Education & Research

• CWRU spends $1 million dollars a day on research 
   
• In 2006, CWRU was responsible for four start up companies, 174 invention disclosures, 37 licenses with $10.8 million revenue, and comprised of 20 percent of the state's education research 
   
• CWRU is in the top twenty of technology transfers as one of the fastest growing, and top ten in the key matters 
   
• In 1986, CWRU established a free public computer network, Freenet, that allowed dial-in users Internet access. Freenet was the first of its kind and helped inspire an international trend  
   

• In 1989, CWRU was the first campus in the world to use fiber optics to create a computer network (CWRUnet) linking all campus buildings and residence halls 

• The Cleveland Institute of Art consistently ranks in the top ten colleges of art and design in the United States
     
• One of the most famous graduates is Victor Schreckengost. His innovative accomplishments include:
  • Commissioned by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to create a special punch bowl for her husband. Known as the JAZZ BOWL, it is an Art Deco icon
  • Founder of the country's first industrial design schools at the Cleveland Institute of Art, which is one of the top three in the country 
  • Taught more than 1,000 students during his 70 years as an educator. His students created innovative products that contributed billions to the economy 
  • "There is probably not an adult alive in the United States today who has not handled products designed by either Viktor or his students."
  • Innovator with many "firsts"
    • First mass-produced American dinnerware
    • First cab-over-engine truck (known as the “Henry Ford” of pedal cars, by creating the first ones to be stamped out of a single piece of metal
    • First to “blind-weld” bicycles
    • First golf cart mower 
       
• Students of Victor Schreckengost include John Nottingham and John Spirk who created the CrestSpin Brush and 3D Popcorn

Cleveland Institute of Music

• Internationally recognized conservatory founded in 1920
   
• Recognized for its Suzuki method of teaching through its Sato Center for Suzuki Studies 
   
• Members of faculty include 38 current and 2 retired members of the Cleveland Orchestra.  Additionally, 36 CIM alumni now perform with the Cleveland Orchestra.