The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, founded in 1851.

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.

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.