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Case Western Reserve University
Established	1967 WRC: 1826 CIT: 1880
Type:	Private university
Endowment:	US $1.864 billion (June 2007)[1]
President:	Barbara R. Snyder
Faculty:	2,400 full-time
Undergraduates:	4,186
Postgraduates:	5,766
Location	Cleveland, OH, U.S.
Campus:	Urban, 155 acres[2]
Colors:	Blue, White and Grey
Mascot:	Spartan[3]
Athletics:	NCAA Division III UAA 19 varsity teams
Website:	www.case.edu

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus located in Cleveland Heights. It was formed in 1967 by the federation of Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1880 by philanthropist Leonard Case Jr.) and Western Reserve University (founded in 1826 as the Western Reserve College in the area that was once the Connecticut Western Reserve). The university offers programs of study in Arts and Sciences, Dentistry, Engineering, Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Sciences. Case Western Reserve University is distinguished by its strengths in education, research, service, and experiential learning, and these areas are often recognized on both a national and international scale in annual publications and rankings lists. Case's mission during the tenure of President Edward M. Hundert, M.D. was to be "the most powerful learning environment in the world".^[4] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 174 × 174 pixelsFull resolution (174 × 174 pixel, file size: 32 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a logo of a college, university, or other institution of higher learning, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Located in Hudson, Ohio, Western Reserve Academy is a private, mid-sized, coeducational boarding and day college prepatory school. ... A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... USD redirects here. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Blue (from Old High German blao shining) is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength (about 470 nm) of the three primary colors. ... Alternate meanings: White (disambiguation) White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Gray or grey is a color seen commonly in nature. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... “Military history of Sparta” redirects here. ... NCAA redirects here. ... The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... Cleveland Heights is a city located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. ... Connecticuts land claims in the West The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut in the Northwest Territory in what is now northeastern Ohio. ...

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

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Rankings

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). However, the university finished the 2007 fiscal year with a $20 million operating deficit.^[5] The following are lists of American institutions of higher education by endowment. ...

According to U.S. News & World Report's 2008 rankings, Case's undergraduate program is ranked #1 in Ohio and #41 among national universities. It is most highly regarded for its medical school (currently ranked #21 and #22 for primary care and research, respectively, in US News rankings) and Biomedical Engineering department, which ranks at #7 among undergraduate and graduate biomedical engineering programs. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... The AbioCor artificial heart, an example of a biomedical engineering application of mechanical engineering with biocompatible materials for Cardiothoracic Surgery using an artificial organ. ...

In 2006, The Times ranked Case 26th in the US and 60th worldwide.^[6] The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ...

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 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. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... The entry to the Peter B. Lewis Building The Weatherhead School of Management is the business school of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. ... The Case School of Engineering traces its roots to the 1880 founding of the Case School of Applied Science. ...

The new annual release of medical school rankings from the National Institutes of Health shows the Case School of Medicine and its affiliates has attained an overall institutional ranking of 12th among the nation’s 122 medical schools.^[7] National Institutes of Health Building 50 at NIH Clinical Center - Building 10 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical research. ...

The National Science Foundation has ranked Research and Development Expenditures for Case at #34 among all US colleges and universities.^[8] Furthermore, Case ranks at #32 for Federal Obligations to support Science and Engineering Growth and Development.^[9] The logo of the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. ...

The Advocate ranked Case Western Reserve University one of the top 100 LGBT friendly universities, evidence of the University's improvements in diversity standards over the past decade and welcoming more LGBT students and families into the community. The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly news magazine. ... The initialism LGBT also GLBT is in use (since the 1990s) to refer collectively to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...

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. Case 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. University Circle is a cultural, medical, educational and religious district on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, occupying approximately 500 acres (2 km²) around the campus of Case Western Reserve University and the adjacent Wade Park Oval, and encompassing a large number of allied and independent institutions. ... The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nations leading independent music conservatories. ... The Cleveland Institute of Art is a private college of art and design located in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. ... Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center (CHSC) is a non-profit (501c3) organization specializing in providing Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, and Community Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services to adults and children. ... The Cleveland Museum of Art, South View from Wade Lagoon Located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, the Cleveland Museum of Art has a permanent collectionof more than 40,000 objects in 70 galleries. ... The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio in University Circle, a 500 acre (2 km²) concentration of educational, cultural and medical institutions. ... The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) is located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Its mission is to promote and preserve the history of the Western Reserve region of northeast Ohio. ... Cleveland Play House is a theater complex in the Fairfax neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. ...

