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Fund-raising efforts gain speed at new energy institute at Case Western Reserve University

Posted by Tom Breckenridge/Plain Dealer Reporter April 06, 2009 00:01AM

 

Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer

Former BP executive Dianne Anderson heads Case Western Reserve University's new energy institute. With her on the CWRU campus is professor Iwan Alexander, who promotes faculty collaborations on institute projects.

 

CLEVELAND -- A modest, new energy institute at Case Western Reserve University is scrambling for money and partners to achieve its goal -- renowned research and innovation in advanced energy.

 

Since its launch in late 2007, the Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation has gathered $6 million-plus in funding, joined the local pursuit of wind turbines on Lake Erie and recruited an executive director.

 

More at cleveland.com:

http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2009/04/fundraising_efforts_gain_speed.html

 

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    Are there any current CWRU students on this forum? Perhaps recent grad @tykapsknows? Anyway, I will be teaching a session of the Beer Brewing class which has been brought back for the short May term.

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CWRU adds alternative energy expert

 

By SHANNON MORTLAND

10:23 am, April 14, 2009

 

 

Case Western Reserve University has appointed a professor from Spain as its first Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor in Energy Innovation.

 

Mario Garcia-Sanz took his new post March 1. He comes from the Public University in Navarra, Spain, where he was a professor and head of the Control, Energy and Space Technology Research Group.

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http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090414/FREE/904149966

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CWRU gets $8.7 million for medical school

Posted by Margaret Bernstein/Plain Dealer Reporter May 04, 2009 20:00PM

 

When she became Case Western Reserve University's president in 2007, Barbara Snyder vowed to make fund-raising a priority.

 

At a Monday cocktail reception for high-level donors, Snyder made it clear that she has kept her pledge, announcing $8.7 million in new gifts to CWRU's School of Medicine.

 

More at cleveland.com

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/cwru_gets_87_million_for_medic.html

 

Here's some exciting news that should be making waves tomorrow: It sounds like Barbara Snyder (and/or maybe CIO Lev Gonick) will be appearing on stage tomorrow at the introduction of the newest Kindle model with Amazon prez Jeff Bezos, announcing a partnership to provide students with Kindles loaded with text books.  From the linked articles:

 

"We have a reliable tip that Barbara Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University, and Arthur Sulzberger, top man at the New York Times will join Amazon's Jeff Bezos on stage Wednesday. So it looks like a new Kindle focused on textbooks and newspapers is a lock."

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-press-event-wednesday-may-6th-see-you-and-then-new-kind/

 

"Chief information officer for Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University -- the college whose president will be taking the stage with Jeff Bezos -- Lev Gonick said select students are being issued the new, larger screen Kindles (doesn't specify DX) in the fall semester with pre-installed textbooks for chemistry, computer science and a freshman seminar."

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/

^^ Intersting!

 

Also in Case news...

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1241512304314841.xml&coll=2

 

Students at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences reach out into neighboring community

Home survey a boost for E. Cleveland

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Gabriel Baird Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Walking home from class, Latoya Gates accidentally turned toward East Cleveland rather than the campus of Case Western Reserve University. Another student warned that she was going the wrong way.

 

"People told me, 'East Cleveland is just not safe,' " said Gates, 28, who had just moved to the area for a master's degree program at the university's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. But a new effort to get Mandel students out of the ivory tower and into communities changed her perspective.

 

More at cleveland.com:

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1241512304314841.xml&coll=2

From Cisco, but still interesting news being on the cutting edge or...err, test bed:

 

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/case-western-reserve-university-to-turn-campus-facilities-into-smart-buildings,817764.shtml

 

Case Western Reserve University to Turn Campus Facilities Into Smart Buildings 

Posted : Fri, 08 May 2009 20:00:25 GMT

 

 

SAN JOSE, CA -- 05/08/09 -- Case Western Reserve University will be one of the first higher education institutions in the country to transform its campus facilities into an integrated smart building infrastructure implementing and utilizing the newest generation of advanced networking technology from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

 

Technology affects every aspect of the way people live, learn, play, and work. However, in many cases today's building environments have not evolved to fully support these changing lifestyles. In addition, key trends are driving the need for building transformation -- trends such as the drive for environmental and social responsibility, cost controls, and a new generation of research tools and sensors coming out of university and industry labs. Campus leadership and researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Cisco are taking steps to transform the physical spaces of the future through technology innovation, delivering value-added real-time monitoring and building operations.

