Located in
Cleveland,
Ohio,
Case Western Reserve University is actually the result of a 1967 confederation of two rival universities, the
Case Institute of Technology, and the
Western Reserve University. The
Western Reserve University was founded in 1826 just outside of
Cleveland, taking its name from that of the region which, at the time of the
American Revolution, was known as the
Western Reserve of Connecticut. The
Case School of Applied Science was created in downtown
Cleveland in 1880, named for
Leonard Case, Jr, a leading citizen of
Cleveland. The name was changed to the
Case Institute of Technology due to the institutions growing stature.
CWRU is not the only institution in it's area.
CWRU is the largest part of the aptly named
University Circle, a compact geographic area in the eastern edge of
Cleveland that contains:
Academically, I'm surrounded by
various shades of engineers and more
pre-meds than I can
shake a stick at.
Other CWRU nodes:
CWRU noders!
If you have anything you want to add to this node (including yourself), feel free to /mgs me with it.