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No matter what you study at Case Western Reserve University, you are guaranteed to find a group of friends who share your interests. Our more…

This week, Case Western Reserve University will welcome more than 1,300 new students to our ranks.

They are from all over the world.

• They hail from 45 different…

Yohannes Haile-Selassie was investigating a site in the deserts of Northern Ethiopia when he came across a remarkably complete early hominin skull. It’s 3.8 million years old, an Australopithecus anamensis — the…

Case Western Reserve University knows that business success is a combination of students gaining the right skills at the right time (early and often); practicing their skills in real-world situations (like…

Like to read?

So do Case Western Reserve University faculty. And they love to write, too. (It’s their not-so-secret power.) 

Elevating your creativity and analytical powers is the mission…

With 99 percent of Case Western Reserve University business students completing at least one internship before graduation, it’s not unusual that our faculty tap into their vast networks to help students connect…

Bernard “Bernie” Jim is a SAGES Teaching Fellow, which means he is one of the first of many teachers and advisors Case Western Reserve University students have. This week he has some good advice for you to make…

When you hear the word “makerspace,” do you see yourself there? Do you see you and your friends huddled together in the company of advanced technology and expert creators? 

I hope so, because at Case…

The organizations you take part in at Case Western Reserve University add an extra dimension to your college life. Your involvement will serve as a conduit for self-exploration, as the foray into new conversations, as…

At Case Western Reserve University, we put our mental muscle into the big issues of our world. I wanted to take a moment to share two examples:

• In April, six members of the CWRU community…

In 2017, Case Western Reserve University student Tarun Jella completed a capstone research project about Cleveland’s response to the Spanish flu.

His deep dive into the archives describes social…

Jay Hodge is the chief of our campus police department. You'll see him peddling around campus on his bike, but first, meet him here. 

Describe CWRU students in five words.
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Ian Charnas, director of innovation and technology at Sears think[box], helps students bring their ideas to life. He's one of many people at CWRU that we'd like you to get to know, so we asked him a few questions.…

Get a look inside the largest, open-access makerspace at any university in the world—right here on CWRU’s campus.

Learn about what the city of Cleveland has to offer.

Hear about the opportunities our students are receiving on campus.

If there were an intersection where art met community service and social mobility met coffee… it would point to the center of the Case Western Reserve University campus.

This semester, the walls of …

“What I learned at CWRU—the discipline, the study habits, the connections I made—prepared me for everything else that was to come. I was ready for any challenge.”
—Astronaut and alum Don Thomas…

In 1854, Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and ex-slave, delivered the commencement speech for Western Reserve College (as we used to be called). That speech was featured during a …

Case Western Reserve University’s faculty are intellectual powerhouses—experts in their fields, renowned for the knowledge they contribute to the world. They share their fresh insights in research journals and…

Since 2018, Case Western Reserve University has given rise to 40 active student startups.

Enterprising students are building their own businesses… and they are far from alone. Our students are…

The World Health Organization has named 2020 the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, recognizing the vital role…

Research is ubiquitous on the Case Western Reserve University campus. CWRU undergrads discuss the intricacies of a systematic literature review over lunch. They share their findings all over—at conferences, in…

Each year, the color experts at Pantone name a color of the year. For 2020, the selection is a hue near and dear to our hearts: Classic Blue.

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Case Western Reserve University students like to stay busy. And our campus offers plenty to occupy their time outside class—fueling friendships and satisfying their intellectual appetites (and their actual appetites, too…

Case Western Reserve University has, for the eighth straight year, received the…

To paraphrase those old MasterCard commercials: 

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Tapping into the wisdom of the world’s literary elite:…

At Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management, we have access to internship opportunities around the world. 

Last summer we kept up with some of…

“It was a eureka moment and a dream come true!”

That’s what Yohannes Haile-Selassie said when his research team…

Students at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing are surrounded by innovative teaching and research. 

Our researchers just received a $2.18 million grant from the…

When your work is your passion, awards aren’t needed. But they sure are nice!

At CWRU, students are surrounded by winners who love what they do. For example:

• English professor Michael Clune recently…

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has unveiled its new expansion plans, inspired by the glacier that helped shape the region. CWRU students receive free admittance to the museum, a quick walk from the first-year…

A new campus group aims to help students who are trailblazers in their families
 
When Fatima Rahman enrolled in college, she was a pioneer—the first in her family to do so. Soon, she became a new kind of…