News & Updates

On Tuesday, February 16 the Office of the Provost and the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence hosted…

Members of the CWRU community, particularly faculty in STEM-related fields, are invited to participate in the fifth meeting of the STEM Faculty Recruitment and…

This week, eight institutes and centers across Case Western Reserve University are launching a …

We at CWRU aspire to be a community where humanity, science and technology meet to create a just and thriving world. We highlight diverse people, diverse…

On Feb. 23 the Office of the Provost hosted the third installment in the North Star Seminar series featuring the Honorable Gil Cisneros who discussed the role of…

To the Case Western Reserve University Community,

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to attend the Think Showcase on “The Next Generation of Health Care” this week.

This…

Provost Ben Vinson III invites the university community to submit nominations for the 2021 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize.

This prize recognizes…

On August 24, 2020, a student at Case Western Reserve University touched, felt and held a banana that was 2,300 miles away at University of California, Los…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

Ben Vinson III, provost and executive vice president, was recently elected to the Council on Library and Information Resources’ (CLIR) board.

Vinson…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

In the nearly two weeks since we…

Members of the CWRU community, particularly faculty in STEM-related fields, are invited to join the next meeting of the STEM Faculty Recruitment and Retention…

On January 11, 2021 the Office of the Provost and the College of Arts and Sciences hosted the inaugural North Star Seminar…

To the Members of the Case Western Reserve University Community:
 
While I had high hopes that 2021 would bring a renewed sense of peace and…

To Our Faculty, Staff, and Students:

We write today to share that we are extending the university’s…

Are you thinking ahead and preparing to teach in the spring and summer? This January, grab a mug of hot chocolate and join…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

We hope that all of you enjoyed a safe, healthy and restorative winter break and look forward to a new semester…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

We write today to update you regarding the university’s efforts to secure access to COVID-19 vaccinations for members…

To Our Graduate and Professional Students:

We first want to express our gratitude to each of you for all that you did to help Case Western Reserve reach…

To Our Undergraduates:

Congratulations on completing a fall semester unlike any we have ever experienced at Case Western Reserve. Whether you…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

As you prepare for a much-needed respite starting Thursday, we wanted to update your regarding plans for campus operations…

To the Case Western Reserve Community:

Each fall, the university provides an overview of statistics and information relevant to our campus community, in…

With a $2,028,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Case Western Reserve University will establish a training program for humanities faculty and…

The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce an investment in strategic initiatives to help build on CWRU’s strengths at the intersection of humanity &…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

To Our Faculty and Staff:

Nine days ago, we began a temporary period of asking everyone who could work from home to do so—and requiring those who did…

To the students of Case Western Reserve University,

To Our Faculty and Staff:

With COVID-19 case counts breaking records in our region, yesterday’s stay-at-home advisory from the city and county provides a…

As we are all witnessing, the COVID-19 surge is getting worse every day. 

The nation is setting new case and hospitalization records daily, while Ohio…

To Our Faculty:

As you may have seen on our …

As you all know, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 around the country, including in Ohio and Cuyahoga County, has surged substantially in the…

On Nov. 2 the Office of the Provost hosted an expert panel focused on highlighting approaches and strategies that can help Case Western Reserve address systemic…

At Case Western Reserve University, we strive for a culture of gratitude and a willingness to positively impact the community that surrounds us.

The…

To the students of Case Western Reserve University,

To Our Faculty and Staff:

Despite reports of rapidly climbing COVID-19 cases within Cuyahoga County and around the country, Case Western Reserve has not…

To the Case Western Reserve Community:

We are pleased to announce that the university will significantly expand its COVID-19 testing program through…

To the Case Western Reserve Community:

The end of last night’s presidential debate signaled the start of the candidates’ final sprint to Tuesday, Nov. 3…

Interim President Scott Cowen and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Interim Dean Stan Gerson has agreed to extend his term for another year, to June 30…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

This weekend, Ohio posted its highest-ever one-day count of new COVID-19 cases, while national news outlets emphasized that the…

To the Case Western Reserve Community:

We commend you for your enduring commitment to embrace inclusion and diversity as core values of our…

To the Case Western Reserve Community:

We write today for two reasons: 

First, we want to thank the 2,372 of you who already have received your…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to…

To Our Undergraduates:

In planning the spring 2021 academic calendar, we also began assessing our approach to campus housing for the upcoming semester.…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

We write today with updates regarding our plans for the spring semester—specifically, its calendar.  

