Innovation and Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Innovation and Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Author: David Y. Cooper III

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1512801275

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From the time of its establishment in the eighteenth century until late in the nineteenth century, the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine was the most respected medical institution in the United States. Today it is among the leaders in medical education in the U.S. It continues to play a crucial role in the development of medical education, the practice of medicine, and medical research in America. Innovation and Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: An Anecdotal Journey presents a thoroughly researched, readable history of this important institution. Tracing its growth from a couple of courses at the College of Philadelphia to its 225th anniversary in 1990, the authors highlight the truly remarkable contributions to science and medicine made by members of the school's distinguished faculty. including Benjamin Rush, Caspar Wistar, Joseph Leidy, Simon Flexner, lsador Ravdin, and Britton Chance.

University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

Author: University of Pennsylvania Archives

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004-07-21

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439631824

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By the time photography was invented in the 1830s, the University of Pennsylvania, America's first university, was nearly a century old. University of Pennsylvania, a unique photographic collection, focuses on the school's history at its present campus in West Philadelphia beginning shortly after the end of the Civil War and provides images of more than a century of student life inside and outside the classroom. In every category, from campus landmarks to the student body to the traditions that bind the community together, these photographs demonstrate the close connections between Penn's present and its past. They also reveal historical aspects of the Penn experience that have since vanished.

University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

Author: Jennifer Klein

Publisher: College Prowler, Inc

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781596581739

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Provides a look at the University of Pennsylvania from the students' viewpoint.

University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

Author: George E. Thomas

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781568983158

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Benjamin Franklin, founder of America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania, hoped that its students would learn "everything that is useful and everything that is ornamental." The same might be said of the architecture of its campus, both useful and ornamental. The newest title in our highly acclaimed Campus Guide Series takes readers on an insider's tour of this historic school, unique in the Ivy League for its single urban campus. The guide presents architectural walks of a campus that is distinguished by landmark buildings. Thomas traces the university's rich history from its founding in 1749 to the present wave of construction on the modern campus. Hand-colored maps and detailed descriptions of the buildings guide to readers on their tour.

History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940
History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940

Author: Edward Potts Cheyney

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2014-01-28

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 081220879X

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Following his retirement from teaching in 1934, Edward Potts Cheyney was invited by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to write a history of the University in celebration of its bicentennial. Cheyney completed the project, published as the present work, in 1940. This, then, is his history of the University of Pennsylvania from its founding to its bicentennial anniversary.