The Université of Pennsylvania (in English, University off Pennsylvania , often shortened in PEN or Upenn ) is a private Université American whose seat is with Philadelphia. It belongs to the Ivy League, abstract association gathering the eight oldest universities and most famous of the United States. It is in particular over there that ENIAC was created, the first Ordinateur.
History
This university was created by
Benjamin Franklin in 1740.
The institution is known under the name of
College off Philadelphia of 1755 to 1779.
In 1791, this first institution amalgamates off with
University the State off Pennsylvania and becomes
University Pennsylvania off
After locatebeing located in the center town of Philadelphia, the university moves in 1872 in the west of the river Schuylkill in a district now called
University city .
Wharton
It shelters the
Wharton School, regarded as one of the best schools of management (business school) world.
Known graduates
Nobel Prize
- Christian B. Anfinsen (ms. 1939): Nobel Prize (chemistry, 1972)
- Michael S. Brown: (BS 1962, MANDELEVIUM, 1966, Honorary Sc.D. 1986) Nobel Prize (medicine, 1985)
- Gerald Edelman (MANDELEVIUM 1954, Honorary Sc.D. 1973) Nobel Prize (medicine, 1972)
- Stanley Prusiner: (A.B. 1964, M.D. 1968) Nobel Prize (medicine, 1997); discovered the prion S (e.g the agent of transmission of the Maladie of the mad cow)
- Ahmed Zewail (Ph.D. 1974, Honorary Sc.D. 1997) Nobel Prize (chemistry, 1999)
Sports
In the field
Sport yew,
PEN Quakers defend the colors of the University of Pennsylvania.
See too
Related article
External bonds