Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701.

Lowa State University

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

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.

William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.

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.