Penn faculty have family trees rooted in politics
For a few Penn professors, politics is not only a subject to teach — it runs in the family. These professors are related to high-profile politicians — including a few former presidents.
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For a few Penn professors, politics is not only a subject to teach — it runs in the family. These professors are related to high-profile politicians — including a few former presidents.
Former Wharton Dean Patrick Harker is returning to Philadelphia.
Penn Medicine has four hospitals and hundreds of outpatient centers in the greater Philadelphia area. But the health system is about to get even bigger.
Does the Office of Institutional Research & Analysis keep sending you emails?
Theodore Ruger, Penn Law School’s deputy dean since 2013, has been named the school’s new dean, effective July 1. He will replace Interim Dean Wendell Pritchett, who has lead the school since Dean Michael A. Fitts left to take the presidency at Tulane University last year.
Though her audience usually consists of diplomats from around the world, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power will address the graduates and attendees at Penn’s 259th Commencement on May 18.
When Democratic delegates descend on Philadelphia in 2016, it won’t be the first time the City of Brotherly Love has hosted presidential hopefuls.
Ironically, it was a class at Penn that led 1997 Wharton graduate Ben Nelson to develop an alternative to the traditional leading universities.
Penn President Amy Gutmann is not yet sure how the Obama administration’s proposed community college plan will affect Penn, but she supports it.
Six representatives of the University of Pennsylvania joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel, singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams and over 2,500 world leaders in the Davos, Switzerland for the 2015 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, a global meeting of political and business elites.
Sybrina Fulton is not a household name. But her son, Trayvon Martin, certainly is.
Dr. Suhnne Ahn and her cat Beauregard have packed up their belongings and made a cross-country move.
When students from the University of the Sciences returned to their campus for the spring semester earlier this week, they found their school with a change of leadership.
Jon M. Huntsman Sr. never actually wanted his name on Wharton’s main building.
When The Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American members of the Rhodes Scholars class of 2015 last month, no Penn students were named. Many thought this would mark the fifth year that no Quaker would receive the prestigious scholarship to study at Oxford University. They were wrong.
Replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the New York skyline, dancing fountains, exotic animals and Britney Spears — you can find just about anything on the Las Vegas strip. Travel a couple blocks north, and you’ll find something even more out of the ordinary: a preschool dedicated to teaching youngsters entrepreneurial skills.
Move over, Taylor Swift. Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett will also be going on a world tour in 2015.
Wharton undergraduates may be a step closer to having the opportunity to spend a semester at the epicenter of the tech world.
Bloomberg Businessweek’s biennial MBA program ranking for 2014 was released Tuesday. And while Wharton triumphed over its usual competitors, it still took home second place.
When Cesar finishes his shift at the Inn at Penn each afternoon, he finds his Nissan Pathfinder and begins his drive home. His route, however, is not a direct one. When he gets to his car, Cesar turns on his UberX app and waits for a ride to be requested nearby.