}</ref>

===Performing arts organizations===
Penn is home to numerous organizations that promote the arts, from dance to spoken word, jazz to stand-up comedy, theatre, a cappella and more. The Performing Arts Council (PAC) oversees 45 student organizations in these areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/|title=Performing Arts Council at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101095230/http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/|archive-date=November 1, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The PAC has four subcommittees: A Cappella Council; Dance Arts Council; Singer, Musicians, and Comedians (SMAC); and Theatre Arts Council (TAC-e).
Penn is home to numerous organizations that promote the arts, from dance to spoken word, jazz to stand-up comedy, theatre, a cappella and more. The Performing Arts Council (PAC) oversees 45 student organizations in these areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/|title=Performing Arts Council at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101095230/http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/|archive-date=November 1, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The PAC has four subcommittees: A Cappella Council; Dance Arts Council; Singer, Musicians, and Comedians (SMAC); and Theatre Arts Council (TAC-e).


====Penn Glee Club====
The Dance Arts Council (DAC) comprises 13 organizations, including the African Rhythms, Pan-Asian Dance Troupe and the West Philly Swingers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/whoisdac.php|title=Performing Arts Council at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915040929/http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/whoisdac.php|archive-date=September 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Arts House Dance Company is one of the council's most prominent groups. Founded in 1985, the Company is known for its strong technique, innovative student choreography and vivid stage presence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artshousedance.com/#|title=Arts House Dance Company|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126035934/http://www.artshousedance.com/|archive-date=November 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


{{See also|The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club}}
The A Cappella Council (ACK) is composed of 14 a cappella groups. Penn's a cappella groups entertain audiences with repertoires including pop, rock, R&B, jazz, Hindi, and Chinese songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/ack.php|title=Performing Arts Council at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221803/https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/ack.php|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ACK is also home to Off The Beat, which has received the most Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards of any collegiate group in the United States and the most features on the ''Best of College A Cappella'' albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pennoffthebeat.com|title=Off The Beat|access-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195614/https://pennoffthebeat.com/|archive-date=September 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:1915-1916 glee club.JPG|thumb|Penn Glee Club's 1915–1916 academic year membership photo]]
;Religious organizations
Dating back to 1857, The Christian Association (a.k.a. The CA) is the oldest religious organization at the university and is composed primarily of students from [[Mainline Protestant]] backgrounds.<ref>Cheyney, Edward Potts. "A History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940." Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1940): 433-434.</ref> When the University moved to its current campus in the 1880s the CA was based in Houston Hall. After moving around several times it relocated to its new building at 36th and Locust Streets (now the ARCH Building), which it occupied from 1928 until 2000. During its most active period, it ran several foreign missions as well as a camp for socio-economically disadvantaged children in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/ups/ups48_1.html|title=Guide, Christian Association Records, 1857-2000, University of Pennsylvania University Archives|access-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113045613/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/ups/ups48_1.html|archive-date=January 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> At present the CA occupies part of the parsonage at Tabernacle United Church of Christ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upennca.org/|title=The Christian Association at The University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120120043/http://www.upennca.org/|archive-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club]], founded in 1862, is tied for [[List of collegiate glee clubs|fourth oldest]] continually running [[glee club]]s in the United States<ref name="foundation">{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/timeline.html|title=A Timeline of The History of The University of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 5, 2008|publisher=The University of Pennsylvania Archives|archive-date=August 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811043944/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/timeline.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the oldest performing arts group at the University of Pennsylvania.
The [[Rohr Jewish Learning Institute]]'s Sinai Scholars Society Academic Symposium is a prestigious event that brings together Jewish college students with noted Jewish academics for a day of in-depth discussion and debate at the university.<ref>{{cite news|last=Margolin |first=Dovid |title=Sinai Scholarship: Top Students, Academics Explore Torah's Depths at National Forum |url=http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/2955336/jewish/Sinai-Scholarship-Top-Students-Academics-Explore-Torahs-Depths-at-National-Forum.htm|agency=Chabad.org|date=May 20, 2015|access-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710105204/http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/2955336/jewish/Sinai-Scholarship-Top-Students-Academics-Explore-Torahs-Depths-at-National-Forum.htm|archive-date=July 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Che |first=Jenny |title=Floch '11 presents winning paper |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/07/floch-11-presents-winning-paper/ |work=[[The Dartmouth]] |publisher=Dartmouth College |date=April 7, 2011|access-date=July 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710094856/http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/07/floch-11-presents-winning-paper/ |archive-date=July 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Penn branch of [[Hillel International]] or Hillel, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally, reaches over 80% of the roughly 1,750 Jewish undergraduate students and the roughly 1,800 Jewish graduate and professional students on campus with an array of different Jewish opportunities in over 25 different groups utilizing space in the {{convert|35,000|sqfoot|m2|adj=on}} Steinhardt Hall (the largest Hillel building of any college or university in the country<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pennhillel.org/virtual-tour-steinhardt-hall-building-opening |title=Virtual Tour of Steinhardt Hall - Building Opening |publisher=Penn Hillel |access-date=2010-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727171040/http://pennhillel.org/virtual-tour-steinhardt-hall-building-opening |archive-date=2011-07-27 }}</ref>), ranging from social justice to Israel to Jewish culture offerings to Jewish religious expression (with services catering to all four of the mainstream branches of [[Judaism]] including a kosher dining hall).<ref name="PennHillel" />
Each year, the Penn Glee Club writes and produces a fully staged, Broadway-style production with an eclectic mix of Penn standards, Broadway classics, classical favorites, and pop hits, highlighting choral singing from all genders<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn Glee Club becomes fully gender inclusive after 159 years of all-male singers|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-glee-club-becomes-fully-gender-inclusive-after-159-years-male-singers|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=Penn Today|date=April 9, 2021 }}</ref>


The Glee Club draws its singing members from the undergraduate and graduate students.
The Penn Newman Catholic Center (the [[Newman Center]]) was founded in 1893 (and was the first Newman Center in the country) with the mission of supporting students, faculty, and staff in their religious endeavors. The organization brings prominent Christian figures to campus, including Rev. Thomas "Tom" J. Hagan, [[Oblates of St. Francis de Sales|OSFS]], who worked in the Newman Center and founded Haiti-based non-profit Hands Together;<ref>{{cite news |last=DiStefano |first=Joseph |title=Our Father – The Pennsylvania Gazette |url=https://thepenngazette.com/our-father/ |access-date=September 6, 2020 |work=[[Pennsylvania Gazette]] |date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> and [[James Martin (priest, born 1960)|James Martin]] in September 2015.<ref name="thedp.com">{{cite web|last=Spinelli |first=Dan |url=http://www.thedp.com/article/2015/09/penn-students-excited-for-pope-visit |title=Catholic groups expecting record turnout for Pope's visit |date=September 5, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011130516/http://www.thedp.com/article/2015/09/penn-students-excited-for-pope-visit|archive-date=October 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> During the 2015 [[World Meetings of Families]], which included a visit from [[Pope Francis]] to Philadelphia, the Newman Center hosted over 900 Penn students and alumni.<ref name="thedp.com"/>


The Penn Glee Club has traveled to nearly all 50 states in the United States and over 40 nations and territories on five continents and has appeared on national television with such celebrities as [[Bob Hope]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[James Stewart|Jimmy Stewart]], and [[Ed McMahon]]. Since its first performance at the [[White House]] for President [[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1926, the club has sung for numerous heads of state and world leaders.
;''The Daily Pennsylvanian''

{{See also|The Daily Pennsylvanian}}
====Penn Band====
''[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]'' is an independent, student-run newspaper, which has been published daily since it was founded in 1885.<ref name="About The Daily Pennsylvanian">{{cite news|title=About Us|url=http://thedp.com/about-us|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807005912/http://thedp.com/about-us|archive-date=August 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper went unpublished from May 1943 to November 1945 due to [[World War II]].<ref name="About The Daily Pennsylvanian"/> In 1984, the university lost all editorial and financial control of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' when the newspaper became its own corporation.<ref name="About The Daily Pennsylvanian" /> ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' has won the [[Pacemaker Award]] administered by the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] multiple times, most recently in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm07.html|work=ACP|publisher=National Scholastic Press Association/Associated Collegiate Press|title=2007 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161701/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm07.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Max |title=The Daily Pennsylvanian wins 'Pulitzer' of college journalism for third year in a row |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/pacemaker-award-daily-pennsylvanian-wins-2019 |website=www.thedp.com |publisher=The Daily Pennsylvania |access-date=21 December 2019 |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221162501/https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/11/pacemaker-award-daily-pennsylvanian-wins-2019 |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Main|The University of Pennsylvania Band}}
[[File:University of Pennsylvania Band spell "Penn".jpg|thumb|[[The University of Pennsylvania Band]] at the 2019 homecoming game]]

[[The University of Pennsylvania Band]] has been a part of student life since 1897.<ref name="Who are we?!">{{cite web|title=Who are we?!|url=http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pennband/about.html|work=Penn Band|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Band|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005010616/http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pennband/about.html|archive-date=October 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Penn Band presently mainly performs at football and basketball games as well as university functions (e.g. [[Graduation|commencement]] and [[convocation]]). It was the first college band to perform at [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], and has performed with notable musicians, including [[John Philip Sousa]], members of the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]], and the [[U.S. Marine Band]] ("The President's Own").

Penn Band has performed for Princess [[Grace Kelly]] of [[Monaco]] (sister and aunt to number of alumni), alumnus and District Attorney and Mayor of Philadelphia, and Governor of Pennsylvania [[Ed Rendell]], Vice President [[Al Gore]], presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and [[Ronald Reagan]], and Polish dissident and president [[Lech Wałęsa]].

====Penn's a cappella community====
[[File:PM Obama.jpg|thumb|[[Penn Masala]] performs in the Blue Room of the White House in October 2009 on invitation from President [[Barack Obama]].]]

The A Cappella Council (ACK) is composed of 14 a cappella groups. Penn's a cappella groups entertain audiences with repertoires including pop, rock, R&B, jazz, Hindi, and Chinese songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/ack.php|title=Performing Arts Council at the University of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221803/https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/pac/ack.php|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
ACK is also home to Off The Beat, which has received the most contemporary a cappella recording awards of any collegiate group in the United States and the most features on the ''Best of College A Cappella'' albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pennoffthebeat.com|title=Off The Beat|access-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195614/https://pennoffthebeat.com/|archive-date=September 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Penn Masala]], formed in 1996, is world's oldest<ref>{{cite book |title=Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory |last=Rapkin |first=Mickey |year=2009 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-59240-463-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/pitchperfectques0000rapk_q3n0}}</ref><ref>[http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3585 Penn Masala performs at the White House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420093139/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3585 |date=April 20, 2016 }} Penn Current – October 15, 2009</ref> and premier<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100113171650/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/10/stories/2010011057570200.htm Penn Masala to perform in city] ''[[The Hindu]]'' – January 10, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.indiawest.com/channel/278-65-penn-masala----the-world-s-premier-south-asian-a-cappella-group.html Penn Masala – The World's Premier South Asian A Cappella Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113070515/http://www.indiawest.com/channel/278-65-penn-masala----the-world-s-premier-south-asian-a-cappella-group.html |date=January 13, 2012}} India West</ref> [[South Asia]]n a cappella group based in an American university, which has performed for [[Barack Obama]], [[Joe Biden]], [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Ban Ki-moon]], [[Farooq Abdullah]], [[Imran Khan]], [[Rajkumar Hirani]], [[A.R. Rahman]], [[Narendra Modi]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/penn-masala-sings-srks-chaiyya-chaiyya-at-white-house-for-pm-modis-welcome/articleshow/101198111.cms | title=Penn Masala sings SRK's 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' at White House for PM Modi's welcome | newspaper=The Times of India | date=June 22, 2023 }}</ref> and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], had their a cappella version of [[Nazia Hassan]]'s [[Urdu]] classic "[[Aap Jaisa Koi]]," (originally from the movie ''[[Qurbani (1980 film)|Qurbani]]'') sung in the movie [[American Desi]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Matheson | first = Kathy | title = UPenn group spices up college a cappella scene with Hindi songs | agency = Associated Press | date = February 24, 2007 | url =http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/25/america/NA-FEA-A-E-MUS-US-Hindi-A-Cappella.php | access-date =February 17, 2008}}</ref>

Penn alumni [[Elizabeth Banks]] (class of 1996) and [[Max Handelman]] (Banks' husband, class of 1995) invited Masala to appear in ''[[Pitch Perfect 2]]'', as Banks reported that Penn's a capella community inspired the [[Pitch Perfect (film series)|film series]] starring or produced by Banks and Handleman.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 15, 2015|title=Pitch Perfect and Penn|url=https://thepenngazette.com/pitch-perfect-and-penn/|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=The Pennsylvania Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Comedy organizations====
[[File:Mask&Wig.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Mask and Wig]] clubhouse]]

[[Mask and Wig]], a club founded in 1889, was (until fall of 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/making-mask-and-wig-history-gender-inclusive | title=Making Mask and Wig history | date=October 12, 2022 }}</ref>) the oldest all-male musical comedy troupe in the country. In 2021 the club voted to become gender-inclusive, with auditions open to all undergraduates: male, female, and [[non-binary]].

Bloomers comedy group, founded in 1978, is the .".. nation's first collegiate all-women musical and sketch comedy troupe...."<ref name="fem next">{{cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=Penn's pioneering all-female musical comedy troupe launched an SNL star. What's next? |first=Bethany |last=Ao |date=October 19, 2018|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/bloomers-penn-womens-comedy-troupe-20181019.html}}</ref>
Bloomers was founded at Penn by Joan Harrison.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomerscomedy.org/history-1 | title=History }}</ref> In the mid teens, Bloomers revised its constitution to be open to .".. anyone who does not identify as a [[cisgender]] man...."<ref name="fem next"/> and now accepts all persons from under-represented gender identities who perform comedy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomerscomedy.org/history-1 |title=A Bloomer By Any Other Name |website=bloomerscomedy.org |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/bloomers-mark-40-years-edgy-comedy-penn |title=Bloomers mark 40 years of edgy comedy |work=Penn Today |last=DiSanto |first=Jill |date=October 22, 2018 |access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref> Bloomers performs sketches and elaborate shows almost every semester. The comedy troupe is named after [[bloomers]], the once popular long, loose fitting undergarment, gathered at the ankle, worn under a short skirt (developed in the mid 19th century as a healthy comfortable alternative to the heavy, constricting dresses then worn by American women), which were in turn, named after [[Amelia Jenks Bloomer]]. Bloomers' most well-known performing alumna is [[Vanessa Bayer]], formerly of [[Saturday Night Live]] and is SNL's longest-serving female cast member.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/bloomers-mark-40-years-edgy-comedy-penn | title=Bloomers mark 40 years of edgy comedy | date=October 22, 2018 }}</ref>

===Religious and spiritual organizations===

The following religious and spiritual organizations have a significant on campus presence at Penn:

(A) Mainstream Protestantism:
Dating back to 1857, The Christian Association (a.k.a. The CA), is composed primarily of students from [[Mainline Protestant]] backgrounds.<ref>Cheyney, Edward Potts. "A History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740–1940." Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1940): 433–434.</ref> Historically, the CA ran several foreign missions including one in China<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upt50mcc883/ |title=Josiah C. McCracken Papers 1906–1993 |publisher=Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania |date=1995 | access-date=June 30, 2024 |editor-last=Chen |editor-first=Kaiyi |archive-url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094653/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/mccracken_jc.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> and for decades ran a camp for socio-economically disadvantaged children from Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/ups48_1/ |title=Online Collection Guides: Christian Association Records, 1857–2000 |website=University Archives and Records Center |publisher=Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania |url-status=live |access-date=January 30, 2016 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113045613/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/ups/ups48_1.html}}</ref> At present the CA occupies part of the parsonage at Tabernacle [[United Church of Christ]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upennca.org/|title=The Christian Association at The University of Pennsylvania |access-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120120043/http://www.upennca.org/|archive-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

(B) [[Judaism]]:
Organized Jewish life did not begin on campus in earnest until the start of 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/diversity-timeline/1740-1915|title = Timeline of Diversity at Penn: 1740–1915}}</ref> Jewish Life on campus is centered at Penn branch of [[Hillel International]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Resources|url=https://jewishphilly.org/resources/|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia|date=February 8, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="hillel.org"/> which inspires students to explore Judaism, creates patterns of Jewish living that can be sustained after graduation, provides religious communities, promotes educational initiatives, [[social justice]] projects, social and cultural opportunities, and groups focusing on Israel education and politics, and hosts a [[Kosher]] Penn approved dining hall (supervised by the Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia).<ref>{{Cite web|title=myJLI.com :: Jewish Learning|url=https://www.myjli.com/index.html?task=pages&page=Jewish%20Learning|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=myjli.com}}</ref> In addition to Hillel, the other major Jewish organization with significant impact on Penn's campus is The [[Chabad]] Lubavitch House at Penn (founded in 1980<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lubavitchhouse.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/674597/jewish/About-Us.htm|title=About Us - LubavitchHouse.com|accessdate=April 5, 2024}}</ref>), which, among other activities, brings together Jewish college students with noted Jewish academics for in-depth discussions and debate.<ref>{{cite news|last=Che |first=Jenny |title=Floch '11 presents winning paper |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/07/floch-11-presents-winning-paper/ |work=[[The Dartmouth]] |publisher=Dartmouth College |date=April 7, 2011|access-date=July 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710094856/http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/07/floch-11-presents-winning-paper/ |archive-date=July 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

(C) [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]:
The Penn Newman Catholic Center (the [[Newman Center]]), founded in 1893 (as the first Newman Center in the country) with the mission of supporting students, faculty, and staff in their religious endeavors. The organization brings prominent Christian figures to campus, including Rev. Thomas "Tom" J. Hagan, [[Oblates of St. Francis de Sales|OSFS]], who worked in the Newman Center and founded Haiti-based non-profit Hands Together;<ref>{{cite news |last=DiStefano |first=Joseph |title=Our Father – The Pennsylvania Gazette |url=https://thepenngazette.com/our-father/ |access-date=September 6, 2020 |work=[[Pennsylvania Gazette]] |date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> and [[James Martin (priest, born 1960)|James Martin]] [[Society of Jesus|SJ]] ([[Wharton School]] undergraduate class of 1982<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-25 |title=Father Martin's New Mission |url=https://thepenngazette.com/father-martins-new-mission/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=The Pennsylvania Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>). Father Martin, an [[editor-at-large]] of the Jesuit magazine [[America (magazine)|''America'']],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/voices/james-martin-sj |title=James Martin, S.J., Editor At Large |work=America Magazine|access-date=August 7, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and frequent commentator on the life and teachings of Jesus and [[Ignatian spirituality]], is especially well known for his outreach to the [[LGBT]] community, which has drawn a strong backlash from parts of the Catholic Church, but has provided comfort to Penn students and other members of Roman Catholic community who wish to stay connected with their faith and identify as LGBQT.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=James |title=I called for Christians to love gay people. Now the Catholic alt-right is taking revenge. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/21/i-called-for-christians-to-love-gay-people-now-the-catholic-alt-right-is-taking-revenge/ |access-date=November 18, 2019 |date=September 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/36848/archbishop-chaput-fr-martin-deserves-respectful-criticism-not-trash-talking |title=Archbishop Chaput: Fr. Martin deserves respectful criticism, not trash-talking |date=September 21, 2017 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://international.la-croix.com/news/catholic-cyber-militias-and-the-new-censorship/5923# |title=Catholic Cyber-Militias and the New Censorship |last=Faggioli |first=Massimo |date=December 29, 2017 |website=international.la-croix.com|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref>

(D)&nbsp;[[Hinduism]] and [[Jainism]]:
Penn funds (via the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly or similar undergraduate organization) a variety of official clubs focused on India including a number focused on students who are Hindu or Jain such as: (1)&nbsp;'Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH)', a center for students to celebrate South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, culture and religion,<ref>{{cite web|date=January 3, 2021|title=UPenn Diversity Statistics: An In-Depth Look|url=https://blog.collegevine.com/upenn-diversity-statistics/|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=blog.collegevine.com}}</ref> (2)&nbsp;'Rangoli—The South Asian Association at Penn' that educates and informs Penn students (mainly graduate and professional students) with ancestry or interest in South Asia whose goals include a desire to "rekindle the spirit of community" through events,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rangoli – South Asian Association at Penn|url=https://www.pennrangoli.org|access-date=January 4, 2023|website=pennrangoli.org}}</ref> and (3)&nbsp;'Penn Hindu & Jain Association', a student-run official club at Penn that has 80 to 110 student members and an extensive alumni network, dedicated to raise awareness of the Hindu and Jain faiths and foster further development of these communities in the greater Philadelphia area by providing a variety of services and hosting a number of events such as [[Holi Festival]] (which has been held annually at Penn since 1993<ref>{{cite news|last2=Levenson|first2=Lisa|date=April 4, 1994|author1=((''DP'' Staff)) |title=Students celebrate spring at Holi festival |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |language=en-us |url= https://www.thedp.com/article/1994/04/students_celebrate_spring_at_holi_festival}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Penn Holi 2017: Celebrate Your Colors|url=http://www.thedp.com/gallery/penn-holi-colors|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=thedp.com|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Year We Learned to Grieve|url=https://www.34st.com/article/2021/03/pandemic-grief-loss-trauma-bereavement-covid19-anniversary|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=34st.com}}</ref>) and "...{{nbsp}}aims to be a home to anyone seeking to explore their spiritual, religious, or social interests."<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=https://pennhja.com/about.html|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=pennhja.com}}</ref>

