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

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.

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.

Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.

The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890.

The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, founded in 1856.