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| president = [[Eric Kaler]]
| provost = [[Joy K. Ward]]
| students = 12,266
| undergrad = 6,186<ref name=Facts>{{cite web |url=https://case.edu/ir/cwru-facts/cwru-glance|title=CWRU At a Glance |date=March 28, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |access-date=Mar 24, 2022}}</ref>
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'''Case Western Reserve University''' ('''CWRU''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]]. Case Western Reserve was established after '''Western Reserve University'''—which was founded in 1826 and named for its location in the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]]—and '''Case Institute of Technology'''—which was founded in 1880 through the endowment of [[Leonard Case Jr.]]—formally [[affiliated school|federated]] in 1967.
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-12 |title=Majors & Minors {{!}} Undergraduate Admission |url=https://case.edu/admission/academics |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=case.edu |language=en}}</ref>
Case Western Reserve University is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] and is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref name="Carnegie_classification">{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications – Institution Profile |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=201645 |access-date=March 30, 2020 |publisher=Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924023810/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=201645 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Rankings by total R&D expenditures |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd}}</ref>
==History==
{{also|Western Reserve Academy}}
===Western Reserve College (1826–1882) and University (1882–1967)===
[[File:Jay MacLeod at Case1.jpg|thumb|[[John Macleod (physiologist)|John Macleod]], 1923 Nobel Prize winner, with [[Frederick Banting]], for [[Insulin#Extraction and purification|co-discovering]] [[
Western Reserve College, the college of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]], was founded in 1826 in [[Hudson, Ohio]], as the [[Western Reserve Academy|Western Reserve College and Preparatory School]]. Western Reserve College, or "Reserve" as it was popularly called, was the first college in northern Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://case.edu/about/history.html|title=Visiting Case: Case Western Reserve University|publisher=Case.edu|access-date=2015-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113172734/http://case.edu/about/history.html|archive-date=November 13, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 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), 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.<ref name=Sernett2004>{{cite book
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|title=Abolitionists as Academics: The Controversy at Western Reserve College, 1832–1833
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▲The town of Hudson, about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland, was a quiet antislavery center from the beginning: its founder, [[David Hudson (pioneer)|David Hudson]], was against slavery, and founding trustee [[Owen Brown (abolitionist, born 1771)|Owen Brown]] was a noted [[abolitionist]] who secured the location for the college. The abolitionist [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], who would lead the [[John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry|1859 raid on Harpers Ferry]], grew up in Hudson and 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-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] movement;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://case.edu/artsci/isus/abolitisionism.htm|title=Case Western Reserve University|website=Case.edu|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901172245/http://case.edu/artsci/isus/abolitisionism.htm|archive-date=September 1, 2017}}</ref> 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 the topic<ref>{{cite book
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|url=https://archive.org/details/foursermonspreac1833gree}}</ref> 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]].
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==Campus==
[[File:Monographs (2943967835).jpg|left|thumb|Reading room at Allen Memorial Medical Library of Case Western Reserve University]]
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Visitor: University Circle|url=http://www.cityvisitor.com/Cleveland/things-to-know/00000057|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224537/http://www.cityvisitor.com/Cleveland/things-to-know/00000057|archive-date=December 3, 2017|access-date=December 2, 2017|website=Cityvisitor.com}}</ref> Case Western Reserve has a number of programs taught in conjunction with other University Circle institutions, including [[University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center|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 the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], is on the Case Western Reserve campus.
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In ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s
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 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.<ref name="Graphics"/>
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Case Western Reserve is noted (among other fields) for research in [[electrochemistry]] and [[electrochemical engineering]]. The [[Michelson–Morley experiment|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=- Case faculty 1st American to get Science Nobel|url=http://www.huwu.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1907/michelson-bio.html|access-date=November 16, 2016}}{{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
Also in 2018, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter
In 2014, ''Washington Monthly'' ranked Case Western Reserve University as the 9th best National University,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/best-national-universities-washington-monthly_n_5705937.html|title=The 14 Best National Universities According To Washington Monthly|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=August 3, 2015|date=August 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826134228/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/best-national-universities-washington-monthly_n_5705937.html|archive-date=August 26, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2014/features/introduction_a_different_kind_1051749.php |title=Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking |work=The Washington Monthly |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907235909/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2014/features/introduction_a_different_kind_1051749.php |archive-date=September 7, 2015 }}</ref> but in the 2018 rankings, Case Western Reserve was ranked the 118th best National University.<ref name=wm>{{cite web |title=2018 National University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018college-guide/national |website=washingtonmonthly.com |date=May 11, 2019 |publisher=Washington Monthly |access-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604060903/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018college-guide/national |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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