(E) [[Islam]]:
In 1963, the [[Muslim Students' Association]] (MSA National) and Penn chapter of MSA National were founded to facilitate Muslim life among students on college campuses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pennmsa.com/about |title=About |publisher=Penn MSA |access-date=March 27, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Muslim Students' Association|url=https://pennclubs.com/club/muslim-students-association|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=pennclubs.com|language=en}}</ref> Penn MSA was established to help Penn Muslims build faith and community by fostering a space under the guidance of Islamic principles<ref>{{cite web|title=Spirituality & Religion {{!}} University of Pennsylvania|url=https://www.upenn.edu/life-at-penn/religion|access-date=July 24, 2021|publisher=University of Pennsylvania}}</ref><ref name="majm">{{cite web |url=https://pennds.org/nelc133/exhibits/show/masjidaljamia/msaandmasjidaljamia |title=Masjid Al-Jamia: The History of Penn's Muslim Students Association and the Mosque in West Philadelphia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924210149/http://pennds.org/nelc133/exhibits/show/masjidaljamia/msaandmasjidaljamia |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |website=Here and Over There: Penn, Philadelphia and the Middle East |access-date=August 30, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and towards that goal Penn MSA supports mission of its related umbrella organization, [[Islamic Society of North America]], to "foster the development of the Muslim community, interfaith relations, civic engagement, and better understandings of Islam."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isna.net/about/|title=Mission|last=Islamic Society of North America|date=2019|website=isna.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001203532/http://www.isna.net/about/|archive-date=October 1, 2019|access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> The Muslim Life Program at Penn also provides such support and helped cause Penn (in January 2017) to hire its first full-time Muslim chaplain, the co-president of the Association of Campus Muslim Chaplains, Sister Patricia Anton (whose background includes working with Muslim, interfaith, academic and peace-building institutions such as [[Islamic Society of North America]] and [[Islamic Relief]]). Chaplain Anton's mandate includes supporting and guiding the Penn Muslim community to foster further development of such community by creating a welcoming environment that provides Penn Muslim community opportunities to intellectually and spiritually engage with Islam.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pennmuslimlife.org/ |title=Muslim Life at Penn |publisher=Muslim Life Program University of Pennsylvania |access-date=March 27, 2021 }}</ref> Penn also has a residential house, the Muslim Life Residential Program, which provides a live/learn environment focused on the appreciation of Islamic culture, food, history, and practice, and shows its Penn student residents how Islam is deeply integrated in the culture of Philadelphia so they may appreciate how Islam influences daily life.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Muslim Life Residential Program {{!}} College Houses & Academic Services|url=https://harnwell.house.upenn.edu/muslimliferp|access-date=July 24, 2021|website=harnwell.house.upenn.edu}}</ref>

(F) [[Buddhism]]:
Penn has a Buddhist chaplain<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/a-short-introduction-to-won-buddhism/ | title=A Short Introduction to Won Buddhism }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://wondharmacenter.org/dr-rev-grace-song/ | title=Dr. Rev. Grace – Won Dharma Center }}</ref> (as well as chaplains of other faiths) and funds the Penn [[Meditation]] and Buddhism Club, which (1)&nbsp;is dedicated to helping Penn students practice mindfulness and meditation and learning about Buddhism, (2)&nbsp;conducts weekly meetings that begin with a guided meditation and are followed by discussions of topic(s) relating to mindfulness and Buddhism, and (3)&nbsp;organizes other activities such as [[ramen]] nights and weekend meditation retreats to the local [[Won Buddhism]] center.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pennclubs.com/club/penn-buddhism-club | title=Penn Meditation and Buddhism Club }}</ref>


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
{{Main|Penn Quakers}}
{{Main|Penn Quakers}}
Penn's [[college athletics|sports]] teams are nicknamed the [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]], but the teams are often also referred to as [[The Red and the Blue|The Red & Blue]]. The athletes participate in the [[Ivy League]] and [[Division I (NCAA)|Division&nbsp;I]] (Division&nbsp;I FCS for football) in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]. In recent decades, they often have been [[sports league|league]] champions in football (14 times from 1982 to 2010) and basketball (22 times from 1970 to 2006). The first athletic team at Penn was its [[cricket]] team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kieran|first=John|title=Sports of the Times|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 8, 1932|page=22}}</ref>
Penn's [[college athletics|sports]] teams are nicknamed the [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]], but the teams are often also referred to as [[The Red and Blue]] as reflected in the popular song sung after every athletic contest where the Penn Band or other musical groups are present.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1800s/goeckel_wm_john.html |title=William John Goeckel (1871–1922) |publisher=The University of Pennsylvania Archives |access-date=July 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703235441/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1800s/goeckel_wm_john.html |archive-date=July 3, 2008 }} The song's copyright was originally held by W. H. Boner & Company.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/william-john-goeckel |title=William John Goeckel |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=November 15, 2021 }}</ref> The athletes participate in the [[Ivy League]] and [[Division I (NCAA)|Division&nbsp;I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Division&nbsp;I FCS]] for football) in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]. In recent decades, they often have been [[sports league|league]] champions in football (14 times from 1982 to 2010) and basketball (22 times from 1970 to 2006). The first athletic team at Penn was the [[cricket]] team, which formed in 1842 and played regularly through 1846, the year it lost its "grounds," and then only played intermittently until 1864, the year it played its first intercollegiate game (against [[Haverford College]]).<ref name="Penn Cricket"/>


[[File:1843 Penn Cricket Field in New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|1843 photo of Penn's Cricket team at its first "grounds" across the [[Delaware River]] in New Jersey]]
=== Rowing ===
[[File:U. of Pa. varsity, 1915 (LOC).jpg|thumb|right|Varsity rowers approach [[Poughkeepsie Bridge]] on the Hudson River, 1915.]]
[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] at Penn dates back to at least 1854 with the founding of the [[University Barge Club]]. The university currently hosts both heavyweight and lightweight men's teams and an open weight women's team, all of which compete as part of the [[Eastern Sprints]] League. Penn Rowing has produced a long list of famous coaches and Olympians, including [[Susan Francia]], [[John B. Kelly Jr.]], [[Joe Burk]], Rusty Callow, [[Harry Parker (rower)|Harry Parker]] and [[Ted Nash (rower)|Ted Nash]]. Also, the 1955 men's heavyweight crew is one of only four American university crews to win the [[Grand Challenge Cup]] at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]]. The teams row out of [[College Boat Club]], No.11 [[Boathouse Row]].


The rowing (or crew) team composed of Penn students but not officially representing Penn was formed in 1854 but did not compete against other colleges as official part of Penn until 1879. The rugby football team began to play against other colleges, most notably against [[College of New Jersey (18th Century)|College of New Jersey]] (now Princeton University) in 1874 using a combination of [[association football]] (i.e. soccer) and [[Rugby football|rugby]] rules (the twenty players on each side were able to use their hands but were not able to pass or bat the ball forward).<ref name="SASH-Farnsworth">{{cite web|url=https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-origins-of-soccer-in-philadelphia-part-5-local-college-based-football-after-the-1863-laws-of-the-game/ |title=The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 5: Local college-based football after the 1863 Laws of the Game – Society for American Soccer History |last=Farnsworth |first=Ed |date=April 16, 2020 |publisher=Society for American Soccer History}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kieran|first=John|title=Sports of the Times|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 8, 1932|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/19th-century-athletics/timeline|title = Penn Athletics in the 19th Century: Timeline}}</ref>
===Rugby===


===Baseball===
The Penn men's [[rugby football]] team is one of the oldest collegiate rugby teams in the United States. Indeed, Penn first fielded a team in mid 1870s playing by rules much closer to the [[rugby union]] and [[Association Football]] code rules (relative to [[American football]] rules, as such American football rules had not yet been invented<ref name="SASH-Farnsworth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-origins-of-soccer-in-philadelphia-part-5-local-college-based-football-after-the-1863-laws-of-the-game/ |title=The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 5: Local college-based football after the 1863 Laws of the Game – Society for American Soccer History |last=Farnsworth |first=Ed |date=April 16, 2020 |publisher=Society for American Soccer History}}</ref>). Among its earliest games was a game against [[College of New Jersey (18th Century)|College of New Jersey]] (which in 1895 changed its name to [[Princeton University|Princeton]]) played in Philadelphia on Saturday, November 11, 1876, which was less than two weeks before Princeton met on November 23, 1876 with [[Harvard]] and [[Columbia University|Columbia]] to confirm that all their games would be played using the rugby union rules.<ref name="Fight song">[[Rottenberg, Dan]] (1985) "Fight On, Pennsylvania" Trustees of University of Pennsylvania pp. 25, 28, 33, 34.</ref><ref name="SASH-Farnsworth" /> Princeton and Penn played their November 1876 game per a combination of rugby (there were 20 players per side and players were able to touch the ball with their hands) and Association Football codes. The rugby code influence was due, in part, to the fact that some of their students had been educated in [[English public schools]].<ref name=CompleterugbyUSA>Bath (1977) p77</ref>
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[[File:John E Sheridan Pennsylvania Georgetown Baseball c1901.jpg|thumb|upright|University of Pennsylvania versus Georgetown Baseball Program circa 1901]]


The University of Pennsylvania's first baseball team was fielded in 1875.
Among the prominent alumni to play in a 19th century version of rugby (rules that did not allow forward passes or center snaps) was [[John Heisman]], namesake of the [[Heisman Trophy]] and an 1892 graduate of the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heisman.com/about-the-heisman/john-w-heisman/|title=John W. Heisman}}</ref> Heisman was instrumental in the first decade of the 20th century in changing the rules to more closely relate to present rules of American football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biletnikoffaward.com/fredbiletnikoff|title=History of the Forward Pass|website=biletnikoffaward.com|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref> One of the captains of Heisman's teams was [[Harry Arista Mackey]], [[Penn Law]] Class of 1893<ref>{{cite news |title=MACKEY THEIR NEW CAPTAIN. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/12/06/104102219.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 6, 1892 |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref> (who subsequently served as [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]] from 1928 to 1932.<ref name="Time">{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883116,00.html|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|title=Milestones, Oct. 31, 1938|date=October 31, 1938}}</ref>)
Penn has won four championships in the [[Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League]], a baseball-only conference that existed from 1930 to 1992, which consisted of the eight [[Ivy League]] schools and [[Army Black Knights baseball|Army]] and [[Navy Midshipmen baseball|Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=B0090|author=Martha Mitchell|title=Baseball|website=Encyclopedia Brunoniana|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref>
Since 1992, Penn baseball has claimed an [[Ivy League Baseball Championship Series|Ivy League]] title, advancing to the [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship]] five times.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quick Facts |url=https://pennathletics.com/documents/2017/12/6/18QuickFacts.pdf |website=University of Pennsylvania Athletics |language=en}}</ref>


===Basketball===
In 1906, Rugby per [[Rugby Union]] code was reintroduced<ref>'''Old Penn Weekly''' Vol. V. No. 4, October 19, 1906 page 19, bottom of column 3 (see https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=penn.ark:/81431/p3sb3x504&view=1up&seq=43&q1=rugby) and '''Old Penn Weekly''' Vol. V. No. 5, October 27, 1906 page 10, column 2 (see https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=penn.ark:/81431/p3sb3x504&view=1up&seq=54&q1=rugby )</ref> to Penn by Frank Villeneuve Nicholson ([[Frank Nicholson (rugby union)]]) [[University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine]] (Class of 1910),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/frank%20villeneuve%20nicholson|title=Frank Villeneuve Nicholson &#124; Classic Wallabies}}</ref> who in 1904 had captained the Australian national rugby team in its match against England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=penn.ark:/81431/p3sb3x504&view=1up&seq=43&q1=Rugby|title=Old Penn; weekly magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 5 (1906-1907).|website=HathiTrust}}</ref> Penn played per rugby union code rules at least through 1912, contemporaneously with Penn playing American gridiron football. Evidence of such may be found in an October 22, 1910, ''[[Daily Pennsylvanian]]'' article (quoted below) and a yearbook photo<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-17|title=Penn Men|url=https://www.ivyrugby.com/penn-men|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Ivy Rugby Conference|language=en}}</ref> that rugby per rugby union code was played.{{cquote|Such is the devotion to English rugby football on the part of University of Pennsylvania's students from [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], and [[England]] that they meet on [[Franklin Field]] at 7 o'clock every morning and practice the game. The varsity track and football squads monopolize the field to such an extent that the early hours of the morning are the only ones during which the rugby enthusiasts can play. Any time except Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a squad of 25 men may be seen running through the hardest kind of practice after which they may divide into two teams and play a hard game. Once a week, captain CC Walton, ('11), dental, who hails from New Zealand, gives the enthusiastic players a blackboard talk in which he explains the intricacies of the game in detail.<ref>October 22, 1910, ''The Daily Pennsylvanian''</ref>}}
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[[File:Official A.A.U. basketball guide (1894) (14796131623).jpg|thumb|1907-1908 Penn Quakers basketball team in photo that appeared in Spalding's Official [[Amateur Athletic Union of the United States|A.A.U.]] basketball guide (September 1907).<ref>{{cite book |title=Spalding's Official A.A.U. Basketball Guide |date=September 1907 |page=44 |publisher=Amateur Athletic Union of the United States |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |url=https://archive.org/details/officialaaubaske02amateur/page/44/mode/1up}}</ref>]]


Penn [[basketball]] is steeped in tradition. Penn was retroactively recognized as the pre-[[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] national champion for the 1919–20 and 1920–21 seasons by the [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] and for the 1919–20 season by the [[Premo-Porretta Power Poll]].<ref>{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=535|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}</ref> Penn made its only (and the Ivy League's second) [[Final Four]] appearance in 1979, where the Quakers lost to [[Magic Johnson]]-led [[Michigan State Spartans|Michigan State]] in Salt Lake City. (Dartmouth twice finished second in the tournament in the 1940s, but that was before the beginning of formal League play.) Penn's team is also a member of the [[Philadelphia Big 5]], along with [[La Salle University|La Salle]], [[Saint Joseph's University|Saint Joseph's]], [[Temple University|Temple]], [[Villanova University|Villanova]], and [[Drexel University|Drexel]]. In 2007, the men's team won its third consecutive Ivy League title and then lost in the first round of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] to [[Texas A&M Aggies|Texas A&M]]. Penn last made the NCAA tournament in 2018 where it lost to top seeded [[University of Kansas|Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/03/penn-mens-basketball-ncaa-tournament-kansas-recap-graham-free-throws-upset-bid-falls-short&ved=2ahUKEwjNrumgq57wAhVFAp0JHeZlBkIQFjAHegQICxAC&usg=AOvVaw0Pcy8aiV75XMvPifv3UTOr |title=Penn men's basketball shines early, fades late in NCAA Tournament loss to No. 1 Kansas |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |last=Pollack |first=Jonathan |date=March 15, 2018 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427114308/https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/03/penn-mens-basketball-ncaa-tournament-kansas-recap-graham-free-throws-upset-bid-falls-short%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjNrumgq57wAhVFAp0JHeZlBkIQFjAHegQICxAC%26usg%3DAOvVaw0Pcy8aiV75XMvPifv3UTOr }}</ref>
The player-coach of United States Olympic gold-winning rugby team at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] was [[Alan Valentine]], who played rugby while at Penn (which he attended during 1921/1922 academic year) as he was getting a Master's degree at Wharton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/athletics/olympics/athletes|title=Penn's Olympic Competitors • University Archives and Records Center|website=University Archives and Records Center}}</ref>


===Cricket===
As early as fall of 1959 Penn men's rugby became permanent due to leadership of Harry "Joe" Edwin Reagan III<ref>https://archives.upenn.edu/media/2017/06/1960record.pdf with a team photo and erroneous report that the then newly founded rugby club was first rugby team Penn had ever fielded</ref> Penn's College Class of 1962 and Penn Law Class of 1965, who also went onto help create and incorporate (in 1975) and was Treasurer (in 1981) of [[USA Rugby]] and Oreste P. "Rusty" D'Arconte Penn's College Class of 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ivyrugby.com/penn-men|title=Penn Men|date=August 17, 2017|website=Ivy Rugby Conference}}</ref> Thus, with D'Arconte's hustle and Reagan's charisma and organizational skills, a team, which had fielded a side of fifteen intermittently from 1912 through 1960, became permanent.
[[File:1887 Penn Cricket Team 2.jpg|thumb|Penn's 1887 Cricket Team, which won the [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#Cricket|Intercollegiate Cricket Association]], the ''de facto'' national championship, displaying the trophy granted to winner (held in front row by person wearing white hat)]]


The first University of Pennsylvania cricket team, reported to be the first cricket team in the United States composed exclusively of Americans,<ref name="wister">{{cite news |title=William Rotch Wister |website=University Archives and Records Center |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/william-rotch-wister/ |access-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123203231/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/william-rotch-wister/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was organized in 1842.<ref name="wister"/>
In the early 1980s, Penn women's rugby, led by women such as Penn Law alumna [[Gigi Sohn]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.benton.org/blog/flexibility-humility-connectivity-three-ingredients-successful-career|title=Flexibility, Humility, Connectivity: Three Ingredients for a Successful Career|date=February 7, 2019|website=Benton Foundation}}</ref> began to compete. Penn women's rugby team is coached, as of 2020, by (a) Adam Dick,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://upennwrfc.wixsite.com/home/untitled-c1nhz|title=ABOUT|website=home}}</ref> a 300-level certified coach with over 15 years of rugby coaching experience including being the first coach of the first women's rugby team at the [[University of Arizona]] and who was a four year starter at University of Arizona men's first XV rugby team and (b) Philly women's player Kate Hallinan.


On May 7, 1864, Penn played its first intercollegiate game against [[Haverford College]] (the 3rd oldest intercollegiate athletic contest after Harvard Yale 1852 crew race and Amherst Williams 1859 Baseball game<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lewis |first1=Guy |title=The Beginning of Organized Collegiate Sport |journal=American Quarterly |date=Summer 1970 |volume=22 |issue=2, Part 1 |pages=222–229 |doi=10.2307/2711645 |jstor=2711645 |url=https://history.msu.edu/hst329/files/2015/05/LewisGuy-TheBeginning.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Penn Cricket"/>).<ref name="cricket"/><ref name="marchcricket">{{cite news |last1=March |first1=Lochlahn |title=Penn's oldest sport goes back 168 years, and it's not one you might think |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/10/penn-cricket-team-historical-feature |access-date=March 30, 2024 |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |date=October 28, 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> After Penn moved west of the [[Schuylkill River]] in 1872, Penn played cricket at one of the local clubs, [[Belmont Cricket Club]], [[Merion Cricket Club]], [[Germantown Cricket Club]], or at [[Haverford College]].<ref name="cricket"/> Beginning in 1875 and through 1880, Penn fielded a varsity eleven, which played a few matches each year against opponents that included Haverford College and [[Columbia College (New York)|Columbia College]].<ref name="Penn Cricket"/>
Penn's men's rugby team plays in the [[Ivy Rugby Conference]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upennrugby.com/|title=The Official Website of the University of Pennsylvania's Men's Rugby Football Club|website=www.upennrugby.com}}</ref> and have finished as runners-up in both 15s and 7s.<ref>Rugby Mag, College 7s Looks to CRC, December 12, 2012, http://www.rugbymag.com/tournaments-special/crc/6668-college-7s-looks-to-crc.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181127/http://www.rugbymag.com/tournaments-special/crc/6668-college-7s-looks-to-crc.html |date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref> {{as of|2011}}, the club uses the state-of-the-art facilities at [[Penn Park]]. The Penn Quakers' rugby team played on national TV at the 2013 [[Collegiate Rugby Championship]], a college rugby tournament that for number of years had been played each June at [[PPL Park]] (now known as [[Subaru Park]]) in Philadelphia and was broadcast live on [[NBC]]. In their inaugural year of participation, the Penn men's rugby team won the Shield Competition, beating local [[Philadelphia Big 5|Big Five]] rival, [[Temple University]], 17–12 in the final. In doing so, they became the first Philadelphia team to beat a non-Philadelphia team in CRC history, with a 14–12 win over the [[University of Texas]] in the Shield semifinal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usasevenscrc.com/fixtures-and-results/|title=Fixtures and Results|work=usasevenscrc.com|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616152700/http://www.usasevenscrc.com/fixtures-and-results/|archive-date=June 16, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1881, Penn, [[Harvard College]], Haverford College, Princeton College (then known as College of New Jersey), and Columbia College formed the [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#Cricket|Intercollegiate Cricket Association]],<ref name="marchcricket"/> which [[Cornell University]] later joined.<ref name="Penn Cricket"/> Penn won The [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#Cricket|Intercollegiate Cricket Association]] championship, the ''de facto'' national championship, 23 times (18 solo, three shared with Haverford and Harvard, one shared with Haverford and Cornell, and one shared with just Haverford) during the 44 years that The Intercollegiate Cricket Association existed from 1881 through 1924.{{refn|group=note|Haverford won [[Intercollegiate sports team champions#Cricket|such championships]] nineteen times: three shared with Penn and Harvard, one shared with Penn and Cornell, and one shared with Penn. In third place, Harvard won it six times, none after 1899, three of these shared with Haverford and Penn.}}
Penn men's rugby, as of 2020,<ref>https://upennrugby.org/about</ref> is coached by Tiger Bax,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://upennrugby.org/team|title=University of Pennsylvania Men's Rugby Football Club|first=University of Pennsylvania Men's Rugby Football|last=Club|website=University of Pennsylvania Men's Rugby Football Club}}</ref> a former professional rugby player hailing from [[Cape Town, South Africa]], whose playing experience includes stints in the [[Super Rugby]] competition with the [[Stormers]] (15s) and Mighty Mohicans (7s), as well as with the [[Gallagher Premiership Rugby]] side, [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/saracens/9409872.stm|title=Saracens sign South African Bax|date=February 28, 2011|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and whose coaching experience includes three successful years as coach at Valley Rugby Football Club in [[Hong Kong]]; and Tyler May, from [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]], who played rugby at [[Pennsylvania State University]] where he was a first XV player for three years.


