University News
July 23, 2018
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…
July 20, 2018
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…
July 19, 2018
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…
July 13, 2018
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…
July 11, 2018
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…
July 11, 2018
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…
July 09, 2018
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…
July 03, 2018
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),…
July 03, 2018
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…
June 27, 2018
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…