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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 ...
Van Pelt Library, the University of Pennsylvania's main library, is home to more than 2,481,000 volumes, 13,000 current serial subscriptions, and approximately 1.5 million microforms. The collection of the University of Pennsylvania Library System consists of more than 6.19 million volumes held in 15 specialized libraries as well as a digital ...
The 1755 charter of Benjamin Franklin's College of Philadelphia paved the way to form the College of Arts and Sciences, which was originally for men only.In 1933, Penn established the College of Liberal Arts for Women, which was meant to provide women with a formal liberal arts education to women rather than one designed specifically for teachers. [5]
University of Pennsylvania: 7: The Reverend John Andrews: 1746–1813: 1810–1813: University of Pennsylvania: 8: The Reverend Frederick Beasley: 1777–1845: 1813–1828: University of Pennsylvania: 9: The Right Reverend William Heathcote DeLancey: 1797–1865: 1828–1834: University of Pennsylvania: 10: The Reverend John Ludlow: 1793–1857 ...
The Potts House at 3905 Spruce Street in Philadelphia.A mid-nineteenth century villa, it serves as home of the press [2]. The press was originally incorporated with by the Pennsylvania state government on March 26, 1890, [3] and the imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press first appeared on publications in the 1890s, among the earliest such imprints in America.
The Zelosophic Society, one of the two oldest senior societies at the University of Pennsylvania, was founded in 1829 as an alternative to its rival literary society, Philomathean Society (which was established 1813). Per Penn archives, “Zelosophic” is translated roughly as “endowed with a zeal for learning or wisdom” and its members ...
The Fels Institute of Government is the graduate school of public policy and public management at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.Founded in 1937 by Samuel Simeon Fels of the Fels Naptha Soap Company, the Fels Institute prepares its students for public leadership positions in city, state, and federal agencies, elective politics, nonprofit organizations, and private firms with ...