A world-class city filled with art and culture and an incredible campus that offers cutting edge resources–that’s what students receive at Penn Nursing. And that’s just the start. Penn Nursing and the wider university offer something for everyone, as well as a lifelong community.

Penn Nursing is globally known for educating dynamic nurses—because our School values evidence-based science and health equity. That’s where our expertise lies, whether in research, practice, community health, or beyond. Everything we do upholds a through-line of innovation, encouraging our exceptional students, alumni, and faculty share their knowledge and skills to reshape health care.

Penn Nursing students are bold and unafraid, ready to embrace any challenge that comes their way. Whether you are exploring a career in nursing or interested in advancing your nursing career, a Penn Nursing education will help you meet your goals and become an innovative leader, prepared to change the face of health and wellness.

Penn Nursing is the #1-ranked nursing school in the world. Its highly-ranked programs help develop highly-skilled leaders in health care who are prepared to work alongside communities to tackle issues of health equity and social justice to improve health and wellness for everyone.

Penn Nursing’s rigorous academic curricula are taught by world renowned experts, ensuring that students at every level receive an exceptional Ivy League education. From augmented reality classrooms and clinical simulations to coursework that includes experiential global travel to clinical placements in top notch facilities, a Penn Nursing education prepares our graduates to lead.

New Professorship Honors A Life-Long Commitment To Nursing Education

In 2017 Penn Nursing Overseer Ralph Reynolds, W’84, and his wife Gail, a member of Penn’s Rowing Sports Board, generously endowed a new professorship, the Gail and Ralph Reynolds President’s Distinguished Professorship—a first-of-its kind President’s distinguished professorship with a preference for appointments to the School of Nursing.

April 09, 2018
Ralph Reynolds, W'84, and Gail Reynolds
Ralph Reynolds, W’84, and Gail Reynolds

Ralph Reynolds understands the importance of nursing and nursing education. As the son of Alabama Nurses Hall of Famer Dr. Hildagarde Reynolds, Ralph has been exposed to nursing academia his entire life. Despite devoting himself to a career in investment banking, Ralph and Gail opted to invest in the critical work of Penn Nursing, first establishing the Dr. Hildagarde Reynolds Term Endowed Professorship at the School of Nursing in 2009 and more recently creating the disntinguished professorship. The new Gail and Ralph Reynolds President’s Distinguished Professorship will solidify Penn Nursing’s deep well of great faculty, ensuring that our reputation as the #1 nursing program in the world remains intact.

With five children, two of whom attend or have attended the University of Pennsylvania, Ralph and Gail have established an incredible legacy at Penn Nursing for their family—and the Reynolds’ gift has long-lasting effects on our school and our students. Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing Antonia M. Villarruel notes that the professorship will “help us recruit the very brightest talent in nursing research and education.”