niversity.[133] Also an alumnus is Dr. Robert Cade, the inventor of the sport drink Gatorade.
Other notable alumni include prominent businessman Red McCombs, Diane Pamela Wood, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Also an alumnus is Admiral William H. McRaven, credited for organizing and executing Operation Neptune's Spear, the special ops raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.[134]University of Pennsylvania
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This article is about the private Philadelphia-based Ivy League university colloquially referred to as "Penn". For the public university located in State College, Pennsylvania, and colloquially known as "Penn State", see Pennsylvania State University.
University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
Latin: Universitas Pennsylvaniensis
Motto Leges sine moribus vanae (Latin)
Motto in English Laws without morals are in vain
Established 1740[note 1]
Type Private
Endowment $7.7 billion (2013)[1]
Budget $6.007 billion[2]
President Amy Gutmann
Provost Vincent Price
Academic staff 4,246 faculty members[2]
Admin. staff 2,347[2]
Students 21,329[2]
Undergraduates 10,301[2]
Postgraduates 11,028[2]
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Campus Urban, 992 acres (4.01 km2) total: 300 acres (1.2 km2), University City campus; 600 acres (2.4 km2), New Bolton Center; 92 acres (0.37 km2), Morris Arboretum
Colors Red
Blue[3][4]
Athletics NCAA Division I
Nickname Quakers
Affiliations Ivy League, AAU, COFHE
Website Upenn.edu
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The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as
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