Everyone knows Case beats Harvard (#6), Yale (#12), and lowly Princeton (which doesn't even make it in the top 100)!

An A for computers.  What the f does that mean??

Case Western Law has finally chosen its new Dean. This is the press release. Personally I think this is a good choice.

 

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President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Lawrence E. Mitchell, an internationally prominent business law scholar at George Washington University, will become the new dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University.

 

“Lawrence Mitchell possesses the intellect, energy and enthusiasm required to lead our law school forward,” Snyder said. “He is creative, collegial and absolutely committed to engaging students, staff, faculty and alumni.”

 

At George Washington, Mitchell is the Theodore Rinehart Professor of Business Law and the founding executive director of the Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-LEAF). Mitchell founded the center in 2009 to promote interdisciplinary research and advance public dialogue. The center sponsors public conferences and faculty workshops and also publishes working papers and scholarly anthologies.

 

Earlier in his career, Mitchell launched the Sloan Program for the Study of Business in Society, an initiative that brought together scholars of corporate law, business and the humanities for conferences and retreats. A major focus of the program was to provide mentoring and support for promising junior faculty.

 

“The School of Law at Case Western Reserve is an extraordinary place. Many of its faculty are leaders in their fields, and the legal skills program is one of the most forward-thinking in the nation,” Mitchell said. “I am eager to work with students, staff, faculty and alumni to learn more about the school and its potential.”

 

Pamela B. Davis, dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs, chaired the search committee. Maxwell Mehlman, Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and director of the Law-Medicine Center, co-chaired the group.

 

“I want to thank Dean Davis, Professor Mehlman and the entire search committee for the enormous time, thought and energy devoted to this process,” Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III said. “The group spent nights and weekends interviewing the most promising candidates, checking references and ultimately making recommendations to the president and me. Their dedication to the School of Law is remarkable, and we are most grateful.”

 

The appointment is not final until approved by the university’s Board of Trustees.

Now all they need to do is start reducing the class sizes.

Mitchell has a business background and significant international experience, plus strong ties in NYC/DC. When I met him, he seemed to be truly excited about Cleveland and openly stated he'd take the job over his other finalist offers (Colorado-Boulder, San Diego, Brooklyn, and George Washington itself). Looks like he meant it. If any alumni are reading, it might be worth it to get in touch with him.

 

And ditto on the class sizes.

^ This is amazing news for Case.  Having an interim dean for so long hurt their rankings (along with too large of class sizes as mentioned above.)

 

Not to mention, the guy they got for the job seems like a very solid pick.

Now all they need to do is start reducing the class sizes.

 

They need to loosen up on the out of classroom requirements as well.  Makes it very difficult for Case students to get real world experience while still in school.

Now all they need to do is start reducing the class sizes.

 

They need to loosen up on the out of classroom requirements as well.  Makes it very difficult for Case students to get real world experience while still in school.

 

If you're talking about law firm experience, you're right, but the civil/criminal clinic programs are very active and they do a decent job of getting students summer experience and meetings with alumni.

 

The problem is, not many alumni are eager to be engaged with the school. There are varying reasons, including a perception that the school abandoned them in pursuit of specialty interests, but I'm not sure. Opinions vary widely. I'm only a 1L. But again, I really like this new Dean.

^Not quite sure what is meant by restricting out of class room experience.  Are  they now limiting students from having jobs with law firms?  When I was a student I worked 15-20 hours a week my 2nd and 3rd years as a law clerk at a downtown firm with no problems, and many other students did as well.

As a graduate of Case's law school in '07, let me be blunt--and yes, pretty negative.

 

The school is a scam as the supposed employment and salary results are completely misleading, unrepresentative, and even potentially fraudulent. Several of my un/underemployed peers have begun preliminaries for a civil action against the school (which I don't see as going anywhere, but still, to even look into such a claim...)

 

Some of the administration is truly incompetent, with one individual well known for being a true nightmare for students and faculty alike. If you went to the law school in the last 10 or 15 years, you know EXACTLY who I am talking about. This rough guy (and his psycho secretary) is pretty much the Cleveland Water Department embodied in one individual, and his still working there is a reason a number of alums refuse to even think about almuni donations.

