Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was awarded Honorary Degrees by the University of Pennsylvania (2007)

Address: Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Phone: +1 215-898-5000
Former names: Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania (1751–1755), College of Philadelphia (1755–1779, 1789–1791), University of the State of Pennsylvania (1779–1791)
Motto: Leges sine moribus vanae (Latin)
Motto in English: "Laws without morals are useless"
Type: Private research university
Established: November 14, 1740; 284 years ago
Founder: Benjamin Franklin
Endowment: $22.3 billion (2024)
Budget: $4.4 billion (2024)
Academic staff: 4,793 (2018)
Total staff: 39,859 (fall 2020; includes health system)
Students: 23,374 (fall 2022)
Undergraduates: 9,760 (fall 2022)
Postgraduates: 13,614 (fall 2022)
Newspaper: The Daily Pennsylvanian
Colors: Red and blue
Nickname: Quakers
Mascot: The Quaker
Website: https://www.upenn.edu/

University of Pennsylvania

A Seal of the University of Pennsylvania in USA

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) 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 academia, commerce, and public service.

The university has four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing. Among its graduate schools are its law school, whose first professor James Wilson participated in writing the first draft of the U.S. Constitution, and its medical school, which was the first medical school established in North America.

In 2023, Penn ranked third among U.S. universities in research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. Its endowment is $22.3 billion, making it the sixth-wealthiest private academic institution in the nation as of 2024. The University of Pennsylvania's main campus is located in the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia, and is centered around College Hall. Notable campus landmarks include Houston Hall, the first modern student union, and Franklin Field, the nation's first dual-level college football stadium and the nation's longest-standing NCAA Division I college football stadium in continuous operation. The university's athletics program, the Penn Quakers, fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of NCAA Division I's Ivy League conference.

Penn alumni, trustees, and faculty include eight Founding Fathers of the United States who signed the Declaration of Independence, seven who signed the United States Constitution, 24 members of the Continental Congress, three Presidents of the United States (including the 9th, 45th, 46th and 47th Presidents), 38 Nobel laureates, nine foreign heads of state, three United States Supreme Court justices, at least four Supreme Court justices of foreign nations, 32 U.S. senators, 163 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 19 U.S. Cabinet Secretaries, 46 governors, 28 State Supreme Court justices, 36 living undergraduate billionaires (the largest number of any U.S. college or university), and five Medal of Honor recipients.

 

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Loveginsburg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Loveginsburg
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joanruthbaderginsburg

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