 

With Cisco executives, Case Western Reserve launched the new Connected Real Estate project during the university's annual summit on technology and collaboration known as CollabTech, this week on the Case Western Reserve campus.

 

The university will pilot the new technology solutions in its Frank O. Gehry-designed Peter B. Lewis Building, its world-class biomedical Wolstein Research Building and one of its largest campus residence halls, known as Pierce Hall.

 

"Case Western Reserve University is a perfect test-bed for these new smart building technologies," said John Wheeler, senior vice president for Administration at Case Western Reserve University. "We have over one hundred buildings constructed over one hundred and fifty years which produce hundreds of daily challenges for facilities specialists across the campus. Cisco has been a long standing and trusted technology solutions partner at Case Western Reserve. We are excited to explore how we can take advantage of our investments to provide smarter, more economical and better spaces for our research, teaching and learning, and residential communities."

 

"Connected Real Estate is about changing the way buildings, campuses, communities, and cities are designed, built and managed in the most efficient and economical fashion while maintaining environmental responsibility. Collaborating with thought leaders such as the Case Western Reserve University is another example of Cisco's commitment to create 'smart communities' which take advantage of the network as the platform," said Thierry Martens, vice president, Cisco Worldwide Connected Real Estate practice.

Case in the White House...

 

 

Obama picks Cleveland native/Clinton veteran to be chief of protocol

by Stephen Koff / Washington Bureau Chief

Wednesday May 13, 2009, 6:18 PM

 

WASHINGTON -- Capricia Penavic Marshall's career, already impressive, just got more exciting. President Barack Obama today named her chief of protocol, which carries the rank of ambassador.

 

The Cleveland native, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, will be in charge of all activities involving chiefs of state and their interactions with the White House.

 

More at cleveland.com:

 

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/05/obama_picks_cleveland_nativecl.html

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http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2009/06/08/kochgift (with VIDEO)

 

Case Western Reserve University Receives $5 Million

from Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Charles "Bud" Koch

 

Charles "Bud" Koch, chair of Case Western Reserve University Board of Trustees, and his wife, Katie, have made a $5 million commitment to the university. Their gift will support a capital project to enhance the student and campus experience.

 

This commitment is a legacy gift that acknowledges the Koch family's multi-generational relationship with Case Western Reserve University. Koch's father, Charles Joseph Koch, Sr., was a 1941 graduate of the Case Institute of Technology. The senior Koch was appointed CEO of Charter One Bank by his father in the mid-1960s and appointed his son, Bud, to the position in 1988. Koch, Sr. died in 2001.

 

Bud and Katie Koch's two sons, Charles Brian and John P., each earned M.B.A. degrees from the Weatherhead School of Management.

 

"Case Western Reserve has been a centerpiece of our family's lives for decades," Bud Koch said. "This gift gives us an opportunity to honor the Koch family legacy at the university, to celebrate this great institution, and support an even more engaging educational experience for the future."

 

A member of the Case Western Reserve Board of Trustees since 1999, Bud Koch began his term as chairman on October 18, 2008, succeeding Frank N. Linsalata.

 

"Bud and Katie's generosity is reflective of their overall support of the university," said Barbara R. Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University. "Bud has already distinguished himself as a strong leader committed to helping the university realize the ambitious goals of our strategic plan, Forward Thinking."

 

Koch was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Charter One Financial, Inc. prior to its sale to The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Koch also is a member of the board of Citizens Financial Group and is a director of Assurant, a specialty insurance provider. In addition, Koch serves as a director and former chairman of the Federal Home and Loan bank of Cincinnati.

 

Koch is also the immediate past chairman and a member of the board of trustees at John Carroll University and serves on the boards of a number of Cleveland organizations.

 

The Bratenahl residents have long been supporters of university-wide initiatives at Case Western Reserve. In November 2007, they were honored by the Hattie Larlham Foundation with the Rudolph H. Garfield Circle of Caring Award for their 25 years of service to the organization.

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http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090625_2018.php

 

Universities Receive $37 Million for Biodefense Research

Thursday, June 25, 2009

 

A group of Midwest academic institutions led by Washington University in St. Louis has received $37 million in federal funding to continue research on countering potential bioterrorism agents and other infectious diseases, the university announced yesterday (see GSN, June 9).

