haha @picktails, that is actually terrible for NBC, a local Philly station to make that mistake!
Another great university with some name challenges is The University of the South, more commonly known as Sewanee. It can be found on varying lists under “S”, “T” or “U.”
Sewanee has a really cool 32-page “Identity Standards Manual” online. I imagine Penn has done something like this. However, when I googled “Penn Identity Standards Manual,” unfortunately the search results directed me to Penn State.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges has/have issues too (singular? plural?). Whenever I look at their logo I feel as if I am seeing double.
New School University (moniker 1997-2005) was awkward too. Motto could have been, where redundancy is embraced???
As with the Penn applicants, I truly hope none of the applicants to these schools would be penalized for confusion. Once you get there, you know absolutely where you are!
Not to mention that NBCUniversal–the parent of that local Philly affiliate–is owned by Comcast, also based in Philly, and the CEO and Executive Vice President of Comcast are both Penn grads (and the EVP is Chair of the Penn Trustees)!
But notice, picktails, that even in the face of this media confusion, the student who wrote that “Under the Button” item still refers to her school as “Penn,” and not “UPenn.” 
This may not be exactly what you were looking for, but it’s close:
45, yep. I do have to agree with the poster who mentioned that the logo seems to (inadvertently?) reinforce the UPenn idea, especially to h.s. kids who are getting a lot of literature in the mail.
Which logo are you talking about? All of the ones I saw on the linked page were clearly PENN, not a UPENN in sight. Am I looking at something different?
No, looking at the same thing. The shield has a subtly rounded bottom. It isn’t a U, but taken together with the url, I can see where it could subconsciously reinforce the upenn label. Not so much when used with other words, like “News” and “Admissions” (post #8).
But the third one down in the style guide–where the shield is just as tall as the P of Penn, and against the white background, it does reinforce the misconception IMO, especially when a h.s. kid is familiar with the upenn URL. @dfbdfb brought this up in post #59.
I grew up in Pennsylvania–I do know the difference. I’m just saying that to those unfamiliar, that particular logo could add to the confusion. Or, at least, certainly doesn’t help in lessening the confusion.
Yes, it’s a mystery how anyone could derive “UPenn” from the University of Pennsylvania logo, with the University of Pennsylvania Shield in the shape of a “U”, to the left of the large “Penn”, which is right above “University of Pennsylvania”. Friggin Rorschach.
The logo with the words “University of Pennsylvania” under it is fine, in my opinion.
It’s that third one down, the “smaller formats” logo consisting only of Penn preceded by the shield, that could contribute to the confusion. IMHO.
@amanivy: “I ask you, if an applicant had an email with your name on it and a phone call in which you gave your name and they call you an entirely different name, what would you do??? Believe me it happens. And I have a very simple last name.”
You assume some things about human perception that really aren’t warranted, I would say.
Seriously, dinging someone because they call the school after its domain name rather than the way most of those affiliated with the university choose to refer to it is like dinging a kid from Southern California for not leaving out the H in Amherst, or dinging a kid from Philadelphia for not knowing how to pronounce the name of UMCP’s Taliafero Hall.
(Rhymes with Oliver, for what it’s worth.)
The Sunday NYT crossword has now weighed in on this thread! Lol
Here’s a toast to dear old UPenn!!!
(ugh)
That link doesn’t seem to work (at least for me). Here’s something that might work:
P’ton? (he said with a smirk, and then ran away, giggling)
Maybe UPen? Lol. jk please don’t flame me.
Latest offender: NPR.
In a segment on tonight’s “All Things Considered” program, a reporter noted that there are wine tasting clubs “at Harvard and UPenn.”
Why must this thread be brought up again? :-w
Because it’s U-Nique? 
^ and U-Biquitous. 
Lot of media outlet refer to this school as UPenn.