UPenn

Wharton's home, informally

UPenn is an informal name for the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League research university in Philadelphia.

The abbreviation distinguishes it from Penn State, a separate public university: She got into UPenn for undergrad.

Also written Penn.

IvyLeague

Harvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

Dartmouth · Cornell · Brown · elite · selective · admissions · legacy · endowment · alumni · networking

academics

Wharton

Top-ranked management school

veterinary · law · medicine · undergraduate · graduate · curriculum · syllabus · professor · seminar · major

Philadelphia

Philly

Pennsylvania metropolis, nicknamed

rowhouse

research

innovation

Creating something original

grant · NIH · biomedical · discovery · experimentation · methodology · breakthrough · STEM · nanotechnology · genomics

campus

Huntsman

Corporate or family name

residential · Gothic architecture · green space · food trucks

Opposites
ivy league rivalry

UPennPrinceton

Ivy League university

Harvard · Yale · Cornell · Columbia · Brown

name confusion contrast

UPennPenn State

Large Pennsylvania public university

PSU · Pitt

institutional type

UPenncommunity college

Two-year public institution

public university · state school · for-profit college · trade school

Family

penmanship, Pennsylvania, penumbra, penman, Pennsylvanian, penmen, penumbral

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