New York City. Housed in Fu Foundation SEAS. Cross-disciplinary — spans 6 schools. Seed fund program (2024 cohort). Collaborates with NASA, climate science, epidemiology. New 1M sqft Manhattanville campus space designated for DSI expansion.

New York City. One of oldest engineering schools in US (founded as School of Mines 1863). Named for Z.Y. Fu ($26M gift 1997). $400M+ endowment. Patents generate $100M+/yr. C++ inventor (Bjarne Stroustrup) on faculty. FM radio developed at Columbia (Edwin Armstrong). Ranked #1 engineering in Ivy League (US News). Dean: Shih-Fu Chang (2022).

Manages Columbia University endowment. CEO: Kim Lew. $15.9B AUM June 2025. FY2025 return 12.4%. Wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia. Narvekar was CEO here before HMC.

New York City. $14.8B endowment (Jun 2024, 11.5% return). IMC CEO Kim Lew. $648M distributed FY2024. 6,450 separate funds. Fu Foundation SEAS — patents $100M+/yr. Data Science Institute. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Earth Institute. Birthplace of FM radio.

New York City (Roosevelt Island). Cornell's tech-focused graduate campus. Opened 2017. Master's programs in CS, ECE, information systems, operations research. Deeply embedded in NYC tech ecosystem. Runway startup program. Adjacency to NYC VC (a16z NYC, Bessemer, Google Ventures NYC).

Private Catholic (Lasallian, De La Salle Christian Brothers) university in Riverdale, the Bronx, NY. Founded 1853, making it one of the oldest Lasallian colleges in the US. Known for its School of Engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical) and O'Malley School of Business; historically a strong feeder for NYC-area engineering and finance careers.

Public research university, Newark NJ. Founded 1881. Strong engineering, architecture, computing, and design programs. Ozzie Williams directs the NJ GEAR UP program here.

New York City. $7.4B endowment. Largest private US university by enrollment (60,000+). Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Tandon School of Engineering (Brooklyn). Stern School of Business. NYU Langone Health. Abu Dhabi + Shanghai campuses.

New York City. World-renowned mathematics and CS research institute. Named for Richard Courant. Produced foundational work in PDEs, numerical analysis, fluid dynamics. Strong AI/ML faculty including Yann LeCun (Turing Award, Chief AI Scientist at Meta — NYU professor). Deep ties to NYC tech ecosystem.

Manages New York University endowment. $7.4B AUM 2025. Largest private US university by enrollment (60K+ students). Invests in public equities, private markets, alternatives.

Brooklyn NY. One of oldest private engineering schools in US. NYU Center for Cybersecurity. NYU Wireless — 5G/6G research center (co-founded by Sundeep Rangan, major NSF/industry funding). Strong Brooklyn/NYC tech ecosystem connections.

New Brunswick NJ. State university of New Jersey (R1). Large research university — law, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, business. Rutgers Innovation Ventures tech transfer office. Proximity to NYC and Philadelphia VC ecosystems. $2.058B endowment (Jun 2024). 35% alternatives allocation. Alumni Ventures fund: Nassau Street Ventures (shared with Princeton — check).

Private research university in Hoboken NJ (North Jersey, NYC metro) — engineering, CS, finance.

New York City (Upper East Side). Named for Sanford Weill ($600M+ total gifts). Top-ranked medical school. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Strong translational research pipeline. Qatar campus. $600M+ NIH funding.

Manages Yale University endowment. CIO: Matthew Mendelsohn (since 2021, succeeded David Swensen). $44.1B AUM June 2025. FY2025 return 11.1%. Yale Model pioneer: 50%+ in illiquid alternatives. VC >25% of portfolio. Swensen's protégés run endowments at Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn.

New Haven CT. Newly elevated to full school status (2022). First professional school of global affairs created at Yale. Strong government/policy pipeline. Relevant for defense/intelligence policy ecosystem.

New Haven CT. 3rd in US for NIH funding FY2024. Tuition-free model being expanded ($250M endowment commitment). Yale New Haven Hospital — primary teaching hospital. West Campus biotech development zone. Wu Tsai Institute (cognition). Strong pharma/biotech commercialization pipeline.

New Haven CT. $41.4B endowment (Jun 2024). CIO: Matthew Mendelsohn. Pioneered the Yale Model (David Swensen 1985). 5.7% return FY2024. $900M federal research grants FY2024. Yale School of Medicine: 3rd in US for NIH funding FY2024. Wu Tsai Institute (human cognition). Jackson School of Global Affairs. Facing proposed 21% endowment excise tax.