Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Isla Vista, California.
University at Buffalo—SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1846.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.