 

The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases to pursue new or better treatment, diagnosis and prevention strategies for diseases such as anthrax, plague and dengue fever, according to a press release.

 

"The continued NIH support is a vote of confidence in the significant accomplishments of the MRCE," center chief Samuel Stanley, vice chancellor for research at Washington University, said in the release. "The research being conducted in our Midwest center could have a very real impact on security in this region."

 

Participants in the center -- one of 11 operating or planned around the country -- are Washington University, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic/Lerner Research Institute, the University of Iowa, Saint Louis University, Kansas State University, Iowa State University, the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Missouri-Columbia.

 

The research emphasis is "on understanding innate immunity, a type of built-in protection against certain microbial assaults," according to the release, along with studying infections caused by smallpox and related viruses and the West Nile virus. Researchers have also sought to improve vaccine safety, identify new viruses and study the body's potential to fight off a variety of pathogens (Washington University release, June 24).

I somehow came accross this...interestng, feel good story...Kansas to Cleveland:

 

http://www.cjonline.com/news/education/2009-06-24/contest_brings_teen_scholarship

 

Contest brings teen scholarship

By Ann Marie Bush

Created June 24, 2009 at 10:58pm

 

 

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Sjobor Hammer, a Topeka High student, received a full-ride scholarship to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland because of her showing in the National History Day Competition.   ANN WILLIAMSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

 

 

Sjobor Hammer was disappointed when she found out she took eighth place in her category in the 2009 National History Day competition.

 

But when her name was called as the winner of the David Van Tassel Founder’s Award, her disappointment turned to elation...

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Case Western Reserve raises nearly $109 million in fiscal 2009

 

 

By SHANNON MORTLAND

9:00 am, July 28, 2009

 

Case Western Reserve University raised nearly $109 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, the second-highest amount of money the school has raised in one year.

 

This is the second year in a row the university topped the $100 million mark. CWRU raised $103 million in fiscal 2008, a big increase over the $68.8 million it raised in fiscal 2007...

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090728/FREE/907279966#

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Case Western Reserve receives $19.7M federal contract 

 

By SHANNON MORTLAND

3:03 pm, December 8, 2009

 

 

Case Western Reserve University has received a $19.7 million federal contract to become an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium.

 

MORE AT http://crainscleveland.com/article/20091208/FREE/912089973

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More abstact art for CWRU campus anyone??

 

Case Western Reserve University acquires a Minimalist sculpture by Ronald Bladen

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

December 17, 2009, 12:46PM

 

December isn't exactly the perfect time to go traipsing around looking at outdoor sculpture.

 

But Case Western Reserve University has something new worth seeing: a large, Minimalist sculpture by the important 20th century American artist, Ronald Bladen.

 

When things warm up, it will be worth remembering that the Bladen is there, waiting to be appreciated among the notable sights around University Circle.

 

MORE AT

http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2009/12/case_western_reserve_universit_1.html

Hope they didn't pay a lot.

Hope they didn't pay a lot.

 

What a surprising comment.

Do we not have a  "University Circle News/Discussion (Non-construction)" or can I just not find it?

 

Discovery by Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Case Western Reserve University scientists named 'Breakthrough of the Year'

By Michael Scott

December 22, 2009, 12:15PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ardi is as big a hit in the 21st Century as she was in her day -- and that was 4.4 million years ago, scientist say.

 

And today, Science Magazine has named the discover of the species now called 'Ardi' -- properly known as Ardipithecus ramidus -- as the the "Science Breakthrough of the Year" for 2009.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/12/hominid_skeleton_discovery_by.html

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Case Western Reserve University receives $6 million in gifts 

 

By SHANNON MORTLAND

1:39 pm, February 22, 2010

 

Case Western Reserve University has received gifts totaling $6 million from five of its trustees.

 

In the 2008-2009 school year, trustee Chuck Fowler and his wife, Char, gave $7.5 million to CWRU; board chairman Charles “Bud” Koch and his wife, Katie, donated $5 million; and former board chairman Frank Linsalata and his wife, Jocelyne, donated $3 million. CWRU raised a total of $108 million that year in private donations.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100222/FREE/100229976

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Case Western Reserve University kicks off project to bring ultra high-speed Internet access to thousands of nearby homes

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University on Thursday kicked off a project that aims to bring free ultra high-speed Internet access to thousands of homes in or near University Circle.

