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Virtual Tour

We invite you to explore Penn's home in West Philadelphia through a virtual tour of our historic campus. Get a glimpse inside our state-of-the-art classrooms, hear from current students and faculty, and catch live performances by members of our community as you stroll down Locust Walk.

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We invite you to spend time on campus and see the many ways our diverse community brings excitement and discovery to Penn’s stately buildings and state-of-the-art facilities.

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Penn's Heritage

When Benjamin Franklin founded Penn, America’s first university, he launched a tradition of firsts that has distinguished the University for nearly three centuries and continues to advance higher education around the world.

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Communications & Media Services

Information about the University’s full range of communications services, publications and media outlets.

Things to See and Do

Resources and facilities open to the public.

A comprehensive list of campus amenities that are open to all, including cultural institutions, athletics facilities, and resources for health care and veterinary care.

Arts & Culture

Penn is home to a host of world-class museums and galleries and offers a rich array of cultural events, including theater, music, and dance performances.

Covering ten city blocks across Penn’s campus are hundreds of retail shops, restaurants, and distinctly West Philly attractions for students and tourists alike. From quick grab-and-go meals to fine dining experiences, retail splurges or just the essentials, SHOP PENN is a great day trip or resource for the Penn community.

Campus Tours

Register yourself, your family, or your group of undergraduate students for a campus tour and information session, or download materials to take a self-guided walking tour of campus.

Undergraduate Classroom Visits

Prospective students are invited to learn more about the intellectual life at Penn by attending a class during the academic year.

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• The School of Nursing
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Penn Virtual Tour

From West Philadelphia to the comfort of your own home, we invite you to explore Penn through a virtual tour of our historic campus. Get a glimpse inside our state-of-the-art classrooms, hear from current students and faculty, and catch live performances by members of our community as you stroll down Locust Walk.

Travel Information

Transportation and parking.

Helpful resources for traveling to, from and around campus, as well as an interactive parking map and comprehensive list of parking locations.

Detailed directions to our most frequented buildings on campus from the airport, train station, and nearby parking garages.

Campus Maps

Walking, biking, and driving maps for the University’s schools, hospitals and medical centers. The maps are searchable by public art, athletics, construction areas, and more.

Local Accommodations

A list of campus, Center City, and airport hotels that offer special rates for individuals or groups visiting Penn. Some also offer meeting and conference services.

Directions and Parking at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is located adjacent to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Campus Safety & Security

Penn provides a safe environment to live, work, and study, thanks to public safety programs and community partnerships.

Emergency Information

Phone numbers for fire, police, medical, and weather emergencies, counseling help lines, and how to report phone and data trouble.

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A warm welcome to the Class of 2028 from members of our Admissions Team! We can’t wait to welcome you to campus!

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Virtual Museum Tours

• Pinacoteca di Brera- Milano
• Galleria degli Uffizi- Florence
• Musei Vaticani
• National Archaeological Museum- Athens
• Prado- Madrid
• Louvre Museum- Paris
• British Museum- London
• Metropolitan Museum -New York
• National Gallery of Art- Washington D.C.

• Penn Medicine Biobank (PMBB)
• Center for Human Phenomic Science (CHPS)
• Investigational Drug Service (IDS)
• Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
• Incentive Based Translational Science (IBTS)
• Program in Comparative Animal Biology (PICAB)
• Program in Research Ethics (PRE)
• Center for BioMedical Informatics Core (BMIC)
• Personalized Medicine In Translation (PERMIT)
• Translational Bio-Imaging Center (TBIC)
• Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine (CT 3 N)
• Community Engagement and Research (CEAR)
• Engineered mRNA and Targeted Nanomedicine Core
• Neurobehavior Testing Core
• Study Design and Biostatistics
• Translational Core Laboratories (TCL)
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• Education & Training
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• Citing the CTSA
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Welcome to the Center for Human Phenomic Science

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The Center for Human Phenomic Science (CHPS) was formed with the receipt of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), an NIH Roadmap initiative. The CHPS has child and adult specific components at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and University of Pennsylvania, respectively, as well as joint components. The CHPS merged the General Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) at both institutions, and introduced new programs and services. The goal of the CHPS is to provide the resources, environment, operations, and training to support and promote high-quality clinical and translational research by qualified investigators. For specific information regarding the  CHPS at CHOP .

