Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a leading independent research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was created in 1967 by the federation of Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1880 by philanthropist Leonard Case, Jr.) and Western Reserve University (founded in 1826 in the area that was once the Connecticut Western Reserve).
The university encompasses the College of Arts and Sciences, Case School of Engineering, School of Graduate Studies, Weatherhead School of Management, School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Frances P. Bolton School of Nursing, Gund School of Law, and Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences. As of 2004, the university had approximately 3,700 undergraduates and 5,700 graduate and professional students. Case is ranked #35 among national universities and ranks #12 among private universities receiving the most federal research funding.
The university is approximately five miles (eight km) east of downtown Cleveland in University Circle, a 550-acre (2.2 km²) area containing numerous educational, medical, and cultural institutions. Case has a number of programs taught in conjunction with nearby institutions, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Cleveland Play House.
Case is sometimes referred to as the "Harvard of the Midwest."
Case was the site of the famous Michelson-Morley interferometer experiment, conducted in 1887 by A. A. Michelson of Case Institute of Technology and E. W. Morley of Western Reserve University. This experiment proved the non-existence of ether and gave circumstantial evidence to substantiate Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
On October 5 2004, Case hosted the Vice Presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards.
Notable alumni
- Paul Berg - winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Ferid Murad - winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart - U.S. Representative
- Julie L. Gerberding - first woman director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Donald A. Glaser - winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Donald Knuth - foremost computer scientist
- Dennis Kucinich - U.S. Representative
- Polykarp Kusch - winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Paul C. Lauterbur - winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Alfred Gilman - winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Craig Newmark - founder of Craigslist
- Alan Rosenberg - actor
- David Satcher - U.S. Surgeon General under President Bill Clinton
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld - U.S. Surgeon General (1969 to 1973)
- Louis Stokes - former U.S. Representative
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones - U.S. Representative
Athletics
Case Western Reserve is a member of the University Athletic Association, which particpates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division III.
External link
- Case Western Reserve University (http://www.case.edu)