In the 1890s, Penn's cricket team frequently toured Canada and the British Isles.<ref name="Penn Cricket">{{cite web |url-status =live |title=Cricket: Penn's First Organized Sport |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/cricket/ |website= University Archives and Records Center |date=February 2006 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |author1=Seth S. Tannenbaum |author2= Clifton R. Hood |language=en |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180704034854/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/cricket/histy.html}}</ref> Perhaps the university's most famous cricket player was [[George Patterson (cricketer)|George Patterson]] (class of 1888), who still holds the North American batting record and who went on to play for the professional [[Philadelphia Cricket Team]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Karpyn|first=Michael|date=2016|title=Cricket|url=https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/cricket/|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia}}</ref>
Players on the 2019 men's team came from 11 different countries: Australia, [[Botswana]], [[Chile]], [[Great Britain]], [[Malaysia]], [[Netherlands]], New Zealand, [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[South Africa]], and the [[United States]]).


Following the [[World War I]], cricket began to experience a serious decline,<ref name="struckout">{{cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/how-cricket-struck-out.htm |title=How Cricket Struck Out |website=historynet.com |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=April 17, 2021 }}</ref> such that in 1924 Penn fielded its last team in the twentieth century. Starting in 2009, however, Penn once again fielded a cricket team, albeit club, that ended up being the first winner of a tournament for teams from the Ivies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://americancollegecricket.com/category/universities/upenn/ |title=Universities: UPenn |website=americancollegecricket |access-date=December 24, 2021 }} and {{cite web |url=http://americancollegecricket.com/2011/03/09/college-sports-pioneer-upenn-cricket-names-its-team-for-nationals/ |title=College Sports Pioneer UPenn Cricket Names Its Team for Nationals! |website=americancollegecricket.com |access-date=March 28, 2021 }}</ref>
Penn's graduate and professional schools also fielded rugby teams. The Penn Law Rugby team (1985 through 1993) counts among its alumni [[Jay Clayton (attorney)|Jay Clayton]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. SEC chairman speaks at Ocean City H.S.|url=http://www.ocsentinel.com/news/u-s-sec-chairman-speaks-at-ocean-city-h-s/article_b8c160b0-821b-11e9-bf75-77961af868b1.html|access-date=2019-07-26|website=Ocean City Sentinel|archive-date=2019-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726204351/http://www.ocsentinel.com/news/u-s-sec-chairman-speaks-at-ocean-city-h-s/article_b8c160b0-821b-11e9-bf75-77961af868b1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Penn Law Class of 1993, and the chair of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and Raymond Hulser, former Chief of Public Integrity Section of [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref name=gao>{{cite journal|last=Ekstrand|first=Laurie E. |title=DOJ's Public Integrity Section: Case Management Policies Followed, but Closing Some Matters Took Too Long |journal=[[U.S. Government Accountability Office|U.S. General Accounting Office]] |date=January 2001|series=Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives (GAO-01-122) |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/157010.pdf}}</ref> The Wharton rugby team has competed from 1978 to the present.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wharthogs.com/ |title=Wharton Rugby Football Club |website=www.wharthogs.com/ |access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref>


===Cricket===
===Curling===
University of Pennsylvania [[Curling]] Club qualified for the 2023 National Championship at 6th place, the same ranking they qualified for the 2022 National Championship (where they finished in 2nd place), but in 2023 the team won the national championship by defeating arch rival [[Princeton University]] in the championship match (6 to 3).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jerez |first1=Roger |last2=Legler |first2=Sophie |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Penn Curling: 2023 National Champions |url=https://recreation.upenn.edu/news/2023/3/14/Curling.aspx |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=recreation.upenn.edu |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420013341/https://recreation.upenn.edu/news/2023/3/14/Curling.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/04/penn-curling-nationals-2023 | title=Penn Curling defeats reigning champs, brings home 2023 National Championship }}</ref> Penn Curling also won the National Championship in 2016 and is the only East Coast team to have won the Curling National Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bhamnow.com/2023/03/20/birmingham-native-member-of-penns-2023-college-national-curling-championship-team/ | title=Birmingham native member of Penn's 2023 College National Curling Championship team {{pipe}} Bham Now | date=March 20, 2023 }}</ref>
In the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th Philadelphia was the center of [[cricket in the United States]]. Cricket had gained in popularity among the upper class from their travels abroad and cricket clubs sprung up all across the Eastern Seaboard (even today Philadelphia still has three cricket clubs: the [[Philadelphia Cricket Club|Philadelphia]], the [[Merion Cricket Club|Merion]] and the [[Germantown Cricket Club|Germantown]]). Many East Coast universities and colleges fielded cricket teams with the University of Pennsylvania and Haverford College being two of the best in the country. (Cricket was the first organized sport at Pennsylvania.) The Penn Cricket Team frequently toured Canada and the British Isles and even defeated a combined Oxford-Cambridge team in 1895.<ref name="Penn Cricket">{{cite web | url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/cricket/histy.html | title=Penn Cricket in the 1800s: Penn's first organized sport: Historical overview | publisher=University of Pennsylvania | work=University Archives and Records Center | date=February 2006 | access-date=July 4, 2018 | author=Seth S. Tannenbaum and Clifton R. Hood | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704034854/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/cricket/histy.html | archive-date=July 4, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> Perhaps the University's most famous cricket player was [[George Patterson (cricketer)|George Patterson]] who went on to play for the professional [[Philadelphia Cricket Team]]. Following the First World War, cricket began to experience a serious decline as baseball became the preferred sport of the warmer months, but to this day the University still fields a cricket team.


===Football===
===Football===
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[[File:ChuckBednarik1952Bowman.jpg|thumb|[[Chuck Bednarik]], also known as Concrete Charlie, was a three-time All-American at Penn who was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], the first player selected in the [[1949 NFL draft]] by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], where he went on to win the 1960 NFL Championship and was inducted into [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]].]]
[[File:FranklinFieldPenn.jpg|thumb|right|[[Franklin Field]], home to football, field hockey, lacrosse and track and field]]
Penn first fielded a football team against Princeton at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia on November 11, 1876.<ref name="Fight song"/>


Penn first fielded a football team against [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton]] at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia on November 11, 1876.<ref name="Fight song"/>
Penn football made many contributions to the sport in its early days. During the 1890s, Penn's famed coach and alumnus [[George Washington Woodruff]] introduced the quarterback kick, a forerunner of the [[forward pass]], as well as the [[Placekicker|place-kick]] from scrimmage and the delayed pass. In 1894, 1895, 1897 and 1904, Penn was generally regarded as the national champion of collegiate football.<ref name="Fight song" /> The achievements of two of Penn's outstanding players from that era, John Heisman, a Law School alumnus, and [[John Outland]], a [[Penn Med]] alumnus, are remembered each year with the presentation of the Heisman Trophy to the most outstanding college football player of the year, and the [[Outland Trophy]] to the most outstanding college football [[Lineman (gridiron football)|interior lineman]] of the year.


During the 1890s, Penn's coach and alumnus [[George Washington Woodruff]] introduced the quarterback kick, a forerunner of the [[forward pass]], as well as the [[Placekicker|place-kick]] from scrimmage and the delayed pass.
Also, each year the [[Bednarik Award]] is given to college football's best defensive player. [[Chuck Bednarik]] (Class of 1949) was a three-time [[All-America]]n [[Center (American football)|center]]/[[linebacker]] who starred on the 1947 team and is generally regarded as Penn's all-time finest. In addition to Bednarik, the 1947 squad boasted four-time All-American [[Offensive tackle|tackle]] [[George Savitsky]] and three-time All-American [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] [[Skip Minisi]]. All three standouts were subsequently elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], as was their coach, [[George Munger (American football)|George Munger]] (a star running back at Penn in the early 1930s). Bednarik went on to play for 12 years with the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], becoming the [[National Football League|NFL's]] last 60-minute man. He was elected to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1969. During his presidency of the institution from 1948 to 1953, [[Harold Stassen]] attempted to recultivate Penn's heyday of big-time [[college football]], but the effort lacked support and was short-lived.


The achievements of two of Penn's other outstanding players from that era, John Heisman, a Law School alumnus, and [[John Outland]], a [[Penn Med]] alumnus, are remembered each year with the presentation of the Heisman Trophy to the most outstanding college football player of the year, and the [[Outland Trophy]] to the most outstanding college football [[Lineman (gridiron football)|interior lineman]] of the year.
[[ESPN]]'s ''[[College GameDay (football)|College GameDay]]'' traveled to Penn to highlight the [[Harvard University|Harvard]]-Penn game on November 17, 2002, the first time the popular college football show had visited an Ivy League campus.


The [[Bednarik Award]], named for [[Chuck Bednarik]], a three-time [[All-America]]n [[Center (American football)|center]] and [[linebacker]] who starred on the 1947, is awarded annually to college football's best defensive player. Bednarik went on to play for 12 years with the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], and was elected to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1969.
===Basketball===

[[File:The Palestra.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Palestra]], "Cathedral of Basketball"]]
Penn's game against [[University of California, Berkeley]] on September 29, 1951, in front of a crowd of 60,000 at [[Franklin Field]], was first college football game to be broadcast in color.<ref name="eyesofageneration.com">{{cite web |access-date= August 4, 2021 |title=September 29, 1951 ... Two College Football Television Firsts |url=https://eyesofageneration.com/september-29-1951-two-college-football-television-firstsdid-you-know-cbs-an/ |website=Eyes Of A Generation – Television's Living History |date=29 September 2016}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804063937/https://eyesofageneration.com/september-29-1951-two-college-football-television-firstsdid-you-know-cbs-an/|date=August 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/03/penn-football-first-televised-color-game-ncaa-history |title=Highlighting Penn football's small role in color television broadcasting |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |last=Frank |first=Matthew |date=March 28, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 }}</ref>
{{Main|Penn Quakers men's basketball}}

Penn [[basketball]] is steeped in tradition. Penn made its only (and the Ivy League's second) [[Final Four]] appearance in 1979, where the Quakers lost to [[Magic Johnson]]-led [[Michigan State Spartans|Michigan State]] in Salt Lake City. (Dartmouth twice finished second in the tournament in the 1940s, but that was before the beginning of formal League play.) Penn's team is also a member of the [[Philadelphia Big 5]], along with [[La Salle University|La Salle]], [[Saint Joseph's University|Saint Joseph's]], [[Temple University|Temple]] and [[Villanova University|Villanova]]. In 2007, the men's team won its third consecutive Ivy League title and then lost in the first round of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] to [[Texas A&M Aggies|Texas A&M]].
===Ice hockey===
{{Main|Penn Quakers men's ice hockey}}
[[File:University of Pennsylvania Hockey Team 1897.jpg|thumb|right|University of Pennsylvania Hockey team in front of photo of College Hall in 1896–97, its first season of existence, featuring [[George Orton]], future winner of gold medal in the [[1900 Summer Olympics]] in 2500 meter steeplechase (top row, second from the end of the right side) and who was the first disabled person to compete in the Olympics]]

Penn's first ice hockey team competed during the 1896–97 academic year, and joined the nascent [[Intercollegiate Hockey Association]] (IHA) in 1898–99. On the first team in 1896–97 were several players of [[Canada|Canadian]] background, among them middle-distance runner and Olympian [[George Orton]] (the ''first disabled person to compete in the Olympics''). Penn fielded teams intermittently until 1965 when it formed a varsity squad that was terminated in 1977. Penn now fields a club team that plays in the [[American Collegiate Hockey Association]] Division II,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://achahockey.org/view/achahockey/divisions/men-s-d2-1/stats-431?type=standings&level=conference&id=1151&league_id=1800&conference_id=1151|title=Stats – ACHA|website=achahockey.org|access-date=April 20, 2023|archive-date=July 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701172419/http://achahockey.org/view/achahockey/divisions/men-s-d2-1/stats-431?type=standings&level=conference&id=1151&league_id=1800&conference_id=1151|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a member of the [[Colonial States College Hockey Conference]], and continues to play at the [[Class of 1923 Arena]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/icerink/ice-hockey/college-hockey.html|title=College Hockey|website=cms.business-services.upenn.edu}}</ref>

=== Olympic athletes ===
[[File:Track (men's), 1907 ICAA point winners UPenn.jpg|thumb|right|The University of Pennsylvania men's track team was the 1907 [[IC4A]] point winner. Left to right: Guy Haskins, R.C. Folwell, T.R. Moffitt, [[John Taylor (relay runner)|John Baxter Taylor, Jr.]], the first black athlete in the U.S. to win a gold medal in the Olympics,<ref name="johntaylor">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79112 |title=John Taylor |work=Olympedia |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref> [[Nathaniel Cartmell]], and J.D. Whitham (seated).]]

At least 43 Penn alumni have earned 81 Olympic medals (26 gold).<ref name="pennolympics"/>{{refn|group=note|See [[list of University of Pennsylvania people]] athletics section for list of Penn Olympic medal winners, replete with hyperlinks.}} Penn won more of its "medals"<ref name="pennolympics"/> (which were actually cups, trophies, or plaques, as medals were not introduced until a later Olympics) at [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Paris]] than at any other Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-put-show-1900-olympics |title=Penn put on a show at the 1900 Olympics |work=Penn Today |last=Johnson |first=Greg |date=August 4, 2021 |access-date=August 5, 2021 }}</ref>
In the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, 13 Penn present students or alumni participated in 5 sports (athletics [4], breaking [1], fencing [3], rowing [4], and swimming [1] for 7 countries ([[Australia]] [1], [[Bermuda]] [1], [[Canada]] [2], [[Egypt]] [1], [[Nigeria]] [1], [[Slovenia]] [1], and USA [6])
<ref>https://ivyleague.com/news/2024/7/15/olympics-113-ivies-bound-for-2024-olympic-and-paralympic-games-in-paris.aspx accessed 3 August 2024</ref>

===Rowing===
[[File:1901 University of PA Crew.jpg|thumb|Penn's eight-oared crew in 1901, the first foreign crew to reach the final of the [[Grand Challenge Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/crew/killarney-1901 |title=1901 Killarney Regatta |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=March 30, 2021 }}</ref> at [[Henley Royal Regatta]]]]

[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] at Penn dates back to at least 1854 with the founding of the [[University Barge Club]]. The university currently hosts both heavyweight and lightweight men's teams and an open weight women's team, all of which compete as part of the [[Eastern Sprints]] League. [[Ellis Ward]] was Penn's first intercollegiate crew coach from 1879 through 1912.<ref>With a one-year gap in 1887 and a four-year gap from 1892 to 1895.</ref> During the course of Ward's coaching career at Penn his .".. Red and Blue crews won 65 races, in about 150 starts."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41543330/ellis-ward-former-penn-coach-dies/ |title=Ellis Ward, Former Penn Coach, Dies |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=August 26, 1922 |page=9 |access-date=March 30, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Ward coached Penn's 8-oared boat to the finals of the [[Grand Challenge Cup]] (the oldest and most prized trophy) at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]] (but in that final race was defeated by the champion [[Leander Club]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/crew/henley-1901 |title=1901 Henley Regatta |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=December 24, 2021 }} and {{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/ellis-ward |title=Ellis Ward |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=March 30, 2021 }}</ref>

Penn Rowing has produced a long list of famous coaches and Olympians. Members of Penn crew team, rowers Sidney Jellinek, Eddie Mitchell, and coxswain, John G. Kennedy, won the bronze medal for the United States at [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Olympics]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news|last=March|first=Lochlahn|title=Penn rowing at the Olympics: Nearly a century of history and a recent flourish of success|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/11/penn-mens-womens-rowing-olympics-century-history-recent-flourish-success|access-date=July 26, 2021|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian}}</ref>

[[Joe Burk]] (class of 1935) was captain of Penn crew team, winner of the Henley Diamond Sculls twice, named recipient of the [[James E. Sullivan Award]] for nation's best amateur athlete in 1939, and Penn coach from 1950 to 1969. The 1955 Men's Heavyweight 8, coached by [[Joe Burk]], became one of only four American university crews in history to win the [[Grand Challenge Cup]] at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]]. The outbreak of [[World War Two]] canceled the 1940 Olympics for which Burk was favored to win the gold medal.

Other Penn Olympic athletes and or Penn coaches of such athletes include:
(a) [[John Pescatore|John Anthony Pescatore]] (who competed in the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Olympic Games]] for the United States as stroke of the men's coxed eight which earned a bronze medal<ref>{{cite web |author=Ralph Hickok |url=http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olrowing.shtml |title=History – Olympic Rowing Medalists |website=HickokSports.com |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=December 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215002539/http://hickoksports.com/history/olrowing.shtml |archive-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref> and later competed at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympic Games]] in the men's coxless pair),
(b) [[Susan Francia]] (winner of gold medals as part of the women's 8 oared boat at [[2008 Olympics]] and [[2012 Olympics]]),
(c) Regina Salmons (member of 2021 USA team),<ref>{{cite web|title=Regina Salmons – 2019 – Senior National Team|url=https://usrowing.org/sports/senior/roster/regina-salmons/207|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=USRowing|language=en}}</ref>
(d) Rusty Callow,
(e) [[Harry Parker (rower)|Harry Parker]],
(f) [[Ted Nash (rower)|Ted Nash]],<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and
(g) [[John B. Kelly Jr.]], son of [[John B. Kelly Sr.]] (winner of three medals at [[1920 Summer Olympics]]) and brother of [[Princess Grace of Monaco]], was the second Penn Crew alumnus to win the [[James E. Sullivan Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/79/24/article214082479.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709113350/http://en.beijing2008.cn/79/24/article214082479.shtml |archive-date=July 9, 2009 |title=USOC seeks nominations for Jack Kelly Fair Play Award |work=Xinhua.net |date=May 25, 2007 |via=beijing2008.cn |access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref> for being nation's best amateur athlete (in 1947), who was winner of a bronze medal at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]).

Penn men's crew team won the [[National Collegiate Rowing Championship]] in 1991. A member of that team, [[Janusz Hooker]] ([[Wharton School]] class of 1992)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about.ljhooker.com.au/about/people---executive-and-profile/board-of-directors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529062454/http://about.ljhooker.com.au/about/people---executive-and-profile/board-of-directors |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |title=Board of Directors |website=ljhooker.com.au |access-date=August 17, 2021}}</ref> won the bronze medal in Men's Quadruple Sculls for Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/athlete/c07f6c30-e23d-4acb-9600-5ca28d213662 |title=Robert Williams |website=worldrowing.com |access-date=August 17, 2021 }}</ref> The Penn teams presently row out of [[College Boat Club]], No. 11 [[Boathouse Row]].

===Rugby===
[[File:HeismanPose.jpg|thumb|[[John Heisman]], a [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] class of 1892 alumnus and rugby football player, posing at Penn in 1891 holding elongated ellipsoidal [[rugby ball]] and gestures resembling the famed "Heisman Pose"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wvnews.com/morgantownnews/sports/the-heisman-remains-the-most-iconic-pose-in-sports/article_a529b513-567c-57aa-ac3f-e047dd4146e0.html |title=The Heisman remains the most iconic pose in sports |last=Hertzel |first=Bob |work=The Morgantown News |date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=April 14, 2021 }}</ref>]]

The Penn men's [[rugby football]] team is one of the oldest collegiate rugby teams in the United States. Penn first fielded a team in mid-1870s playing by rules much closer to the [[rugby union]] and [[association football]] code rules (relative to [[American football]] rules, as such American football rules had not yet been invented<ref name="SASH-Farnsworth"/>). Among its earliest games was a game against the College of New Jersey, which became [[Princeton University|Princeton]] in 1895, played in Philadelphia on Saturday, November 11, 1876, which was less than two weeks before Princeton met on November 23, 1876, with [[Harvard rugby|Harvard]] and [[Columbia University|Columbia]] to confirm that all their games would be played using the rugby union rules.<ref name="Fight song">[[Rottenberg, Dan]] (1985) "Fight On, Pennsylvania" Trustees of University of Pennsylvania pp. 25, 28, 33, 34.</ref><ref name="SASH-Farnsworth" /> Princeton and Penn played their November 1876 game per a combination of rugby (there were 20 players per side and players were able to touch the ball with their hands) and Association football codes. The rugby code influence was due, in part, to the fact that some of their students had been educated in [[English public schools]].<ref name=CompleterugbyUSA>Bath (1977) p77</ref>
Among the prominent alumni to play in a 19th-century version of rugby in which rules then did not allow forward passes or center snaps was [[John Heisman]], namesake of the [[Heisman Trophy]] and an 1892 graduate of the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heisman.com/about-the-heisman/john-w-heisman/|title=John W. Heisman|accessdate=April 5, 2024}}</ref>

Heisman was instrumental in the first decade of the 20th century in changing the rules to more closely relate to the present rules of American football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biletnikoffaward.com/fredbiletnikoff|title=History of the Forward Pass|website=biletnikoffaward.com|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref> One of Heisman's teammates (who was unanimously voted Captain in the fall after Heisman graduated) was [[Harry Arista Mackey]], [[Penn Law]] class of 1893<ref>{{cite news |title=Mackey Their New Captain. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/12/06/104102219.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 6, 1892 |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref> (who subsequently served as [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]] from 1928 to 1932).<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883116,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826072846/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883116,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2010|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|title=Milestones, Oct. 31, 1938|date=October 31, 1938}}</ref>
In 1906, Rugby per [[Rugby Union]] code was reintroduced to Penn<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Athletic Notes |magazine=Old Penn Weekly |volume=V |number=4 |date=October 19, 1906 |page=19 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=penn.ark:/81431/p3sb3x504&view=1up&seq=43&q1=rugby |via=Hathi Trust}} and {{cite magazine |title=Athletic Notes |magazine=Old Penn Weekly |volume=V |number=5 |date=October 27, 1906 |page=10 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=penn.ark:/81431/p3sb3x504&view=1up&seq=54&q1=rugby |via=Hathi Trust}}</ref> (as Penn last played per Rugby Union Code in 1882 as Penn played rugby per a number of different rugby football rulebooks and codes from 1883 through 1890s<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxuEYG6WmOsC&pg=PA53|title=Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season|author=Melvin I. Smith|year=2008|publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781434362476}}</ref>) by Frank Villeneuve Nicholson ([[Frank Nicholson (rugby union)]]) [[University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine]] (class of 1910),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/[slug|title={{pipe}} Rugby Union {{pipe}} Player {{pipe}} Classic Wallabies|website=classicwallabies.com.au}}</ref> who in 1904 had captained the Australian national rugby team in its match against England.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=penn.ark:/81431/p3sb3x504&view=1up&seq=43&q1=Rugby|title=Old Penn; weekly magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 5 (1906–1907).|website=HathiTrust|year=1902}}</ref>

Penn played per rugby union code rules at least through 1912, contemporaneously with Penn playing American gridiron football. Evidence of such may be found in an October 22, 1910, ''[[Daily Pennsylvanian]]'' article (quoted below) and a yearbook photo<ref name="Penn Men">{{cite web|date=August 17, 2017|title=Penn Men|url=https://www.ivyrugby.com/penn-men|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=Ivy Rugby Conference|language=en}}</ref> that rugby per rugby union code was played.{{cquote|Such is the devotion to English rugby football on the part of University of Pennsylvania's students from New Zealand, Australia, and England that they meet on [[Franklin Field]] at 7 o'clock every morning and practice the game. The varsity track and football squads monopolize the field to such an extent that the early hours of the morning are the only ones during which the rugby enthusiasts can play. Any time except Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a squad of 25 men may be seen running through the hardest kind of practice after which they may divide into two teams and play a hard game. Once a week, captain CC Walton, ('11), dental, who hails from New Zealand, gives the enthusiastic players a blackboard talk in which he explains the intricacies of the game in detail.<ref>October 22, 1910, ''The Daily Pennsylvanian''</ref>}}

The player-coach of United States Olympic gold-winning rugby team at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] was [[Alan Valentine]], who played rugby while at Penn (which he attended during 1921/1922 academic year) as he was getting a master's degree at Wharton.<ref name="pennolympics"/>

Though Penn played rugby per rugby union rules from 1929 through 1934,<ref>as reported in ''Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: (see EASTERN USA RUGBY UNION TEAMS 1929/30-1950/51)'' by Melvin I. Smith ([[Library of Congress]] Control Number 2008903251 first published December 2, 2008)</ref> there is no indication that Penn had a rugby team from 1935 through 1959 when Penn men's rugby became permanent due to leadership of Harry "Joe" Edwin Reagan III<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/media/2017/06/1960record.pdf |title=The Record of 1960 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |page=217}} Note: a team photo and erroneous report that the then newly founded rugby club was first rugby team Penn had ever fielded</ref> Penn's College class of 1962 and Penn Law class of 1965, who also went onto help create and incorporate (in 1975) and was Treasurer (in 1981) of [[USA Rugby]] and Oreste P. "Rusty" D'Arconte Penn's College class of 1966<ref name="Penn Men"/> Thus, with D'Arconte's hustle and Reagan's charisma and organizational skills, a team, which had fielded a side of fifteen intermittently from 1912 through 1960, became permanent.

