University of Pennsylvania (Penn)

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ("PENN"UNIVERSITY") IS ONE OF THE OLDEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. IT TRACES ITS ORIGINS BACK TO A CHARITY SCHOOL FOUNDED IN 1740, WAS CHARTERED AS A COLLEGE IN 1755, AND ON MAY 17, 1757, HELD ITS FIRST COMMENCEMENT, GRADUATING A CLASS OF SEVEN STUDENTS. FROM THESE EARLY AND MODEST BEGINNINGS, PENN HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE LEADING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE WORLD. PUBLIC SERVICE IS A TOP INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITY FOR PENN. AS SUCH, THE UNIVERSITY AIMS TO PROVIDE A RICH AND DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS STUDENTS; TO PIONEER RESEARCH THAT PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF CURRENT HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; AND TO PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT AND HIGHEST QUALITY IN PATIENT CARE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM. THE UNIVERSITY IS HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, THE INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, AND THE ANNENBERG ...

Iv. Patient care the hospital of the university of Pennsylvania ("hup"), the flagship of the university of Pennsylvania health system's six hospitals, was established in 1874 as a teaching hospital to complement the medical education received by students at the university of pennsylvanias medical school, the perelman school of medicine. It has 18 clinical departments and provides training in more than 40 clinical specialties. Major areas of investigation include heart disease, cancer, and diseases of aging including alzheimers disease, women's health, diabetes and obesity. The health system, with 2,940 licensed hospital beds, is a valued health-care resource, especially to people residing in the greater philadelphia area, lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and central and southern new jersey. During the course of a year, it admits approximately 135,000 patients and accounts for over 5.2 million outpatient visits, more than 359,000 emergency room visits and more than 19,000 births. Hup is the only hospital ...