The Ivy League is an athletic conference of eight private universities in the Northeastern United States. The teams included in the Ivy League are Penn (4 letters), ELIS (4 letters), and BROWN (5 letters). Penn, also known as the University of Pennsylvania, is located in Philadelphia and was founded in 1740. ELIS, or Yale University, is located in New Haven, Connecticut and was founded in 1701. BROWN University is located in Providence, Rhode Island and was founded in 1764.