Haydn Hall on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio

There are two main transportation options for students: For on- and near-campus transportation, Case Western Reserve University has a fleet of shuttle buses known as "Greenies"; for longer trips, students may use the Cleveland RTA bus and rail system. Each undergraduate student receives an unlimited RTA pass, which is paid for via a mandatory $25 fee per semester. Image File history File links The Case Western Reserve University campus, July, 2005, by Rick Dikeman. ... Image File history File links The Case Western Reserve University campus, July, 2005, by Rick Dikeman. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... The Greenie Shuttle Bus is a colloquial name given to the shuttle buses that operate in the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. ... The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but usually referred to as the RTA) is the metropolitan transportation agency in Cleveland, Ohio and its surrounding suburbs. ...

Case Western Reserve University does not manage its parking lots, requiring students, faculty, and staff to purchase permits from University Circle Incorporated. The rates vary between approximately $30 and $80 per month, with multi-year waiting lists on the most popular lots.

There are, however, two Case Western Reserve University owned parking garages, one by the Village at 115th and the other near the Veale Athletic Center. Permits for these two lots are purchased from Case Western Reserve University, and run about $500 per semester.

Students

As of 2005-2006, the university had 4,186 undergraduate students and 5,766 graduate and professional students. The undergraduate student body hails from all 50 states and 82 international countries.

Student life

Unless students are living with a relative within fifty miles of the university, Case Western Reserve University requires first and second year students to live in on-campus housing. Meal plan participation is also mandatory for first year students and sophomores, with some exceptions made for religious and medical reasons. New housing for underclassmen, along with a "Greek village" bringing all the college's fraternities and sororities together with the other undergraduates, is slated to be constructed in the future. One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus, Infosys Technologies Ltd. ...

The residence halls are divided into two areas, one featuring suite-style rooms for second-year students and upperclassmen and the other featuring double, triple, and a few single rooms for first year students. Both have gigabit ethernet network access and the wired network is one of the fastest that exists. A wireless campus network is also available anywhere on campus, also ranked one of the fastest by Intel in 2005. Buildings are organized into "colleges," grouping together students of similar ages and creating a sense of ownership and hall pride. New housing, known as the Village at 115, was opened in fall 2005 for upperclassmen, which features one to nine person, "apartment-style" residence halls that come with air conditioning, full kitchen area, and full-sized beds. A gigabit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Gbit or sometimes Gb. ... Intel redirects here. ... A typical American college dorm room Another typical not-so-clean college dorm room Watterson Towers, Illinois State University Potomac Hall, second-largest dormitory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation and sometimes entertainment. ... For other uses, see Bed (disambiguation). ...

Residence Life at Case Western Reserve University has a recent history of being liberal in its policies, including allowing co-ed suites (an option offered to upperclass students, when requested and agreed upon by all occupants of a suite), and a 3-day guest policy. Pets are allowed except for dogs, cats, ferrets, and a few other small mammals but requests are granted discussion. Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the same school facilities. ...

Graduate students are not offered housing.

A campus shuttle runs to Coventry, a shopping district in neighboring Cleveland Heights. Cleveland's Little Italy is within walking distance. The Legacy Village, Severance Center, and University Square shopping centers are all within driving distance or accessible by RTA. For Coventry Township, see Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio Coventry Village is a commercial business district in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, situated on Coventry Road between Mayfield Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard. ...

First year experience

First year students are grouped into one of three residential colleges that are overseen by First Year Coordinators (FYC). The four residential colleges are made up of several buildings. Mistletoe, Juniper, and Magnolia residential colleges have been in existence for as long as the "First Year Experience" system has been in place. The fourth residential college, Cedar, was created in the fall of 2005 due to a large influx of new students. The residential colleges plan events together and are run by college councils that take student input and use it to plan social and community service-oriented activities. For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall university. ...

Beginning in the fall of 2007, as the Residential College System is refined, Magnolia will merge into Mistletoe. The areas of focus for each college will remain Cedar: Visual and Performing Arts, Mistletoe: Service Leadership, and Juniper: Multiculturalism.

