University News
June 15, 2018
More than 2,600 donors combine for $1.55 million in support—breaking the one-day donor participation record yet again
For the sixth straight year, ӰƵ asked its community to come together in support of the university during the 2018 All [in] Day of Giving. And earlier this week,…
June 14, 2018
ӰƵ is listed in the “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2017” rankings compiled by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Rankings were based on data from the United States Patent and…
June 01, 2018
Hundreds gathered Thursday evening to dedicate the Nord Family Greenway, a 2,200-foot-long expanse that exemplifies the accomplishments possible when organizations collaborate toward a common goal. Begun years ago as a project to ease pedestrian transit between ӰƵ’s…
May 24, 2018
More than a half-dozen Nobel Prize winners coming to ӰƵ campus to mark 50 years since seminal theory began to emerge Every October, the world’s largest and most prestigious group of physicists gathers in Stockholm, Sweden, to honor those among their ranks who will join a…
May 23, 2018
As they have for the past few summers, ӰƵ staff will have additional time off during June and July. CWRU Take Two, the university initiative that gives employees two hours off on Friday afternoons, begins June 1. Nine Fridays will comprise this year’s program: June 1,…
May 22, 2018
The seniors on the ӰƵ softball team had a busy—and extremely memorable—weekend. Fresh off winning a best-of-three series against Hope College in the Super Regionals of the NCAA Division III Tournament Friday and Saturday, the team arrived home at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. By 8…
May 21, 2018
Former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove told ӰƵ’s Class of 2018 Sunday about a topic he said he felt “eminently qualified to address.” Leadership? No. Health care? No. Cardiac surgery? Yet again, no. Instead, he focused on failure—namely, his own. A collection of…
May 18, 2018
After an exceptional experience together using holograms for learning, ӰƵ and Microsoft are collaborating again—this time with quantum computing. Radiology Professor Mark Griswold, faculty lead for the first project, also will direct the university’s engagement on this…
May 18, 2018
By Ellen Walter The ӰƵ softball team will play in its first ever Super Regional game today (May 18) against Hope College in Holland, Michigan. This is the furthest the team has ever advanced in the NCAA Division III Tournament, earning this position by beating out three other…
May 17, 2018
As an undergraduate engineering student, Larry Sears had to go to his Cleveland Heights basement when he wanted to tinker. Today, thanks in part to his leadership and generosity, students across the campus can create everything from jewelry to medical diagnostic devices—whether as a hobby or the…