 

The cost of the school is far too high considering the mind-boggling number of adjuncts who are doing the job of professors, not to mention the disastrous employment and salary numbers.

 

If you are not in the top 10 or 20 percent, you might as well not exist to the career center. I'm talking about noticeable indifference and recycled advice/packets that benefit a fraction of a fraction of students who aren't in the top of the class. So life isn't easy and you have to do things on your own - fine, nothing is guaranteed. But the career center should then be considered an unnecessary expense and disbanded, based on their ineffectiveness. 

 

At least one of my professors - again, if you're a student in the last 5 or 10 years you might know who I'm talking about - had a thing for directly coming on students in the other Case graduate programs and inviting them to his home (he was smart enough to stay away from his Case students). Whether or not that violates school policy is irrelevant; it's simply unethical and gross, not to mention his having a wife and kid...doesn't help. In all fairness, he no longer works there, so at least someone finally got a clue.

 

The inability to retain professors and deans is just shocking, and probably speaks to considerable background and administrative turmoil. I cannot imagine their turnover is comparable to other schools.

 

The medical school is fantastic; undergraduate is very good; business school above average; and other graduate programs excellent. But the law school is really a black eye, as I'm sure fairly recent grads would attest.

 

 

^Not quite sure what is meant by restricting out of class room experience.  Are  they now limiting students from having jobs with law firms?  When I was a student I worked 15-20 hours a week my 2nd and 3rd years as a law clerk at a downtown firm with no problems, and many other students did as well.

 

Not at all. It just isn't as emphasized as the other programs. I know several students who are working while in school. I may try to do this next year.

 

TBD - Wow. I know there are some serious issues, but suing the school? Tell your friends to sue the ABA, instead. They're the ones enabling ALL law schools to do what you're talking about, and it becomes a game of brinksmanship. Inability to retain Deans...you would have preferred they keep Simson? Firing him really threw a wrench into things, since it took so long to replace him, but I think the new Dean is a huge leap in the right direction...also, the school hired three new professors this year and will be hiring a tax professor to a new named professorship.

 

I think I know who you're talking about in terms of administrators, but that person has had very little impact on anything I've done. The negative things I've heard are more about admissions, in that they are just disorganized and not really on top of things. My incoming class was supposed to have 205 students. There were, at one point, about 240. There are not 240 jobs. And, who wants to bet we take 20 transfer kids for the money? If I was the new Dean, I'd be out for blood when it comes to the Admissions office. I'd also be wary of faculty members and students (!!!) who are incredibly rigid and slavishly dedicated to their political beliefs or pet projects. Those of us who are here for a fundamental education are able to quickly identify the good profs and schedule around the iffy ones, and hope to avoid the hopelessly academic/political among us. I would say I've had only one prof I'd actually describe as 'not good.' Of course, that's one too many...

 

I'm here for three reasons: First, I had personal reasons to be in the area. Second, there are certain things/faculty members about the school, including a fat scholarship, that specifically attracted me, and Third, I didn't get into a "top ten" school. Because I agree that law school is a scam in terms of dollars, I'm not going into debt for, say, William and Mary, if I can come back to Cleveland and save myself a LOT of money. So far, I don't regret my decision.

 

Without the financial incentive, I probably would agree with you: Not worth it. But there's good parts, and more potential.

When college students ask me whether they should go to C-M or Case, I ask them whether they plan to stay in the region.  If no, then Case may be worth the extra $ due to its national rep. But if they are going to stay, then the investment is probably not justified.

Have to agree with archangel that many of the issues TB expressed are not unique to CWRU but are national problems.  There is a lot of literature out there right now highlighting the concerns and the lack of attention to them by many legal institutions including the ABA.

