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

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, founded in 1869.

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

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California.

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