In spring of 1984, Penn women's rugby,<ref>The Daily Pennsylvanian, Volume C, Number 71, September 12, 1984</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp19840912-01.2.47&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Rugby+Seligson+sohn------|title =Penn women tackle a male-dominated sport |last=Ashley |first=Marc |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |date=September 12, 1984 |via=Daily Pennsylvanian Digital Archives}}</ref> led by Social Chair Tamara Wayland (College class of 1985,<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamara Wayland |url=https://www.waylandlawpc.com/tamara-wayland |website=Wayland Law}}; {{cite web |title=Meet Tamara Wayland, Attorney |url=http://bethlynnandersenjd.com/about-andersen-law-pc/tamara-wayland-attorney/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |website=Andersen Law }} {{Webarchive|date=January 15, 2021 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115165716/http://bethlynnandersenjd.com/about-andersen-law-pc/tamara-wayland-attorney/}}</ref> who subsequently became the women's representative to and vice president of [[USA Rugby]] South from 1996 to 1998); club president Marianne Seligson; and [[Penn Law]] student [[Gigi Sohn]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.benton.org/blog/flexibility-humility-connectivity-three-ingredients-successful-career|title=Flexibility, Humility, Connectivity: Three Ingredients for a Successful Career|date=February 7, 2019|website=Benton Foundation}}</ref> began to compete. Penn women's rugby team is coached, as of 2020, by (a) Adam Dick,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://upennwrfc.wixsite.com/home/untitled-c1nhz|title=ABOUT|website=home}}</ref> a 300-level certified coach with over 15 years of rugby coaching experience including being the first coach of the first women's rugby team at the [[University of Arizona]] and who was a four-year starter at University of Arizona men's first XV rugby team and (b) Philly women's player Kate Hallinan.

Penn's men's rugby team plays in the [[Ivy Rugby Conference]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upennrugby.com/|title=The Official Website of the University of Pennsylvania's Men's Rugby Football Club|website=upennrugby.com}}</ref> and have finished as runners-up in both 15s and 7s in the Conference and won the Ivy Rugby Tournament in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |work=Rugby Mag |title=College 7s Looks to CRC |date=December 12, 2012 |url=http://www.rugbymag.com/tournaments-special/crc/6668-college-7s-looks-to-crc.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181127/http://www.rugbymag.com/tournaments-special/crc/6668-college-7s-looks-to-crc.html |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}</ref> {{as of|2011}}, the club uses the state-of-the-art facilities at [[Penn Park]]. The Penn Quakers' rugby team played on national TV at the 2013 [[Collegiate Rugby Championship]], a college rugby tournament that for number of years had been played each June at [[Subaru Park]] in Philadelphia, and was broadcast live on [[NBC]]. In their inaugural appearance in the tournament, the Penn men's rugby team won the Shield Competition, beating local [[Philadelphia Big 5|Big Five]] rival, [[Temple University]], 17–12 in the final. In the semifinal match of that Shield Competition, Penn Rugby became the first Philadelphia team to beat a non-Philadelphia team in CRC history, with a 14–12 win over the [[University of Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usasevenscrc.com/fixtures-and-results/|title=Fixtures and Results|work=usasevenscrc.com|access-date=June 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616152700/http://www.usasevenscrc.com/fixtures-and-results/|archive-date=June 16, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2020, Penn men's rugby team is coached by Tiger Bax,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://upennrugby.org/team |title=Team: Coaching staff |website=University of Pennsylvania Men's Rugby Football Club}}</ref> a former professional rugby player hailing from [[Cape Town, South Africa]], whose playing experience includes stints in the [[Super Rugby]] competition with the [[Stormers]] (15s) and Mighty Mohicans (7s), as well as with the [[Gallagher Premiership Rugby]] side, [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/saracens/9409872.stm|title=Saracens sign South African Bax|date=February 28, 2011|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and whose coaching experience includes three successful years as coach at Valley Rugby Football Club in [[Hong Kong]]; and Tyler May, from [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]], who played rugby at [[Pennsylvania State University]] where he was a first XV player for three years.

Penn's graduate business and law schools also fielded rugby teams. The Wharton rugby team has competed from 1978 to the present.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wharthogs.com/ |title=Wharton Rugby Football Club |website=wharthogs.com/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806044430/http://www.wharthogs.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Penn Law Rugby team (1985 through 1993) counts among its alumni Walter Joseph [[Jay Clayton (attorney)|Jay Clayton]], III<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. SEC chairman speaks at Ocean City H.S.|url=http://www.ocsentinel.com/news/u-s-sec-chairman-speaks-at-ocean-city-h-s/article_b8c160b0-821b-11e9-bf75-77961af868b1.html|access-date=July 26, 2019|website=Ocean City Sentinel|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726204351/http://www.ocsentinel.com/news/u-s-sec-chairman-speaks-at-ocean-city-h-s/article_b8c160b0-821b-11e9-bf75-77961af868b1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Penn Law class of 1993, and chair of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] from May 4, 2017, until December 23, 2020, Raymond Hulser, former Chief of [[Public Integrity Section]] of [[United States Department of Justice]]<ref name=gao>{{cite journal|last=Ekstrand|first=Laurie E. |title=DOJ's Public Integrity Section: Case Management Policies Followed, but Closing Some Matters Took Too Long |journal=[[U.S. Government Accountability Office|U.S. General Accounting Office]] |date=January 2001|series=Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives (GAO-01-122) |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/157010.pdf}}</ref> (who also was hired by [[Smith special counsel investigation|DOJ special counsel Jack Smith to investigate the mishandling by former President Donald J. Trump of certain top secret documents]]),<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Polantz |first2=Katelyn |last3=Sneed |first3=Tierney |last4=Murray |first4=Sara |last5=Reid |first5=Paula |date=2023-01-06 |title=Two years after US Capitol attack, investigation into Trump and insurrection enters new phase |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/january-6-justice-department-jack-smith-trump-investigation/index.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=[[CNN Politics]] |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106161349/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/january-6-justice-department-jack-smith-trump-investigation/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[United States magistrate judge|Magistrate Judge]] Bruce Reinhart<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/content/judge-bruce-e-reinhart | title=Judge Bruce e. Reinhart {{pipe}} Southern District of Florida {{pipe}} United States District Court }}</ref> who approved the [[FBI search of Mar-a-Lago|search of Mar-a-Lago]], the residence of former U.S. president [[Donald Trump]] in [[Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nyti.ms/3QWtNY6 | title=Bruce Reinhart, the Magistrate Judge Who Approved the Mar-a-Lago Search | work=The New York Times | date=August 18, 2022 | last1=Montague | first1=Zach | last2=Robles | first2=Frances }}</ref>

Undergraduate Penn Rugby Alumni include (1) [[Conor Lamb]] (Penn College class of 2006 and Penn Law class of 2009), who played for undergraduate team, and, as of 2021, is a member of [[United States House of Representatives]], elected originally to [[Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district]], since 2019 is a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district]] and (2) Argentina's richest person,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Meet Argentina's richest man |url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/04/25/meet-argentinas-richest-man |access-date=30 June 2024 |magazine=The Economist |url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Marcos Galperin]] (Wharton Undergraduate Class of 1994), a premier player on the 1992 Ivy League Tournament championship team,<ref>{{cite news |work=Miami Herald |title=Miami Sharks pro rugby team has deep Argentina ties, will play at Inter Miami ... |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mls/inter-miami/article279381349.htmlports/mls/inter-miami/article279381349.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref> who founded [[Mercado Libre]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Profile: Marcos Galperin|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/marcos-galperin|access-date=3 September 2021|work=Forbes}}</ref> an [[online marketplace]] dedicated to [[e-commerce]] and [[online auction]], which, as of 2016,<ref name="lar">{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2017 |title=The Free Market portal sold 181.2 million products in 2016 |url=http://www.larepublica.co/el-portal-mercado-libre-vendi%C3%B3-1812-millones-de-productos-en-2016_479791 |publisher=La Republica}}</ref> is the most popular e-commerce site in South America by number of visitors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most popular online retailers in Latin America |url=http://www.statista.com/statistics/321543/latin-america-online-retailer-visitors |access-date=2016-04-28 |publisher=[[Statista]]}}</ref>


===Facilities===
===Facilities===
[[File:Penn - Franklin Field - 1922.jpg|thumb|right|Penn's Franklin Field, in photograph taken shortly after completion of the upper deck in 1925]]
[[Franklin Field]] is where the Quakers play football, [[field hockey]], [[lacrosse]], [[sprint football]] and track and field (and formerly baseball, soccer, and rugby). It is the oldest stadium still operating for football games and was the first stadium to sport two tiers. It hosted the first commercially televised football game, was once the home field of the Philadelphia Eagles, and was the site of 18 [[Army–Navy Game|Army–Navy]] games between 1899 and 1935.<ref>Didinger, Ray; Lyons, Robert S. (2005). ''The Eagles Encyclopedia''. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p.&nbsp;205. {{ISBN|1-59213-449-1}}. Retrieved 2009-01-08</ref>


[[Franklin Field]], with a present seating capacity of 52,593,<ref name="pennathletics.com">{{cite web |title=Historic Moments |url=https://pennathletics.com/news/2018/12/21/general-historic-moments.aspx |website=University of Pennsylvania Athletics |access-date=October 6, 2022 |language=en |date=21 December 2018}}</ref> is where the Quakers play football, [[lacrosse]], [[sprint football]] and track and field (and formerly played baseball, [[field hockey]], soccer, and rugby). It is the oldest stadium still operating for college football games,<ref name="10 old">{{cite web |last=Northam |first=Mitchell |date=July 26, 2022 |title=These are the 10 oldest stadiums in Division I college football |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-07-26/these-are-10-oldest-stadiums-division-i-college-football |website=NCAA |language=en |access-date= September 13, 2023}}{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004183549/https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-07-26/these-are-10-oldest-stadiums-division-i-college-football?amp |date=October 4, 2023 }}</ref> first stadium to sport two tiers,<ref>Michael T. Woods "Penn Sports in the 1800s: The Origins of Penn Athletics" University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/</ref> first stadium in the country to have a scoreboard, second stadium to have a radio broadcast of football, first stadium from which a commercially televised football game was broadcast,<ref name="pennathletics.com"/> and first stadium from which college football game was broadcast in color.<ref name="eyesofageneration.com"/> Franklin Field also played host to the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] from 1958 to 1970.<ref name="pennathletics.com"/> Since 1895, Franklin Field has hosted the annual collegiate track and field event "the [[Penn Relays]]," which is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States.<ref>"History of the Penn Relays". Official Site of the Penn Relay Carnival. https://web.archive.org/web/20100427063802/http://www.thepennrelays.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1720&KEY=&ATCLID=1403812
Today it is also used by Penn students for recreation such as [[intramural sports|intramural]] and club sports, including [[Touch football (American)|touch football]] and cricket. Franklin Field hosts the annual collegiate track and field event "the [[Penn Relays]]."
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[[File:Palestra 1.jpg|thumb|right|Penn's [[Palestra]] is often referred to as the Cathedral of College Basketball.<ref>[http://www.visitphilly.com/sports/philadelphia/palestra/ Palestra]</ref>]]
Penn's home court, the [[Palestra]], is an arena used for men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, [[wrestling]] team and Philadelphia Big Five basketball, as well as high school sporting events. The Palestra has hosted more NCAA Tournament basketball games than any other facility. Penn baseball plays its home games at [[Meiklejohn Stadium]].


Penn's Palestra is home gym of the [[Penn Quakers]] men's and women's [[basketball]] and [[volleyball]] teams, [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] team, [[Philadelphia Big Five]] basketball, and other high school and college sporting events, and is located mere yards from [[Franklin Field]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULi42N9Epw8 The Palestra tour]</ref> The Palestra has been called "the most important building in the history of college basketball" and "changed the entire history of the sport for which it was built".<ref>[http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/814485 Top 15 College Basketball Arenas of All Time]</ref> The Palestra has hosted more NCAA Tournament basketball games than any other facility.
The [[1980 Olympic boycott|Olympic Boycott Games]] of 1980 was held at the University of Pennsylvania in response to Moscow's hosting of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] following the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet incursion in Afghanistan]]. Twenty-nine of the boycotting nations participated in the Boycott Games.


Penn's River Fields hosts a number of athletic fields including the Rhodes Soccer Stadium, the Ellen Vagelos C'90 Field Hockey Field, and Irving "Moon" Mondschein Throwing Complex.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 20, 2012|title=River Fields|url=https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/river-fields|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=University of Pennsylvania Facilities and Real Estate Services|language=en}}</ref> Penn baseball plays its home games at [[Meiklejohn Stadium]] at Murphy Field.
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Penn's [[Class of 1923 Arena]] (with seating for up to 3,000 people) was built to host the [[Penn Quakers men's ice hockey|University of Pennsylvania Varsity Ice Hockey Team]], which has been disbanded, and now hosts or in the past hosted: Penn's Men's and Penn Women's club ice hockey teams, practices or exhibition games for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]], [[Colorado Avalanche]] and [[Carolina Hurricanes]], roller hockey for the Philadelphia Bulldogs professional team, and rock concerts such as one in 1982 featuring Prince.<ref>{{Cite web
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File:Donald Trump official portrait.jpg|[[Donald Trump]], American businessman, reality television personality and [[Presidency of Donald Trump|45th]] president of the United States
[[File:Penn Rowing Club at Boathouse Row.jpg|thumb|Penn's three rowing teams use [[College Boat Club|Number 11 Boathouse Row]] as their headquarters.]]
File:Martha Hughes Cannon.jpg|[[Martha Hughes Cannon]], first female state senator elected in the United States
File:Ed Rendell ID2004 crop.JPG|[[Ed Rendell]], 45th [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|governor of Pennsylvania]]; 96th [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|mayor of Philadelphia]]
File:Ambassador Jon Huntsman.jpg|[[Jon Huntsman Jr.]], politician, businessman, and diplomat
File:Arlen Specter, official Senate photo portrait.jpg|[[Arlen Specter]], former U.S. senator, majored in international relations and graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1951.
File:US Supreme Court Justice William Brennan - 1976 official portrait.jpg|[[William Brennan Jr.]], [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court]]
File:Kwame Nkrumah (JFKWHP-AR6409-A).jpg|[[Kwame Nkrumah]], first president of [[Ghana]], and previously first [[Prime Minister of Ghana|prime minister of Ghana]]
File:Women in Economic Decision-making Drew Gilpin Faust (8414040540).jpg|[[Drew Gilpin Faust]], 28th president of [[Harvard University]]
File:Doc HollidayatAge20.jpg|[[Doc Holliday]], famed gunslinger, attended the [[Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery]].
File:WM. Wrigley, Jr. LC-DIG-ggbain-29898.jpg|[[William Wrigley, Jr.]], founder and [[wikt:eponym|eponym]] of the [[Wrigley Company|Wm. Wrigley&nbsp;Jr. Company]]
File:William Carlos Williams passport photograph 1921.jpg|Physician and poet [[William Carlos Williams]] graduated from Penn's School of Medicine
File:Ezra Pound in 1945.jpg|[[Ezra Pound]], poet and critic; a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement
File:Noam Chomsky, 2004.jpg|[[Noam Chomsky]] studied philosophy and linguistics at Penn, graduating with a BA in 1949, an MA in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1955.
File:Warren Buffett KU Visit.jpg|[[Warren Buffett]], considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in the world<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten great investors|url=http://www.incademy.com/courses/ten-great-investors/-warren-buffett/1/1040/10002|website=Incademy Investor Education|publisher=Harriman House Ltd.|access-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120201106/http://www.incademy.com/courses/ten-great-investors/-warren-buffett/1/1040/10002|archive-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Farrington |first=Robert |title=The top 10 investors of all time |url=http://thecollegeinvestor.com/972/the-top-10-investors-of-all-time/ |website=The College Investor |access-date=November 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120150833/http://thecollegeinvestor.com/972/the-top-10-investors-of-all-time/ |archive-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
File:Donald Norman at AWF05.jpg|[[Donald Arthur Norman]], co-founder of the [[Nielsen Norman Group]],<ref name="FABBS-Norman">{{Cite web|url=https://fabbs.org/our_scientists/donald-norman-phd/|title=In Honor Of... Donald Norman |website=Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS) |language=en|access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref> an [[IDEO]] fellow, and researcher and advocate of [[user-centered design]]
File:Elon Musk 2015.jpg|[[Elon Musk]], co-founder of [[PayPal]],<ref name="He Won't Back Down: Elon Musk">Preer, Robert (September 1, 2010). [http://whartonmagazine.com/issues/fall-2010/he-wont-back-down/ "He Won't Back Down: Elon Musk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108055754/http://whartonmagazine.com/issues/fall-2010/he-wont-back-down/ |date=November 8, 2016}}, ''Wharton Magazine''.</ref> and founder and CEO of [[Tesla Motors]]<ref name="knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu">[http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/entrepreneur-elon-musk-why-its-important-to-pinch-pennies-on-the-road-to-riches/ "Entrepreneur Elon Musk: Why It's Important to Pinch Pennies on the Road to Riches"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714104730/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/entrepreneur-elon-musk-why-its-important-to-pinch-pennies-on-the-road-to-riches/ |date=July 14, 2017}}, Knowledge@Wharton, May 27, 2009.</ref> and [[SpaceX]]<ref name="SpaceX Leadership: Elon Musk">[http://www.spacex.com/about/leadership SpaceX Leadership: Elon Musk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516101427/http://www.spacex.com/about/leadership |date=May 16, 2014}}, SpaceX, November 21, 2011.</ref>
File:Tory Burch.jpg|[[Tory Burch]], fashion designer and founder of [[Tory Burch LLC]]
File:John Legend 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|[[John Legend]], musician and recipient of [[List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards|Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards]]
File:Prusiner 1.JPG|[[Stanley B. Prusiner]], neurologist and biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
File:Christian B. Anfinsen, NIH portrait, 1969.jpg|[[Christian B. Anfinsen]], biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
File:I.M. Pei.JPG|[[I. M. Pei]], [[Pritzker Architecture Prize|Pritzker Prize]]-winning architect
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==People==
Penn has produced many alumni that have distinguished themselves in the sciences, academia, politics, the military, arts and media.<ref name="OnlineCollege">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/03/14/the-10-most-powerful-alumni-networks/ |title=The 10 Most Powerful Alumni Networks &#124; Online College Tips – Online Colleges|publisher=Onlinecollege.org |date=March 14, 2011 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414140119/http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/03/14/the-10-most-powerful-alumni-networks/ |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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=== Notable people ===
Some fourteen heads of state or government have attended or graduated from Penn, including current president [[Donald J. Trump]];<ref name="OnlineCollege" /> former president [[William Henry Harrison]], who attended the medical school for less than a semester;<ref>[[William Henry Harrison]] studied medicine at Penn from 1790 until his father died in 1791; after his father's death Harrison left the University to join the army.{{cite encyclopedia|title=William H. Harrison |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=190|encyclopedia=Ohio History Central An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231916/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=190|archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> former prime minister of the [[Philippines]] [[Cesar Virata]]; the first president of [[Nigeria]], [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]]; the first president of [[Ghana]], [[Kwame Nkrumah]]; and the current president of [[Ivory Coast]], [[Alassane Ouattara]]. Other notable politicians who hold a degree from Penn include India's former minister of state for finance [[Jayant Sinha]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/portfolios-of-the-union-council-of-ministers-2/ |title=Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers |work=pmindia.gov.in|access-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423044634/http://pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/portfolios-of-the-union-council-of-ministers-2/|archive-date=April 23, 2016|url-status=live}}{{Better source needed|reason=Cited reference, version on 09.10.2020, no longer mentions Sinha.|date=November 2020}}</ref> former ambassador and Utah governor [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]], Mexico's current minister of finance, [[Ernesto J. Cordero]], former Pennsylvania senator [[Arlen Specter]], and former Pennsylvania governor and DNC chair [[Ed Rendell]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}


Penn alumni, faculty and trustees include those who have distinguished themselves in the sciences, academia, politics, business, military, sports, arts, and media.
The university's presence in the judiciary in and outside of the United States is also notable. It has produced three [[United States Supreme Court]] justices, [[William J. Brennan]], [[Owen J. Roberts]] and [[James Wilson (justice)|James Wilson]]; Supreme Court justices of foreign states (e.g., [[Ronald Wilson]] of the [[High Court of Australia]], [[Ayala Procaccia]] of the [[Israel Supreme Court]], [[Yvonne Mokgoro]], former justice of the [[Constitutional Court]] of [[South Africa]]); [[European Court of Human Rights]] judge Nona Tsotsoria; Irish [[Court of Appeal (Ireland)|Court of Appeal]] justice [[Gerard Hogan]] as well as founders of international law firms.


