Editing University of Pennsylvania (section)

==Organization==
{{seealso|List of presidents of the University of Pennsylvania}}
{{Graduate schools of the University of Pennsylvania}}
The [[University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]] is the undergraduate division of the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences|School of Arts and Sciences]]. The School of Arts and Sciences also contains the [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate Division School of Arts & Sciences|Graduate Division]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania College of Liberal and Professional Studies|College of Liberal and Professional Studies]], which is home to the [[Fels Institute of Government]], the master's programs in Organizational Dynamics, and the Environmental Studies (MES) program. [[Wharton School]] is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania. Other schools with undergraduate programs include the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing|School of Nursing]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)]].

The current president is [[J. Larry Jameson]] (interim).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/12/penn-larry-jameson-interim-president | title=Perelman School of Medicine Dean J. Larry Jameson named Penn's interim president }}</ref>
===Campus police===
The University of Pennsylvania Police Department (UPPD) is the largest private police department in Pennsylvania, with 117 members. All officers are sworn municipal police officers and retain general law enforcement authority while on the campus.<ref name="PPD">{{cite web|title=Penn Police Department|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|url=https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/about/uppd/|access-date=November 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603025235/https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/about/uppd/|archive-date=June 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Seal===
[[File:1757 UPenn Seal.png|thumb|upright|The 1757 seal of the academy and College of Philadelphia]]

The official [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.<ref name="sealFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/FAQ.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions: Questions about the University|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031005744/https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/FAQ.html|archive-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The most recent design, a modified version of the original seal, was approved in 1932, adopted a year later and is still used for much of the same purposes as the original.<ref name="sealFAQ"/>
The official [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania serves as the signature and symbol of authenticity on documents issued by the corporation.<ref name="sealFAQ"/> A request for one was first recorded in a meeting of the trustees in 1753 during which some of the Trustees "desired to get a Common Seal engraved for the Use of [the] Corporation." In 1756, a public seal and motto for the college was engraved in silver.<ref name="Coleman 1749–1768 36, 68">{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=William|title=Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 1|year=1749–1768|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|location=University of Pennsylvania Archives|pages=36, 68|url=http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=11133|access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607062521/http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=11133|archive-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

The outer ring of the current seal is inscribed with "Universitas Pennsylvaniensis," the Latin name of the University of Pennsylvania. The inside contains seven stacked books on a desk with the titles of subjects of the [[trivium]] and a modified [[quadrivium]], components of a classical education: Theolog[ia], Astronom[ia], Philosoph[ia], Mathemat[ica], Logica, Rhetorica and Grammatica. Between the books and the outer ring is the Latin motto of the university, "Leges Sine Moribus Vanae."<ref name="sealFAQ"/>

[[File:University of Pennsylvania seal 1894.svg|thumb|right|Updated seal of the University of Pennsylvania with present name of school in Latin]]