www.talend.com ©Talend 2017 · EN Information Systems & Computing The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university. Founded in 1740, the university is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies. Benjamin Franklin is Penn’s founder. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple “faculties” (such as theology, classics, medicine) into one institution. Over its history, the university has produced many distinguished alumni. These include 14 heads of state (including two U.S. Presidents),

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