Penn alumni include two [[List of presidents of the United States|presidents of the United States]]: [[Donald Trump]] and [[William Henry Harrison]],{{refn|group=note|name="Harrison"|[[William Henry Harrison]] studied medicine at Penn from 1790 until his father died in 1791; after his father's death Harrison left the University to join the army.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=William H. Harrison |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=190|encyclopedia=Ohio History Central An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|access-date=August 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231916/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=190|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref>}} (and eight [[Presidents of United States|presidents]] who were awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Penn).<ref name="Presidential">{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/presidential-visits |title=Presidential Visits to the University of Pennsylvania |website=archives.upenn.edu |access-date=June 1, 2024}} Washington, Garfield, Taft, Wilson, T. Roosevelt, Hoover, F.D. Roosevelt</ref> Of the presidents who were awarded the honorary doctorates by Penn, five were awarded prior to them becoming president (Washington, Taft, Wilson, Hoover, and Eisenhower) and three were awarded while they were president (Garfield and both Roosevelts).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/presidential-visits/ | title=Presidential Visits to the University of Pennsylvania}}</ref>
Penn is also a top feeder school for careers in [[finance]] and investment banking on [[Wall Street]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Long|first=Heather |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Want a job on Wall Street? Go to UPenn or Georgetown|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/02/investing/investment-banking-job-linkedin-upenn-georgetown-yale/index.html|access-date=2020-08-26|website=CNNMoney}}</ref> and its alumni have a strong presence in financial and economic life. Penn has educated several governors of central banks including [[Yasin Anwar]] (State Bank of Pakistan), [[Ignazio Visco]] (Bank of Italy), [[Kim Choongsoo]] (Bank of Korea), [[Zeti Akhtar Aziz]] (Central Bank of Malaysia), [[Pridiyathorn Devakula]] (governor, Bank of Thailand, and former minister of finance), [[Farouk El Okdah]] (Central Bank of Egypt) and [[Alfonso Prat Gay]] (Central Bank of Argentina), as well as the director of the [[United States National Economic Council]], [[Gene Sperling]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Other alumni include [[Warren Buffett]] {{refn|group=note|Buffett studied at Penn for two years before he transferred to the [[University of Nebraska]].}} (CEO of [[Berkshire Hathaway]]),<ref name="OnlineCollege" /> [[Steven A. Cohen]] (founder of [[SAC Capital Advisors]]), and [[Robert Kapito]] (president of [[BlackRock]], the world's largest asset manager).{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}


Nine foreign [[Head of state|heads of state]] attended Penn (including former prime minister of the Philippines, [[Cesar Virata]]; the first president of [[Nigeria]], [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]]; the first president of [[Ghana]], [[Kwame Nkrumah]]; and the current president of [[Ivory Coast]], [[Alassane Ouattara]]).
Penn alumni who are founders of technology companies include [[Ralph J. Roberts]] (co-founder of [[Comcast]]); [[Elon Musk]] (co-founder of [[PayPal]], founder and CEO of [[Tesla Motors]] and [[SpaceX]]); [[Leonard Bosack]] (co-founder of [[Cisco]]); [[David J. Brown (computer scientist)|David J. Brown]] (co-founder of [[Silicon Graphics]]) and [[Mark Pincus]] (founder of [[Zynga]], the company behind [[FarmVille]]).
Among other distinguished alumni are the current or past presidents of over one hundred universities including Harvard University ([[Drew Gilpin Faust]], Harvard's first female president), [[Cornell University]] ([[Martha E. Pollack]]), Penn ([[Judith Rodin]], first female president in the Ivy League), Princeton University ([[Harold Dodds]]), the [[University of California]] ([[Mark Yudof]]), [[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([[Jared Cohon]]), and [[Northwestern University]] ([[Morton O. Schapiro]]).{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}


The current [[President of United States|president of the United States]], [[Joe Biden]] (since January 20, 2021<ref name="hunnicutt">{{#invoke:cite news||url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/assuming-u-s-presidency-biden-tells-divided-nation-democracy-has-prevailed-idUSKBN29P0HG|title=Taking helm of divided nation, U.S. President Biden calls for end to 'uncivil war'|date=January 20, 2021|last1=Hunnicutt|first1=Trevor|last2=Zengerle|first2=Patricia|last3=Renshaw|first3=Jarrett|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120171341/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/assuming-u-s-presidency-biden-tells-divided-nation-democracy-has-prevailed-idUSKBN29P0HG|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=2021-01-20 |title=Biden Inaugurated as the 46th President Amid a Cascade of Crises |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-president.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>), was a [[Benjamin Franklin]] Presidential Practice Professor at University of Pennsylvania, where he led the [[Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement]], a center focused principally on diplomacy, foreign policy, and national security.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amc.sas.upenn.edu/people/senior-fellow-joe-biden | title=Joe Biden &#124; the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy }}</ref>
Penn's alumni also include poets [[William Augustus Muhlenberg]], [[Ezra Pound]] and [[William Carlos Williams]], linguist and political theorist [[Noam Chomsky]],<ref name="OnlineCollege" /> architect [[Louis Kahn]], cartoonist [[Charles Addams]], actresses [[Candice Bergen]] and [[Elizabeth Banks]], journalist [[Joe Klein]], fashion designer [[Tory Burch]], and recording artist [[John Legend]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}


Penn alumni or faculty also include three [[United States Supreme Court]] justices: [[William J. Brennan]], [[Owen J. Roberts]], and [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]] and at least four Supreme Court justices of foreign nations, (including [[Ronald Wilson]] of the [[High Court of Australia]], [[Ayala Procaccia]] of the [[Israel Supreme Court]], [[Yvonne Mokgoro]], former justice of the [[Constitutional Court]] of [[South Africa]], and Irish [[Court of Appeal (Ireland)|Court of Appeal]] justice [[Gerard Hogan]]).
Within the ranks of Penn's most historic graduates are also eight signers of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]<ref name="OnlineCollege" /> and nine signers of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. These include [[George Clymer]], [[Francis Hopkinson]], [[Thomas McKean]], [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]], [[William Paca]], [[George Ross (delegate)|George Ross]], [[Benjamin Rush]], James Wilson, [[Thomas Fitzsimons]], [[Jared Ingersoll]], [[Rufus King]], [[Thomas Mifflin]], [[Gouverneur Morris]] and [[Hugh Williamson]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}


Since its founding, Penn alumni, trustees, and faculty have included eight [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] who signed the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]],<ref name="upenn1"/><ref name="upenn2">{{cite web |title=Penn Notables: Penn Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution |website=Penn University Archives and Records Center |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/declaration-constitution/ |publisher=Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604205318/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/declaration-constitution/ |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |language=en}} {{webarchive|date=March 7, 2017 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307090215/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/signers.html}}</ref> seven who signed the [[United States Constitution]],<ref name="upenn2"/> and 24 members of the [[Continental Congress]].
Penn alumni have also had significant impact on the United States military as they include [[Samuel Nicholas]], [[United States Marine Corps]] founder, and [[William A. Newell]], whose congressional action formed a predecessor to the current [[United States Coast Guard]],<ref name="MJ-obit">{{Cite news |url=http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1901/1901-08-15.pdf |title=Death of Governor Newell |work=The Matawan Journal |date=August 15, 1901 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723221754/http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1901/1901-08-15.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{RP|at=p.1 col.5 {{ndash}} p.2 col.1}} in addition to numerous generals or similar rank in the [[United States Armed Forces]], as well as at least four [[United States Medal of Honor]] recipients.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahern |first1=Joseph-James |last2=Hawley |first2=Scott W. |title=Congressional Medals of Honor, Recipients from the Civil War &bull; University Archives and Records Center |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/awards/medal-of-honor |publisher=Penn University Archives and Records Center |date=January 2011}}</ref>


Penn alumni also include 32 [[United States Senate|U.S. senators]], 163 members of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], 19 [[Cabinet of the United States|U.S. Cabinet Secretaries]], 46 [[Governor (United States)|governors]], 28 [[State supreme court|State Supreme Court]] justices. Penn alumni, trustees and or faculty have served in every Congress since the first in 1789 and have represented 26 different states.<ref>https://thedp.com/article/2024/03/penn-alumni-affiliates-congress-history retrieved December 13, 2024</ref>
As of October 2019, [[List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation|several Penn affiliates have won Nobel Prizes]],<ref name="OnlineCollege" /> of whom four are current faculty members and eight are alumni.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} Penn also educated members of the [[United States National Academies]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Acade]]{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|my of Arts and Sciences]], eight [[National Medal of Science]] laureates, numerous [[Sloan Fellowship|Sloan Fellows]], several members of the [[American Philosophical Society]] and many [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]s.


Penn alumni in [[business]], [[finance]] and [[investment banking]] include [[Warren Buffett]]{{refn|group=note|Buffett studied at Penn for two years before he transferred to the [[University of Nebraska]].}} (CEO of [[Berkshire Hathaway]]), [[Elon Musk]] (co-founder of [[PayPal]], [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]], [[OpenAI]] and [[Neuralink]], founder of [[SpaceX]], [[The Boring Company]] and [[xAI (company)|xAI]]), [[Sundar Pichai]] (CEO of [[Alphabet, Inc.|Alphabet]] and [[Google]]), [[Frank Quattrone]] (founder of [[Qatalyst Partners]]), [[Peter Lynch]] (former manager of the [[Fidelity Magellan Fund]]), and other high-profile figures on [[Wall Street]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Long|first=Heather |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Want a job on Wall Street? Go to UPenn or Georgetown|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/02/investing/investment-banking-job-linkedin-upenn-georgetown-yale/index.html|access-date=August 26, 2020|website=CNNMoney}}</ref> Penn alumni who received federal aid, 10 years after starting at Penn, have the highest median incomes among alumni of Ivy League schools.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/04/11/how-much-students-earn-after-attending-ivy-league-schools.html | title=Students from this Ivy League school earn the highest salaries—and it's not Harvard or Yale | website=[[CNBC]] | date=April 11, 2023 }}</ref> Penn has the largest number of undergraduate alumni (36) who are [[Billionaire|billionaires]] (with combined wealth of {{USD|367 billion|long=no}}—also the largest number among colleges and universities in the US).<ref name="quartz">{{cite news |title=Nearly a fifth of America's billionaires went to just 5 colleges |at=Slide 1: University of Pennsylvania |url=https://qz.com/billionaires-penn-harvard-yale-stanford-1851528839/slides/6 |work=Quartz |access-date=June 10, 2024 |language=en |date=9 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardjchang/2024/06/09/top-colleges-for-billionaires/|access-date=June 10, 2024 |title=Top Colleges for Billionaires |work=[[Forbes]] }}</ref>
===Alumni relations and inter-Ivy events===

In addition to active alumni chapters globally, in 1989, the university bought a 14-story clubhouse building in New York City from [[Yale]] for $15 million<ref name=Historic>http://nycnpc.org/db/bb_files/2010-FormerYaleClubofNewYorkCityBuilding.pdf</ref> to house Penn's largest alumni chapter. After raising a separate $25 million (including $150,000+ donations each from [[Estée Lauder (businesswoman)|Estee Lauder]] heirs, [[Leonard Lauder]] and [[Ronald Lauder]], [[Saul Steinberg (businessman)]], [[Michael Milken]], and [[Ronald Perelman]]) and two years of renovation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/14/garden/currents-clubhouse-for-penn.html|title=CURRENTS; Clubhouse for Penn (Published 1994)}}</ref> the [[Penn Club of New York]] moved to said current location on NYC's Clubhouse Row<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/penns-racing-to-join-clubhouse-row.html|
Penn alumni have won 53 [[Tony Awards]],<ref>{{Citation | last = Siegel | first = Tatiana | title = NY Comic-Con: Beatles Manager Getting Biopic From Broadway's Vivek J. Tiwary | newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter | date = October 10, 2012 | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fifth-beatle-vivek-j-tiwary-brian-epstein-377904 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pilambdaphi.org/news/vivek-tiwary-award-winning-broadway-producer-who-brought-punk-to-broadway-96-penn/ | title=Vivek Tiwary: Award winning producer who brought punk to Broadway - '96 Penn | date=August 9, 2022 }}</ref> 17 [[Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-03-17 |title=Indian American Vivek Tiwary Wins Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for 'Jagged Little Pill' |url=https://americankahani.com/entertainment/indian-american-vivek-tiwary-wins-grammy-for-best-musical-theater-album-for-jagged-little-pill/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=American Kahani |language=en-US}}</ref> 25 [[Emmy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/tom-rinaldi/bio | title=Tom Rinaldi Bio & Career Accomplishments }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballnetwork.com/who-is-tom-rinaldi-breaking-down-the-award-winning-journalists-career/ | title=Who is Tom Rinaldi? Breaking Down the Award-Winning Journalist's Career | date=February 12, 2023 }}</ref> 13 [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], and 1 [[EGOT]] ([[John Legend]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/egot-how-long-it-took-every-winner-and-john-legend-to-get-all-awards-2018-9 | title=This chart shows how long it took all 15 EGOT winners to get their awards, and John Legend was one of the fastest | website=[[Business Insider]] }}</ref>).{{refn|group=note|See [[List of University of Pennsylvania people]] 'Arts, media, and entertainment' section for list of Penn alumni who earned Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award winners, replete with hyperlinks.}}
title=Penn's Racing to Join Clubhouse Row|work=[[New York Times]]|first=Peter|last=Slatin|date=1993-05-09|access-date=2020-11-02}}</ref> directly in front of the [[Harvard Club of New York]], on the same block as the [[Cornell Club of New York]], and a block away from the [[Yale Club of New York City]] and [[Princeton Club of New York]] for inter-Ivy events. Despite being in New York City, [[Columbia University]] shares a clubhouse with the Penn Club. The New York region of the university maintains an office in the Penn Club.

Penn alumni have also had a significant impact on the United States military as they include [[Samuel Nicholas]], [[United States Marine Corps]] founder, and [[William A. Newell]], whose congressional action formed a predecessor to the current [[United States Coast Guard]],<ref name="MJ-obit">{{Cite news |url=http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1901/1901-08-15.pdf |title=Death of Governor Newell |newspaper=The Matawan Journal |date=August 15, 1901 |volume=33 |number=7 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723221754/http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1901/1901-08-15.pdf |url-status=dead |at=p. 1, col. 5; p. 2 col. 1}}</ref> and numerous alumni have become generals or similar rank in the [[United States Armed Forces]]. At least two Penn alumni have been [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biographical Data|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bluford_guion.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=October 14, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212170249/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bluford_guion.pdf}}</ref> and five Penn alumni have been awarded the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref name="MoH Recipients"/><ref name="na"/>
[[File:All Wars memorial Penn.JPG|thumb|In 1952, in presence of then Penn President [[Harold Stassen]] Penn installed (near corner of 33rd Street and [[Edgar Fahs Smith|Smith Walk]]) "War Memorial Flagpole" (aka "All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni"), which honors Penn faculty, students, and alumni who died in military service.<ref>https://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/war-memorial-flagpole/ retrieved December 3, 2024</ref>]]

As of 2023, there have been 38 Nobel laureates affiliated (see [[List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation]]) with the University of Pennsylvania.<ref name="UPennLaureates">{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/awards/nobel.html|title=Nobel Laureates at Penn|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103064008/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/awards/nobel.html|archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/health/nobel-prize-medicine.html?smid=nytcore-android-share {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004182045/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/health/nobel-prize-medicine.html?smid=nytcore-android-share|date=October 4, 2023}} accessed October 2, 2023</ref>

At least 43 different Penn alumni have earned 81 Olympic medals (26 gold).<ref name="pennolympics">{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/athletics/olympics/athletes |title=Penn in the Olympics |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821044816/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/notables/athletics/olympics/athletes |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|group=note|See [[list of University of Pennsylvania people]] athletics section for list of Penn Olympic medal winners, replete with hyperlinks.}}

Penn's alumni also include poets [[Ezra Pound]] and [[William Carlos Williams]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] religious leader [[William Augustus Muhlenberg]], civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], linguist and political theorist [[Noam Chomsky]], architect [[Louis Kahn]], cartoonist [[Charles Addams]], actresses [[Candice Bergen]] and [[Elizabeth Banks]], journalist [[Joe Klein]], and fashion designer [[Tory Burch]].

=== Alumni organizations ===
Penn has over 120 international alumni clubs in 52 countries and 37 states, which offer opportunities for alumni to reconnect, participate in events, and work on collaborative initiatives.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&gid=2&pgid=400 | title=Alumni Regional Clubs }}</ref> In addition, in 1989, Penn bought a 14-story clubhouse building (purpose-built for [[Yale Club of New York City|Yale Club]]) in New York City from [[Touro College]] for {{USD|15 million|long=no}}<ref name=Historic>{{cite web |url=http://nycnpc.org/db/bb_files/2010-FormerYaleClubofNewYorkCityBuilding.pdf |title=(Former) Yale Club of New York City Building (now Penn Club of New York) |publisher=Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219035002/http://nycnpc.org/db/bb_files/2010-FormerYaleClubofNewYorkCityBuilding.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> to house Penn's largest alumni chapter. After raising a separate {{USD|25 million|long=no}} (including {{USD|150,000|long=no}}+ donations each from such alumni as [[Estée Lauder (businesswoman)|Estee Lauder]] heirs [[Leonard Lauder]] and [[Ronald Lauder]], [[Saul Steinberg (businessman)|Saul Steinberg]], [[Michael Milken]], [[Donald Trump]], and [[Ronald Perelman]]) and two years of renovation,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/14/garden/currents-clubhouse-for-penn.html|title=CURRENTS; Clubhouse for Penn (Published 1994)|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 14, 1994|last1=Moonan|first1=Wendy}}</ref> the [[Penn Club of New York]] moved to its current location at [[30 West 44th Street]] on NYC's Clubhouse Row.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/penns-racing-to-join-clubhouse-row.html |title=Penn's Racing to Join Clubhouse Row|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Peter|last=Slatin|date=May 9, 1993|access-date=November 2, 2020}}</ref>


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University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
Latin: Universitas Pennsylvaniensis[1][2][3]
Former names
  • Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania (1751–1755)
  • College of Philadelphia (1755–1779, 1789–1791)[4]
  • University of the State of Pennsylvania (1779[note 1]–1791)
MottoLeges sine moribus vanae (Latin)
Motto in English
"Laws without morals are useless"
TypePrivate research university
EstablishedNovember 14, 1740; 284 years ago (1740-11-14)[note 2]
FounderBenjamin Franklin
AccreditationMSCHE
Academic affiliations
Endowment$21.0 billion (2023)[8]
Budget$4.4 billion (2024)[9]
PresidentJ. Larry Jameson (interim)
ProvostJohn L. Jackson Jr.
Academic staff
4,793 (2018)[10]
Total staff
39,859 (fall 2020; includes health system)[11]
Students23,374 (fall 2022)[12]
Undergraduates9,760 (fall 2022)[12]
Postgraduates13,614 (fall 2022)[12]
Location,
Pennsylvania
,
United States

39°57′01″N 75°11′41″W / 39.95028°N 75.19472°W / 39.95028; -75.19472
CampusLarge city,
NewspaperThe Daily Pennsylvanian
ColorsRed and blue[13]
   
NicknameQuakers
Sporting affiliations
MascotThe Quaker
Websiteupenn.edu Edit this at Wikidata

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn[note 3] or UPenn[note 4]) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service. Penn identifies as the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, though this representation is challenged by other universities since Franklin first convened the board of trustees in 1749, arguably making it the fifth-oldest.[note 2]

The university has four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing. Among its graduate schools are its law school, whose first professor James Wilson participated in writing the first draft of the U.S. Constitution, its medical school, which was the first medical school established in North America, and the Wharton School, the nation's first collegiate business school.

In 2023, Penn ranked third among U.S. universities in research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation.[16] Its endowment is $21 billion, making it the sixth-wealthiest private academic institution in the nation as of 2023. The University of Pennsylvania's main campus is located in the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia, and is centered around College Hall. Notable campus landmarks include Houston Hall, the first modern student union, and Franklin Field, the nation's first dual-level college football stadium and the nation's longest-standing NCAA Division I college football stadium in continuous operation.[17] The university's athletics program, the Penn Quakers, fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of NCAA Division I's Ivy League conference.