Quality of life

The student population was ranked "nineteenth unhappiest" in 2005 by The Princeton Review,^{[citation needed]} despite the opening of a new residential village during the 2005-06 academic year. Case Western Reserve University's retention rate for 2005 was 92 percent.^{[citation needed]} Many students attribute this unhappiness to the extreme cold, in which people have been known to flash freeze where they stand; the wind, which has been known to pick up some of the smaller students; SAGES; the recent food poisoning incident at Leutner Dining commons; and the inability of the Cleveland police to catch the one 16-25 year old black male standing between 5'6" and 6'5" and weighing between 150 and 200 pounds that has been terrorizing the students regularly since 1945. The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit American educational preparation company. ...

SAGES Program

Around the year 2001, after much work by the administration, the University drew up a proposal for the Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES) program. A number of committees and task forces had examined existing research describing what seemed to be the most positive, effective learning experience for undergraduate students. They determined that students gain the most from having close contact with faculty. The university therefore decided to include an advising system as part of SAGES in order to offer a means of faculty support for incoming students. To strengthen this connection, the University chose a seminar approach because small groups afford more discussion with professors in class. Students also benefit from the seminars because they mirror how people interact professionally.

Case Western Reserve University instituted a pilot program in the year 2002 which required students to take one First Year Seminar - designed around the theme “The Life of the Mind” - and three University Seminars, and then to close their final year with a Senior Capstone project. The pilot ran for three years with a small group of undergraduates participating. After reviewing the data gathered from the pilot’s run, the faculty voted to revise it such that the requirements included one First Year Seminar, two University Seminars, one Departmental Seminar, and a final Senior Capstone. The logic behind this change was that the addition of a Departmental Seminar would allow students to choose a class within their major, keeping the program engaging. The First Year Seminars were also altered so that the themes around which the classes were organized included not only “Life of the Mind,” but also “The Natural World,” “The Social World,” and “The Symbolic World.” This arrangement offers students a better chance of having a class available that interests them, increasing their personal investment in the course. Since a primary focus of the SAGES program is to sharpen student’s written communication skills, many First Year Seminars that are not taught by English professors have an additional writing instructor. Finally, the faculty voted to shrink class sizes from 25 to 17 in order to foster a better sense of community between students, their peers, and their teachers.

While the content of each SAGES class varies depending on the professor, the intent is to teach the same lesson: how to function and communicate effectively. The program stresses written, verbal, and presentational abilities. The seminar setting of the class improves students’ facility with working in collaborative small groups, as would be found in many professional environments. All of these skills are gained through the conduit of each class’s individual approach. In other words, by participating in seminars with themes like “Life of the Mind,” “The Symbolic World,” and so forth, students gain capabilities that are pertinent to today’s job market, skills that employers are seeking in potential employees.

An exceptional feature of the program’s design is participation by all undergraduate students in “SAGES Fourth Hour” events. Each first year seminar class is scheduled for an additional hour and fifteen minute block twice a week for the purpose of introducing new students to the cultural sites located a short walking distance from campus. Students are taken to such places as the Cleveland Natural History Museum, the Botanical Gardens, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Severance Hall, where the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra is housed. Fourth hour classes are also used as extra class time for professors to extend their lessons, or for students to meet on their own for group projects.

Before Case Western Reserve University instituted the SAGES program, undergraduate students had, as Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Jill Korbin put it, a “Chinese restaurant menu” of courses prescribed to them to fulfill their General Education Requirement.^{[citation needed]}

There is some concern that SAGES has placed a financial burden on the University. Because the classes are designed to be small and intimate, a greater number of faculty members are required to participate. To staff the SAGES courses, Case Western Reserve University has reassigned some faculty effort away from departmental courses to SAGES classes, thereby drawing to SAGES some teachers who might be potentially reluctant to participate. There is also some concern among departmental faculty that enrollment in SAGES diminishes enrollment in departmental courses.

Despite these problems, most faculty members do not foresee any major changes being made to SAGES.^{[citation needed]} They wish for the program to remain malleable, though. Accordingly, if they perceive that something is not working for the students, they will vote to revise it. Some professors, such as Peter Whiting, are seeking to make the change policy more flexible to facilitate this process. Professor Paul Blackman seems to favor of the status quo, while Professor Mary Middleton seeks a more middle-of-the-road approach.

