The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1861.
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.
The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, founded in 1754.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Isla Vista, California.