Penn alumni, trustees, and faculty include eight Founding Fathers of the United States who signed the Declaration of Independence,[18][19] seven who signed the United States Constitution,[19] 24 members of the Continental Congress, three presidents of the United States,[note 5] 38 Nobel laureates, nine foreign heads of state, three United States Supreme Court justices, at least four Supreme Court justices of foreign nations,[20] 32 U.S. senators, 163 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 19 U.S. Cabinet Secretaries, 46 governors, 28 State Supreme Court justices, 36 living undergraduate billionaires (the largest number of any U.S. college or university),[21] and five Medal of Honor recipients.[22][23]

History

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In 1740, a group of Philadelphians organized to erect a great preaching hall for George Whitefield, a traveling Anglican evangelist,[24] which was designed and constructed by Edmund Woolley. It was the largest building in Philadelphia at the time, and thousands of people attended it to hear Whitefield preach.[25]: 26 

In the fall of 1749, Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father and polymath in Philadelphia, circulated a pamphlet, "Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania," his vision for what he called a "Public Academy of Philadelphia".[26]

On June 16, 1755, the College of Philadelphia was chartered, paving the way for the addition of undergraduate instruction.[27]

Campus

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Primary architecture firm of Penn's main campus, Cope and Stewardson, were Penn Professors who designed this Quadrangle dormitory on Collegiate Gothic style. Image that was taken in 2007 includes a replica of a non operational 1920s trolley car (similar to version that used to run down Locust Street) and now forms part of an entrance to SEPTA's 37th Street subway station

Much of Penn's current architecture was designed by the Philadelphia-based architecture firm Cope and Stewardson, whose owners were Philadelphia born and raised architects and professors at Penn who also designed Princeton University and a large part of Washington University in St. Louis.[28][29] They were known for having combined the Gothic architecture of the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge with the local landscape to establish the Collegiate Gothic style.[30]

Penn's main artery at center of Penn's Campus Historic District is Locust Walk, a pedestrian only walkway first announced by Penn President, Harold Stassen in 1948.[31] Work began in the summer of 1960, and was completed in in 1972.[32]

Penn's main artery, Locust Walk, a pedestrian artery traversing six blocks from 40th Street to 35th Street in University City, in a photo taken on March 1, 2024

The present core campus covers over 299 acres (121 ha) in a contiguous area of West Philadelphia's University City section, and the older heart of the campus comprises the University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District. All of Penn's schools and most of its research institutes are located on this campus. The surrounding neighborhood includes several restaurants, bars, a large upscale grocery store, and a movie theater on the western edge of campus. Penn's core campus borders Drexel University and is a few blocks from the University City campus of Saint Joseph's University, which absorbed University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in a merger, and The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College.

Wistar Institute, a cancer research center, is also located on campus. In 2014, a new seven-story glass and steel building was completed next to the institute's original brick edifice built in 1897 further expanding collaboration between the university and the Wistar Institute.[33]

The Module 6 Utility Plant and Garage at Penn was designed by BLT Architects and completed in 1995. Module 6 is located at 38th and Walnut and includes spaces for 627 vehicles, 9,000 sq ft (840 m2) of storefront retail operations, a 9,500-ton chiller module and corresponding extension of the campus chilled water loop, and a 4,000-ton ice storage facility.[34]

In 2010, in its first significant expansion across the Schuylkill River, Penn purchased 23 acres (9.3 ha) at the northwest corner of 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue, the then site of DuPont's Marshall Research Labs. In October 2016, with help from architects Matthias Hollwich, Marc Kushner, and KSS Architects, Penn completed the design and renovation of the center piece of the project, a former paint factory named Pennovation Works, which houses shared desks, wet labs, common areas, a pitch bleacher, and other attributes of a tech incubator. The rest of the site, known as South Bank, is a mixture of lightly refurbished industrial buildings that serve as affordable and flexible workspaces and land for future development. Penn hopes that "South Bank will provide a place for academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs to establish their businesses in close proximity to each other to facilitate cross-pollination of their ideas, creativity, and innovation," according to a March 2017 university statement.[35]

Parks and arboreta

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In 2007, Penn acquired about 35 acres (14 ha) between the campus and the Schuylkill River at the former site of the Philadelphia Civic Center and a nearby 24-acre (9.7 ha) site then owned by the United States Postal Service. Dubbed the Postal Lands, the site extends from Market Street on the north to Penn's Bower Field on the south, including the former main regional U.S. Postal Building at 30th and Market Streets, now the regional office for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Over the next decade, the site became the home to educational, research, biomedical, and mixed-use facilities. The first phase, comprising a park and athletic facilities, opened in the fall of 2011.

In September 2011, Penn completed the construction of the $46.5 million, 24-acre (9.7 ha) Penn Park, which features passive and active recreation and athletic components framed and subdivided by canopy trees, lawns, and meadows. It is located east of the Highline Green and stretches from Walnut to South Streets.

Penn maintains two arboreta. The first, the roughly 300-acre (120 ha) Penn Campus Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania, encompasses the entire University City main campus. The campus arboretum is an urban forest with over 6,500 trees representing 240 species of trees and shrubs, ten specialty gardens and five urban parks,[36] which has been designated as a Tree Campus USA[37] since 2009 and formally recognized as an accredited ArbNet Arboretum since 2017.[36] Penn maintains an interactive website linked to Penn's comprehensive tree inventory, which allows users to explore Penn's entire collection of trees.[38] The second arboretum, Morris Arboretum, which serves as the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is 92 acres and includes over 13,000 labelled plants from over 2,500 types, representing the temperate floras of North America, Asia, and Europe, with a primary focus on Asia. [39]

New Bolton Center

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Penn also owns the 687-acre (278 ha) New Bolton Center, the research and large-animal health care center of its veterinary school.[40] Located near Kennett Square, New Bolton Center received nationwide media attention when Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro underwent surgery at its Widener Hospital for injuries suffered while running in the Preakness Stakes.[41]

Libraries

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Van Pelt Library, Penn's main library building
Penn's first standalone library, built in 1891 and designed by Frank Furness, c. 1915
The interior of the School of Design's library

Penn library system has grown into a system of 14 libraries with 400 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees and a total operating budget of more than $48 million.[42] The library system has 6.19 million book and serial volumes as well as 4.23 million microform items and 1.11 million e-books.[10] It subscribes to over 68,000 print serials and e-journals.[43][44]

The university has 15 libraries. Van Pelt Library on the Penn campus is the university's main library. The other 14 are:

  • The Annenberg School for Communication library located on Walnut Street between 36th and 37th Streets
  • The Archaeology and Anthropology Library located at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • The Biddle Law Library located on campus on the 3500 block of Sansom Street at the School of Law
  • The Chemistry Library located on campus on 3300 block of Spruce Street in the Chemistry Building
  • The Dental Medicine Library on campus on the 4000 the block of Locust Street at the Dental School
  • The Fisher Fine Arts Library located on campus on the 3400 block of Woodland Avenue
  • The Holman Biotech Commons library located on campus on the 3500 block of Hamilton Walk adjacent to the Robert Wood Johnson Pavilion at the Medical School and the Nursing School
  • The Humanities and Social Sciences Library, including Weigle Information Commons, located on campus between 34th and 35th streets on Locust Street in the Van Pelt Library
  • The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies library located off campus at 420 Walnut Street near Independence Hall and Washington Square
  • The Lea Library, a collection of Catholic Church history, located on campus between 34th and 35th streets on Locust Street on the 6th floor of the Van Pelt Library
  • The Lippincott Business Library located on campus between 35th and 36th streets on Locust Street in the second floor of the Van Pelt Library
  • The Math/Physics/Astronomy library located on campus on 3200 block of Walnut Streets adjacent to The Palestra on the third floor of the David Rittenhouse Laboratory
  • The Rare Books and Manuscripts library and Yarnall Library of Theology located on campus between 34th and 35th streets on Locust Street in Van Pelt Library
  • The Veterinary Medicine Library located on the campus between 38th and 39th streets on Sansom Street at the Veterinary Medicine School with satellite library located off campus at New Bolton Center.

Penn also maintains books and records off campus at high density storage facility.

The Penn Design School's Fine Arts Library was built to be Penn's main library and the first with its own building. The main library at the time was designed by Frank Furness to be first library in nation to separate the low ceilings of the library stack, where the books were stored, from forty-foot-plus high ceilinged rooms, where the books were read and studied.[45][46][47]

The Yarnall Library of Theology, a major American rare book collection, is part of Penn's libraries. The Yarnall Library of Theology was formerly affiliated with St. Clement's Church in Philadelphia. It was founded in 1911 under the terms of the wills of Ellis Hornor Yarnall (1839–1907) and Emily Yarnall, and subsequently housed at the former Philadelphia Divinity School. The library's major areas of focus are theology, patristics, and the liturgy, history and theology of the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It includes a large number of rare books, incunabula, and illuminated manuscripts, and new material continues to be added.[48][49]

Art installations

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The campus has more than 40 notable art installations, in part because of a 1959 Philadelphia ordinance requiring total budget for new construction or major renovation projects in which governmental resources are used to include 1% for art[50] to be used to pay for installation of site-specific public art,[51] in part because many alumni collected and donated art to Penn, and in part because of the presence of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design on the campus.[52]

King Solomon, cast in 1968 based on instructions by widow of artist Alexander Archipenko and now located on Penn campus

Alexander Archipenko's sculpture of King Solomon was initially loaned to Penn in 1985 by parents of a Penn student and donated in 1995 to honor the inauguration of Judith Rodin as Penn president in 1994.[53]

In 2020, Penn installed Brick House, a monumental work of art, created by Simone Leigh at the College Green gateway to Penn's campus near the corner of 34th Street and Woodland Walk. This 5,900-pound (2,700 kg) bronze sculpture, which is 16 feet (4.9 m) high and 9 feet (2.7 m) in diameter at its base, depicts an African woman's head crowned with an afro framed by cornrow braids atop a form that resembles both a skirt and a clay house.[54] At the installation, Penn president Amy Guttman proclaimed that "Ms. Leigh's sculpture brings a striking presence of strength, grace, and beauty—along with an ineffable sense of mystery and resilience—to a central crossroad of Penn's campus."[55]

The Covenant, designed by artist Alexander Liberman and installed at Penn in 1975

The Covenant, known to the student body as "Dueling Tampons"[56][57] or "The Tampons,"[58] is a large red structure created by Alexander Liberman and located on Locust Walk as a gateway to the high-rise residences "super block." It was installed in 1975 and is made of rolled sheets of milled steel.

"Jerusalem", a stabile created in 1976 by Alex "Sandy" Calder and sited between Penn's School of Design and Furness Fine Arts Library

A white button, known as The Button and officially called the Split Button is a modern art sculpture designed by designed by Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg (who specialized in creating oversize sculptures of everyday objects). It sits at the south entrance of Van Pelt Library and has button holes large enough for people to stand inside. Penn also has a replica of the Love sculpture, part of a series created by Robert Indiana. It is a painted aluminum sculpture and was installed in 1998 overlooking College Green.[52]

Love sculpture in 2006 photo taken on University of Pennsylvania campus

In 2019, the Association for Public Art loaned Penn[59] two multi-ton sculptures. The works are Social Consciousness, created by Sir Jacob Epstein in 1954,[60] and Atmosphere and Environment XII, created by Louise Nevelson in 1970.[59] Until the loan, both works had been located at the West Entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the older since its creation and the Nevelson work since 1973. Social Consciousness was relocated to the walkway between Wharton's Lippincott Library and Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity house, and Atmosphere and Environment XII is sited on Shoemaker Green between Franklin Field and Ringe Squash Courts.[61]

The Statue of Benjamin Franklin, honoring the university's founder, in front of College Hall on Penn's main campus[62]

In addition to the contemporary art, Penn also has several traditional statues, including a good number created by Penn's first Director of Physical Education Department, R. Tait McKenzie.[63] Among the notable sculptures is that of Young Ben Franklin, which McKenzie produced and Penn sited adjacent to the fieldhouse contiguous to Franklin Field. The sculpture is titled Benjamin Franklin in 1723 and was created by McKenzie during the pre-World War I era (1910–1914).

Young Ben Franklin (at about age 17) Statue on Penn Campus in front of Franklin Field[64]

Other sculptures he produced for Penn include the 1924 sculpture of then Penn provost Edgar Fahs Smith.

Photo os sculpture of Edgar Fahs Smith

Penn is presently reevaluating all of its public art and has formed a working group led by Penn Design dean Frederick Steiner, who was part of a similar effort at the University of Texas at Austin that led to the removal of statues of Jefferson Davis and other Confederate officials, and Penn's Chief Diversity Officer, Joann Mitchell. Penn has begun the process of adding art and removing or relocating art.[65] Penn removed from campus in 2020 the statue of the Reverend George Whitefield (who had inspired the 1740 establishment of a trust to establish a charity school, which trust Penn legally assumed in 1749) when research showed Whitefield owned fifty enslaved people and drafted and advocated for the key theological arguments in favor of slavery in Georgia and the rest of the Thirteen Colonies.[66]

Penn Museum

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The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Warden Garden

Since the Penn Museum was founded in 1887,[67] it has taken part in 400 research projects worldwide.[68] The museum's first project was an excavation of Nippur, a location in current day Iraq.[69]

Penn Museum is home to the largest authentic sphinx in North America at about seven feet high, four feet wide, 13 feet long, 12.9 tons, and made of solid red granite.

The sphinx was discovered in 1912 by the British archeologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, during an excavation of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, Egypt, where the sphinx had guarded a temple to ward off evil. Since Petri's expedition was partially financed by Penn Petrie offered it to Penn, which arranged for it to be moved to museum in 1913. The sphinx was moved in 2019 to a more prominent spot intended to attract visitors.[70]

The museum has three gallery floors with artifacts from Egypt, the Middle East, Mesoamerica, Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa and indigenous artifacts of the Americas.[68] Its most famous object is the goat rearing into the branches of a rosette-leafed plant, from the royal tombs of Ur.

The Penn Museum's excavations and collections foster a strong research base for graduate students in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. Features of the Beaux-Arts building include a rotunda and gardens that include Egyptian papyrus.

Other Penn museums and galleries

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Penn maintains a website providing a detailed roadmap to small museums and galleries and over one hundred locations across campus where the public can access Penn's over 8,000 artworks acquired over 250 years, which includes paintings, sculptures, photography, works on paper, and decorative arts.[71] The largest of the art galleries is the Institute of Contemporary Art, one of the only kunsthalles in the country, which showcases various art exhibitions throughout the year. Since 1983, the Arthur Ross Gallery, located at the Fisher Fine Arts Library, has housed Penn's art collection[72] and is named for its benefactor, philanthropist Arthur Ross.

Residences

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The Upper Quad Gate to the first dormitory primarily built in the 20th Century, which forms the lower part of Memorial Tower and honors veterans of the Spanish–American War

Every College House at the University of Pennsylvania has at least four members of faculty in the roles of House Dean, Faculty Master, and College House Fellows.[73] Within the College Houses, Penn has nearly 40 themed residential programs for students with shared interests such as world cinema or science and technology. Many of the nearby homes and apartments in the area surrounding the campus are often rented by undergraduate students moving off campus after their first year, as well as by graduate and professional students. The College Houses include W.E.B. Du Bois, Fisher Hassenfeld, Gregory, Gutmann, Harnwell, Harrison, Hill College House, Kings Court English, Lauder, Riepe, Rodin, Stouffer, and Ware. The first College House was Van Pelt College House, established in the fall of 1971. It was later renamed Gregory House.[74] Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware and Riepe together make up one building called "The Quad." The latest College House to be built is Guttman[75] (formerly named New College House West), which opened in the fall of 2021.[76]

Penn students in Junior or Senior year may live in the 45 sororities and fraternities governed by three student-run governing councils, Interfraternity Council,[77] Intercultural Greek Council, and Panhellenic Council.[78]

Organization

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University of Pennsylvania graduate and professional schools[82]
School Year founded
Perelman School of Medicine 1765[83]
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1852[84]
Law School 1850[note 6]
School of Design 1868
School of Dental Medicine 1878[86]
The Wharton School 1881[87]
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1755[88]
School of Veterinary Medicine 1884[89]
School of Social Policy and Practice 1908
Graduate School of Education 1915
School of Nursing 1935
Annenberg School for Communication 1958

The College of Arts and Sciences is the undergraduate division of the School of Arts and Sciences. The School of Arts and Sciences also contains the Graduate Division and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, which is home to the Fels Institute of Government, the master's programs in Organizational Dynamics, and the Environmental Studies (MES) program. Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania. Other schools with undergraduate programs include the School of Nursing and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS).

The current president is J. Larry Jameson (interim).[90]

Campus police

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The University of Pennsylvania Police Department (UPPD) is the largest, private police department in Pennsylvania, with 117 members. All officers are sworn municipal police officers and retain general law enforcement authority while on the campus.[91]

Seal

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The 1757 seal of the academy and College of Philadelphia

The official seal of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.[92] The most recent design, a modified version of the original seal, was approved in 1932, adopted a year later and is still used for much of the same purposes as the original.[92] The official seal of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.[92] A request for one was first recorded in a meeting of the trustees in 1753 during which some of the Trustees "desired to get a Common Seal engraved for the Use of [the] Corporation." In 1756, a public seal and motto for the college was engraved in silver.[93] The most recent design, a modified version of the original seal, was approved in 1932, adopted a year later and is still used for much of the same purposes as the original.[92]

The outer ring of the current seal is inscribed with "Universitas Pennsylvaniensis," the Latin name of the University of Pennsylvania. The inside contains seven stacked books on a desk with the titles of subjects of the trivium and a modified quadrivium, components of a classical education: Theolog[ia], Astronom[ia], Philosoph[ia], Mathemat[ica], Logica, Rhetorica and Grammatica. Between the books and the outer ring is the Latin motto of the university, "Leges Sine Moribus Vanae."[92]

Updated seal of the University of Pennsylvania with present name of school in Latin

Academics

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Penn's "One University Policy" allows students to enroll in classes in any of Penn's twelve schools.[94]

Penn has a strong focus on interdisciplinary learning and research. It offers double degree programs, unique majors, and academic flexibility. Penn's "One University" policy allows undergraduates access to courses at all of Penn's undergraduate and graduate schools except the medical, veterinary and dental schools. Undergraduates at Penn may also take courses at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore under a reciprocal agreement known as the Quaker Consortium.

Admissions

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Fall first-year statistics, by year
2022[95] 2019[96] 2018[97] 2017[98]
Applicants 54,588 44,961 44,491 40,413
Admits 3,404 3,446 3,740 3,757
Admit rate 4.24% 6.66% 7.41% 8.30%
Enrolled 2,417 2,400 2,518 2,456
Yield 68.18% 69.65% 67.33% 65.37%
SAT range* 1510–1560 1450–1560 1440–1560 1420–1560
ACT range* 34–36 33–35 32–35 32–35

* SAT and ACT ranges are from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Undergraduate admissions to the University of Pennsylvania is considered by US News to be "most selective." Admissions officials consider a student's GPA to be a very important academic factor, with emphasis on an applicant's high school class rank and letters of recommendation.[99] Admission is need-blind for U.S., Canadian, and Mexican applicants.[100]

For the class of 2026, entering in Fall 2022, the university received 54,588 applications.[101] The Atlantic also ranked Penn among the 10 most selective schools in the country. At the graduate level, based on admission statistics from U.S. News & World Report, Penn's most selective programs include its law school, the health care schools (medicine, dental medicine, nursing, veterinary), the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Wharton School.

Coordinated dual-degree, accelerated, interdisciplinary programs

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Smith Walk with a view of Towne Building and the Engineering Quad

Penn offers unique and specialized coordinated dual-degree (CDD) programs, which selectively award candidates degrees from multiple schools at the university upon completion of graduation criteria of both schools in addition to program-specific programs and senior capstone projects. Additionally, there are accelerated and interdisciplinary programs offered by the university. These undergraduate programs include:

  • Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business[102]
  • Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (M&T)[103]
  • Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management (LSM)[104]
  • Nursing and Health Care Management (NHCM)[105]
  • Roy and Diana Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER)[106]
  • Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences (MLS)[107]
  • Singh Program in Networked and Social Systems Engineering (NETS)[108]
  • Digital Media Design (DMD)[109]
  • Computer and Cognitive Science: Artificial Intelligence[110]
  • Accelerated 7-Year Bio-Dental Program[111]
  • Accelerated 6-Year Law and Medicine Program[112]

Dual-degree programs that lead to the same multiple degrees without participation in the specific above programs are also available. Unlike CDD programs, "dual degree" students fulfill requirements of both programs independently without the involvement of another program. Specialized dual-degree programs include Liberal Studies and Technology as well as an Artificial Intelligence: Computer and Cognitive Science Program. Both programs award a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and a degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Also, the Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences allows its students to either double major in the sciences or submatriculate and earn both a BA and an MS in four years. The most recent Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) was first offered for the class of 2016. A joint program of Penn's School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, VIPER leads to dual Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees by combining majors from each school.

For graduate programs, Penn offers many formalized double degree graduate degrees such as a joint J.D./MBA and maintains a list of interdisciplinary institutions, such as the Institute for Medicine and Engineering, the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, and the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science.

The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, commonly known as Penn SP2, is a school of social policy and social work that offers degrees in a variety of subfields, in addition to several dual degree programs and sub-matriculation programs.[113][114][115] Penn SP2's vision is: "The passionate pursuit of social innovation, impact and justice."[116]

Originally named the School of Social Work, SP2 was founded in 1908 and is a graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania. The school specializes in research, education, and policy development in relation to both social and economic issues.[117][118]

The School of Veterinary Medicine offers five dual-degree programs, combining the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (VMD) with a Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Environmental Studies (MES), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Public Health (MPH) or Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree. The Penn Vet dual-degree programs are meant to support veterinarians planning to engage in interdisciplinary work in the areas of human health, environmental health, and animal health and welfare.[119]

Academic medical center and biomedical research complex

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In 2018, the university's nursing school was ranked number one by Quacquarelli Symonds.[120] That year, Quacquarelli Symonds also ranked Penn's school of Veterinary Medicine sixth.[121] In 2019, the Perelman School of Medicine was named the third-best medical school for research in U.S. News & World Report's 2020 ranking.[122]

The University of Pennsylvania Health System, also known as UPHS, is a multi-hospital health system headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, owned by Trustees of University of Pennsylvania. UPHS and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania together constitute Penn Medicine, a clinical and research entity of the University of Pennsylvania. UPHS hospitals include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,[123] Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Hospital, and Princeton Medical Center.[124] Penn Medicine owns and operates the first hospital in the United States, the Pennsylvania Hospital.[125] It is also home to America's first surgical amphitheatre[126] and its first medical library.[127]

International partnerships

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Students can study abroad for a semester or a year at partner institutions, which include the Singapore Management University, London School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Melbourne, Sciences Po, University of Queensland, University College London, King's College London, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and ETH Zurich.

