Amherst Colege: Terras irraddient
Let them illuminate the lands
Brooklyn College: Nil sine magno labore Nothing
without great toil
Brown University: In Deo speramus
In God we trust
City College of new York: Respice, adspice, prospice
Look back, look at the present, look for the future
Columbia University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen
In thy light we shall see light
Darthmouth College: Vox clamantis in deserto
The voice of crying in the wilderness
Delaware College: Scientia sol mentis
Knowledge, the sun of the mind
Fordham University: Sapientia et doctrina
Wisdom and learning
Harward University: Veritas
Truth
Hunter College: Mihi cura futuri
My care is for the future
John Hopkins University: Veritas vos liberabit
Truth will liberate you
New York university: Perstare et praestare
To persevere and surpass
Trinity College: Pro ecclesia et patria
For church and country
Tulane University: Non sibi, sed suis
Not for oneself, but for one's own
University of Chicago: Crescat scientia, vita excolatur
Let knowledge grow, let life be enriched
University of Florida: Civium in moribus rei publicae salus
The welfare of the state is in the moral of
its citizens
University of Michigan: Artes, scientia, veritas
The arts, knowledge, truth
University of Mississippi: Virtute et armis
By valor and arms
University of Missouri: Salus populi
The welfare of the people
University of Nebraska: Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus
Dedicated to letters and all the arts
University of New Mexico: Lux hominum vita
Light, the life of men
University of North Dakota: Lux et lex
Light and law
University of Oregon: Mens agitat molem
Mind moves the mass
University of the South: Ecce quam bonum
Behold how good
University of Texas: Disciplina praesidium civitatis
Discipline, the defense of the state
University of Vermont: Studiis et rebus honestis
To studies and honorable pursuits
University of Washington: Lux sit
Let there be light
Yale University: Lux et veritas
Light and truth