The University of Pennsylvania 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 Princeton and Columbia since the College of Philadelphia was not chartered or commence classes until 1755 and the first board of trustees was not convened until 1749,arguably making it the sixth or fifth-oldest.
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Penn Carey Law offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.),Master of Laws (LL.M.),Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.),Master in Law (M.L.),and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).
Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is a collegiate literary society,the oldest student group at the university,and the oldest continuously-existing collegiate literary society in the United States. Founded in 1813,its goal is "to promote the learning of its members and to increase the academic prestige of the University."
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a pioneering Black professional and civil rights activist of the early-to-mid-20th century. In 1921,Mossell Alexander was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. and the first one to receive one in economics in the United States. In 1927,she was first Black woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and went on to become the first Black woman to practice law in the state. She was also the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority,serving from 1919 to 1923.
University City is the easternmost portion of West Philadelphia,encompassing several Philadelphia universities. It is situated directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City.
The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl,also known colloquially as the Punch Bowl,is a humor magazine published by students at the University of Pennsylvania. The magazine was founded in 1899.
Amy Gutmann is an American academic and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2022 to 2024. She was previously the 8th president of the University of Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2022,the longest-serving president in the history of the University of Pennsylvania. She currently serves as the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science,School of Arts and Sciences,and Professor of Communication,Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Perelman School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private,Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia. Founded in 1765,the Perelman School of Medicine is the oldest medical school in the United States. Today,the Perelman School of Medicine is a major center of biomedical research and education with over 2,900 faculty members and nearly $1 billion in annual sponsored program awards.
The Annenberg School for Communication is the communication school at the University of Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1958 by Wharton School alum Walter Annenberg as the Annenberg School of Communications. The name was changed to its current title in 1990.
University of Pennsylvania student life includes numerous events and social gatherings around campus,with some sponsored by the college.
Dorothy E. Roberts is an American sociologist,law professor,and social justice advocate. She is the Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor,George A. Weiss University Professor,and inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. She writes and lectures on gender,race,and class in legal issues. Her focuses include reproductive health,child welfare,and bioethics. In 2023,she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. She has published over 80 articles and essays in books and scholarly journals,including Harvard Law Review,Yale Law Journal,and Stanford Law Review. She is a 2024 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius Grant".
Mary Elizabeth Magill is an American legal scholar. She served as the 9th president of the University of Pennsylvania from 2022 to 2023,as executive vice president and provost of the University of Virginia from 2019 to 2022,and as the 13th dean of Stanford Law School from 2012 to 2019.
Susan Harriet Fuhrman is an American education policy scholar and served from 2006 as the first female president of Teachers College,Columbia University. Fuhrman earned her doctorate in Political Science and Education from Columbia University. She is an authority on school reform.
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Helen Gym is an American politician. She was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council. She was first elected to Council in 2015 and served until 2022,when she resigned to run in the Democratic primary of the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election. Gym finished in third place behind Cherelle Parker,who won the nomination,and Rebecca Rhynhart.
Amy Sadao is a contemporary art curator and nonprofit consultant who was director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia from September 2012 to September 2019. Sadao was executive director of Visual AIDS in New York City prior to her appointment to the ICA directorship. She has been known to engage diverse communities and to center art around the contemporary social and political issues across the globe.
The Reverend George Whitefield is a monumental statue which once stood on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States. Dedicated in 1919,it was designed by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie and honors its namesake George Whitefield,Anglican cleric who was a founder of Methodism. In 2020,in reaction to the George Floyd protests,the university administration removed the statue due to Whitefield's defense of slavery.
Mackenzie Cahira Fierceton is an American activist and graduate student. Raised in Chesterfield,Missouri,she attended Whitfield School in Creve Coeur,University of Pennsylvania for a bachelor's in political science and master's in social work,and is a current graduate student at the University of Oxford.
Tarik Sharif Khan is an American medical professional and politician. He is a current Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 194th District since 2023.
The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,U.S. Its history began when in 1740,when a group of Philadelphians organized to erect a great preaching hall for George Whitefield,a traveling evangelist. The building was designed and constructed by Edmund Woolley and was the largest building in Philadelphia at the time,drawing thousands of people the first time in which it was preached. In the fall of 1749,Ben Franklin circulated a pamphlet,"Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania," his vision for what he called a "Public Academy of Philadelphia". On June 16,1755,the College of Philadelphia was chartered,paving the way for the addition of undergraduate instruction.