 

The project is an experiment that aims to find out how local communities can benefit from access to Internet speeds about 250 times faster than the average speed currently found in the United States.

 

To start, about 100 households in the Hessler Road neighborhood near CWRU will be offered the service in May. The area has been dubbed the "Case Connection Zone", and residents there will be asked to participation in a series of surveys. The surveys will measure how they use the lightening fast connections as well as a range of software applications designed to take advantage of the connection speed, said Lev Gonick, chief information officer at CWRU and coordinator of the project.Participation in the project will be voluntary, but Gonick said he doesn't anticipate having any trouble getting people to sign up.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/case_western_reserve_universit.html

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Case Western Reserve University medical school leads electronic records initiative

By Sarah Jane Tribble, The Plain Dealer

April 14, 2010, 6:30AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announced Tuesday that it will lead a nearly $8 million initiative to promote the use of electronic medical records among nearly 1,795 Northeast Ohio providers, especially family physicians.

 

The effort -- which will include a number of community organizations and institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and MetroHealth System -- is funded by a federal stimulus grant, directed toward improving patient care.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/04/case_western_reserve_universit_4.html

 

 

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WOW!  How about this for a gift??  Look's like we might be seeing even more cranes in University Circle.

 

$20 million gift to Case Western Reserve University will kick-start plans for new student center

By Janet Okoben

May 03, 2010, 6:28PM

 

A $20-million gift from an already familiar name at Case Western Reserve University will bring a new student center to campus.

 

Tinkham Veale II, through the Veale Foundation, pledged the gift announced Monday night. Two buildings on the CWRU campus -- the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center and the Veale Natatorium -- already are named for the 95-year-old donor.

 

The new building, the Tinkham Veale University Center, is being billed as a "distinctive gathering place for all members of the university community." The Thwing Center, which currently houses the bookstore, a restaurant and student-organization offices, will remain in use.

 

University leaders have chosen to build in the grassy area on East Boulevard, across from the Cleveland Museum of Art and between the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Kelvin Smith Library.

 

MORE AT http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/20_million_gift_to_case_wester.html

'Bout d@mn time some part of the master plan might actually get built!!!!!

Deep down I was hoping for a comprehensive re-do of Thwing so Case could make a big statement on Euclid... but this is pretty darn awesome.  Please pick a good architect!!!

^Are they talking about the green space behind the library??  It's going to be a little hidden over there.  Not to mention, it sort of is out by itself, especially compared to the residental locations.

 

The only plus I can see expanding the fringes of the campus, and butting it right up against the Art Museum --seemingly more connectivity.

it's pretty much as central as you can get, really. the campus is shaped like a boomerang pointed west (disregarding the UH portion), and this would fit at the curvature.

This also may be a way of closing the gap and pointing the way to the future West Campus.

Some interesting tickers across from the CWRU homepage:

 

Case Western Reserve University Ranked One of the Nation's Top 20 Medical Schools by U.S.News & World Report

 

School improves 5 places in latest magazine rankings; University's Health Law program ranked No. 3 in the nation

 

http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/04/15/usnewsrankings

 

 

Katie Couric giving 2010 commencement speech:

 

http://www.case.edu/commencement/

 

 

CWRU admission advisors touring around -- including many out-of-state high schools.

 

http://admission.case.edu/admissions/road/previews.asp

With Video and Map:

 

The Veale Foundation Makes $20 Million Commitment to Case Western Reserve University

 

Gift will name a new university center to enhance student life

The Veale Foundation has made a $20 million commitment to Case Western Reserve for a new university center to be named after founder Tinkham Veale II, age 95

 

The Tinkham Veale University Center will be centrally located on campus, at the corner of East Boulevard and Bellflower Road, near Severance Hall and adjacent to the university's Kelvin Smith Library.

 

http://www.case.edu/universitycenter/

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I'm loving these different tours.  I'm hoping CWRU continues to do more of them--and for all students.  Case has a history of its students being in their own bubble, and Universities generally supposed to contribute to the lifeblood of cities.    Although recently, I feel the tide is turning for the better..

 

CWRU tour of Cleveland aims to improve 'cultural competency'

By Kaye Spector, The Plain Dealer

May 19, 2010, 6:15PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The 80 or so medical researchers on a tour of Cleveland on Tuesday had, undoubtedly, already heard of Superior-St. Clair, AsiaTown and Hough neighborhoods.

