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57-513: The first festival took place in 1969 and was held each year until 1984; following a ten-year hiatus festivals resumed in 1995. The event is organized as a fundraising event for the Hessler Neighborhood Association (HNA), which was formed in 1969 to save the neighborhood from being bulldozed to build student dormitories and parking lots for Case Western Reserve University . The proceeds are used "to preserve and maintain

114-517: A 2008 appeal. 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. In an open letter to the university community, interim president Eastwood admitted that "the university had misplaced its own history and traditions." The "Forward Thinking" campaign was launched in 2011 by President Barbara Snyder and raised $ 1 billion in 30 months. The board of trustees unanimously agreed to expand

171-868: A medium of travel, was conducted in the basement of a Western Reserve University dormitory in 1887, and Albert A. Michelson became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in science. As of April 2024, 2 Surgeons General of the United States , 1 Justice of the United States Supreme Court , 18 heads of state , 5 Olympic medallists , 1 NASA astronaut , 3 billionaires, 69 appointees to the National Academies , and 17 Nobel laureates are numbered among Case Western Reserve University faculty or alumni, or one of its predecessors prior to federation. Western Reserve College,

228-787: A number of programs taught in conjunction with other University Circle institutions, including University Hospitals , the Cleveland Clinic , the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland Institute of Music , the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center , the Cleveland Museum of Art , the Cleveland Institute of Art , the Cleveland Museum of Natural History . Severance Hall , home of

285-804: A provision for the purchase of land in the University Circle area, adjacent to Western Reserve University, for the Case School of Applied Science. The school relocated to University Circle in 1885. In 1921 Albert Einstein came to the Case campus during his first visit to the United States, out of respect for the physics work performed there. Besides noting the research done in the Michelson–Morley experiment , Einstein also met with physics professor Dayton Miller to discuss his own research. During World War II , Case School of Applied Science

342-555: A school with professional programs and liberal arts, came together to form Case Western Reserve University. In 1968, the Department of Biomedical Engineering launched as a newly unified collaboration between the School of Engineering and School of Medicine as the first in the nation and as one of the first Biomedical Engineering programs in the world. The following year in 1969, the first Biomedical Engineering MD/PhD program in

399-485: A special unit for part-time and adult students in downtown Cleveland . By the 1960s, Reserve President John Schoff Millis and Case President T. Keith Glennan shared the idea that federation would create a complete university, one better able to attain national distinction. Financed by the Carnegie Corporation , Cleveland Foundation , Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation , and several local donors,

456-470: A study commission of national leaders in higher education and public policy was charged with exploring the idea of federation. The Heald Commission, so known for its chair, former Ford Foundation President Henry T. Heald , predicted in its final report that a federation could create one of the largest private universities in the nation. In 1967, Case Institute of Technology, a school with its emphasis on engineering and science, and Western Reserve University,

513-497: A yield rate of 13.8%. Of the 43% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted SAT scores, the total interquartile range was 1440–1530; of the 23% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted ACT scores, the interquartile range of composite scores was 32–35. Of all matriculating students, the average high school GPA was 3.8. 71% of admitted students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. In U.S. News & World Report ' s 2025 rankings , Case Western Reserve

570-500: Is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation , in 2019 the university had research and development (R&D) expenditures of $ 439 million, ranking it 20th among private institutions and 58th in the nation. Case alumni, scientists, and scholars have played significant roles in many scientific breakthroughs and discoveries including

627-581: Is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio , United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case Western Reserve University comprises eight schools that offer more than 100 undergraduate programs and about 160 graduate and professional options across fields in STEM, medicine, arts, and the humanities. In 2024,

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684-735: Is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and was declared a historic district by the Cleveland Landmark Commission in 1975. The nearby Hessler Court is the only remaining street in Cleveland with Nicolson pavement , a.k.a. wood block or wooden pavement. In 2007 the Hessler Street Fair was not held, although a "Hessler Unplugged" reunion block party took place on Saturday, May 19, 2007. The Fair resumed on May 17–18, 2008. 2019 marked

