Eric W. Kaler is the 11th president of Case Western Reserve University. Since 2021, his leadership has been guided by commitments to elevate academic excellence, expand research enterprise and enhance the university’s engagement with its community.
Kaler has led the university’s Faculty 100 initiative, an effort to add at least 100 new tenure and tenure-track faculty to yield a 15% increase. He also has championed the construction of the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, which will serve as a hub for research and collaboration across STEM and humanities fields.
