Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Established:
1967
WRC: 1826
CIT: 1880
Type:
Private university
Endowment:
US $1.91 billion (2008)[1]
President:
Barbara R. Snyder
Faculty:
2,400 full-time
Undergraduates: 4,186
Postgraduates:
5,766
Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Campus:
Urban, 155 acres (0.63 km2)[2]
Colors:
Case Blue (PMS 294), White and
Case Grey (PMS 7545)[3]
Mascot:
Spartan[4]
Athletics:
NCAA Division III UAA
19 varsity teams
Website:
www.case.edu
Case Western Reserve University (also
known as simply Case) is a private research
university located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was
created in 1967 by the federation of Case In-
stitute of Technology (founded in 1881 by
philanthropist Leonard Case Jr.) and Western
Reserve University (founded in 1826 in the
area that was once the Connecticut Western
Reserve).
Case Western Reserve is the largest inde-
pendent research university in the state of
Ohio. As of 2004, the university had approx-
imately 3,700 undergraduates and 5,700
graduate and professional students. In U.S.
News & World Report’s 2005 rankings, Case
Western Reserve’s undergraduate program
ranked 41st among national universities.
Also, the university ranks No. 12 among
private universities receiving the most feder-
al research funding.
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 Western
Reserve has a number of programs taught in
conjunction with nearby institutions, includ-
ing the Cleveland Institute of Music, the
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, the
Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Mu-
seum of Natural History and the Cleveland
Play House. For transportation, in addition to
the Cleveland RTA, which is made available
to students through a mandatory $25 per
semester fee, Case Western Reserve has its
own fleet of shuttle busses which are better
known as "greenies."
Case Western Reserve was the site of the
famous Michelson-