Oak Ridge Associated Universities facts for kids

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a group of colleges and universities which work with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORAU manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for the United States Department of Energy. ORAU is made up of the following :

Public

Full Members

• Alabama A&M University
• Auburn University
• Clemson University
• College of William and Mary
• East Carolina University
• East Tennessee State University
• Florida Atlantic University
• Florida International University
• Florida State University
• George Mason University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia State University
• Idaho State University
• Imperial College London
• Indiana University
• Jackson State University
• Louisiana State University and A&M College
• Medical College of Georgia
• Michigan State University
• Michigan Technological University
• Mississippi State University
• Morgan State University
• New Mexico State University
• North Carolina A&T State University
• North Carolina State University
• Ohio State University
• Oklahoma State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Rutgers University
• San Diego State University
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• Tennessee State University
• Tennessee Technological University
• Texas A&M University
• Universidad de Puerto Rico (University of Puerto Rico)
• University of Alabama
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of Alabama at Huntsville
• University of Arkansas
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• University of Central Florida
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Delaware
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Houston
• University of Kentucky
• University of Louisville
• University of Maryland
• University of Memphis
• University of Michigan
• University of Mississippi
• University of Missouri
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• University of Nevada, Reno
• University of New Mexico
• University of New Orleans
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Dakota
• University of North Texas
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of South Alabama
• University of South Carolina
• University of South Florida
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of Tennessee
• University of Texas at Arlington
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Texas at Dallas
• University of Virginia
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Wayne State University
• West Virginia University
• Western Kentucky University

Associate Members

• Arkansas State University
• College of Charleston
• Desert Research Institute
• Middle Tennessee State University
• University of Texas at San Antonio
• Virginia State University
• Western Carolina University

Private

Full Members

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Catholic University of America
• Clark Atlanta University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• Fisk University
• Florida Institute of Technology
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Howard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Meharry Medical College
• Rice University
• Southern Methodist University
• Texas Christian University
• Tulane University
• Tuskegee University
• University of Miami
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Tulsa
• Vanderbilt University
• Wake Forest University
• Washington University in St. Louis

Associate Members

• Berea College
• Johnson C. Smith University
• Lincoln Memorial University
• Maryville College
• Morehouse College
• Roanoke College
• Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico)

Images for kids

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  Eleanor Roosevelt (center) and William G. Pollard watch as Nurse Mary Sutliff demonstrates a radiation counter during Roosevelt's 1955 visit to the Oak Ridge cancer research hospital. (Photo by Ed Westcott)