Student Onboarding 2025

Locust Walk
Main thoroughfare of activity providing an idyllic and tranquil setting in the middle of Penn's urban campus.

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
World-renowned for its clinical and research excellence attracting the highest quality medical specialists from around the world.

Benjamin Franklin
In 1751, Franklin founded Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital, to care for the "sick-poor and insane of Philadelphia." In 1751, Franklin founded Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital, to care for the "sick-poor and…

Teamwork in Action
Integrated, interdisciplinary learning team of physicians, residents, nurses and medical students working collaboratively and as a unit to provide effective strategy for enhancing patient safety.

Penn Bookstore
At the heart of University Square, you’ll find the 55,000 square foot superstore. Penn Bookstore is your one stop shopping center.

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
State-of-the-art, 500,000 square foot outpatient facility to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Blanche P. Levy Park
Located in the heart of Penn's undergraduate campus, the "Love Statue" is part of the iconic LOVE: series by pop artist Robert Indiana.

Learning Team
Groups of students, established early in the first year of medical school, who work collectively to achieve common educational objectives.

Penn Park
The new urban park on Penn's campus features a fabric of tightly interwoven recreation and athletic components.

BioPond (Kaskey Memorial Botanical Garden)
A popular destination for students, faculty and staff to read, have a picnic lunch or meditate in the middle of the medical school complex.