 

Moreover, don't think the worthlessness of the Case placement office is a recent phenomenon (you might want to think so since it affected you directly).  The placement office you describe is very similar to that which existed 30 years ago.  Maybe it is just the nature of the beast.  Even at that time the focus was the top 20%  If was like the rest of the students did not even exist in terms of resources, advice and effort.  Actually, if was almost like you had some dreaded disease if you were not law review.  You would arrange a meeting with the placement director and it was like she was just bored talking to you.  It did not help that we were all looking for jobs during the Reagan recession (which we thought was bad at the time...I can only imagine what it is like now).

 

 

 

A lot of these problems would be solved if law schools were forced to produce accurate employment outcome information and then held accountable by it by the ABA. 'Tier 4' schools acting as diploma mills would suffer, and they would argue that they have successful graduates (they do, everyone has some), and the ABA would be forced to back off...it's not an easy problem to solve without heavy government intervention, or a massive free market shift against bad schools, which won't happen because the ratio of people desperate to improve themselves to 'sure thing' law schools is hopelessly out of whack, and law schools don't require prior experience or anything 'proving' you actually want to practice law or at least use the degree in some productive way.

 

In the end, it is caveat emptor and there is a good argument that there needs to be a more effective watchdog or authority, especially given the growing student loan bubble, which now exceeds consumer credit card debt in size. Law schools tend to get a pass because they're advanced education, but they shouldn't. They should either be structured so people who aren't going to make good lawyers actually do not make it past the first year (like in the old days), fewer people are accepted in the first place, or the schools at least need to be more frank about people's prospects. Even if they are, some idiot will convince himself that the non-ABA approved Whatever School of Law with a shiny building is the fast track to success. What needs to change is that schools, like students, must be allowed to fail, and not have their failure concealed by marketing and blind optimism.

 

Anyway, I don't think that fairly applies to CWRU. Is the school disorganized? Somewhat, but especially in regards to alumni from the past 10-15 years. Would I replace parts of the administration? Yes. Would I publish actual employment numbers, including the number of people who didn't respond? Yes. Would I still recommend the school to someone looking to work in Ohio? Sure. Just know, specifically, what you're getting into and what your options (given LSAT/GPA) really are.

 

One addendum to the initial announcement: President Snyder indicated she was going to invest some of CWRU's main pot of money into the Law School. No specifics mentioned, but that's good news. I'd guess it's not a ton of cash and it'll mostly go to personnel changes, more new faculty, a more active schedule for the Dean in terms of recruitment/fundraising, and perhaps to boosting merit scholarships to bring selectivity up. Mitchell also mentioned wanting to set up more programs like the one we have already, where 1L/2Ls work with federal judges (about 35 students every summer), except in business/law firms centered in NYC and DC, where Mitchell has extensive ties and the CWRU alumni network is pretty decent.

Archangel....what does the student body think of the current faculty...TB had a number of negative things to say about the profs.

 

Despite my above comments about the placement office in my days, the faculty was incredible...The majority of my profs were excellent, well regarded in their respective specialties and were at the school long term (I am talking 10, 20, 30 years).  The student body respected them immensely.

I don't blame the schools that much.  Too many kids going to law school nowadays simply because they don't know what to do with their 4 year degree.  The profession is supposed to be highly competitive.  A law degree is not a golden ticket and shouldn't be viewed or represented as one.  This is especially true with the current economic climate.

 

I hope nobody takes this the wrong way, but the Case students I have hired seem to have a sense of entitlement.  It surely might just be bad luck on my part and it certainly does not apply to all or even the great majority.  But, from my experience, they tend to have less real world experience than the students from C-M and Akron, and (probably due to the clinics) have far less time to contribute.  Further, they treat clerkships like an externship.  Yes, you are here to learn, but you are here to work first and foremost.  If that sense of entitlement is the result of the expectations created by the school, then I can kind of see your point.  It may be a mixture of that and the general background of the students (i.e. from more affluent families on a whole).  But the school is a private institution and, just as all private ventures, it has every right to biasedly market its success stories.

