University News
September 28, 2012
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine announced a $1.5 million commitment from School of Medicine alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s…
September 26, 2012
It was a bridge project that went on without tying up traffic—and, in fact, without many people knowing: Yesterday, contractors moved two 13,000-pound wooden bridge trusses out of the structures lab at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and onto pilings outside the building, to kick off a yearlong…
September 26, 2012
Health is not only an issue for an individual; it is one for a community. Rob Fischer from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ has teamed up with Kaiser Permanente’s Community Health Initiative to evaluate its Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Program…
September 24, 2012
Two local foundations commit $20 million total to launch campaign for new medical education building
Leaders of the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation and Cleveland Foundation today announced that each organization has committed $10 million to launch ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s campaign for a new medical education and research building. The grants represent the largest one-time awards that…
September 19, 2012
Tinkham Veale, a 1937 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ graduate who achieved extraordinary business success and even greater philanthropic impact, died Tuesday in his home. He was 97. Tink came to the university after working as a teenager in the oil fields of Kansas, and felt a deep sense of gratitude for…
September 18, 2012
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ next spring will launch two semester-long study abroad programs—one that will provide academic and performance opportunities at London’s acclaimed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and one that will offer internships and cultural experiences in Jerusalem. The…
September 18, 2012
Responding to the growing needs of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and the larger University Circle community, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will embark on an $18.5* million renovation to the Cedar–University Red Line Rapid Station. Federal and local officials will join…
September 07, 2012
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ President Barbara R. Snyder last night announced that the Inamori Foundation has committed an additional $1 million to advance the work of the university’s Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence. The news came as the university honored academic and environmental…
September 04, 2012
A ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ initiative to streamline research approvals across the region now extends beyond Northeast Ohio to include the entire state. The effort, which grew from the collaboration the university forged in 2007 to secure a $64 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA),…
August 29, 2012
One of the first patients to receive implanted muscle stimulation technology developed at the Cleveland FES (Functional Electrical Simulation) Center will represent the United States in sailing this weekend at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Jennifer French, a native of North Royalton, is among six…