The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature.
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, Long Island, in the metropolitan area of New York.
Tulane University is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
