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$1.9 million gift establishes the Rudy Athletic Endowment at ӰƵ
Made on behalf of late alum, who invented Nike Air Sole, and wife A $1.9 million gift from Kim Rudy McMahon, whose late father, a ӰƵ alum who invented the revolutionary Nike Air Sole, will establish the M. Frank Rudy and Margaret Dormiter Rudy Athletic Endowment for the…
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5 things to know about… Cleveland history
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the source of Cleveland’s spelling. Our hometown’s history has been interesting from the start—right down to its name. General Moses Cleaveland arrived in the area—then part of the Connecticut Western Reserve—July 22, 1796, to survey the…
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Executive turned patient invests in health education
Building now named the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion Cleveland Clinic and ӰƵ have been given a very generous gift from Sheila and Eric Samson for the Health Education Campus (HEC), scheduled to open in summer 2019. In recognition of the significant donation, the…
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ӰƵ and Cleveland Clinic launch new alliance in biomedical engineering
ӰƵ and Cleveland Clinic have launched a new partnership to advance research and education in biomedical engineering (BME) across greater Cleveland’s growing health innovation ecosystem. This biomedical engineering alliance capitalizes on the synergistic strengths of…
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XaTek Inc. raises $9.1 million to advance ClotChip, a hand-held device to quickly gauge blood’s clotting ability
Technology developed by ӰƵ researchers; licensed by Technology Transfer Office XaTek Inc., a Cleveland-based company developing a portable sensing system that can quickly assess the clotting ability of a person’s blood, recently raised $9.1 million in Series A capital to further…
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A day at the farm: From research opportunities to food production, CWRU farm offers several resources
Shane Brown, maintenance group leader at the ӰƵ farm, considers the Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms grounds in nearby Hunting Valley “the university’s best-kept secret.” But the farm—just 10 miles from campus—isn’t intended to be a secret, and the staff doesn’t…
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‘Breakthrough’ energy storage
U.S. Department of Energy awards $10.75 million to establish Energy Frontier Research Center at ӰƵ The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded ӰƵ $10.75 million over four years to establish a research center to explore “Breakthrough…
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Campus law-enforcement accreditation assessment team invites public comment
ӰƵ’s Division of Public Safety is scheduled for an on-site assessment Aug. 12-14 as part of a program to achieve accreditation by verifying it meets professional standards. Administered by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA),…
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Judy’s Hand Pavilion arrives at Toby’s Plaza as part of citywide contemporary-art exhibition
Over the past week, a new public art installation has taken shape at Toby’s Plaza: Judy’s Hand Pavilion, part of this summer’s FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. The piece, designed by Chicago-based artist Tony Tasset, is a silver hand that stands at about 25 feet tall…
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Fossil finds
ӰƵ researchers, collaborators from two other universities, identify two new ancient mammals in Bolivia dig Researchers at ӰƵ and two other universities have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct hoofed mammals…