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Case Western Reserve University slips one spot to 38th in annual "U.S. News & World Report" Best Colleges rankings
Despite gains in several component categories, Case Western Reserve slipped one notch, to 38th, in the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released today. The dip marked the first time the university’s overall position slipped since the fall of 2007, when it fell from 38th to 41st...
Civil Rights pioneer Barbara "Dusty" Roads to participate in panel discussion, “The Fight For Fairness in Flight”
Flora Stone Mather College alumna and Cleveland native Barbara “Dusty” Roads (FSM ’50) is a civil rights pioneer who paved the way for gender equality in the sky. In 1965, Roads and her fellow women flight attendants filed a complaint with the newly created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ...
High school rock orchestra experience fosters long-term musical involvement, CWRU study finds
Former members of a suburban Cleveland high school rock orchestra report staying highly involved in music and that the experience prepared them to achieve in ways that came as a surprise. Now ranging in age from 18 to 28, alumni of Lakewood (Ohio) High School’s rock orchestra, the Lakewood Project ...
Parker Hannifin Foundation endows engineering chair at Case Western Reserve University
The Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University received an extraordinary gift from the Parker Hannifin Foundation: a $2 million commitment to create the Arthur L. Parker Endowed Chair in the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) department. The position is named in ho...
Global Forum to explore business strategies in which people excel, companies prosper and nature thrives
A progressive international conference in Cleveland, Ohio, this fall will explore how cutting-edge innovators and forward-thinking leaders are moving beyond traditional notions of social responsibility and sustainability to full-spectrum flourishing and profitability. Flourish & Prosper: The Third ...
Spangenberg Family Foundation to endow Intellectual Property Law Center at School of Law
The Spangenberg Family Foundation, a Dallas-based philanthropic organization established by the family of Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumnus Erich Spangenberg, committed $3 million to endow the university’s Intellectual Property (IP) Center. The newly endowed Spangenberg Center f...
CWRU athletics, Nike pay tribute to Frank Rudy with new uniforms, commemorative patch
Rudy (’50), “Father of Nike Air,” is credited with inventing Nike’s Air Sole technology Thirty-five years after Nike introduced alumnus Frank Rudy's revolutionary Air Sole technology, Nike and Case Western Reserve have teamed up to honor him through newly-designed uniforms and footwear for the uni...
CWRU, Cleveland Museum of Natural History partner to provide children’s programs during upcoming school holiday
The President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) announced today that the university again is partnering with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) to provide children’s programs during an upcoming school holiday. The committee began providing limited-duration child care programs in...
Campuswide memorial service planned for Friday
Members of the Case Western Reserve community are invited to attend a memorial service Friday for the four undergraduates who died last week in a plane crash outside Cleveland. Classmates, student leaders and university officials will remember second-year students W. Michael Felten, 19, of Saginaw,...
University names Sue B. Workman next CIO, VP for Information Technology Services
Case Western Reserve Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack announced today that the university has named Sue B. Workman its next Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President for Information Technology Services, pending approval from the Board of Trustees. Now a leader within the IT services operation at...