University News
March 13, 2019
Humanitarian Design Corps group looks to put final touches on pipeline installed a year ago For residents of one Costa Rican village, the main source of water had to travel from a well to a storage tank through a leaky pipeline. As a result, the community endured frequent water shortages,…
March 11, 2019
Just months before the first students arrive at the Health Education Campus (HEC) of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ and Cleveland Clinic, the university’s largest school received welcome news from U.S. News & World Report. It stands as the nation’s 24th-ranked research
medical school this year, one…
March 07, 2019
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…
March 04, 2019
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…
February 28, 2019
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…
February 27, 2019
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 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ…
February 25, 2019
Faculty and staff are integral to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’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…
February 20, 2019
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ 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…
February 18, 2019
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’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…
February 14, 2019
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 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ more green. These efforts are being recognized—most recently by The…