The CHPS is complex and can adapt to your research needs. We strongly suggest you contact one of our  CHPS Facilitators  to implement your research.

If you have participated in a CHPS study and have concerns or suggestions for improvement, please provide feedback here .

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What Medicine Means

Here in the heart of Pennsylvania, we do more than elevate medical education or research – we define the very meaning of medicine.

It’s what makes us more than Penn State College of Medicine.

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About the Hershey Area

Central Pennsylvania is known for its natural beauty, low cost of living and diverse experiences. Just like the surrounding area, Penn State College of Medicine offers an inclusive and welcoming environment toward people from all walks of life.

Learn more about what makes the greater Hershey/Harrisburg region a happy and healthy place to live.

The Art Tour at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center offers patients, families, visitors and the community a guide to the many pieces of commissioned art throughout the medical center.

The self-guided tour showcases displays of visual art. Directions are given for those who wish to participate in the tour on-site, but the art contained in this virtual tour can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of location.

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Erika Dahl is presented with her Penn State College of Medicine diploma by a man in graduation regalia.

College of Medicine Commencement

Penn State College of Medicine’s annual Commencement ceremony celebrates those who have completed MD, graduate and/or physician assistant studies.

Friends and family can share messages of congratulations with the graduates, download a recording of the ceremony or the printable program, and see a list of all graduates.

Match Day, held in mid-March each year, is when medical students across the United States find out where they have “matched” for residency training following graduation.

Penn State College of Medicine celebrates Match Day by inviting friends and family can share messages of congratulations with the graduates.

A close-up image of an I Matched! sign from Penn State College of Medicine's 2021 Match Day, listing Plastic Surgery, VA Commonwealth University.

Unmasking Identity

The Unmasking Project encourages medical students, professionals and community members to use the visual medium of mask-making to examine core elements of true (inner) and projected (outer) selves as a means to develop an authentic professional identity.

Virtual Tour

Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health created a virtual tour.

The 360-degree tour helps those interested in the campus explore facilities in Hershey, Pa., and also provides highlights from some of the college’s and health system’s other facilities.

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Why Choose Penn Vet?

There are many reasons to choose Penn Vet, including our history, our people, our location, our commitment to diversity, and our vision of what veterinary medicine can do for our world. Here are some of the most important reasons our students and faculty choose Penn Vet. 

Take a Virtual Tour of our two campuses!

New Curriculum – Launched in the Fall of 2022

The educational paradigm in veterinary medicine has shifted and our students need new tools and a new perspective on how to become veterinarians in today's world.

• find, assess, analyze, and synthesize that information
• integrate information from multidisciplinary sources
• problem-solve
• decide on a best course of action, whether that involves patient care, the trajectory of their research, or running a business

While knowledge is important, our new curriculum shifts towards how to use that knowledge, how to practice, how to learn iteratively and succeed by achieving competencies that build on one another.

• Learn about the new Penn Vet Curriculum...

The School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, known as Penn Vet, exists to improve the health and welfare of both animals and humans. We are leaders in innovation, committed to raising veterinary medicine to a new level of cutting-edge research and clinical care.

We train veterinarians and biomedical scientists to work in a world characterized by globalization, population growth, and rapid technological advances. Our curriculum encompasses both traditional clinical practice and emerging career pathways. We are committed to the principle of One Health as a critical tool for tackling such daunting global challenges as disease, biosecurity, food security, biodiversity, climate change, and antimicrobial stewardship.

And we have a bedrock commitment to diversity. We’re constantly working towards making veterinary medicine more inclusive. For our profession to thrive, our student body must accurately reflect the wonderfully multicultural world in which we live.

At Penn Vet we are committed to diversity and inclusivity. In our admissions policy we seek to create a population that is diverse in every imaginable way — gender, ethnicity, race, culture, religion, class, background, age — one that reflects the populations we serve.

Understanding and appreciating diversity is a priority, both at our school and in the veterinary profession itself. It is fundamental to success in today's world. We seek to increase awareness, respect, and sensitivity to all differences among individuals.

