Case Western Reserve University (also known as simply Case) is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was created in 1967 by the federation of Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1881 by philanthropist Leonard Case Jr.) and Western Reserve University (founded in 1826 in the area that was once the Connecticut Western Reserve).
Case Western Reserve is the largest independent research university in the state of Ohio. As of 2004, the university had approximately 3,700 undergraduates and 5,700 graduate and professional students. According to US News and World Report 2005 rankings, Case Western Reserve's Undergraduate Program is ranked 41st among national universities. Also, the university ranks #12 among private universities receiving the most federal research funding.
The university is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of downtown Cleveland in University Circle, a 550 acres (220 ha) area containing numerous educational, medical, and cultural institutions. Case Western Reserve has a number of programs taught in conjunction with nearby institutions, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Cleveland Play House. For transportation, in addition to the Cleveland RTA, which is made available to students through a mandatory $25 per semester fee, Case Western Reserve has its own fleet of shuttle busses which are better known as "greenies."
Case Western Reserve was the site of the famous Michelson-Morley interferometer experiment, conducted in 1887 by A. A. Michelson of Case Institute of Technology and E. W. Morley of Western Reserve University. This experiment proved the non-existence of ether and gave circumstantial evidence to substantiate Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
History
Case Western Reserve University was founded in 1967 with the merge of Western Reserve College and Case School of Applied Science. The former was founded in 1826 in Hudson, Ohio. It took its name from that of the region, known originally as the Connecticut Western Reserve. In 1882, with funding provided by Amasa Stone, the college moved to its present location in Cleveland. At the same time as the relocation, Western Reserve College changed its name to Western Reserve University.
Today Case is the largest independent research university in Ohio and its undergraduate program is ranked 41st among 262 national universities by U.S. News & World Report who, in 2008, also ranked it 25th for "Best Value". Case has a world renowned Biomedical Engineering program which is ranked 6th in the nation. Its Management and Engineering programs were ranked 30th and 38th respectively.
Case has also attained an excellent reputation for research in both graduate and undergraduate level courses. It is ranked 13th among private institutions. The university operates several facilities off campus for scientific research. One notable example of this is the Warner and Swasey Observatory at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. See the Research section for more detail on Case's research contributions.
Case's network speed, second fastest to NASA, in conjunction with its tremendous wireless range consisting of over 1,250 public wireless access points across campus and University Circle make it one of the leading institutions for networking. Case was one of the founding members of OneCleveland, formed in October 2003. OneCleveland is an "ultra broadband" (gigabit speed) fiber optic network. This network is for the use of organizations in education, research, government, healthcare, arts, culture, and the nonprofit sector in Greater Cleveland.
Case is also known for its Virtual Worlds gaming computer lab, which opened in 2005. The lab has a large network of Alienware PCs equipped with game development software such as the Torque Game Engine and Maya 3D modeling software. Additionally, it contains a number of specialized advanced computing rooms including a medical simulation room, a MIDI instrument music room, a 3D projection "immersion room", a virtual reality research room, and console room, which features video game systems such as Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. This laboratory can be used by any student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and is heavily used for the Game Development (EECS 290) course.
On October 5, 2004, Case Western Reserve hosted the Vice Presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. Each year, the university holds an Ohio regional Science Olympiad Tournament for Divisions B and C.
Campus
The university is approximately five miles (8 km) east of downtown Cleveland in University Circle, a 550 acre (220 ha) area containing numerous educational, medical, and cultural institutions. CWRU has a number of programs taught in conjunction with nearby institutions, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Western Reserve Historical Society, and the Cleveland Play House.
Academic Ranking
According to U.S. News & World Report's 2008 rankings, Case Western Reserve's undergraduate program is #41 among national universities. It is most highly regarded for its medical school (currently ranked #25 and #37 for research and primary care, respectively, in US News rankings) and Biomedical Engineering department, which ranks at #7 among undergraduate and graduate biomedical engineering programs. In 2006, The Times ranked Case Western Reserve 26th in the US and 60th worldwide.
Among national universities, the 2006 US News rankings placed the Weatherhead School of Management undergraduate program at #29 with the Case School of Engineering undergraduate school taking the #39 spot. In 2004, the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences was ranked #11. When last ranked in 2006, the graduate program at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing came in at #5. In the 2008 rankings, Case Western Reserve was listed at #22 for Best Value institutions, which are defined as colleges which offer a quality education for a low cost when taking into account scholarships and financial aid awards.
A release of medical school rankings from the National Institutes of Health shows that Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and its affiliates has attained an overall institutional ranking of 12th among the nation’s 122 medical schools. The National Science Foundation has ranked Research and Development Expenditures for Case Western Reserve at #34 among all US colleges and universities. Furthermore, Case Western Reserve ranks at #32 for Federal Obligations to support Science and Engineering Growth and Development.The Advocate ranked Case Western Reserve University one of the top 100 LGBT-friendly universities.
Organization
The university in its present form consists of ten schools:
College of Arts and Sciences
School of Dental Medicine
Case School of Engineering
School of Law
Weatherhead School of Management
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
School of Graduate Studies
Case Western Reserve University's endowment ranks at #30 among all U.S. colleges and universities. The university comes in at #18 for largest endowment growth over the past 20 years, experiencing an increase of 393% in that time (See: List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment). The university finished the 2007 fiscal year with a $20 million operating deficit, with plans to balance its budget by 2011. A $127,000 surplus was produced in the 2008 fiscal year, far ahead of schedule. However, the 2009 budget again projects a shortfall in excess of $7 million.
Case Western Reserve University was ranked 90th in the 2008 THES-QS World University Ranking
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