Many students would like to see the First Seminars become more focused, defined, consistent, or goal-oriented.^{[citation needed]} Second-year students, however, tend to agree that they enjoy their University Seminars more than their First Year Seminars because the classes are more topical, allowing them to choose something in which they have a deep interest. Fourth Hours tend to be popular amongst first years, for they broaden their understanding of the cultural opportunities available near the University. Fifth Hours are much less popular as many students are tired, or even exhausted, by then. While they may find some faults with the program, students appreciate the variety of topics, the small group discussions, and the opportunity to network with people outside of their majors that SAGES affords.

Greek system

Nearly a third of the campus undergraduates are in a fraternity or sorority. There are six sororities, one sororal colony, and 17 fraternities. Recently semi-recognition has been given to a colony of Omega Tau Zeta. During the Fall of 2006, Sigma Alpha Epsilon was removed from the Case Western Reserve University campus due to legal issues. In the Spring of 2007, Phi Gamma Delta returned to the Case Western Reserve University Greek-life. With the Fall 2007 semester, Sigma Alpha Mu will be returning to Case (though the nationals still recognize the chapter), and a new sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, will be joining the Greek community. List of current fraternities and sororities may be found on the university website. The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... Omega Tau Zeta is a college sorority in the United States. ... Sigma Alpha Mu (ΣΑΜ) also known as Sammy is a college fraternity founded at the City College of New York in 1909. ...

In addition, the governing bodies of all fraternities and sororities on campus are known for their ineptitude. Despite this apparent inability to do anything useful, the Interfraternity Congress and Panhellenic Council received recognition in the following categories, as well as earning the highest honor in their respective councils, by the Mid-American Greek Council Association regarding the 2006-2007 school year:

Panhel Awards: Academic Achievement, Council Management, Philanthropy & Community Service, Leadership & Educational Development, Public Relations, Membership Recruitment, Risk Reduction & Management, Self-Governance & Judicial Affairs, Sutherland Award for Division II.

IFC Awards: Academic Achievement, Council Management, Philanthropy & Community Service, Leadership & Education Development, Public Relations, Membership Recruitment, Risk Reduction & Management, Self-Governance & Judicial Affairs, Jellison Award for Division III.

Events

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On May 9, 2003, Biswanath Halder, an alumnus of the school, went on a shooting spree, killing one student, Norman Wallace, and wounding a professor and a Ph.D. student in the Frank Gehry-designed Peter B. Lewis Building, home of the Weatherhead School of Management. Halder held off police and SWAT officers for about 7 hours in sniper-like gun battles while approximately 100 people hid in offices and closets until they were rescued by police. Halder was ultimately apprehended by a SWAT team in a 5th floor classroom closet.^[10][11] Dateline NBC aired a report on this shooting in 2006 complete with actual video footage of the shooting, interviews with Halder and Wallace's family members, and discussions about Halder's motive.^[12] Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... Peter B. Lewis is the Cleveland, Ohio-area based Chairman of Progressive Insurance Companies. ... The entry to the Peter B. Lewis Building The Weatherhead School of Management is the business school of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. ... This article is about Special Weapons and Tactics. ... Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABCs 20/20 or CBSs 60 Minutes. ...

Each year, the university holds an Ohio regional Science Olympiad Tournament for Divisions B and C.

Sports, clubs, and traditions

Varsity athletics

Case Western Reserve University has been a member of the University Athletic Association (UAA) since the early nineties. The conference participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division III. The university offers 10 men's sports and nine women's sports. Two of the teams attained unprecedented success in the fall of 2006, with the women's cross country team winning the Great Lakes regional championship for the first time, and the men's soccer team earning its first-ever NCAA tournament bid. The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. ... NCAA redirects here. ... Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. ...

The Case Men's Soccer team finished their 2006 season with a 17-2-2 record and a UAA championship. The team reached the Sweet 16 in their first ever NCAA Division III tournament appearance and concluded the season ranked 12th in the nation.

The Case Women's Cross Country Team finished the 2006 season with a UAA Championship, and a bid to the NCAA Championship. The Lady Spartans finished 10th in the nation.

The Case Football team finished the 1996 season with the school's first UAA Championship in football.

