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Carnegie Mellon University is located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Oakland neighborhood. It is famous for its world renowned School of Computer Science, where many of today's computer technology was pioneered.
Columbia University is at 116th & Broadway in New York City. Founded in 1754 as King's College, it was originally situated next to Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. From there, it moved to Park Place (near City Hall), then to E49th Street and Madison Avenue, and finally to its present Morningside Heights campus in 1897. The campus can be reached by the 1 train or by the M60, M104, M4, and M11 buses.
Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell, the university is situated on a hill that overlooks the scenic Finger Lakes region of New York State.
Georgetown University , is in Washington, D.C. and is the oldest Jesuit university in America, founded in 1789. The university is located in the historic Georgetown neighborhood in northwest Washington. Georgetown's campus is a combination of Gothic revival and Georgian styles. The highlight of the campus is Healy Hall which contains Gaston Hall, a richly decorated auditorium where world leaders often come to speak.
The Johns Hopkins University , is in Baltimore, Maryland, and is one of a handful of elite schools to have been a part of the 'top ten' club of US News & World Report rankings. The park-like main campus of Johns Hopkins, Homewood, is set on 140 acres in northern Baltimore. The architecture was modeled after the Georgian-inspired Federalist style of historic Homewood House (now a museum). Hopkins was a model for most large research universities in the United States.
New York University (NYU) is located in Greenwich Village in New York City, near Washington Square (easily accessible via the West 4th St. subway station, which is on a mainline of the subway in lower Manhattan ("blue lines").)
Princeton University is located in Princeton, New Jersey; the article on the town carries more detailed information about the school. The campus can be reached by car or train from nearby New York City in about an hour, depending on traffic or train frequency.
The University of Pennsylvania , informally known as Penn, is located in the western region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Penn campus is accessible by Amtrak and very close Amtrak's 30th Street Station. Penn is integrated into Philadelphia's urban transport grid, making it easily accessible by bus, subway, and car. Penn spans from 40th St to 32nd St, with the core of the campus between Walnut and Spruce streets.
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