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

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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.

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

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

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