Penn gets $225 million

[Borrow]

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wonder how this will shake things up in the next 10 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/education/11penn.html?_r=2&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

 

[Long Way to Go]

wonder how this will shake things up in the next 10 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/education/11penn.html?_r=2&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

The Perelmans’ donation, the largest naming gift to an American medical school, will establish a permanent endowment that will be used, in part, to enable the medical school to increase its financial aid budget by at least 20 percent for the class entering in 2012.

That ain't half bad.

 

[unhappytnt]

$225M from one single donor? That's impressive!

 

[getright]

Freaking insane, good for the school though.

 

[WingedOx]

Needless to say the Perleman family name is already all over Penn's campus...

 

[BrainBuff]

Needless to say the Perleman family name is already all over Penn's campus...

For a lot less than $225 million I would put their name all over my house....😀

 

[Slowpoke]

For a lot less than $225 million I would put their name all over my house....😀

How much would you charge for a tattoo of his name on your forehead?

 

[Lunasly]

How much would you charge for a tattoo of his name on your forehead?

Haha I was just going to ask the same question. Man, I don't think I'd be able to do it. Then again, I have never seen $225 million in front of my eyes.

 

[Slowpoke]

Haha I was just going to ask the same question. Man, I don't think I'd be able to do it. Then again, I have never seen $225 million in front of my eyes.

Are you kidding me? $225,000,000 for a tattoo of some dudes name on my forehead, sign me up.

I would do it for a lot less.

It would be the ultimate ice breaker and the biggest elephant in the room.

 

[Narmerguy]

Just saw my chances of getting accepted fly out the window.

 

[Slowpoke]

Just saw my chances of getting accepted fly out the window.

change your last name to Perleman = autoacceptance.

 

[raltima07]

change your last name to Perleman = autoacceptance.

One step ahead of you bro

 

[willen101383]

Needless to say the Perleman family name is already all over Penn's campus...

And all over Philly in general! My uncles school is named after them too!

Damn impressive donation!

 

[Beren]

Darn. That Penn Med shirt I spent $5 is obsolete already. I wonder if they'll give refunds or exchange it for one that says, "Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania"

 

[45408]

Darn. That Penn Med shirt I spent $5 is obsolete already. I wonder if they'll give refunds or exchange it for one that says, "Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania"

That's a painfully long name for a school, but if it meant a full-ride scholarship courtesy of Raymond and Ruth, sign me up.

 

[gravitywave]

Just saw my chances of getting accepted fly out the window.

that dull roar you hear is the sound of all the Tier 1 waitlisters freaking out in the Penn thread

 

[deleted307836]

That's a painfully long name for a school, but if it meant a full-ride scholarship courtesy of Raymond and Ruth, sign me up.

Agreed, it's extremely awkward to have two first names in a school. Wouldn't the Perelman School of Medicine have sufficed? Though I suppose you can't be picky when you're getting a donation like that.

 

[rhcarolina]

Agreed, it's extremely awkward to have two first names in a school. Wouldn't the Perelman School of Medicine have sufficed? Though I suppose you can't be picky when you're getting a donation like that.

I believe Cornell's medical school's actual name is "Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University", and it is simply known as Weill Cornell Medical College. I assume Penn will be going by the last name only as well.

 

[mauberley]

I believe Cornell's medical school's actual name is "Joan and Stanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University", and it is simply known as Weill Cornell Medical College. I assume Penn will be going by the last name only as well.

"Sanford," but otherwise correct.

 

[rhcarolina]

"Sanford," but otherwise correct.

Ah, I had written that, but I guess auto-correct on my phone did that. iPhone likes west coast?

 

[Narmerguy]

that dull roar you hear is the sound of all the Tier 1 waitlisters freaking out in the Penn thread

 

[Negrodamus]

I guess I won't be going to penn...

 

[BrainBuff]

Wow, it is amazing what $225 million can do, the name of the school officially changed on the website already!! LOL

No need to fear any longer- They are going with "Perelman School of Medicine" at the University of Pennsylvania 😀

http://www.med.upenn.edu/

 

[IlDestriero]

I'm not so sure it will catch on. Penn is Penn.

 

[lyra23]

I'm not so sure it will catch on. Penn is Penn.

i agree, and kind of hope it doesnt lol

 

[RapplixGmed]

I believe Cornell's medical school's actual name is "Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University", and it is simply known as Weill Cornell Medical College. I assume Penn will be going by the last name only as well.

Stanford university is also officially the "Leland Stanford Junior University" but nobody goes by that because it makes it sound like a community college.

 

[courtnes]

Penn already has more money than God - this was just a drop in the bucket of their 3.5 billion dollar capital campaign. A fairly sizable drop, but still, they'd already made over 3 billion before this donation - that's just the past 5 years, and just donations.

 

[dbeast]

USC just got $200mil... feelsgoodman