 

But many didn't know about the recent growth of urban gardens, the importance of neighborhood health care facilities and the historic need for good housing.

 

On Tuesday, one trolley car went east to St. Clair-Superior, AsiaTown and Hough; the other went west to Stockyard. The researchers received a packet with the areas' demographic and historical information.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/05/cwru_tour_of_cleveland_aims_to.html

 

^when i was enrolled at case i was amazed at how indifferent many students were to the city at large. a few years have passed, i think the attitude has changed with the current undergrads/new grads i know.

I'm loving these different tours. I'm hoping CWRU continues to do more of them--and for all students. Case has a history of its students being in their own bubble, and Universities generally supposed to contribute to the lifeblood of cities. Although recently, I feel the tide is turning for the better..

 

CWRU tour of Cleveland aims to improve 'cultural competency'

By Kaye Spector, The Plain Dealer

May 19, 2010, 6:15PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The 80 or so medical researchers on a tour of Cleveland on Tuesday had, undoubtedly, already heard of Superior-St. Clair, AsiaTown and Hough neighborhoods.

 

But many didn't know about the recent growth of urban gardens, the importance of neighborhood health care facilities and the historic need for good housing.

 

On Tuesday, one trolley car went east to St. Clair-Superior, AsiaTown and Hough; the other went west to Stockyard. The researchers received a packet with the areas' demographic and historical information.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/05/cwru_tour_of_cleveland_aims_to.html

 

 

That's why I saw a very full Lolly the Trolley.......  I thought it was a might bit early in the morning for a tour!

^At what time?  Was this today?  The non-profit I work at did a tour on the Trolley of the Hough neighborhood today, and were down Euclid as far as the Miller Family Pavillion.

^At what time? Was this today? The non-profit I work at did a tour on the Trolley of the Hough neighborhood today, and were down Euclid as far as the Miller Family Pavillion.

 

Umm, yesterday I think?  Yeah, yesterday at like 8:45am.

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I found this quote very interesting from the case.edu article on Philips Imaging Innovation Center:

 

" Snyder recounted the success CWRU has had in generating business and collaborating with hospitals and industry. As a result of professors’ research, the university has launched 24 companies since 2001; reaped $16.3 million in licensing revenue last year alone; and won an average of $385 million in state, federal and other grants during the last five years. In 2007, Case Western Reserve became lead agency, partnering with University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic, on a $64 million Clinical and Translational Science Award – the largest single grant the National Institutes of Health has made in Northeast Ohio. "

 

http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/04/imaginginnovationcenter

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More medical expansion, training, and service for University Circle and CWRU:

 

 

 

June 24, 2010

 

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Grant to Enhance Physician and Nursing Education with Student-Run Free Clinic and More at CWRU

 

Case Western Reserve University's proposed student-run Saturday Free Clinic, slated to open in 2011 for Cleveland's underserved population, will provide the training grounds for future doctors and nurses to learn to work as healthcare partners for the patient. The Clinic would be a student-led partnership with the already existing resource for the community, The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland.

 

The clinic is part of a project called "Interprofessional Learning Exchange and Development Program" (I-LEAD) at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing that received a $640,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. This project supports the foundation's goals to improve education for health professionals in the interest of public health and to reflect changes in the healthcare system.

 

"This grant works toward changing the culture of healthcare. In addition to providing services, student doctors and nurses will experience how people think and function in their different roles as health professionals and learn to work as a team," said Daniel Ornt, vice dean for education and academic affairs at the School of Medicine.

 

http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/24/ilead

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Looks like University Circle may get a new Skyline addition...

 

Case Western Reserve University wants to erect a wind turbine on its campus

Published: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 11:45 AM   

Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer

 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University won't just research renewable energy. It wants to use it.

 

The university won approval this morning from a city design-review committee to erect a wind turbine on its southern campus and to install solar panels on a nearby gym.

 

The turbine would go up west of Adelbert Road, near athletic fields that front Veale Center, university officials said. It would stand 156 feet tall, from ground level to the top of the rotating blades, said Margaret Carney, the university's lead architect and planner.

 

The turbine will help power Veale Center, officials said. The cost of the $600,000 turbine project will be covered by some $3 million the university received last year from Ohio's Third Frontier, a taxpayer-funded program that promotes high-tech development in the state, officials said.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/post_57.html

 

 

Looks like University Circle may get a new Skyline addition...