This has been all over the world science new these past two days. Case Western has finally begun cashing in on some of its patents and inventions...hopefully this can bring some additional money to the University:

 

 

New kind of plastic can repair itself when exposed to light

Scientists develop self-healing plastic which could eradicate scratches on cars

BY: Chris Davies | Thu Apr 21, 2011 

 

Scientists have developed a polymer-based material that can heal itself when exposed to ultraviolet light. The team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland believe that the new material could extend the lifetime of polymer-based products as well as being used a paint coating for the automotive industry.

 

When exposed to intense ultraviolet light, the assembled metallo-supramolecular polymers are temporarily unglued. This transforms the solid material into a liquid that flows easily. When the light is switched off or the material enters darkness, the polymer re-assembles and solidifies so original properties are restored.

 

http://www.manufacturingdigital.com/tags/plastics/new-kind-plastic-can-repair-itself-when-exposed-light

Htsguy - Speaking for myself, I think the faculty is excellent and better than schools of comparable rank. It features several true stand-outs in their field, such as Leon Gabinet in Tax, who is retiring at the end of next year, but who will be replaced with someone pretty good because one of his former students gave the school 1.5M for that purpose, and Max Mehlman in Health Law, which obviously is important in Cleveland, and the guy is a former Rhodes Scholar and is very busy doing things in the Med School as well. As a 1L, we have six classes + legal writing; of my seven profs, I'd say three were 'great', three were 'good' and one was 'not so good', but opinions vary widely, and often change after we get our grades  :-D There are a number of faculty members who have authored textbooks that aren't terrible, and are respected in their field. The new hires seem really good.

 

There are a lot of adjuncts, but there's also a new tenure track specially for clinical faculty. The adjuncts aren't bad (I'm sure at least a few of them are, but I don't know) and many of them are only supplements to full-time faculty who handle the course most of the time (for instance, the 1L legal writing lass has a full-time faculty member and a part-time adjunct who basically 'keeps it real' by sharing their actual experience and what really works). I don't know which areas normally get full-time faculty at law schools, but I'm not sure I'd turn down the adjunct I'm going to have next year in one class for a full-time faculty member, because the adjunct is extremely experienced in a practice area I am interested in.

 

Hts121 - Sorry you've had a lot of entitled hires out of Case. Doesn't really surprise me. Many people here are from very privileged backgrounds (moreso than myself, anyway) and it is a private school. In fact, I met someone from Marshall recently and when I said I was at Case, he made a "money" sign with his hand while grimacing.  :?  But, I think it's hard to pigeonhole CWRU students; there is a great deal of interest in public interest/international law/NGO work. Some students recently won their clinic client an absurd amount of money in a civil case. And like you, I am disturbed by the fact that nearly half of my classmates have no real work experience prior to law school, and yet everything is decided by grades.

I didn't mean to lump them all into one category.  I certainly have had some outstanding, very hard working clerks from Case.  I just have had better luck with the other schools (in fact, I stopped posting at Case for a year or so), but that might be due to my areas of practice.

^^Wow...Gabinet is still teaching?  I had him for tax and that was one of the profs to whom I was referring.  He had been there for a while when I was there so I guess he taught close to 45 years.

 

Funny story about Gabinet.  Again, he was a excellent prof....very patient in explaining some arcane material and it was a very interactive class with lots of hands up.  Students would go up to him after class and he would stand around for some time answering questions.  You really learned a lot from him.

 

At one point during the corporate tax course, I was confused by a point and told a buddy I was going to go see Gabinet during his scheduled office hours for clarification.  He told me "good luck".  I asked him what he meant and he said I would find a very "different" Gabinet.  I just thought he was blowing smoke.

 

Well I went up to the third floor (again during his posted office hours) and went in to see him.  He was all alone just reading.  I very professionally approached him about the material and to my amazement, it was like talking to a stone wall.  He was so different than in class.  He barely grunted three words the entire time I was with him.

 

I went back to my buddy and related the episode and he said I told you so....very strange and to this day I still cannot understand it....but clearly he had this rep.  I still like to tell the story.

Gabinet is a legend. Next year is his final year, so I am taking his tax class before he retires. He is still very popular and regarded as effective and engaging; students from last year emphatically recommended him. Really looking forward to it. He graduated law school in 1953! When he retires, he will have taught at Case for 45 years.