741-505: Is noted (among other fields) for research in electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering . The Michelson–Morley interferometer experiment was conducted in 1887 in the basement of a campus dormitory by Albert A. Michelson of Case School of Applied Science and Edward W. Morley of Western Reserve University. Michelson became the first American to win a Nobel Prize in science. Also in 2018, The Hollywood Reporter ranked CWRU's Department of Theater Master of Fine Arts program with

798-543: The Case School of Applied Science . Classes began on September 15, 1881. The school received its charter by the state of Ohio in 1882. For the first four years of the school's existence, it was located in the Case family's home on Rockwell Street in downtown Cleveland . Classes were held in the family house, while the chemistry and physics laboratories were on the second floor of the barn. Amasa Stone 's gift to relocate Western Reserve College to Cleveland also included

855-876: The Cleveland Orchestra , is on the Case Western Reserve campus. The Case Quadrangle, known also to students as the Engineering Quad, contains most engineering and science buildings, notably the John D. Rockefeller Physics Building. The Case Quad also houses administration buildings, including Adelbert Hall . The Michelson–Morley experiment occurred here, commemorated by a marker and the Michelson-Morley Memorial Fountain . The southernmost edge consists of athletic areas— Adelbert Gymnasium , Van Horn Field and

912-574: The Cleveland Play House as 18th in the English-speaking world. In 2019, this ranking improved to 12th. In 2014, Washington Monthly ranked Case Western Reserve University as the 9th best National University, but in the 2018 rankings, Case Western Reserve was ranked the 118th best National University. In 2013, Washington Monthly ranked Case Western Reserve as the nation's 4th best National University for contributing to

969-720: The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States . The surgeon general's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General ( OSG ), which is housed within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health . The U.S. surgeon general is nominated by the president of

1026-496: The Weatherhead School of Management where he then killed graduate student Norman Wallace and wounded two professors. Halder took people in the building hostage, and they ran and barricaded themselves and hid during the seven hours that the gunman roamed the building, shooting indiscriminately. He was finally apprehended by a SWAT team. Halder was convicted on multiple felony counts and sentenced to life in prison; he lost

1083-417: The assistant secretary for health (ASH). The ASH may be a four-star admiral in the commissioned corps, and serves as the principal advisor to the secretary of health and human services on public health and scientific issues. The surgeon general is the overall head of the commissioned corps, a 6,500-member cadre of uniformed health professionals who are on call 24 hours a day and can be dispatched by

1140-612: The commencement speech in 1854. In 1838, the Loomis Observatory was built by astronomer Elias Loomis , and today remains the second oldest observatory in the United States, and the oldest still in its original location. In 1852, the Medical School became the second school in the United States to graduate a woman, Nancy Talbot Clark . Five more women graduated over the next four years, including Emily Blackwell and Marie Zakrzewska , giving Western Reserve

1197-690: The discovery of gravitational waves ; the invention of the MRI ; the first external defibrillator ; isolation of the poliovirus ; the collaboration between the Case Institute of Technology and the Harshaw Chemical Company which enriched a majority of the uranium used in the Manhattan Project ; the Michelson-Morley experiment , which disproved the existence of "luminiferous aether" and confirmed that light did not need

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1254-617: The 40th Anniversary of the Hessler Street Fair and marked the end of the tradition. 21 bands performed over the final weekend. This article related to an American festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a property in Cuyahoga County, Ohio on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University ( CWRU )

1311-469: The American public about health issues and advocating healthy lifestyle choices. The office also periodically issues health warnings. Perhaps the best known example of this is the surgeon general's warning label that has been present on all packages of American tobacco cigarettes since 1966. A similar health warning has appeared on alcoholic beverages labels since 1988. In 1798, Congress established