 

Case Western Reserve University wants to erect a wind turbine on its campus

Published: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 11:45 AM  

Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer

 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University won't just research renewable energy. It wants to use it.

 

The university won approval this morning from a city design-review committee to erect a wind turbine on its southern campus and to install solar panels on a nearby gym.

 

The turbine would go up west of Adelbert Road, near athletic fields that front Veale Center, university officials said. It would stand 156 feet tall, from ground level to the top of the rotating blades, said Margaret Carney, the university's lead architect and planner.

 

The turbine will help power Veale Center, officials said. The cost of the $600,000 turbine project will be covered by some $3 million the university received last year from Ohio's Third Frontier, a taxpayer-funded program that promotes high-tech development in the state, officials said.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/post_57.html

 

 

 

It'll work well!  It's VERY windy in that area, especially in the winter.

Interesting....

 

I wonder what type of spin-off this can potentially create...especially for University Circle and CWRU down the road...meaning more investment in University Circle assets.

 

KeyCorp names Case Western Reserve president Barbara Snyder to board

8:58 am, July 15, 2010

 

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) said Barbara R. Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University, has been elected to the company's board.

 

"Barbara Snyder will be a significant contributor on our board," Henry L. Meyer III, KeyCorp chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "She brings considerable and distinguished experience in leadership at two major institutions of higher learning and research. Her relationships and perspective on the health care and bioresearch industries, and the Cleveland community, will be invaluable."

 

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100715/FREE/100719908

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Looks like University Circle may get a new Skyline addition...

Case Western Reserve University wants to erect a wind turbine on its campus

 

How would that compare size wise to the turbines at Great Lakes Science Center and the one on the junkyard at pearl-I480?

Case Western Reserve University brings in 6 percent more from donors, despite bad economy

Published: Monday, August 02, 2010, 6:00 PM   

Edith Starzyk, The Plain Dealer

 

 

Case Western Reserve University raised $115.5 million in donations for the year ending June 30, the school announced Monday.

 

That's more than a 6 percent jump from the previous year and the second-highest total ever received.

 

It also marks the third consecutive year that contributions and pledges topped $100 million.

 

President Barbara R. Snyder credited "the wonderful donors and friends who believe in the work we're doing ... and have faith in our great faculty, staff and students."

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/case_western_reserve_universit_14.html

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Case School of Medicine awarded $4M research   

 

Posted: 8/16/2010 2:05:28 PM

 

CLEVELAND--Jonathan Stamler, MD, Director of the Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine and the Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation at the Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute, has recently received a $4.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

 

The money will be used to fund the creation of a new class of drugs that will selectively dilate blood cells when there is a lack of oxygen in the body.

 

This will be able to enhance soldiers' performance at high altitudes.

 

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=144129&catid=7

 

 

How long till those are on the exercise supplement market?

U.S. news has CWRU ranked at 41st in the nation again, and best in Ohio.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/ohio_colleges_and_universities.html

 

Good for Case! Although 41st is the best Ohio has done?

 

 

In 1977, the Electrical Engineering department at Case was 11th in the nation, Chemical Engineering 4th, Biomedical Engineering 1st or 2nd, Medical School 10th, nursing school 4th, etc. etc.  The University has a long way to climb back

U.S. news has CWRU ranked at 41st in the nation again, and best in Ohio.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/ohio_colleges_and_universities.html

 

Good for Case! Although 41st is the best Ohio has done?

 

 

In 1977, the Electrical Engineering department at Case was 11th in the nation, Chemical Engineering 4th, Biomedical Engineering 1st or 2nd, Medical School 10th, nursing school 4th, etc. etc. The University has a long way to climb back

 

The BME department was still 4th in 2002.  Now they've fallen to 9th.  Honestly, though, I think they did that to themselves without the faltering of the CSE.  That place was a bureaucratic nightmare for the four years I was an undergrad, hence I left the department.  Essentially, the student population exploded, and they couldn't adjust.

In case any of you are bored today, here's the history of CWRU:

 

Perhaps under this president the University will reach its potential.

^she's certainly gotten off to a strong start.

Whatever this is worth CWRU was ranked #17 in the nation by the Washington Monthly.  The categories used in the rankings were: 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):

 

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/national_university_rank.php

 

Maybe CWRU is getting more notice nationwide?

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