First,…

To the Case Western Reserve Community:

As planning for the Sept. 29 Presidential Debate progresses, your health and safety continue to be our highest…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III for a discussion of…

The recent series of police attacks against Black Americans, and the widespread outrage in response, have sparked a flood of conversations surrounding equity and…

Over the summer we asked you, our students, to join us in coming together to help make Case Western Reserve the “kind of welcoming and inclusive community we can…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III has instituted twice-monthly office hours. Case Western Reserve University students are invited to sign up…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

We first want to express our profound gratitude to all of you for the exceptional efforts involved in launching the fall…

To Our Undergraduates:

We write today regarding university charges for those students learning entirely online this fall. 

After extensive…

The Office of Provost is pleased to announce nearly three dozen new North Star courses and experiences. Activities range from for-credit courses to seminars to…

With university classes scheduled to begin Monday but Cuyahoga County school districts only offering remote instruction, Case Western Reserve is launching three…

To Our Students:

Earlier today, you received information about an online reorientation training geared at providing a greater understanding of campus…

To Our Graduate and Professional Students:

I hope that you remain safe and healthy and look forward to beginning fall semester 2020. Throughout the…

To Our Undergraduates:

We write today to share deeply disappointing news: The accelerating spread of COVID-19 requires that Case Western Reserve reduce…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

Below is a message we will be sending later today regarding our decision to assign each undergraduate a single room as part of…

As faculty and staff prepare to welcome students back to campus this fall, an initiative is underway to provide a look at classrooms in the time of the COVID-19…

As we prepare to return to campus, the gravity of our current circumstances is oftentimes palpable. We are in the midst of a global pandemic. We are confronting…

To Our Undergraduates:

To Our Students: 

The events of the past several months have prompted profound reflection for many of us. From the disruption of stay-at-home orders to…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

As the university’s return-to-campus process continues, we have received some common inquiries regarding the university’s…

To Our Graduate and Professional Students Who Register through the …

To Our Undergraduates:

I write today to update you regarding course teaching modes and registration timelines. 

To Our Faculty:

I need to start with a thank you for all that you are doing to help us navigate and develop a new approach to fall semester. It has been…

To Our Undergraduates (also sent to Faculty, Staff and Parents/Guardians of Undergraduates):

We write today to announce Case Western Reserve University’s…

To Our Staff:

As we continue to assess COVID-19’s financial implications for Case Western Reserve, we also see media reports about how the pandemic is…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

Just before Memorial Day, we wrote regarding the process of preparing for a fall semester with students and classes back on…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

Your strong participation in last week’s…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

We write today to share that the university’s Board of Trustees has approved a modified academic calendar for the…

Dear Think Big Seed and RFP Finalists:

A lot of energy has been expended over the past several months on our strategic plan and charting a course for the…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

Bright yellow and roughly 50 feet tall, the letters cover two city blocks just north of the White House.
…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

As we approach the beginning of university’s fiscal year next month, we want to update you regarding steps Case Western Reserve…

To Our Faculty, Staff and Students:

Six years later, the words are the same.

I can’t breathe.

After all of the mourning and protests, the…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

I hope that you and your loved ones are healthy, well and very much enjoying this holiday weekend. You all more than deserve…

We are sharing this message with all Case Western Reserve students so you are aware of how you can support your peers as they graduate this weekend.…

To Our Faculty:

As the end of the semester approaches, I want to thank you for all that you have accomplished in circumstances no one could have foreseen…

To the Students, Faculty and Staff of Case Western Reserve:

As final exams begin, our remote learning environment brings a new challenge: How do we…

To Our Graduate and Professional Students:

Your programs follow several different schedules, from year-round studies to 16-week semesters to a range of…

To Our Faculty:

As you complete your fifth week of fully online instruction I hope that you are settling into a rhythm and adjusting to the “new normal…

To Our Undergraduates:

Between the housing lottery and fall course registration, many of you may be thinking about the next academic year.

So are…

To Our Students:

To Our Faculty and Staff:

On this date a month ago, Ohio reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19. The following day, we announced our transition to…

To Our Students:

I write today to let you know that we have made the difficult decision to move all summer courses to remote delivery. As much as we want…

To Our Faculty and Staff:

In light of continuing uncertainty regarding when the COVID-19 crisis will begin to abate, the university has made the…