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The college was briefly chartered as a state institution and earned its current name, the University of Pennsylvania, when the university was made private in 1791. [1] College Hall c.1930. Having been home to the Continental Congress in College Hall since 1778, the college moved to the President's House on Ninth and Chestnut Streets in 1802. [1]
A c. 1815 illustration of the Ninth Street campus of the University of Pennsylvania, including the medical department (on left) and the college building (on right). In 1802, the university moved to the unused Presidential Mansion at Ninth and Market Streets, a building that both George Washington and John Adams had declined to occupy while Philadelphia was the nation's capital.
The University of Pennsylvania (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 ...
The Wharton School (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən / WHOR-tən) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia.Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school.
University of Pittsburgh campus Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus 1,408 1963 University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown: Richland Township: Cambria: University of Pittsburgh campus Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields 2,356 1927 Temple University Ambler: Upper Dublin Township: Montgomery: Temple University campus satellite campus
Antonelli Institute, Erdenheim; Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, Atlantic City, and Cape May Court House, New Jersey; Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Bristol and Perkasie
As part of this move, the medical faculty persuaded the university trustees to construct a teaching hospital adjacent to the new academic facilities. [17] As a result, Penn's medical school and flagship teaching hospital form part of the university's main campus and are located in close proximity to the university's other schools and departments.
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