The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin.

The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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

Tulane University is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.