Gifts

When Case Western Reserve University’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) opens in 2026, it will not only offer collaborative opportunities across the sciences and engineering departments but will also serve as a hub for humanistic inquiry. A $2 million grant from the…

When longtime Case Western Reserve benefactor and volunteer Tom Peterson died in February 2021, he granted university alumnus Robert Lustig control of his charitable trust. In a decision that honors both Peterson’s passion for scientific innovation and Lustig’s love of his alma mater, Lustig…

New gifts support forthcoming ISEB, Baker-Nord Center and Emerging Scholars Program Eric and Jane Nord and their family have made an impact through decades of philanthropy that can be seen across Case Western Reserve University, from student stipends and faculty awards to the 15-acre Nord Family…

Impactful gift for law students helps alumna remember her parents

As construction cranes for the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building towered in the background, Case Western Reserve leadership, supporters and community partners took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday evening for the project—a 189,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility…

During their time at Case Western Reserve University—nearly 15 years, combined—Michael and Betsy Cherkasky never studied science or engineering. Yet when the couple sought to give back to their alma mater, they were confident where their gift would have the greatest impact: the Interdisciplinary…

Ahead of schedule, and well ahead of a ceremonial groundbreaking, Case Western Reserve University surpassed a milestone fundraising mark in support of the institution’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB). Private commitments of over $100 million have been secured toward…

A couple’s commitment to patient care—and each other—recognized in endowed professorship

James C. Wyant, PhD, a 1965 alumnus who transformed lives as an academic, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died in December after fighting Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis—the neurodegenerative condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 80 years old. “Jim Wyant believed passionately in…

Alumni and friends supporting the vision of the ISEB