A Different Kind of Honor For Penn

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p> <a href="http://www.wsc.ma.edu/PressRoom/Top%2025.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wsc.ma.edu/PressRoom/Top%2025.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Ranked first (tied with USC) in an annual ranking of university efforts to improve their surrounding communities. Neighboring Drexel came in 10th, too. No other Ivy League university -- and none of the other urban universities that arguably compete with Penn -- made it into the top 25.</p>

<p>Apart from the artificiality of any ranking, this is a good reminder of the extraordinary turnaround that has happened in West Philadelphia over the past 15 years or so in terms of Penn's relationship with the surrounding community.</p>

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<p>I saw this is well and was very pleased. I’m hoping we continue to buy up local real estate in UC and keep cleaning things up.</p>

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<p>Penn’s national leadership in improving urban surroundings was acknowledged almost 4 years ago by the Washington Post:</p>

<p>[Urban</a> Colleges Learn to Be Good Neighbors - washingtonpost.com](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801164.html?sub=AR]Urban”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801164.html?sub=AR)</p>

<p>And according to the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe, Penn is still leading the way:</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> Teach ‘Urban Development 101’ - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120407286615895105.html]Colleges”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120407286615895105.html)</p>

<p>[Penn’s</a> $500m project could be Harvard’s model - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/03/ivys_growth_transforms_a_city/?page=1]Penn’s”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/03/ivys_growth_transforms_a_city/?page=1)</p>