The term 'IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL IN PHILLY' can be solved by the crossword solution 'PENN' (4 letters). The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1740, it is one of the nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence and the first institution of higher learning in the United States to refer to itself as a university.