University at Buffalo—SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1846.
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.
Brandeis University /ˈbrændaɪs/ is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1948.
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, founded in 1855.
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.