 

The new Dean is going to have to work hard to find someone to replace him, so far as that is possible, but at least money won't be a problem for that one.

I had Gabinet, even managed to squeeze out a CALI. He was a fine professor, but I didn't really view him as any better or worse than most other professors. From my perspective, he more or less just regurgitated cases pretty much in line with previous semester's outlines. Maybe he was a tad more intimidating than other professors. Certainly not nearly as bad/rough/scary as Business Associations with what's-his-face. Older guy. Scary guy. Scariest guy. Can't think of his name off the top of my head, but man oh man, you better Pass/No credit that class.

 

Now taking international law with Scharf. THAT was a heck of a class. That plus counter-terrorism with Guiora were my favorites.

 

 

Case trendy?? ;)

 

#6 of 10.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/the-trendiest-colleges_n_887602.html#s300848&title=Case_Western_Reserve

From a mention in Crains:

 

"The Huffington Post uses a variety of sources to aggregate its way to a list of what it calls “2011's trendiest colleges.”

 

The feature is generated by comparing the New York Times' list of 2010-2011 application increases, CollegeProwler.com's "Top Colleges" list, Princeton Review's 2010 list of the "Happiest Colleges" and the "New Ivies" lists from Newsweek and unigo.com. (That's a lot of aggregating, but the folks at HuffPo are quite good at that.)"

 

Case did have the largest percentage of application increases and came in at number 1 on CollegeProwlers.com's Top Colleges list...

 

 

 

That spike in applications is going to benefit Case western for years to come.

 

A 44% increase in applications will get then into additional "college rankings" and put them more on the national radar.

Case being "trendy" on the front page of their website: http://www.case.edu/

Case Western rising in more random rankings:

 

Washington Monthly ranks Case Western Reserve seventh in the nation

Posted: August 29th, 2011 | Author: thedaily | Filed under: news | No Comments »

 

Case Western Reserve University now stands among the top 10 universities in the country, according to Washington Monthly magazine, which ranked the university No. 7. This is a 10-spot jump from last year, and marks the highest position the university has earned on the magazine’s list.

 

The rankings are based on three equally weighted criteria: social mobility (enrolling low-income students and helping them earn degrees); research production and success at sending undergraduates onto doctoral programs; and commitment to community service.

 

http://cwru-daily.com/news/?p=1891

More good news out of Case Western:

 

Researcher develops nanotube-reinforced PU turbine blades

PLASTICS NEWS REPORT

Posted August 30, 2011

 

CLEVELAND (Aug. 30, 2:20 p.m. ET) -- A post-doctoral researcher at Case Western Reserve University has spearheaded an effort to build the world’s first polyurethane wind turbine blade reinforced with carbon nanotubes.

 

Marcio Loos, at Cleveland-based CWRU’s department of macromolecular science and engineering, worked with colleagues at the university and from Bayer MaterialScience LLC in Pittsburgh and Molded Fiber Glass Co. in Ashtabula, Ohio, on the project.

 

“The idea behind all this is the need to develop stronger and lighter materials which will enable manufacturing of blades for larger rotors,” Loos said in a news release.

 

Lighter blades help to maximize energy output from wind turbines. In a comparison of reinforcing materials, the researchers found carbon nanotubes are lighter per unit of volume than carbon fiber and aluminum and had more than 5 times the tensile strength of carbon fiber and more than 60 times that of aluminum.

 

http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=22970&channel=320

GREAT article in Freshwater about Case Western's rise in the national rankings:

 

washington monthly awards case western with number seven spot in national rankings

 

Thursday, September 01, 2011

 

What if colleges weren't ranked by what they can do for you, as those published by U.S. News & World Report are designed to show? What if a national college survey looked rather at what colleges are doing for the country? That's precisely the tack taken by Washington Monthly, which just released its 2011 national universities rankings.

 

"We all benefit when colleges produce groundbreaking research that drives economic growth, when they offer students from low-income families the path to a better life, and when they shape the character of future leaders," write the mag's editors. "And we all pay for it, through hundreds of billions of dollars in public subsidies. Everyone has a stake in how that money is spent."