1368-681: The Marine Hospital Fund, a network of hospitals that cared for sick and disabled seamen. The Marine Hospital Fund was reorganized along military lines in 1870 and became the Marine Hospital Service —the predecessor to today's United States Public Health Service . The service became a separate bureau of the Treasury Department with its own staff, administration, headquarters in Washington, D.C., and

1425-518: The Public Health Service and as surgeon general at the same time. The surgeon general serves a four-year term of office and, depending on whether the current assistant secretary for health is a commissioned corps officer, is either the senior or next-most senior uniformed officer of the commissioned corps, holding the rank of vice admiral . The current surgeon general is Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy . The surgeon general reports to

1482-781: The Red Line connects campus to Cleveland Hopkins Airport and Downtown Cleveland . The bus rapid transit (BRT) HealthLine runs down the center of campus along Euclid Ave . Numerous RTA bus routes run through campus. The university in its present form consists of eight schools that offer more than 100 undergraduate programs and about 160 graduate and professional options. CWRU also supports over 100 interdisciplinary academic and research centers in various fields. The undergraduate student body hails from all 50 states and over 90 countries. The six most popular majors are biomedical engineering , biology / biological sciences , nursing , mechanical engineering , and psychology . Since 2016,

1539-505: The United States and confirmed by the Senate . The surgeon general must be appointed from individuals who are members of the regular corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and have specialized training or significant experience in public health programs. However, there is no time requirement for membership in the Public Health Service before holding the office of the Surgeon General, and nominees traditionally were appointed as members of

1596-627: The United States , and by law holds the rank of vice admiral . Officers of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps are classified as non-combatants, but can be subjected to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions when designated by the commander-in-chief as a military force or if they are detailed or assigned to work with the armed forces . Officers of

1653-738: The Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center (commonly referred to as the Veale Center). The Veale Center houses the Horsburgh Gymnasium and the Veale Natatorium. The Flora Stone Mather Quadrangle is located north of Euclid Avenue between East Blvd., East 115th Street, and Juniper Road. The Flora Stone Mather College Historic District is more strictly defined by the area between East Blvd, Bellflower Road, and Ford Road north of Euclid Avenue. Named for

1710-609: The campaign to $ 1.5 billion, which reached its mark in 2017. The campaign ultimately raised $ 1.82 billion. A 2020 United States presidential debate , the first of two, was held at the Samson Pavilion of the Health Education Campus (HEC), shared by the Cleveland Clinic . In February 2020, president Barbara Snyder was appointed the president of Association of American Universities (AAU). Later that year, former Tulane University president Scott Cowen

1767-764: The college of the Connecticut Western Reserve , was founded in 1826 in Hudson, Ohio , as the Western Reserve College and Preparatory School . Western Reserve College, or "Reserve" as it was popularly called, was the first college in northern Ohio. The school was called "Yale of the West"; its campus, now that of the Western Reserve Academy , imitated that of Yale. It had the same motto, "Lux et Veritas" (Light and Truth),

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1824-602: The commissioned corps, including the surgeon general, wear uniforms that are modeled after uniforms of the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard , except that the commissioning devices, buttons, and insignia are unique. Officers in the U.S. Public Health Service wear unique devices that are similar to U.S. Navy staff corps officers (e.g., Navy Medical Service Corps , Supply Corps , etc.). The only surgeon general to actually hold

1881-416: The distinction of graduating six of the first eight female physicians in the United States. By 1875, Cleveland had emerged as the dominant population and business center of the region, and the city wanted a prominent higher education institution. In 1882, with funding from Amasa Stone , Western Reserve College moved to Cleveland and changed its name to Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. Adelbert

1938-515: The famous Michelson–Morley experiment . There had been some discussion of a merger of the two institutions as early as 1890, but those talks dissolved quickly. In the 1920s, the Survey Commission on Higher Education in Cleveland took a strong stand in favor of federation and the community was behind the idea as well, but in the end all that came of the study was a decision by the two institutions to cooperate in founding Cleveland College,

