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===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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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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