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Undergraduates: Financial aid webinar tonight about housing and dining choices
Undergraduates receiving need-based grants can learn more about how their housing and dining choices affect their financial aid packages during a webinar at 8 p.m. this evening. They can access the event on the financial aid office’s Facebook page. During the session, financial aid Director Venus ...
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2019 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Nature brings nearly 30 free events to Northeast Ohio
Through art, lectures, performances and exhibits, the fourth annual festival—presented by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and numerous cultural and educational partners—will consider the natural world, climate change and the future of our shared common home The 2019 Cleveland Humanities Fe...
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Actor, children’s-literacy and AIDS-research advocate LeVar Burton named 2019 Inamori Ethics Prize-winner
LeVar Burton Photo credit: 1ShotbyJules LeVar Burton, a celebrated American actor, director, producer and writer for more than 40 years, is adding another accolade—this one for his tireless, decades-long dedication to children’s literacy and AIDS research and treatment. This fall, the Inamori I...
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Democratizing education: Massive open online courses benefit students on campus and around the world
In the fall of 2018, students in Michael Goldberg’s university seminar course had 42 additional classmates: entrepreneurs in Syria working to achieve business success. Over the course of the semester, the learners from both countries shared ideas via Zoom, culminating with the Case Western Reserve U...
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Employee Appreciation Day to honor faculty and staff contributions March 1
Faculty and staff are integral to Case Western Reserve University’s mission. And to show gratitude for those wide-ranging efforts, the university will host an Employee Appreciation Day celebration Friday, March 1. Held in conjunction with National Employee Appreciation Day, the event at Case Wester...
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Case Western Reserve University awarded AAU grant for undergraduate STEM education
Case Western Reserve University was among 12 members of the Association of American Universities (AAU) awarded grants today to further enhance undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The funding, supported by a five-year, $1 million grant from the Northro...
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University supporters' $1.8 billion in campaign giving surpasses two goals—and all expectations
Case Western Reserve’s Forward Thinking capital campaign has concluded with a total of $1.82 billion in pledges and gifts—far exceeding the updated $1.5 billion goal set in 2014, much less the original aim of $1 billion. “The generosity of alumni, friends and philanthropic organizations is both ext...
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Going green: Case Western Reserve named to The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges List
Whether it’s a commitment to taking public transportation to work or classes, recycling or reducing energy usage, there are countless sustainability champions across campus who do their part to make Case Western Reserve University more green. These efforts are being recognized—most recently by The ...
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University to close tonight through Thursday at 7 p.m. due to extreme cold
In response to the extreme cold forecast to arrive this evening, Case Western Reserve will close at 7 p.m. today until 7 p.m. Thursday. The dental clinic also will be closed during this time. Those students and faculty scheduled to be at clinical sites, evening courses or with other special circums...
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New endowed engineering deanship
Alum and longtime benefactor Charles H. Phipps commits $5 million to advance research, strategic initiatives at Case School of Engineering Charles Phipps has had a deep, personal and professional connection with the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University for more than 70 years...