Traditions

The Hudson Relays is an annual tradition at Case Western Reserve University that occurs on the last weekend before finals every spring semester. It is a relay race between teams drawn from each class year. The race is a distance of 26 miles. Originally, the race was run from Hudson, Ohio, the original site of Western Reserve University, to the present location of the school in University Circle. Since the mid-1980s, the race has been run entirely in the University Circle area. University tradition is that if a class wins the relay for each of its four years, the team will be rewarded with a champagne and steak dinner with the President of the university. The most recent class to achieve this was the class of 2006. The winning class for each year is carved on a boulder located behind Adelbert Hall. Hudson Relays is an annual tradition at Case Western Reserve University that occurs the last weekend before finals every spring semester. ... Adelbert Hall is an administration building at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and a registered historic building, listed in the National Register on 1973-10-30. ...

Springfest is a day-long concert and student group festival which occurs later the same day of Hudson Relays. The University Program Board brings in several bands and a beer garden, student groups set up booths to entertain the student body, and various inflatable carnival-style attractions are brought in to add to the theoretically festive atmosphere. Occasionally, due to adverse weather conditions, the festival must be moved indoors, usually to Thwing Center or Adelbert Gym.

Halloween at the Farm is a tradition established in the fall of 2002. Halloween at the Farm takes place at the Squire Valleevue Farm in Hunting Valley, Ohio. Students, their families, and faculty are invited to enjoy games, a bonfire, an open air concert, and hay rides. Organized by the members of the Class Officer Collective, HatF is one of the biggest events of the year. Hunting Valley is a wealthy, suburban village located east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States. ...

Since 1974, the Film Society of Case Western Reserve University has held the Science Fiction Marathon. The film festival has a very large crowd that enjoys food and 36 hours of non-stop movies including modern, classic, and surprise, science fiction films.

Myths and Legends

Gargoyle on Amasa Stone Chapel

The gargoyle on the west side of Amasa Stone Chapel has been the object of myth and legend since the church’s construction in 1911. The legend asserts that the trustees of Western Reserve University placed the gargoyle facing their rival school, Case Institute of Technology, once the chapel was completed. They did so because it was believed that Leonard Case Jr., the founder of the school, was an atheist. In reality, the gargoyle was part of the original architectural design. The church is based on an English medieval design, where it was common to put a gargoyle on the dark side of the building, the west side in this case.

The Faceless Rapist

The faceless rapist haunts the elephant stairs of the Case Western Reserve University campus in Cleveland, Ohio. The elephant stairs run from the top of the hill by Carlton Commons down to the bottom of the hill by Fribley dining hall on the south side of campus. Crime was so high when they were first built that campus security installed cameras on them, hoping to discourage the use of the nickname “rape stairs”. The faceless rapist is said to be able to run up and down the stairs backwards and forwards. In addition, he is not afraid to attack a large group of students, but nobody has ever seen his face, hence the name, faceless rapist. His last known attack was on October 28, 2007 around 9:00 P.M.

The Searcher

Although the administration of CWRU insists that the figure atop Tomlinson Hall is simply, “searching for new things in the world and in science that make for a better world in which all society may live and prosper;” the truth is much darker. This searcher is actually pays homage to former Case Western president Marcus Tunerus. Tunerus, a descendent of the Viking hero Eric the Red, implemented a new system of teaching that both the faculty and student body were vehemently opposed to. Tunerus unleashed his secret police on key members of his opposition until the USG finally caved into his demands. Thus began a new era in the school’s history that drastically reduced the student’s free will on campus. To celebrate his own greatness, he ordered a statue in his likeness to crown Tomlinson Hall, the home of his greatest opponent, as a perpetual, ironic sign of his triumphs. Ever since his suspicious disappearance in 1875 seniors have congregated around the figure the night before graduation and sacrifice a freshman under the glowing eyes of the dragon boat.

Severance Hall

The crowning jewel of Severance Hall, the home of the world famous Cleveland Orchestra, is the beautiful flower patterned ceiling. Severance Hall is not, as many people believe, named for John Long Severance who built it. In fact he built it as a memorial for his beloved wife Elisabeth, who died just before they broke ground. Legend has it that the ceiling was patterned after Mrs. Severance’s wedding dress. Unfortunately there is little evidence to support this claim since no one has been able to recover a picture of Elisabeth in her wedding dress. It is known however that Elisabeth favored the particular patterned featured in the hall.

