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About University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, more commonly referred to as Penn, is a private research university located in Philadelphia, which is the county seat of Philadelphia County and the largest city in the US state of Pennsylvania, as well as the 6th most populous city in the country, having a population estimated at a number of more than 1 and half million inhabitants, fact which also makes it the nation's fourth-largest urban area by population and its fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research.
Penn was establisehd in 1740 and it offcially became the University of Pennsylvania in 1791, being born from the merging of the College of Philadelphia and University of the State of Pennsylvania, which was created by the revolutionary State Legislature. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and it is particularly well known for its medical school, dental school, business school, law school, social sciences and humanities programs and its biomedical teaching and research capabilities, its undergraduate programs being also among the most selective in the country.
The University of Pennsylvania is today one of the largest private universities in the nation and it offers its students a wide range of academic departments, an extensive research enterprise and a number of community outreach and public service programs. Penn has 4 undergraduate schools, which are: the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the School of Nursing and The Wharton School, the university having a strong focus on interdisciplinary learning and research, offering graduate programs, as well, through several colleges and schools, among which there are: Annenberg School for Communication, Graduate School of Education, School of Design (formerly the Graduate School of Fine Arts) and School of Veterinary Medicine.
Athletics
Penn's athletic teams are known as the enn Quakers, who compete in the Ivy League and Division I (Division I FCS for football) in the NCAA, in various sports, including in football and basketball, in which they often have been league champions, in the past decades: 12 times from 1982 to 2003, in football, and 22 times from 1970 to 2006, in basketball. Among the most notable sports facilities on campus there is the Franklin Field, where the Quakers play football, field hockey, lacrosse, sprint football, and track and field (and formerly soccer), being the oldest stadium still operating for football games and the first stadium to sport two tiers. Franklin Field also hosts the annual collegiate track and field popular event known as "the Penn Relays."
Notable Alumni
Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable Penn alumni, there are: Charles Addams - creator of The Addams Family; he is said to have modeled the Addams Family mansion after Penn's College Hall, William J. Bain - noted architect, co-founder of global architecture firm NBBJ, John Doman - actor, star of HBO's series The Wire, Keith Epstein - Investigative journalist for BusinessWeek magazine, Evan Kohlmann - NBC terrorism analyst, Becki Newton - actress, Amanda on Ugly Betty, Charles Ornstein - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, and Eli Kirk Price - founder, Philadelphia Museum of Art, among many others.
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