The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stablished in 1861.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.
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.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.