Reputation and rankings

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Academic rankings
National
Forbes[128]8
U.S. News & World Report[129]10
Washington Monthly[131]3[130]
WSJ/College Pulse[132]13
Global
QS[133]11
THE[134]16
U.S. News & World Report[135]14

U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings place Penn 6th of 394 national universities in the United States.[129] The Princeton Review student survey ranked Penn in 2023 as 7th in their Dream Colleges list.[136] Penn was ranked 4th of 444 in the United States by College Factual for 2024.[137] In 2023, Penn was ranked as having the 7th happiest students in the United States (the highest in the Ivy League).[138][139] Wall Street Journal reported in 2024 that Penn's undergraduate alumni earned the 5th highest salaries (taking into account the cost of education and other factors[140]), which was 2nd in Ivy League behind Princeton.[141]

Among its professional schools, the school of education was ranked number one in 2021 and Wharton School was ranked number one in 2022[142] and 2024 [143] and the communication, dentistry, medicine, nursing, law and veterinary schools rank in the top 5 nationally.[144] Penn's Law School was ranked number 4 in 2023[145] and Penn's School of Design and Architecture, and its School of Social Policy and Practice are ranked in the top 10.[144]

Research

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ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, founded at Penn in 1946

Penn is classified as an "R1" doctoral university: "Highest research activity."[146] Its economic impact on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 2015 amounted to $14.3 billion.[147] Penn had research expenditures totaling over $1.9 billion in 2023, raking third among U.S. universities in research and development spending, according to the National Science Foundation.[16] In fiscal year 2019 Penn received $582.3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health.[148]

Penn's research centers often span two or more disciplines. In the 2010–2011 academic year, five interdisciplinary research centers were created or substantially expanded; these include the Center for Health-care Financing,[149] the Center for Global Women's Health at the Nursing School,[150] the Morris Arboretum's Horticulture Center,[151] the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at Wharton[152] and the Translational Research Center at Penn Medicine.[153] With these additions, Penn now counts 165 research centers hosting a research community of over 4,300 faculty and over 1,100 postdoctoral fellows, 5,500 academic support staff and graduate student trainees.[10] To further assist the advancement of interdisciplinary research President Amy Gutmann established the "Penn Integrates Knowledge" title awarded to selected Penn professors "whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge."[154] These professors hold endowed professorships and joint appointments between Penn's schools.

Penn is also among the most prolific producers of doctoral students. With 487 PhDs awarded in 2009, Penn ranks third in the Ivy League behind Columbia and Cornell; Harvard did not report data.[155] It also has one of the highest numbers of post-doctoral appointees (933 in number for 2004–2007), ranking third in the Ivy League (behind Harvard and Yale) and tenth nationally.[156]

In most disciplines Penn professors' productivity is among the highest in the nation and first in the fields of epidemiology, business, communication studies, comparative literature, languages, information science, criminal justice and criminology, social sciences and sociology.[157] According to the National Research Council nearly three-quarters of Penn's 41 assessed programs were placed in ranges including the top 10 rankings in their fields, with more than half of these in ranges including the top five rankings in these fields.[158]

Penn's research tradition has historically been complemented by innovations that shaped higher education. In addition to establishing the first medical school, the first university teaching hospital, the oldest continuously operating degree-granting program in chemical engineering,[159] the first business school, and the first student union, Penn was also the cradle of other significant developments.

In 1852, Penn Law was the first law school in the nation to publish a law journal still in existence (then called The American Law Register, now the Penn Law Review, one of the most cited law journals in the world).[160] Under the deanship of William Draper Lewis, the law school was also one of the first schools to emphasize legal teaching by full-time professors instead of practitioners, a system that is still followed today.[161]

The Wharton School was home to several pioneering developments in business education. It established the first research center in a business school in 1921 and the first center for entrepreneurship center in 1973[162] and it regularly introduced novel curricula for which BusinessWeek wrote, "Wharton is on the crest of a wave of reinvention and change in management education."[163][164] The university has also contributed major advancements in the fields of economics and management. Among the many discoveries are conjoint analysis, widely used as a predictive tool especially in market research, Simon Kuznets's method of measuring gross national product,[165] the Penn effect (the observation that consumer price levels in richer countries are systematically higher than in poorer ones) and the "Wharton Model"[166] developed by Nobel-laureate Lawrence Klein to measure and forecast economic activity. The idea behind Health Maintenance Organizations also belonged to Penn professor Robert Eilers, who put it into practice during then-president Nixon's health reform in the 1970s.[165]

Several major scientific discoveries have also taken place at Penn. The university is probably best known as the place where the first general-purpose electronic computer (ENIAC) was born in 1946 at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering.[167] It was here also where the world's first spelling and grammar checkers were created, as well as the popular COBOL programming language.[167]

Penn can also boast some of the most important discoveries in the field of medicine. The dialysis machine used as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function was conceived and devised out of a pressure cooker by William Inouye while he was still a student at Penn Med;[168] the Rubella and Hepatitis B vaccines were developed at Penn;[168] the discovery of cancer's link with genes, cognitive therapy, Retin-A (the cream used to treat acne), Resistin, the Philadelphia gene (linked to chronic myelogenous leukemia) and the technology behind PET Scans were all discovered by Penn Med researchers.[168] More recent gene research has led to the discovery of the genes for fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation; spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, a disorder marked by progressive muscle wasting; Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the hands, feet and limbs;[168] and genetically engineered T cells used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia and refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma.[169][170] Another contribution to medicine was made by Ralph L. Brinster (Penn faculty member since 1965) who developed the scientific basis for in vitro fertilization and the transgenic mouse at Penn and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010.

Penn professors Alan J. Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa invented a conductive polymer process that earned them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The theory of superconductivity was also partly developed at Penn, by then-faculty member John Robert Schrieffer (along with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper).

Penn professors Carl June and Michael C. Milone at Penn Medicine developed Kymriah, the first FDA-approved CAR T cell therapy for treating certain types of leukemia, approved in August 2017.[171][172]

Student life

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Ethnic breakdown of enrollment
Ethnic enrollment,
fall 2018[173]
Number (percentage)
of undergraduates
African American 715 (7.1%)
Native American 12 (0.1%)
Asian American and
Pacific Islander
2,084 (20.7%)
Hispanic and
Latino American
1,044 (10.4%)
White 4,278 (42.6%)
International 1,261 (12.6%)
Two or more races,
non-Hispanic
460 (4.6%)
Unknown 179 (1.8%)
Total 10,033 (100%)

Of those accepted for admission in 2018, 48 percent were Asian, Hispanic, African-American or Native American.[10] Fourteen percent of entering undergraduates in 2018 were international students.[10] The composition of international first-year students in 2018 was: 46% from Asia; 15% from Africa and the Middle East; 16% from Europe; 14% from Canada and Mexico; 8% from the Caribbean, Central America and South America; 5% from Australia and the Pacific Islands.[10] The acceptance rate for international students admission in 2018 was 493 out of 8,316 (6.7%).[10] In 2018, 55% of all enrolled students were women.[10]

In the last few decades, Jewish enrollment has been declining. c. 1999 about 28% of the students were Jewish.[174] In early 2020, 1,750 Penn undergraduate students were Jewish,[175] which would be approximately 17%[176] of the some 10,000 undergrads for 2019–20. Penn has been ranked as the number one LGBTQ+ friendly school in the country.[177] Penn's LGBTQ+ center is second oldest in the nation[178] and oldest in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as it has been serving the LGBTQ+ community since 1979 by providing support and guidance through 25 groups (including Penn J-Bagel a Jewish LGBTQ+ group, the Lambda Alliance a general LGBTQ social organization, and oSTEM a group for LGBTQ people in STEM fields).[179] Penn offers courses in Sexuality and Gender Studies which allows students to discover and learn queer theory, history of sexual norms, and other gender orientation related courses.[180]

Penn Face and behavioral health

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The university's social pressure surrounding academic perfection, extreme competitiveness, and nonguaranteed readmission have created what is known as "Penn Face": students put on a façade of confidence and happiness while enduring mental turmoil.[181][182][183][184][185] Stanford University calls this phenomenon "Duck Syndrome."[184][186] In recent years, mental health has become an issue on campus with ten student suicides between the years of 2013 to 2016.[187] The school responded by launching a task force.[188][189] The most widely covered case of Penn Face has been Madison Holleran.[190][191] In 2018, initiatives were enacted to ameliorate mental health problems, such as requiring sophomores to live on campus and the daily closing of Huntsman Hall at 2:00 a.m.[192][193] The university's suicide rate was the catalyst for a 2018 state bill, introduced by Governor Tom Wolf, to raise Pennsylvania's standards for university suicide prevention.[194] The university's efforts to address mental health on campus came into the national spotlight again in September 2019 when the director of the university's counseling services died by suicide six months after starting the position.[195]

Student organizations

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The Philomathean Society Presidential Library, named after former U.S. president and Penn Med alumnus William Henry Harrison

The Philomathean Society, founded in 1813, is the United States' oldest continuously existing collegiate literary society and continues to host lectures and intellectual events open to the public.[196]

The Daily Pennsylvanian is an independent, student-run newspaper, which has been published daily since it was founded in 1885.[197] The newspaper went unpublished from May 1943 to November 1945 due to World War II.[197] In 1984, the university lost all editorial and financial control of The Daily Pennsylvanian (also known as The DP) when the newspaper became its own corporation.[197] The Daily Pennsylvanian has won the Pacemaker Award administered by the Associated Collegiate Press multiple times, most recently in 2019.[198][199] The DP also publishes a weekly arts and culture magazine called 34th Street Magazine.

The Penn Debate Society (PDS), founded in 1984 as the Penn Parliamentary Debate Society, is Penn's debate team, which competes regularly on the American Parliamentary Debate Association and the international British Parliamentary circuit.[200]

The Penn History Review is a journal, published twice a year, through the Department of History, for undergraduate historical research, by and for undergraduates, and founded in 1991.[201][202][203]

Penn Electric Racing

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Penn Electric Racing unveiled REV8 on March 31, 2023, in front of the Statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of College Hall.

Penn Electric Racing is the university's Formula SAE (FSAE) team, competing in the international electric vehicle (EV) competition. Colloquially known as "PER," the team designs, manufactures, and races custom electric racecars against other collegiate teams. In 2015, PER built and raced their first racecar, REV1, at the Lincoln Nebraska FSAE competition, winning first place.[204] The team repeated their success with their next two racecars: REV2 won second place in 2016,[205] and REV3 won first place in 2017.[206]

Performing arts organizations

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Penn is home to numerous organizations that promote the arts, from dance to spoken word, jazz to stand-up comedy, theatre, a cappella and more. The Performing Arts Council (PAC) oversees 45 student organizations in these areas.[207] The PAC has four subcommittees: A Cappella Council; Dance Arts Council; Singer, Musicians, and Comedians (SMAC); and Theatre Arts Council (TAC-e).

Penn Glee Club

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Penn Glee Club's 1915–1916 academic year membership photo

The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club, founded in 1862, is tied for fourth oldest continually running glee clubs in the United States[208] and the oldest performing arts group at the University of Pennsylvania.

Each year, the Penn Glee Club writes and produces a fully staged, Broadway-style production with an eclectic mix of Penn standards, Broadway classics, classical favorites, and pop hits, highlighting choral singing from all genders[209]

The Glee Club draws its singing members from the undergraduate and graduate students.

The Penn Glee Club has traveled to nearly all 50 states in the United States and over 40 nations and territories on five continents and has appeared on national television with such celebrities as Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, and Ed McMahon. Since its first performance at the White House for President Calvin Coolidge in 1926, the club has sung for numerous heads of state and world leaders.

Penn Band

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The University of Pennsylvania Band at the 2019 homecoming game

The University of Pennsylvania Band has been a part of student life since 1897.[210] The Penn Band presently mainly performs at football and basketball games as well as university functions (e.g. commencement and convocation). It was the first college band to perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and has performed with notable musicians, including John Philip Sousa, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the U.S. Marine Band ("The President's Own").

Penn Band has performed for Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco (sister and aunt to number of alumni), alumnus and District Attorney and Mayor of Philadelphia, and Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell, Vice President Al Gore, presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and Polish dissident and president Lech Wałęsa.

Penn's a cappella community

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Penn Masala performs in the Blue Room of the White House in October 2009 on invitation from President Barack Obama.

The A Cappella Council (ACK) is composed of 14 a cappella groups. Penn's a cappella groups entertain audiences with repertoires including pop, rock, R&B, jazz, Hindi, and Chinese songs.[211] ACK is also home to Off The Beat, which has received the most contemporary a cappella recording awards of any collegiate group in the United States and the most features on the Best of College A Cappella albums.[212] Penn Masala, formed in 1996, is world's oldest[213][214] and premier[215][216] South Asian a cappella group based in an American university, which has performed for Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Henry Kissinger, Ban Ki-moon, Farooq Abdullah, Imran Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, A.R. Rahman, Narendra Modi[217] and Sunidhi Chauhan, had their a cappella version of Nazia Hassan's Urdu classic "Aap Jaisa Koi," (originally from the movie Qurbani) sung in the movie American Desi.[218]

Penn alumni Elizabeth Banks (class of 1996) and Max Handelman (Banks' husband, class of 1995) invited Masala to appear in Pitch Perfect 2, as Banks reported that Penn's a capella community inspired the film series starring or produced by Banks and Handleman.[219]

Comedy organizations

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The Mask and Wig clubhouse

Mask and Wig, a club founded in 1889, was (until fall of 2021[220]) the oldest all-male musical comedy troupe in the country. In 2021 the club voted to become gender-inclusive, with auditions open to all undergraduates: male, female, and non-binary.

Bloomers comedy group, founded in 1978, is the .".. nation's first collegiate all-women musical and sketch comedy troupe...."[221] Bloomers was founded at Penn by Joan Harrison.[222] In the mid teens, Bloomers revised its constitution to be open to .".. anyone who does not identify as a cisgender man...."[221] and now accepts all persons from under-represented gender identities who perform comedy.[223][224] Bloomers performs sketches and elaborate shows almost every semester. The comedy troupe is named after bloomers, the once popular long, loose fitting undergarment, gathered at the ankle, worn under a short skirt (developed in the mid 19th century as a healthy comfortable alternative to the heavy, constricting dresses then worn by American women), which were in turn, named after Amelia Jenks Bloomer. Bloomers' most well-known performing alumna is Vanessa Bayer, formerly of Saturday Night Live and is SNL's longest-serving female cast member.[225]

Religious and spiritual organizations

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The following religious and spiritual organizations have a significant on campus presence at Penn:

(A) Mainstream Protestantism: Dating back to 1857, The Christian Association (a.k.a. The CA), is composed primarily of students from Mainline Protestant backgrounds.[226] Historically, the CA ran several foreign missions including one in China[227] and for decades ran a camp for socio-economically disadvantaged children from Philadelphia.[228] At present the CA occupies part of the parsonage at Tabernacle United Church of Christ.[229]

(B) Judaism: Organized Jewish life did not begin on campus in earnest until the start of 20th century.[230] Jewish Life on campus is centered at Penn branch of Hillel International,[231][176] which inspires students to explore Judaism, creates patterns of Jewish living that can be sustained after graduation, provides religious communities, promotes educational initiatives, social justice projects, social and cultural opportunities, and groups focusing on Israel education and politics, and hosts a Kosher Penn approved dining hall (supervised by the Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia).[232] In addition to Hillel, the other major Jewish organization with significant impact on Penn's campus is The Chabad Lubavitch House at Penn (founded in 1980[233]), which, among other activities, brings together Jewish college students with noted Jewish academics for in-depth discussions and debate.[234]

(C) Roman Catholicism: The Penn Newman Catholic Center (the Newman Center), founded in 1893 (as the first Newman Center in the country) with the mission of supporting students, faculty, and staff in their religious endeavors. The organization brings prominent Christian figures to campus, including Rev. Thomas "Tom" J. Hagan, OSFS, who worked in the Newman Center and founded Haiti-based non-profit Hands Together;[235] and James Martin SJ (Wharton School undergraduate class of 1982[236]). Father Martin, an editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America,[237] and frequent commentator on the life and teachings of Jesus and Ignatian spirituality, is especially well known for his outreach to the LGBT community, which has drawn a strong backlash from parts of the Catholic Church, but has provided comfort to Penn students and other members of Roman Catholic community who wish to stay connected with their faith and identify as LGBQT.[238][239][240]

(D) Hinduism and Jainism: Penn funds (via the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly or similar undergraduate organization) a variety of official clubs focused on India including a number focused on students who are Hindu or Jain such as: (1) 'Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH)', a center for students to celebrate South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, culture and religion,[241] (2) 'Rangoli—The South Asian Association at Penn' that educates and informs Penn students (mainly graduate and professional students) with ancestry or interest in South Asia whose goals include a desire to "rekindle the spirit of community" through events,[242] and (3) 'Penn Hindu & Jain Association', a student-run official club at Penn that has 80 to 110 student members and an extensive alumni network, dedicated to raise awareness of the Hindu and Jain faiths and foster further development of these communities in the greater Philadelphia area by providing a variety of services and hosting a number of events such as Holi Festival (which has been held annually at Penn since 1993[243][244][245]) and "... aims to be a home to anyone seeking to explore their spiritual, religious, or social interests."[246]

(E) Islam: In 1963, the Muslim Students' Association (MSA National) and Penn chapter of MSA National were founded to facilitate Muslim life among students on college campuses.[247][248] Penn MSA was established to help Penn Muslims build faith and community by fostering a space under the guidance of Islamic principles[249][250] and towards that goal Penn MSA supports mission of its related umbrella organization, Islamic Society of North America, to "foster the development of the Muslim community, interfaith relations, civic engagement, and better understandings of Islam."[251] The Muslim Life Program at Penn also provides such support and helped cause Penn (in January 2017) to hire its first full-time Muslim chaplain, the co-president of the Association of Campus Muslim Chaplains, Sister Patricia Anton (whose background includes working with Muslim, interfaith, academic and peace-building institutions such as Islamic Society of North America and Islamic Relief). Chaplain Anton's mandate includes supporting and guiding the Penn Muslim community to foster further development of such community by creating a welcoming environment that provides Penn Muslim community opportunities to intellectually and spiritually engage with Islam.[252] Penn also has a residential house, the Muslim Life Residential Program, which provides a live/learn environment focused on the appreciation of Islamic culture, food, history, and practice, and shows its Penn student residents how Islam is deeply integrated in the culture of Philadelphia so they may appreciate how Islam influences daily life.[253]

(F) Buddhism: Penn has a Buddhist chaplain[254][255] (as well as chaplains of other faiths) and funds the Penn Meditation and Buddhism Club, which (1) is dedicated to helping Penn students practice mindfulness and meditation and learning about Buddhism, (2) conducts weekly meetings that begin with a guided meditation and are followed by discussions of topic(s) relating to mindfulness and Buddhism, and (3) organizes other activities such as ramen nights and weekend meditation retreats to the local Won Buddhism center.[256]

Athletics

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Penn's sports teams are nicknamed the Quakers, but the teams are often also referred to as The Red and Blue as reflected in the popular song sung after every athletic contest where the Penn Band or other musical groups are present.[257][258] The athletes participate in the Ivy League and Division I (Division I FCS for football) in the NCAA. In recent decades, they often have been league champions in football (14 times from 1982 to 2010) and basketball (22 times from 1970 to 2006). The first athletic team at Penn was the cricket team, which formed in 1842 and played regularly through 1846, the year it lost its "grounds," and then only played intermittently until 1864, the year it played its first intercollegiate game (against Haverford College).[259]

1843 photo of Penn's Cricket team at its first "grounds" across the Delaware River in New Jersey

The rowing (or crew) team composed of Penn students but not officially representing Penn was formed in 1854 but did not compete against other colleges as official part of Penn until 1879. The rugby football team began to play against other colleges, most notably against College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1874 using a combination of association football (i.e. soccer) and rugby rules (the twenty players on each side were able to use their hands but were not able to pass or bat the ball forward).[260][261][262]

Baseball

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University of Pennsylvania versus Georgetown Baseball Program circa 1901

The University of Pennsylvania's first baseball team was fielded in 1875. Penn has won four championships in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, a baseball-only conference that existed from 1930 to 1992, which consisted of the eight Ivy League schools and Army and Navy.[263] Since 1992, Penn baseball has claimed an Ivy League title, advancing to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship five times.[264]

Basketball

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1907-1908 Penn Quakers basketball team in photo that appeared in Spalding's Official A.A.U. basketball guide (September 1907).[265]

Penn basketball is steeped in tradition. Penn was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1919–20 and 1920–21 seasons by the Helms Athletic Foundation and for the 1919–20 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[266] Penn made its only (and the Ivy League's second) Final Four appearance in 1979, where the Quakers lost to Magic Johnson-led Michigan State in Salt Lake City. (Dartmouth twice finished second in the tournament in the 1940s, but that was before the beginning of formal League play.) Penn's team is also a member of the Philadelphia Big 5, along with La Salle, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Villanova, and Drexel. In 2007, the men's team won its third consecutive Ivy League title and then lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Texas A&M. Penn last made the NCAA tournament in 2018 where it lost to top seeded Kansas.[267]

Cricket

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Penn's 1887 Cricket Team, which won the Intercollegiate Cricket Association, the de facto national championship, displaying the trophy granted to winner (held in front row by person wearing white hat)

The first University of Pennsylvania cricket team, reported to be the first cricket team in the United States composed exclusively of Americans,[268] was organized in 1842.[268]

On May 7, 1864, Penn played its first intercollegiate game against Haverford College (the 3rd oldest intercollegiate athletic contest after Harvard Yale 1852 crew race and Amherst Williams 1859 Baseball game[269][259]).[270][271] After Penn moved west of the Schuylkill River in 1872, Penn played cricket at one of the local clubs, Belmont Cricket Club, Merion Cricket Club, Germantown Cricket Club, or at Haverford College.[270] Beginning in 1875 and through 1880, Penn fielded a varsity eleven, which played a few matches each year against opponents that included Haverford College and Columbia College.[259]

In 1881, Penn, Harvard College, Haverford College, Princeton College (then known as College of New Jersey), and Columbia College formed the Intercollegiate Cricket Association,[271] which Cornell University later joined.[259] Penn won The Intercollegiate Cricket Association championship, the de facto national championship, 23 times (18 solo, three shared with Haverford and Harvard, one shared with Haverford and Cornell, and one shared with just Haverford) during the 44 years that The Intercollegiate Cricket Association existed from 1881 through 1924.[note 7]

In the 1890s, Penn's cricket team frequently toured Canada and the British Isles.[259] Perhaps the university's most famous cricket player was George Patterson (class of 1888), who still holds the North American batting record and who went on to play for the professional Philadelphia Cricket Team.[272]

Following the World War I, cricket began to experience a serious decline,[273] such that in 1924 Penn fielded its last team in the twentieth century. Starting in 2009, however, Penn once again fielded a cricket team, albeit club, that ended up being the first winner of a tournament for teams from the Ivies.[274]

Curling

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University of Pennsylvania Curling Club qualified for the 2023 National Championship at 6th place, the same ranking they qualified for the 2022 National Championship (where they finished in 2nd place), but in 2023 the team won the national championship by defeating arch rival Princeton University in the championship match (6 to 3).[275][276] Penn Curling also won the National Championship in 2016 and is the only East Coast team to have won the Curling National Championship.[277]

Football

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Chuck Bednarik, also known as Concrete Charlie, was a three-time All-American at Penn who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the first player selected in the 1949 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he went on to win the 1960 NFL Championship and was inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Penn first fielded a football team against Princeton at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia on November 11, 1876.[278]

During the 1890s, Penn's coach and alumnus George Washington Woodruff introduced the quarterback kick, a forerunner of the forward pass, as well as the place-kick from scrimmage and the delayed pass.

