The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference,comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term Ivy League is typically used outside sports to refer to the eight schools as a group of elite colleges with connotations of academic excellence,selectivity in admissions,and social elitism. Its members are Brown University,Columbia University,Cornell University,Dartmouth College,Harvard University,Princeton University,University of Pennsylvania,and Yale University. The conference headquarters are in Princeton,New Jersey.
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue,New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America,after the Carnegie Corporation,the foundation was ranked as the 39th largest U.S. foundation by total giving as of 2015. By the end of 2016,assets were tallied at $4.1 billion,with annual grants of $173 million. According to the OECD,the foundation provided US$283.9 million for development in 2021. The foundation has given more than $14 billion in current dollars.
Shirley Marie Tilghman,is a Canadian scholar in molecular biology and an academic administrator. She is now a professor of molecular biology and public policy and president emerita of Princeton University. In 2002,Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.
Amy Gutmann is an American academic and diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Germany since 2022. She was previously the president of the University of Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2022,the longest-serving president in the history of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia High School for Girls,also known as Girls' High,is a public college preparatory magnet high school for girls in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
Wharton School Press (WSP) is the book publishing arm of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
The University of Pennsylvania Band is among the most active collegiate band programs in the U.S. The organization is a part of Student Life and the Department of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League school in Philadelphia.
Güler Sabancı is a Turkish businesswoman,a third-generation female member of the Sabancıfamily,and the chairperson of the family-controlled SabancıHolding,the second-largest industrial and financial conglomerate in Turkey. As of 2020,she is listed as the 76th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes,which first recognized her in 1999.
Claire Muriel Fagin FAAN was an American nurse,educator,and academic. She was an early advocate of family-centered care,with major contributions to psychiatric nursing,nursing education and geriatric nursing. Fagin was also one of the first women to serve as president of an Ivy League university.
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff is an American molecular biologist known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology,especially transposable elements or jumping genes. and plant stress response. In 2007,President George W. Bush awarded her the National Medal of Science,she is also a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences,the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,the European Academy of Sciences,and the American Academy of Microbiology.
Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey is an American medical doctor and executive who served as president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2003 to 2017. She was the first woman and the first African-American to head the foundation,which has an endowment of about $8 billion and distributes more than $400 million a year. She has been named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes several times,and one of The Grio's History Makers in the Making. She was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2016.
Gail Koziara Boudreaux is an American businesswoman and athlete. In college,she played basketball for the Dartmouth from 1978 to 1982. She later served as an executive for a number of companies such as Aetna,BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois (2002),and UnitedHealth Group (2008). In 2020,she was ranked tenth on the Forbes list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". From 2008 to 2014,she was on the Fortune list of powerful women,peaking at No. 25. In 2015,she formed her own healthcare consulting company,GKB Global Health,LLC. In 2017,she became CEO of Elevance Health,now the second-largest American company with a woman CEO.
Robert Wolf is the former Chairman and CEO of UBS Americas as well as the president and chief operating officer of UBS Investment Bank.
The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is an undergraduate and graduate institution at the University of Pennsylvania,located in Philadelphia. According to U.S. News &World Report,the School of Nursing at Penn is among the top-ranked undergraduate and graduate nursing schools in the United States. The School of Nursing receives approximately $480 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health,making it among the most highly funded nursing schools in the country.
Paul Robert Verkuil is an American attorney,former dean of the Tulane University Law School,former president of the College of William and Mary,and former dean of Cardozo School of Law. He is currently on the faculty of the Cardozo School of Law.
Helene D. Gayle is an American physician,and academic and non-profit administrator. She has served as the president of Spelman College since 2023. She formerly served as CEO of the Chicago Community Trust,one of the nation's leading community foundations. Earlier in her career she was the director of international humanitarian organization CARE,and worked in the field of public health programs at the CDC.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
Judith P. Klinman is an American chemist,biochemist,and molecular biologist known for her work on enzyme catalysis. She became the first female professor in the physical sciences at the University of California,Berkeley in 1978,where she is now Professor of the Graduate School and Chancellor's Professor. In 2012,she was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,American Academy of Arts and Sciences,American Association for the Advancement of Science,and the American Philosophical Society.
Constance Elaine Clayton was an American educator and civic leader. From 1982 to 1993,she was the Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia. Clayton held the distinction of being both the first woman and the first African American to serve as Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia. In 1992,the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education established the Constance E. Clayton Professorship,the first professorship to be established in the name of an African American woman at an Ivy League institution and the second such professorship in the United States. Clayton was known for her "forceful persona" and "no-nonsense" approach and for her advocacy for children.
