Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University, a private doctorate-granting university in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the top 40 institutions of higher learning in the U.S. It was originally located 30 miles southeast of Cleveland in Hudson, Ohio, where it was established in 1826. Now the university sits on 155 acres of land. It was named after its surrounding regions, known as the Western Reserve of Connecticut. The school boasts 17 Nobel Laureates, and notable alumni include the founder of Craigslist Craig Newmark, creator and lead developer of Gmail Paul Buchheit, economist Edward C. Prescott, Former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding and Former U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The official motto is “Think Beyond the Possible,” the colors are black, blue and grey and the mascot is Spartie the Spartan. Its sporting affiliations are NCAA Division III, UAA and PAC – football. Varsity sports include men’s baseball, basketball, football and tennis, and women’s basketball, cross country, soccer and softball. In a laboratory at Case Western, Edward Morley discovered the atomic weight of oxygen; many buildings on campus are named after Albert A. Michelson, the physics Nobel Prize winner of 1907 who taught at the Case School of Applied Science.

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