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.

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

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California.

University at Buffalo—SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1846.

The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.