The achievements of two of Penn's other outstanding players from that era, John Heisman, a Law School alumnus, and John Outland, a Penn Med alumnus, are remembered each year with the presentation of the Heisman Trophy to the most outstanding college football player of the year, and the Outland Trophy to the most outstanding college football interior lineman of the year.

The Bednarik Award, named for Chuck Bednarik, a three-time All-American center and linebacker who starred on the 1947, is awarded annually to college football's best defensive player. Bednarik went on to play for 12 years with the Philadelphia Eagles, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969.

Penn's game against University of California, Berkeley on September 29, 1951, in front of a crowd of 60,000 at Franklin Field, was first college football game to be broadcast in color.[279][280]

Ice hockey

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University of Pennsylvania Hockey team in front of photo of College Hall in 1896–97, its first season of existence, featuring George Orton, future winner of gold medal in the 1900 Summer Olympics in 2500 meter steeplechase (top row, second from the end of the right side) and who was the first disabled person to compete in the Olympics

Penn's first ice hockey team competed during the 1896–97 academic year, and joined the nascent Intercollegiate Hockey Association (IHA) in 1898–99. On the first team in 1896–97 were several players of Canadian background, among them middle-distance runner and Olympian George Orton (the first disabled person to compete in the Olympics). Penn fielded teams intermittently until 1965 when it formed a varsity squad that was terminated in 1977. Penn now fields a club team that plays in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II,[281] is a member of the Colonial States College Hockey Conference, and continues to play at the Class of 1923 Arena in Philadelphia.[282]

Olympic athletes

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The University of Pennsylvania men's track team was the 1907 IC4A point winner. Left to right: Guy Haskins, R.C. Folwell, T.R. Moffitt, John Baxter Taylor, Jr., the first black athlete in the U.S. to win a gold medal in the Olympics,[283] Nathaniel Cartmell, and J.D. Whitham (seated).

At least 43 Penn alumni have earned 81 Olympic medals (26 gold).[284][note 8] Penn won more of its "medals"[284] (which were actually cups, trophies, or plaques, as medals were not introduced until a later Olympics) at 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris than at any other Olympics.[285] In the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, 13 Penn present students or alumni participated in 5 sports (athletics [4], breaking [1], fencing [3], rowing [4], and swimming [1] for 7 countries (Australia [1], Bermuda [1], Canada [2], Egypt [1], Nigeria [1], Slovenia [1], and USA [6]) [286]

Rowing

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Penn's eight-oared crew in 1901, the first foreign crew to reach the final of the Grand Challenge Cup[287] at Henley Royal Regatta

Rowing at Penn dates back to at least 1854 with the founding of the University Barge Club. The university currently hosts both heavyweight and lightweight men's teams and an open weight women's team, all of which compete as part of the Eastern Sprints League. Ellis Ward was Penn's first intercollegiate crew coach from 1879 through 1912.[288] During the course of Ward's coaching career at Penn his .".. Red and Blue crews won 65 races, in about 150 starts."[289] Ward coached Penn's 8-oared boat to the finals of the Grand Challenge Cup (the oldest and most prized trophy) at the Henley Royal Regatta (but in that final race was defeated by the champion Leander Club).[290]

Penn Rowing has produced a long list of famous coaches and Olympians. Members of Penn crew team, rowers Sidney Jellinek, Eddie Mitchell, and coxswain, John G. Kennedy, won the bronze medal for the United States at 1924 Olympics.[291]

Joe Burk (class of 1935) was captain of Penn crew team, winner of the Henley Diamond Sculls twice, named recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award for nation's best amateur athlete in 1939, and Penn coach from 1950 to 1969. The 1955 Men's Heavyweight 8, coached by Joe Burk, became one of only four American university crews in history to win the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. The outbreak of World War Two canceled the 1940 Olympics for which Burk was favored to win the gold medal.

Other Penn Olympic athletes and or Penn coaches of such athletes include: (a) John Anthony Pescatore (who competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games for the United States as stroke of the men's coxed eight which earned a bronze medal[292] and later competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in the men's coxless pair), (b) Susan Francia (winner of gold medals as part of the women's 8 oared boat at 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics), (c) Regina Salmons (member of 2021 USA team),[293] (d) Rusty Callow, (e) Harry Parker, (f) Ted Nash,[291] and (g) John B. Kelly Jr., son of John B. Kelly Sr. (winner of three medals at 1920 Summer Olympics) and brother of Princess Grace of Monaco, was the second Penn Crew alumnus to win the James E. Sullivan Award[294] for being nation's best amateur athlete (in 1947), who was winner of a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics).

Penn men's crew team won the National Collegiate Rowing Championship in 1991. A member of that team, Janusz Hooker (Wharton School class of 1992)[295] won the bronze medal in Men's Quadruple Sculls for Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[296] The Penn teams presently row out of College Boat Club, No. 11 Boathouse Row.

Rugby

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John Heisman, a University of Pennsylvania Law School class of 1892 alumnus and rugby football player, posing at Penn in 1891 holding elongated ellipsoidal rugby ball and gestures resembling the famed "Heisman Pose"[297]

The Penn men's rugby football team is one of the oldest collegiate rugby teams in the United States. Penn first fielded a team in mid-1870s playing by rules much closer to the rugby union and association football code rules (relative to American football rules, as such American football rules had not yet been invented[260]). Among its earliest games was a game against the College of New Jersey, which became Princeton in 1895, played in Philadelphia on Saturday, November 11, 1876, which was less than two weeks before Princeton met on November 23, 1876, with Harvard and Columbia to confirm that all their games would be played using the rugby union rules.[278][260] Princeton and Penn played their November 1876 game per a combination of rugby (there were 20 players per side and players were able to touch the ball with their hands) and Association football codes. The rugby code influence was due, in part, to the fact that some of their students had been educated in English public schools.[298] Among the prominent alumni to play in a 19th-century version of rugby in which rules then did not allow forward passes or center snaps was John Heisman, namesake of the Heisman Trophy and an 1892 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[299]

Heisman was instrumental in the first decade of the 20th century in changing the rules to more closely relate to the present rules of American football.[300] One of Heisman's teammates (who was unanimously voted Captain in the fall after Heisman graduated) was Harry Arista Mackey, Penn Law class of 1893[301] (who subsequently served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932).[302] In 1906, Rugby per Rugby Union code was reintroduced to Penn[303] (as Penn last played per Rugby Union Code in 1882 as Penn played rugby per a number of different rugby football rulebooks and codes from 1883 through 1890s[304]) by Frank Villeneuve Nicholson (Frank Nicholson (rugby union)) University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (class of 1910),[305] who in 1904 had captained the Australian national rugby team in its match against England.[306]

Penn played per rugby union code rules at least through 1912, contemporaneously with Penn playing American gridiron football. Evidence of such may be found in an October 22, 1910, Daily Pennsylvanian article (quoted below) and a yearbook photo[307] that rugby per rugby union code was played.

Such is the devotion to English rugby football on the part of University of Pennsylvania's students from New Zealand, Australia, and England that they meet on Franklin Field at 7 o'clock every morning and practice the game. The varsity track and football squads monopolize the field to such an extent that the early hours of the morning are the only ones during which the rugby enthusiasts can play. Any time except Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a squad of 25 men may be seen running through the hardest kind of practice after which they may divide into two teams and play a hard game. Once a week, captain CC Walton, ('11), dental, who hails from New Zealand, gives the enthusiastic players a blackboard talk in which he explains the intricacies of the game in detail.[308]

The player-coach of United States Olympic gold-winning rugby team at the 1924 Summer Olympics was Alan Valentine, who played rugby while at Penn (which he attended during 1921/1922 academic year) as he was getting a master's degree at Wharton.[284]

Though Penn played rugby per rugby union rules from 1929 through 1934,[309] there is no indication that Penn had a rugby team from 1935 through 1959 when Penn men's rugby became permanent due to leadership of Harry "Joe" Edwin Reagan III[310] Penn's College class of 1962 and Penn Law class of 1965, who also went onto help create and incorporate (in 1975) and was Treasurer (in 1981) of USA Rugby and Oreste P. "Rusty" D'Arconte Penn's College class of 1966[307] Thus, with D'Arconte's hustle and Reagan's charisma and organizational skills, a team, which had fielded a side of fifteen intermittently from 1912 through 1960, became permanent.

In spring of 1984, Penn women's rugby,[311][312] led by Social Chair Tamara Wayland (College class of 1985,[313] who subsequently became the women's representative to and vice president of USA Rugby South from 1996 to 1998); club president Marianne Seligson; and Penn Law student Gigi Sohn,[314] began to compete. Penn women's rugby team is coached, as of 2020, by (a) Adam Dick,[315] a 300-level certified coach with over 15 years of rugby coaching experience including being the first coach of the first women's rugby team at the University of Arizona and who was a four-year starter at University of Arizona men's first XV rugby team and (b) Philly women's player Kate Hallinan.

Penn's men's rugby team plays in the Ivy Rugby Conference[316] and have finished as runners-up in both 15s and 7s in the Conference and won the Ivy Rugby Tournament in 1992.[317] As of 2011, the club uses the state-of-the-art facilities at Penn Park. The Penn Quakers' rugby team played on national TV at the 2013 Collegiate Rugby Championship, a college rugby tournament that for number of years had been played each June at Subaru Park in Philadelphia, and was broadcast live on NBC. In their inaugural appearance in the tournament, the Penn men's rugby team won the Shield Competition, beating local Big Five rival, Temple University, 17–12 in the final. In the semifinal match of that Shield Competition, Penn Rugby became the first Philadelphia team to beat a non-Philadelphia team in CRC history, with a 14–12 win over the University of Texas.[318]

As of 2020, Penn men's rugby team is coached by Tiger Bax,[319] a former professional rugby player hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, whose playing experience includes stints in the Super Rugby competition with the Stormers (15s) and Mighty Mohicans (7s), as well as with the Gallagher Premiership Rugby side, Saracens[320] and whose coaching experience includes three successful years as coach at Valley Rugby Football Club in Hong Kong; and Tyler May, from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, who played rugby at Pennsylvania State University where he was a first XV player for three years.

Penn's graduate business and law schools also fielded rugby teams. The Wharton rugby team has competed from 1978 to the present.[321] The Penn Law Rugby team (1985 through 1993) counts among its alumni Walter Joseph Jay Clayton, III[322] Penn Law class of 1993, and chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from May 4, 2017, until December 23, 2020, Raymond Hulser, former Chief of Public Integrity Section of United States Department of Justice[323] (who also was hired by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith to investigate the mishandling by former President Donald J. Trump of certain top secret documents),[324] and Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart[325] who approved the search of Mar-a-Lago, the residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida.[326]

Undergraduate Penn Rugby Alumni include (1) Conor Lamb (Penn College class of 2006 and Penn Law class of 2009), who played for undergraduate team, and, as of 2021, is a member of United States House of Representatives, elected originally to Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, since 2019 is a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district and (2) Argentina's richest person,[327] Marcos Galperin (Wharton Undergraduate Class of 1994), a premier player on the 1992 Ivy League Tournament championship team,[328] who founded Mercado Libre,[329] an online marketplace dedicated to e-commerce and online auction, which, as of 2016,[330] is the most popular e-commerce site in South America by number of visitors.[331]

Facilities

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Penn's Franklin Field, in photograph taken shortly after completion of the upper deck in 1925

Franklin Field, with a present seating capacity of 52,593,[332] is where the Quakers play football, lacrosse, sprint football and track and field (and formerly played baseball, field hockey, soccer, and rugby). It is the oldest stadium still operating for college football games,[17] first stadium to sport two tiers,[333] first stadium in the country to have a scoreboard, second stadium to have a radio broadcast of football, first stadium from which a commercially televised football game was broadcast,[332] and first stadium from which college football game was broadcast in color.[279] Franklin Field also played host to the Philadelphia Eagles from 1958 to 1970.[332] Since 1895, Franklin Field has hosted the annual collegiate track and field event "the Penn Relays," which is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States.[334]

Penn's Palestra is often referred to as the Cathedral of College Basketball.[335]

Penn's Palestra is home gym of the Penn Quakers men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams, wrestling team, Philadelphia Big Five basketball, and other high school and college sporting events, and is located mere yards from Franklin Field.[336] The Palestra has been called "the most important building in the history of college basketball" and "changed the entire history of the sport for which it was built".[337] The Palestra has hosted more NCAA Tournament basketball games than any other facility.

Penn's River Fields hosts a number of athletic fields including the Rhodes Soccer Stadium, the Ellen Vagelos C'90 Field Hockey Field, and Irving "Moon" Mondschein Throwing Complex.[338] Penn baseball plays its home games at Meiklejohn Stadium at Murphy Field.

Penn's Class of 1923 Arena (with seating for up to 3,000 people) was built to host the University of Pennsylvania Varsity Ice Hockey Team, which has been disbanded, and now hosts or in the past hosted: Penn's Men's and Penn Women's club ice hockey teams, practices or exhibition games for the Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes, roller hockey for the Philadelphia Bulldogs professional team, and rock concerts such as one in 1982 featuring Prince.[339][340][341]

Penn's three rowing teams use Number 11 Boathouse Row as their headquarters.

People

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Notable people

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Penn alumni, faculty and trustees include those who have distinguished themselves in the sciences, academia, politics, business, military, sports, arts, and media.

Penn alumni include two presidents of the United States: Donald Trump and William Henry Harrison,[note 5] (and eight presidents who were awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Penn).[343] Of the presidents who were awarded the honorary doctorates by Penn, five were awarded prior to them becoming president (Washington, Taft, Wilson, Hoover, and Eisenhower) and three were awarded while they were president (Garfield and both Roosevelts).[344]

Nine foreign heads of state attended Penn (including former prime minister of the Philippines, Cesar Virata; the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe; the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah; and the current president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara).

The current president of the United States, Joe Biden (since January 20, 2021[345][346]), was a Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor at University of Pennsylvania, where he led the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a center focused principally on diplomacy, foreign policy, and national security.[347]

Penn alumni or faculty also include three United States Supreme Court justices: William J. Brennan, Owen J. Roberts, and James Wilson and at least four Supreme Court justices of foreign nations, (including Ronald Wilson of the High Court of Australia, Ayala Procaccia of the Israel Supreme Court, Yvonne Mokgoro, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and Irish Court of Appeal justice Gerard Hogan).

Since its founding, Penn alumni, trustees, and faculty have included eight Founding Fathers of the United States who signed the Declaration of Independence,[18][19] seven who signed the United States Constitution,[19] and 24 members of the Continental Congress.

Penn alumni also include 32 U.S. senators, 163 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 19 U.S. Cabinet Secretaries, 46 governors, 28 State Supreme Court justices. Penn alumni, trustees and or faculty have served in every Congress since the first in 1789 and have represented 26 different states.[348]

Penn alumni in business, finance and investment banking include Warren Buffett[note 9] (CEO of Berkshire Hathaway), Elon Musk (co-founder of PayPal, Tesla, OpenAI and Neuralink, founder of SpaceX, The Boring Company and xAI), Sundar Pichai (CEO of Alphabet and Google), Frank Quattrone (founder of Qatalyst Partners), Peter Lynch (former manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund), and other high-profile figures on Wall Street.[349] Penn alumni who received federal aid, 10 years after starting at Penn, have the highest median incomes among alumni of Ivy League schools.[350] Penn has the largest number of undergraduate alumni (36) who are billionaires (with combined wealth of $367 billion—also the largest number among colleges and universities in the US).[21][351]

Penn alumni have won 53 Tony Awards,[352][353] 17 Grammy Awards,[354] 25 Emmy Awards,[355][356] 13 Oscars, and 1 EGOT (John Legend[357]).[note 10]

Penn alumni have also had a significant impact on the United States military as they include Samuel Nicholas, United States Marine Corps founder, and William A. Newell, whose congressional action formed a predecessor to the current United States Coast Guard,[358] and numerous alumni have become generals or similar rank in the United States Armed Forces. At least two Penn alumni have been NASA astronauts,[359] and five Penn alumni have been awarded the Medal of Honor.[22][23]

In 1952, in presence of then Penn President Harold Stassen Penn installed (near corner of 33rd Street and Smith Walk) "War Memorial Flagpole" (aka "All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni"), which honors Penn faculty, students, and alumni who died in military service.[360]

As of 2023, there have been 38 Nobel laureates affiliated (see List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation) with the University of Pennsylvania.[361][362]

At least 43 different Penn alumni have earned 81 Olympic medals (26 gold).[284][note 11]

Penn's alumni also include poets Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams, Lutheran religious leader William Augustus Muhlenberg, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., linguist and political theorist Noam Chomsky, architect Louis Kahn, cartoonist Charles Addams, actresses Candice Bergen and Elizabeth Banks, journalist Joe Klein, and fashion designer Tory Burch.

Alumni organizations

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Penn has over 120 international alumni clubs in 52 countries and 37 states, which offer opportunities for alumni to reconnect, participate in events, and work on collaborative initiatives.[363] In addition, in 1989, Penn bought a 14-story clubhouse building (purpose-built for Yale Club) in New York City from Touro College for $15 million[364] to house Penn's largest alumni chapter. After raising a separate $25 million (including $150,000+ donations each from such alumni as Estee Lauder heirs Leonard Lauder and Ronald Lauder, Saul Steinberg, Michael Milken, Donald Trump, and Ronald Perelman) and two years of renovation,[365] the Penn Club of New York moved to its current location at 30 West 44th Street on NYC's Clubhouse Row.[366]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ It was not until 1785 that the name was made official as between 1779 and 1785 name was simply "University" in Philadelphia—see "Statutes of the Trustees". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b The university officially uses 1740 as its founding date and has since 1899. The ideas and intellectual inspiration for the academic institution stem from 1749, with a pamphlet published by Benjamin Franklin (1705/1706–1790). When Franklin's institution was established, it inhabited a schoolhouse built on November 14, 1740, for another school, which never came to practical fruition.[5] Penn archivist Mark Frazier Lloyd noted, "In 1899, UPenn's Trustees adopted a resolution that established 1740 as the founding date, but good cases may be made for 1749, when Franklin first convened the Trustees, or 1751, when the first classes were taught at the affiliated secondary school for boys, Academy of Philadelphia, or 1755, when Penn obtained its collegiate charter to add a post-secondary institution, the College of Philadelphia."[6] Princeton's library presents another diplomatically-phrased view.[7]
  3. ^ The registered trademark as the primary substitute for using the University's full name; it is part of the university's official brand.[14]
  4. ^ From The Pennsylvania Gazette: "The University's online style guide says that while Penn is the officially sanctioned term, UPenn is 'permissible ... in situations where it may help to distinguish Penn from other universities within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."[15] UPenn is an element used in the university's domain name.
  5. ^ a b William Henry Harrison studied medicine at Penn from 1790 until his father died in 1791; after his father's death Harrison left the University to join the army.[342]
  6. ^ In 1790, the first lecture on law was given by James Wilson; however, a full time program was not offered until 1850.[85]
  7. ^ Haverford won such championships nineteen times: three shared with Penn and Harvard, one shared with Penn and Cornell, and one shared with Penn. In third place, Harvard won it six times, none after 1899, three of these shared with Haverford and Penn.
  8. ^ See list of University of Pennsylvania people athletics section for list of Penn Olympic medal winners, replete with hyperlinks.
  9. ^ Buffett studied at Penn for two years before he transferred to the University of Nebraska.
  10. ^ See List of University of Pennsylvania people 'Arts, media, and entertainment' section for list of Penn alumni who earned Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award winners, replete with hyperlinks.
  11. ^ See list of University of Pennsylvania people athletics section for list of Penn Olympic medal winners, replete with hyperlinks.

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