The Feeding of the Elevators

While it is well known that even the newest elevators on campus behave erratically, those in Clarke Tower deserve special mention. The tallest building on campus (by floors), Clarke tower has 2 elevators to span it's 12 stories. Among the most temperamental elevators on campus they consistently are in need of repair and generally deposit the riders on whatever floors they feel like. The open and close door buttons have been relabeled "Crush" and "Release" to more accurately reflect their function. In order to appease the elevator demons, it has long been the duty of the residents of the 10th floor to sacrifice a freshman non-virgin (over 90% of the undergraduate population being virgins, they no longer satiate the gods at Case) in the elevator machinery room once a month. When the elevators go unfed riders have been know to mysteriously go missing only to be found months later on the roof flash-frozen in the -270ºC winds.

The Off-By-One Error

Visible from Google Maps, the Binary Walkway, imagined by Accounting Professor Thomas Schultz, was installed on the former site of Baker Building. The legacy of university president Hundert and selected after an open call for designs from the Case community the Binary Walkway shows that, according to Schultz, “Just as binary digits can be reorganized and configured to represent discoveries yet to be made, so can the people and resources of the Case community be combined to create and sustain the most powerful learning environment in the world. A walkway inspired by binary code offers a graphic reminder of these possibilities.” Light and dark concrete slabs are arranged in the shape of "1"s and "0"s in quartets. Due to the infamous "Off-By-One" error, however, the walkway has come to be an embarrassment to the more knowledgeable students, faculty and staff. From overhead, whenever a number 0 appears on the outside, the outermost column of blocks is missing. Further inspection shows that they have in fact been translated to the opposite side of the walkway, such that it may be presumed that what was intended to be the eastern-most column has been installed as the western-most. Students and faculty, angered by this failure to even depict binary code properly, rose to oust President Hundert soon after the walkway was opened. In the winter, however, the walkway ices over in the frigid cold winds allowing students to traverse it with a much lower coefficient of friction by sliding on their bellies like penguins. Care has to be taken, though, as several students are fatally wounded each year as they slide off the end of the walkway and into the Euclid Ave. intersection, often being hit by renegade RTA buses.

Facts and figures

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Adelbert Hall in November 2003

• Undergraduate Tuition (2007-2008): $32,800
• Undergraduate Classes with <30 Students: 71%
• Undergraduate Classes with <20 Students: 58%
• Nobel Laureates Among Alumni, Faculty, and Researchers: 16
• Full Time Faculty with Ph.D. or equivalent: 95%

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2006-2007 incoming class statistics

• Applications Received: 7508
• Admitted: 5002
• SAT I (25-75 percentile)

• Verbal: 600-700
• Math: 630-730
• Writing: 590-680
• Composite: 1820-2110

• ACT (25-75 percentile)

27-32

• 68% in Top 10% of HS Class
• 93% in Top 25% of HS Class

Top 10 states for undergraduates

1. Ohio
2. Pennsylvania
3. New York
4. Illinois
5. Michigan
6. Massachusetts
7. California
8. Texas
9. Maryland
10. Connecticut

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Diversity

• Caucasian: 74%
• Asian/Pacific Islander: 15%
• African American: 4%
• Hispanic/Latino: 3%
• Native American: <1%
• Other: 3%

• Male: 55%
• Female: 45%

Intended academic interests

• Arts and Sciences: 27%
• Engineering: 39%
• Management: 6%
• Nursing: 5%
• Undecided: 23%

Official Colors

• Blue, White, and Grey

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Notable students, alumni and faculty

• See List of Case Western Reserve University people

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Research

Following is a partial list of major contributions made by faculty, staff, and students at Case:

• Case 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 special theory of relativity (Profs. Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley, 1887).
• A. A. Michelson was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences. The prize was awarded in 1907 in the Physics category.
• Discovered the atomic weight of oxygen, the basis for calculating the weights of all other elements (Prof. Morley, 1895).
• Performed the first full X-ray of the human body -- on himself (Prof. Dayton C. Miller, 1896).
• Performed the first modern blood transfusion using a coupling device to connect blood vessels (Dr. George W. Crile, 1905).
• Pioneered chlorination of drinking water to eradicate the source of typhoid bacilli (Dr. Roger G. Perkins, 1912).
• Developed simulated milk formula for infants (Dr. Henry J. Gerstenberger,1915).
• Pioneered surgical treatment of coronary artery disease (Dr. Claude S. Beck, 1935).
• Developed the first heart-lung machine to be used during open heart surgery (Dr. Frederick S. Cross, 1950s).
• Performed the first successful lifesaving defibrillation of the human heart (Dr. Beck, 1947) and developed the method of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (Dr. Beck, 1952).
• Detected for the first-time neutrinos created by cosmic ray collisions with the earth's atmosphere and developed innovative particle detectors (Prof. Frederick Reines, 1965). Case had selected Prof. Reines as chairman of the physics department based on Reines's work in first detecting neutrinos emitted from a nuclear reactor--work for which Reines in 1995 shared the Nobel Prize.^[13]
• Pioneered the materials science of polymers with the creation of first comprehensive polymer science and engineering department at a major U.S. university (Eric Baer, 1967).
• Developed a test for infants to identify mental retardation within one year of birth (Prof. Joseph F. Fagan, 1987).
• Created the first artificial human chromosomes, opening the door to more detailed study of human genetics and potentially offering a new approach to gene therapy. (Prof. Huntington F. Willard of the School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland, in collaboration with colleagues at Athersys, Inc., 1997).
• Pioneered Local Loop Unbundling in Africa. He also chaired the Local Loop Unbundling Committee on behalf of the South African Government (Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala).

In 2007, a team from Case participated in the DARPA Urban Challenge with a robotic car named DEXTER. Team Case placed as one of 36 semi-finalists.^[14] Dexter was the only car in the race without any seating for humans, and the only one to be built from the ground up as a robot car.^[15] data The Michelson–Morley experiment, one of the most important and famous experiments in the history of physics, was performed in 1887 by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University. ... His signature. ... Edward Morley (1887). ... The luminiferous aether: it was hypothesised that the Earth moves through a medium of aether that carries light In the late 19th century luminiferous aether (light-bearing aether) was the term used to describe a medium for the propagation of light. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... For a less technical and generally accessible introduction to the topic, see Introduction to special relativity. ... His signature. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... For other uses, see Neutrino (disambiguation). ... Cosmic rays can loosely be defined as energetic particles originating outside of the Earth. ... The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is an example of a large particle detector. ... Frederick Reines Frederick Reines (March 16, 1918 - August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. ... In nuclear physics, beta decay (sometimes called neutron decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which a beta particle (an electron or a positron) is emitted. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Eric Baer is an internationally recognised researcher is solid state polymers and plastics. ... Local loop unbundling (LLU) is the regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators use of connections from the telephone exchanges central office to the customers premises. ... Tshilidzi Marwala born 28 July 1971 in Venda, South Africa is the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control Engineering at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, is a Chair of the Local Loop Unbundling Committee, Deputy Chair of Limpopo Business... 2007 Urban Challenge The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for driverless cars, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research organization of the United States Department of Defense. ...

Today, 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. The Warner and Swasey Observatory is the name of the astronomical observatory of Case Western Reserve University. ... The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on a 2,096 m (6,880 ft) peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oodham Nation, 88 kilometres (55 miles) southwest of Tucson. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ...

Music

WRUW-FM is the campus radio station of Case Western Reserve University. Its motto "More Music, Fewer Hits" can be seen adorning the rear bumpers of many vehicles in the area. WRUW broadcasts at a power of 15,000 watts and covers most of Northeast Ohio 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. WRUW-FM is a non-commercial student-run FM radio station at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, broadcasting at 91. ...

WRUW is staffed by Case students and community volunteers. The station's format can be classified as non-commercial "variety."

Case is also home to several performing ensembles, including a cappella groups such as the Case Men's Glee Club, Case in Point, Speakeasy, Dharmakapella, Bigger than a Bread Box, and Solstice. This article is about the vocal technique. ... A Glee Club is a chorus, historically of men but also of just women or mixed voices, which traditionally specializes in singing short songs. ...

Computing

Case had the first ABET-accredited program in computer engineering.^[16] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Computer engineering (also called electronic and computer engineering) is a discipline that combines elements of both electrical engineering and computer science. ...

In 1968, the university formed a private company, Chi Corporation, to provide computer time to both it and other customers. Initially this was on a Univac 1108 (replacing the preceding UNIVAC 1107), 36 bit, one's complement machine.^[17] The company was sold in 1977 to Robert G. Benson in Beachwood, Ohio. The UNIVAC 1108 was the second member of Sperry Rands UNIVAC 1100 series of computers, introduced in 1964. ... The UNIVAC 1107 was the first member of Sperry Rands UNIVAC 1100 series of computers, introduced in October 1962. ... In mathematics, negative numbers in any base are represented in the usual way, by prefixing them with a − sign. ...