 

This survey ranks schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

 

Earning the #7 spot in the National Universities category -- and a special note in the introduction -- is Case Western Reserve.

 

http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/inthenews/washmonthlycwru090111.aspx

 

 

Case has increased its undergraduate ranking from 41 to 38 in this year's US News rankings...

 

http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=2319

Case has increased its undergraduate ranking from 41 to 38 in this year's US News rankings...

 

http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=2319

 

People are smiling all over Case right now.

Case snags a HUGE grant:

 

National Cancer Institute Establishes $11.3 Million Center at Case Western Reserve University

Prestigious Research Excellence Grant to Advance Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers

 

News Release: Friday, Sept. 16, 2011

 

CLEVELAND — The National Cancer Institute has awarded $11.3 million to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to establish a center of excellence for research on gastrointestinal cancers. The funding designates the university as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers—recognition extended to just one institution this year. University Hospitals Case Medical Center is the primary affiliate of Case Western Reserve and is collaborating with the School of Medicine on a portion of the comprehensive program.

 

"This grant reflects the culmination of decades of remarkable research efforts that have advanced our understanding of some of the most devastating and challenging forms of cancer," Case Western Reserve President Barbara R. Snyder said. "We are proud of that progress and profoundly hopeful for future breakthroughs."

 

http://case.edu/medicus/breakingnews/spore.html

School of Medicine receives $1.5 million grant from Cleveland Foundation

Posted: September 29th, 2011 | Author: thedaily | Filed under: news | No Comments »

 

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Cleveland Foundation to support the Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (CCMSB), a successful outgrowth of the Cleveland Center for Structural Biology and Case Center for Proteomics that were both previously supported by the Cleveland Foundation.

 

This grant award will help increase the capacity of the existing CCMSB through faculty recruitment and research support, to capitalize on and streamline research and educational activities currently underway. Ultimately, the partnership of the Cleveland Foundation will advance the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s goal of growing the CCMSB into a comprehensive, inter-institutional research center aimed at accelerating the discovery of therapeutic agents to slow, prevent or even reverse an array of diseases and conditions.

 

In addition to the $1.5 million grant to support the CCMSB, the Cleveland Foundation also awarded a separate grant of $80,000 to support continued planning around the university’s collaboration with the China National Off-shore Oil Company – New Energy Investment Co. Ltd. (CNOOC – NEI) to create a U.S.–China Collaboration Platform.

 

http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=2770

MH...do you know if the Case student center is close to breaking ground?

MH...do you know if the Case student center is close to breaking ground?

 

From rumblings on campus, it sounds like 2012.  I have no idea exactly when.

 

According to the most recent article:

 

"Site preparation will start in the spring of 2012, and the building is scheduled for completion by August 2014. "

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2011/04/architect_ralph_johnson_of_per.html

 

 

I can't believe no one is talking about this...this is HUGE for Case Western Reserve, University Circle, and even Cleveland.

 

Last night I was in attendance as President Snyder announced a crazy amount of donation news...$80 million was pledged yesterday ($50 million from Weatherhead's spouse, $20 million from an anonymous graduate) .

 

Case Western had secretly launched a $1 BILLION fundraising campaign in 2008 (note when President Babs took over, the University was $20 million in debt)  They are now over halfway there (over $663 million) and have the goal of reaching $1 Billion in donations by 2013.

 

Case Western Reserve University announces $1 billion fundraising campaign

Published: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 8:15 PM   

Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer

 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -  Case Western Reserve University, celebrating the public kickoff of a $1 billion fundraising campaign on Thursday, announced a $50 million pledge, the largest in the history of the 185-year-old institution.

 

The gift is from the Weatherhead Foundation, which was headed by longtime university supporter Albert J. Weatherhead III until his death last month. It is part of about $663 million that has been raised since the so-called "quiet" phase of the campaign began four years ago.

 

University President Barbara R. Snyder also announced a $20 million commitment from a CWRU graduate who asked to remain anonymous.