1995-402: The neighborhood." The festival, which according to its website attracts more than 10,000 visitors, is held outdoors, on Hessler Road (which is blocked off for the festival). It typically includes arts and crafts vendors, vegetarian food, and street performances, as well as main stage performances of folk music , reggae , and capoeira . Hessler Road, a small one-way residential brick street,

2052-589: The philanthropist wife of prominent industrialist Samuel Mather and sister-in-law of the famous statesman John Hay , the Mather Quad is home to Weatherhead School of Management , School of Law , Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences , and many departments of the College of Arts and Sciences . The Kelvin Smith Library, Thwing Center, and Tinkham Veale Student Center (known also as "The Tink") sit on

2109-686: The position of supervising surgeon, later surgeon general. After 141 years under the Treasury Department, the Service came under the Federal Security Agency in 1939, then the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1953, and finally the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) . Prior to 1970, the surgeon general was traditionally selected from career uniformed officers. Today,

2166-470: The public good. The publication's ranking was based upon a combination of factors including social mobility, research, and service. In 2009, the school had ranked 15th. Although Washington Monthly no longer ranks contributions to the public good as such, in its 2018 rankings of National Universities Case Western Reserve was ranked 180th in Social mobility and 118th in Service. In 2013, Case Western Reserve

2223-480: The same entrance standards, and nearly the same curriculum. It was different from Yale in that it was a manual labor college , in which students were required to perform manual labor, seen as psychologically beneficial. Western Reserve College's founders sought to instill in students an "evangelical ethos" and train ministers for Ohio, where there was an acute shortage of them. The college was located in Hudson because

2280-648: The secretary of HHS or by the assistant secretary for health in the event of a public health emergency. The surgeon general is also the ultimate award authority for several public health awards and decorations, the highest of which that can be directly awarded is the Surgeon General's Medallion (the highest award bestowed by board action is the Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal ). The surgeon general also has many informal duties, such as educating

2337-495: The surgeon general is usually selected from the civilian community, who aligns more closely with the president's political party. The office is not a particularly powerful one, and has little direct statutory impact on policy-making, but surgeons general are often vocal advocates of precedent-setting, far-sighted, unconventional, or even unpopular health policies. The U.S. Army , Navy , and Air Force also have officers overseeing medical matters in their respective services who hold

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2394-503: The title Surgeon General, of their respective services, while the surgeon general of the United States is surgeon general of the entire nation. The insignia of the surgeon general, and the USPHS, use the caduceus as opposed to the Rod of Asclepius . The surgeon general is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , one of the eight uniformed services of

2451-424: The top fields for graduating CWRU undergraduate students have been engineering, nursing, research and science, accounting and financial services, and information technology. In 2023, the university received 39,039 applications. It extended offers of admission to 11,193 applicants, or 28.7%. 73% of admitted students were from outside Ohio and 13% from outside the United States. 1,544 accepted students chose to enroll,

2508-606: The topic and then resigned, expecting that he would be fired. President Charles Backus Storrs took a leave of absence for health, and soon died. One of the two remaining professors, Elizur Wright , soon left to head the American Anti-Slavery Society . Western Reserve was the first college west of the Appalachian Mountains to enroll (1832) and graduate (1836) an African-American student, John Sykes Fayette . Frederick Douglass gave

2565-428: The town made the largest financial offer to help in its construction. That town, about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland, had been an antislavery center from the beginning: its founder, David Hudson , was against slavery, and founding trustee Owen Brown was a noted abolitionist who secured the location for the college. The abolitionist John Brown , who would lead the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry , grew up in Hudson and

2622-654: The university enrolled 12,475 students (6,528 undergraduate plus 5,947 graduate and professional) from all 50 states and 106 countries and employed more than 1,182 full-time faculty members. The university's athletic teams, Case Western Reserve Spartans, play in NCAA Division III as a founding member of the University Athletic Association . Case Western Reserve University is a member of the Association of American Universities and