Project Logos, under ARPA contract, was begun within the department on a DEC System-10 (later converted to TENEX (BBN) in conjunction with connection to the ARPANET) to develop a computer-aided computer design system. This system consisted in a distributed, networked, graphics environment, a control and data flow designer and logic (both hardware and software) analyzer. Graphics and animation became another departmental focus with the acquisition of an Evans & Sutherland LDS-1, which was hosted by the DES System-10, and later with the acquisition of the stand alone LDS-2. The TOPS-20 operating system by DEC was the second proprietary OS for the PDP-10. ... BBN Technologies (originally Bolt Beranek and Newman) is a high-technology company that provides research and development services. ... ARPANET logical map, March 1977. ... Evans & Sutherland is a computer firm involved in the computer graphics field. ...

Case was one of the earliest universities to be connected to the ARPANET, predecessor to the Internet. ARPANET went online in 1969; Case was connected in January, 1971.^[18] ARPANET logical map, March 1977. ...

Case pioneered the early Free-Net computer systems, creating the first Free-net, The Cleveland Free-Net, as well as writing the software that drove a majority of those systems, known as FreePort. The Cleveland Free-Net was shut down in late 1999, as it had become obsolete.

It was the first university to have an all-fiber-optic network, in 1989.^[19][20]

At the inaugural meeting in October, 1996, Case was one of the thirty-four charter university members of Internet2.^[21]

The university was ranked #1 in Yahoo Internet Life's 1999 Most Wired College list.^[22] There was a perception that this award was obtained through partially false or inaccurate information submitted for the survey,^{[citation needed]} and the university did not appear at all on the 2000 Most Wired College list (which included 100 institutions); the numbers reported were much lower than those which had been submitted by Ray Neff in 1999.^{[23][24][19][citation needed]} The university had previously placed #13 in the 1997 poll.^[25]

In August, 2003, Case joined the Internet Streaming Media Alliance, then one of only two university members.^[26] The Internet Media Streaming Alliance or ISMA is an industry group, made up of various companies, who promote the use and adoption of open standards for streaming media, such as video or audio. ...

In September, 2003, Case opened 1,230 public wireless access points on the Case campus and University Circle.^[27]

Case was one of the founding members of OneCleveland, formed in October, 2003.^[28] 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 software such as Torque Game Engine and graphics editors such as Maya. Additionally, it has a well-equipped music room and console room, which features video game systems such as Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. This laboratory can be used by any student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and is also used for the Game Development course. Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Computer Corporation. ... The Torque Game Engine, or TGE, is a modified version of a 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ...

Case in popular culture

Severance Hall, adjacent to campus, was also featured in the 1997 film Air Force One. The scene during the opening credits shows a night-time military raid on the presidential palace of the leader of Kazakhstan. Severance Hall was chosen to depict the palace. During the scene, several landmarks of Case Western Reserve University are visible, including the Thwing Center (the student union) and the Dittrick Medical History Center. Severance Hall Pediment by Henry Hering Severance Hall is one of the worlds most admired concert halls. ... Terrorist Egor Korshunov (Gary Oldman) confronts the President of the United States (Harrison Ford). ...

In the 1999 film Being John Malkovich, it is mentioned that Floris, played by Mary Kay Place, has "her doctorate in speech impedimentology from Case Western." Being John Malkovich is a 1999 film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. ... Mary Kay Place as The West Wings Surgeon General Millicent Griffith Mary Kay Place (b. ...

Naming controversy

In 2003, the university unveiled--after much expense--a new logo and branding campaign which emphasized the "Case" portion of its name. In 2006, interim university president Gregory Eastwood convened a Brand Task Group to study reactions to this campaign. The panel's report indicated that it had gone so poorly that "there appear to be serious concerns now about the university's ability to recruit and maintain high-quality faculty, fund-raising and leadership." In 2007, the university's board of trustees approved a shift back to giving equal weight to Case and Western Reserve. A new logo was chosen and implementation began July 1.^[29] In an open letter to the university community, interim president Eastwood admitted that "the university had misplaced its own history and traditions."^[30]

See also

• Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

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References

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