 

"We have a number of generous donors who believe in what we are doing at the university," she said in an interview Thursday. "It is due to the work of the faculty and the potential of the students."

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/10/case_western_reserve_universit_29.html

 

 

Case Western Reserve University Launches $1 Billion Fundraising Campaign

Oct. 13, 2011

 

CLEVELAND – President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday night $80 million in new commitments as part of the launch of “Forward Thinking: The Campaign for Case Western Reserve University.” The president shared news of the $1 billion fundraising initiative with more than 3,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends as part of a campuswide celebration.

 

“Case Western Reserve is an outstanding national research university poised to become even more extraordinary,” Snyder said. “Our alumni and friends recognize this institution’s remarkable potential and have invested generously in the programs, projects and people required for us to realize it.”

 

http://case.edu/forwardthinking/campaign-news/10-13-2011.html

 

 

This is absolutely wonderful news.  Will benefit the region for years to come.

 

By the way, I just happen to read the article a couple of hours ago on Cleveland.com and, while I almost never do it for obvious reasons, I peeked at the comment section.

 

Amazing what these people can come up with in connection with just a simple positive and neutral article.  I can only imagine what they come up with when the news or article is controversial.  What really scares me are these people are allowed to have drivers licenses and even worst can vote.

By the way, I just happen to read the article a couple of hours ago on Cleveland.com and, while I almost never do it for obvious reasons, I peeked at the comment section.

 

Amazing what these people can come up with in connection with just a simple positive and neutral article.  I can only imagine what they come up with when the news or article is controversial.  What really scares me are these people are allowed to have drivers licenses and even worst can vote.

 

95% of them make ZERO sense! 

 

Side note: a majority of these donations are coming from outside the 216.

Man, one billion dollars is serious money.

 

Well, I guess I can be expecting a phone call soon.

 

Better get my check book ready.

 

 

Tedolph

I had Gabinet, even managed to squeeze out a CALI. He was a fine professor, but I didn't really view him as any better or worse than most other professors. From my perspective, he more or less just regurgitated cases pretty much in line with previous semester's outlines. Maybe he was a tad more intimidating than other professors. Certainly not nearly as bad/rough/scary as Business Associations with what's-his-face. Older guy. Scary guy. Scariest guy. Can't think of his name off the top of my head, but man oh man, you better Pass/No credit that class.

 

Now taking international law with Scharf. THAT was a heck of a class. That plus counter-terrorism with Guiora were my favorites.

 

 

 

Morris Shankar (sp?)

 

Tedolph

^I believe you are thinking of Coffey.  Shanker was bankruptcy and UCC (and a great prof....I kept my notes from his class for years)

Yeah, Shanker retired last year or the year before, I think. Never had the chance to take his class. Are you thinking of Dent? I don't find him very scary.

 

In law school news, part of the 1b campaign, 2m for another endowed professorship. Combined with the one that will eventually replace Gabinet, and another recent endowment for Prof. Adler, the most prominent conservative voice on the faculty, that's three in the last year or so. Good stuff, would like to see more for the general endowment so the school can help more students with scholarships. I guess getting your name on a chaired professorship is too tempting for the donors. :)

 

Burke Chair in Tax, Trusts, Estates (2m): http://law.case.edu/Support/HighlightsinGiving.aspx (first item, scroll down)

Verheij Chair (Prof. Adler): http://law.case.edu/Home/News/tabid/251/vw/1/ItemID/196/Default.aspx

Unknown 2m Endowment: http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=3153 (see bullet points)

I believe this is open to the public as well:

 

Students invited to State of the University Address with President Snyder Nov. 1

Posted: October 21st, 2011 | Author: thedaily | Filed under: events, students | No Comments »

 

President Barbara R. Snyder will hold a State of the University Address for students Nov. 1 from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. This event is tailored to students and will include an open discussion period.

 

http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=3341

Aretha Franklin to get honorary degree from Cleveland university to wrap up weeklong tribute

 

CLEVELAND — Aretha Franklin will receive an honorary degree from Ohio's Case Western Reserve University at the end of a weeklong tribute to the Queen of Soul.