2679-459: The university's ability to recruit and maintain high-quality faculty, fund-raising and leadership." Also, the logo was derided among the university's community and alumni and throughout northeastern Ohio; critics said it looked like "...a fat man with a surfboard." On May 9, 2003, the 2003 Case Western Reserve University shooting occurred when Biswanath Halder entered the Peter B. Lewis Building of

2736-885: The western edge of the Mather Quad. On and near campus, CircleLink is a free public shuttle service in University Circle and Little Italy. Colloquially, the shuttle buses are known as Greenies . To supplement evening and nighttime hours, the Safe Ride Program provides personal pickup of students and staff upon request. For city public transit , rail and bus access are managed by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Unlimited use RTA passes are provided to undergraduate and full-time graduate students. The two Red Line rapid train stations are Little Italy–University Circle and Cedar–University . Notably,

2793-501: The world began at Case Western Reserve. The first computer engineering degree program in the United States was established in 1971 at Case Western Reserve. In 2003, the university unveiled a new logo and branding campaign that emphasized the "Case" portion of its name. In 2006, interim university president Gregory Eastwood convened a task group to study reactions to the campaign. The panel's report indicated that it had gone so poorly that, "There appear to be serious concerns now about

2850-545: Was also ranked 32nd among U.S. universities—and 29th among private institutions—in the inaugural 2016 edition of The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (WSJ/THE) rankings, but ranked tied for 39th among U.S. universities in 2019. Case Western Reserve University's biochemistry program is jointly administered with the CWRU School of Medicine , and was ranked 14th nationally in the latest rankings by Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research . Case Western Reserve

2907-593: Was among the Top 25 LGBT-Friendly Colleges and Universities, according to Campus Pride. The recognition follows Case Western Reserve's first five-star ranking on the Campus Pride Index, a detailed survey of universities' policies, services and institutional support for LGBT individuals. Surgeon General of the United States The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of

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2964-470: Was appointed interim president. On October 29, 2020, Eric W. Kaler , former University of Minnesota president, was appointed as the new Case Western Reserve University president, effective July 1, 2021. Case Western Reserve University's main campus is approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Downtown Cleveland in the neighborhood known as University Circle , an area containing many educational, medical, and cultural institutions. Case Western Reserve has

3021-456: Was founded, to eventually become the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Although the trustees of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University did not formally federate their institutions until 1967, the institutions already shared buildings and staff when necessary and worked together often. One such example was seen in 1887, when Case physicist Albert Michelson and Reserve chemist Edward Morley collaborated on

3078-550: Was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. Over time, the Case School of Applied Science expanded to encompass broader subjects, adopting the name Case Institute of Technology in 1947 to reflect the institution's growth. Led by polymer expert Eric Baer in 1963, the nation's first stand-alone Polymer Science and Engineering program

3135-529: Was ranked as tied for 51st among national universities and 160th among global universities. The 2020 edition of The Wall Street Journal / Times Higher Education (WSJ/THE) rankings ranked Case Western Reserve as 52nd among US colleges and universities. In 2018, Case Western Reserve was ranked 37th in the category American "national universities" and 146th in the category "global universities" by U.S. News & World Report . In 2019 U.S. News ranked it tied for 42nd and 152nd, respectively. Case Western Reserve

3192-411: Was the name of Stone's son. In 1877, Leonard Case Jr. began laying the groundwork for the Case School of Applied Science by secretly donating valuable pieces of Cleveland real estate to a trust. He asked his confidential advisor, Henry Gilbert Abbey, to administer the trust and to keep it secret until after his death in 1880. On March 29, 1880, articles of incorporation were filed for the founding of

3249-525: Was the son of co-founder Owen Brown. Hudson was a major stop on the Underground Railroad . Along with Presbyterian influences of its founding, the school's origins were strongly though briefly associated with the pre- Civil War abolitionist movement; the abolition of slavery was the dominant topic on campus in 1831. The trustees were unhappy with the situation. The college's chaplain and Bible professor, Beriah Green , gave four sermons on

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