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Education & Research

From engineering experts to musical maestros to artistic geniuses, University Circle’s educational institutions prepare students for innovative performances on the world’s stage.

Case Western Reserve UniveRsity
  • 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 

Cleveland Institute of Art

  • 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. 


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