 

The celebration by the university and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland kicks off next Monday. Franklin is a member of the rock hall but is being honored again as part of its American Music Masters series.

 

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/46c7ba3ac24643c1915575e5a5cf58f2/OH--Music-Aretha-Franklin/

Aretha Franklin to get honorary degree from Cleveland university to wrap up weeklong tribute

 

CLEVELAND — Aretha Franklin will receive an honorary degree from Ohio's Case Western Reserve University at the end of a weeklong tribute to the Queen of Soul.

 

The celebration by the university and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland kicks off next Monday. Franklin is a member of the rock hall but is being honored again as part of its American Music Masters series.

 

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/46c7ba3ac24643c1915575e5a5cf58f2/OH--Music-Aretha-Franklin/

 

All hail the Queen!  (No, I'm not talking about MayDay!)

Aretha Franklin to get honorary degree from Cleveland university to wrap up weeklong tribute

 

CLEVELAND — Aretha Franklin will receive an honorary degree from Ohio's Case Western Reserve University at the end of a weeklong tribute to the Queen of Soul.

 

The celebration by the university and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland kicks off next Monday. Franklin is a member of the rock hall but is being honored again as part of its American Music Masters series.

 

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/46c7ba3ac24643c1915575e5a5cf58f2/OH--Music-Aretha-Franklin/

 

All hail the Queen!  (No, I'm not talking about MayDay!)

 

I still insist that "Freeway of Love" was her way of telling Steely Dan "I'm gunna make you change that damn lyric!"

Case snags some more $$$:

 

Coulter Foundation, CWRU establish $20M endowment for biomedical engineering projects

Posted: November 2nd, 2011 | Author: thedaily | Filed under: news | No Comments »

 

 

Case Western Reserve University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation have established a $20 million endowment to support the translation of ideas that address unmet medical needs into treatments and devices that improve human health.

 

The foundation and university jointly created the endowment after the foundation’s original $4.8 million partnership grant, which funded projects at the university from 2006 to 2011. The new endowment will enable the Wallace H. Coulter Translational Research Partnership program at Case Western Reserve to continue in perpetuity.

 

Case Western Reserve was one of only nine universities in the United States selected to participate in the Coulter Foundation’s Translational Research Partnerships in Biomedical Engineering, and one of only six to receive endowment funding; the others are Drexel University, Duke University, University of Michigan, Stanford University and University of Virginia. The generous initial grant of $4.8 million from the foundation was bolstered in 2009 with $2.25 million in private gifts to the university from anonymous donors. The program at Case Western Reserve has helped launch six startup companies and has funded 62 translational research projects to date. Such projects range across a broad spectrum of biomedical disciplines—from advanced imaging technology techniques to thermally-stable insulin development—and each is founded on an active collaboration between a biomedical engineering researcher and a practicing clinician.

 

http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=3575

I had no idea there were solar panels on top of Adelbert Gym:

 

http://www.neighborhood-voice.com/data/nv-feb_2011.pdf

 

Side note: this building is right next to the Mechanical Engineering department wind turbine,

I never understand the point of articles like this -- the lady is a frikin game-changer!  Not to mention, this is not like it's breaking new...

 

CWRU President Barbara R. Snyder is highest-paid private college president in Ohio

Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011, 6:01 PM   

By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer

 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University President Barbara R. Snyder may not rank in the top tier in total compensation for chief executives at private colleges and universities, but she is the highest paid among those in Ohio and earns well above the median, according to an annual report released today.

 

She received $778,874 in total compensation in 2009, which includes a base pay of $525,946 and a $75,000 bonus, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. It surveyed 519 presidents at colleges with annual budgets exceeding $50 million. 

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/12/cwru_president_barbara_r_snyde.html

I didn't find the article critical of her at all. It notes that Gordon Gee at OSU gets 1.3M, so it's not like Snyder is overcompensated. She's head of a top 40 US, top 150 global university, AND she's done very well so far. As a CWRU student, I approve of her.