Kelvin Smith Library

To help Case Western Reserve University researchers maximize their scholarly impact, Kelvin Smith Library will present the Research Impact Challenge June 6–10. Those who join the challenge will receive an email each day of the challenge with an activity designed to help increase the visibility and…

The deadline to submit applications for the 2022-23 Freedman Student Fellowship program is Sept. 9. The program will provide undergraduate and graduate students the ability to partake in an internship or grant track. This annual award funds well-defined research projects that involve the…

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Kelvin Smith Library will offer extended hours for finals through May 5. The hours are: April 28–29:  8 a.m.–2 a.m.April 30: 9 a.m.–2 a.m.May 1: noon–2 a.m.May 2–4: 8 a.m.–2 a.m.May 5: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (early close, finals end). View information about regular hours.

The annual Legacy Week Tailgate, an outdoor event on Kelvin Smith Library Oval, will be held today (April 22), from 12:30 to 2 p.m. All members of the campus community are invited to celebrate CWRU’s history and Earth Day with throwback music, a pep band performance, and flower planting. Attendees…

Kelvin Smith Library will host a "Wellness Break" event Wednesday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Dampeer Room on the second floor of the library. All CWRU undergraduate, graduate and professional students are invited to color, paint rocks, mold Play-Doh and relax. Snacks will be…

Kelvin Smith Library hosted an awards reception and pop-up exhibit for its annual book collecting contest on Wednesday, April 13, in the library’s Dampeer Room. To enter, contestants wrote essays describing the theme of their collection and provided an annotated bibliography and explanation of how…

Kelvin Smith Library has announced the winners and honored participants of the 2022 Art of Stem Competition, an exhibit competition for all members of the CWRU, Cleveland Institute of Art, and Cuyahoga County High School communities. This annual contest asks participants to submit digital images…

Join Kelvin Smith Library for presentations by the 2021–22 Freedman Fellows recipients during its annual forum Tuesday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Freedman Center's Collaboration Commons.  The event will include seven- to 10-minute presentations by the student and faculty fellows, with…

The Freedman Student Fellowship program will provide undergraduate and graduate students the ability to partake in an internship or grant track. Applications will be accepted now through September 9, 2022 Learn more and submit an application!