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===Residences=== {{Main|University of Pennsylvania College Houses}} [[File:Upper Quad Gate in the fall.jpg|thumb|The Upper Quad Gate to the first dormitory primarily built in the 20th Century, which forms the lower part of Memorial Tower and honors veterans of the [[Spanish–American War]]]] Every College House at the University of Pennsylvania has at least four members of faculty in the roles of House Dean, Faculty Master, and College House Fellows.<ref name="College House PDF">{{cite web|title=College Houses at Penn|url=http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/collegehouses_11-12.pdf|work=College Houses and Academic Services|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=October 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001225828/http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/collegehouses_11-12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Within the College Houses, Penn has nearly 40 themed residential programs for students with shared interests such as world cinema or science and technology. Many of the nearby homes and apartments in the area surrounding the campus are often rented by undergraduate students moving off campus after their first year, as well as by graduate and professional students. The College Houses include W.E.B. Du Bois, Fisher Hassenfeld, Gregory, Gutmann, Harnwell, Harrison, [[Hill College House]], Kings Court English, Lauder, Riepe, Rodin, Stouffer, and Ware. The first College House was Van Pelt College House, established in the fall of 1971. It was later renamed Gregory House.<ref>{{cite web|title=College Houses & Academic Services: University of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/index.asp|website=Collegehouses.upenn.edu|access-date=July 23, 2013|archive-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812121818/http://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/brochure/index.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware and Riepe together make up one building called "The Quad." The latest College House to be built is Guttman<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/about/gutmann | title=Gutmann College House {{pipe}} College Houses & Academic Services | access-date=June 3, 2023 | archive-date=May 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528211918/https://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/about/gutmann | url-status=live }}</ref> (formerly named New College House West), which opened in the fall of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn to Build New College House Near 40th and Walnut Streets: University of Pennsylvania|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-build-new-college-house-near-40th-and-walnut-streets|access-date=May 15, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129215203/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-build-new-college-house-near-40th-and-walnut-streets}}</ref> Penn students in Junior or Senior year may live in the 45 sororities and fraternities governed by three student-run governing councils, Interfraternity Council,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://upennifc.org/chapters/|title=Chapters|work=University of Pennsylvania IFC |date=August 27, 2020|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214020/https://upennifc.org/chapters/|url-status=live}}</ref> Intercultural Greek Council, and Panhellenic Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ofsl.vpul.upenn.edu/organizations/|title=Organizations to Join – Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517163254/https://ofsl.vpul.upenn.edu/organizations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="80px"> University of Pennsylvania- its history, traditions, buildings and memorials- also a brief guide to Philadelphia (1918) (14578281487).jpg|The university's first purpose-built dormitory in the foreground (on right), built in 1765<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/campuses/first-campus/ |title=Penn's First Campus, 1749–1801 |website=University Archives and Records Center |access-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212121739/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/campuses/first-campus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|alt= Penn campus 2.jpg|The Upper Quad, originally called The Triangle,<ref>{{cite book |first=George Erazmus |last=Nitzche |title=The University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials |location=Philadelphia |publisher=International Printing Company |edition=7th |date=1918 |pages=62–74 |url=https://archive.org/details/universityofpenn01nitz/page/65/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=April 5, 2021 |via=The Internet Archive}}</ref> and formerly "The Men's Dormitory," viewed from the Memorial Tower<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-11-15/record/record-quadrangle-dormitories|title=For the Record: Quadrangle dormitories|website=Penn Today|date=November 15, 2012|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405123006/https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2012-11-15/record/record-quadrangle-dormitories|url-status=live}}</ref>|alt= Woodland Walk.jpg|Woodland Walk pathway between [[University of Pennsylvania College Houses|Hill College House]] and Lauder College House|alt= Hill College House - IMG 6582.JPG|[[Hill College House]], a dormitory designed in 1958 to house female students, was designed by [[Eero Saarinen]]|alt= Quadrangle Building at the University of Pennsylvania.jpg|"The Quad," formerly known as the Men's Dormitory, in 2014|alt= George W. Childs Drexel Mansion (now Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity) - University of Pennsylvania - IMG 6638.jpg|The [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity house, built by George W. Childs Drexel as one of two mansions for his daughters|alt= </gallery>
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