Diversity is our mission as educators, too. True learning comes, in part, from learning to be different together. Students arrive at Penn Vet from numerous, diverse regions. After they graduate, they head off to different communities. All need to thrive in an inclusive environment.

Besides providing our students with a first-class veterinary education, we at Penn Vet have an obligation to educate them in issues pertaining to a diverse society. Our approach is to lead by example, providing students with tools to overcome diversity issues in the veterinary profession. Just as we, as educators, are invested in the principle of One Health, we also believe in one world. One that contains all of us. Different together.

Founded in 1884, Penn Vet is the only veterinary school in the nation that originated within a medical school. Today, our two schools – Penn Vet and Penn Medicine – continue to have close ties in clinical service, research, and curricular design.  A pioneer since its inception, Penn Vet has led the way in such areas as infectious disease research, germ cell biology, animal transgenesis, comparative oncology, and comparative medical genetics. Learn more about Penn Vet's history...

Our research initiatives and clinical services span two campuses. The Philadelphia campus  is home to numerous research labs , centers, and initiatives , as well as Ryan Veterinary Hospital for Companion Animals . At New Bolton Center , our 700-acre campus in bucolic Kennett Square, students learn about equine, food animal, and ruminant species, both in the research setting and at our renowned New Bolton Center Hospital.

Beyond the two campuses of Penn Vet lies our greater campus – the University of Pennsylvania .

Today, the University of Pennsylvania is one of the most powerful research and teaching institutions in the world, with over 4,000 active faculty members and an annual research budget of nearly $1 billion.  Penn Medicine  is one of the top recipients of NIH funding in the United States.

• The University is renowned, too, for the interdisciplinary character of its research and teaching.
• Students at Penn have unique opportunities for collaboration with peer practitioners and researchers and innovative, cross-disciplinary research.
• Located in a dense, urban campus, in close proximity to Penn Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center,  and other powerhouse schools and institutes, Penn Vet is ideally situated for fostering One Health. In this integrated biomedical approach to research, clinicians and scientists from various disciplines work together towards global public health, the wellbeing of humans and animals and environmental sustainability and resilience.

Interconnectedness also characterizes our school’s relationship with the surrounding community. Penn Vet’s location in Philadelphia — a hub of technological innovation and growth — offers potential for collaboration. Our students benefit from interactions with the thriving biomedical establishment of the city and surrounding Delaware Valley area. 

• Veterinary medicine is changing, becoming broader. As the rise of the One Health movement demonstrates, its relevance to human health is being recognized as never before. 
• Our dual degree programs — VMD-PhD, VMD-MBA, and VMD-MPH — expand the very notion of what it means to be a veterinarian. Each one, with its multidisciplinary approach, points to how veterinarians will work in the future, collaborating with others to address pressing global concerns. The potential of our profession feels limitless.  
• Yours does, too. At Penn Vet we collaborate with our students to help them reach their full potential. Your future can be as fulfilling as you imagine it to be. We’re here to help you build a career to fit our changing profession and world.

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Men's Golf Earns 12th-Place Finish at Pennsylvania Classic

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State Harrisburg's men's golf team secured a 12th-place finish out of 18 competing teams at the two-day Pennsylvania Classic hosted by Penn State Altoona at Penn State University's Blue and White Courses over the weekend.

The Lions carded a combined +83 (655) and were led by Isaiah Day 's two-day total of +14 (157). Day's effort was strong enough to earn him a share of 28th overall out of 103 total golfers.  Ian Martin was the team's next-highest finisher with a +16 (159) - a two-day total good enough to clinch a share of 36th place.

Gavin Fegley carded a +20 (163) to secure a share of 54th overall, Matthew Redman finished in a tie for 68th thanks to a two-day +23 (166), and Jacob Lotz earned a share of 70th with a +24 (167). Johnny Waldridge and Bronson Early rounded out the Penn State Harrisburg contingency.

The Lions will return to action at the two-day Northeast Shootout hosted by Swarthmore in DuPont, Del. beginning on Monday, April 8.

Fans can keep up with Penn State Harrisburg Athletics all season long on Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Threads, and Youtube using the handle  @pshbgathletics . 

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