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January 26, 2007
The week
Crain's Cleveland Business, January 26, 2007
Opposite direction: Case Western Reserve University is forecasting a deficit for fiscal 2007 of $14 million, which is 33 percent larger than its previous projection of a $10.5 million deficit for the year ending next June 30.
Also mentioned in the weekly review is the decision by Solon, Ohio,-based Swagelok Co. to form a subsidiary to commercialize a technology it is developing with Case. Read article.
January 24, 2007
Foundation awards nearly $300,000 to Health Science Center for national study
San Antonio Business Journal, January 24, 2007
The Commonwealth Fund has donated $263,658 to the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports research into health care issues. The university is leading a national evaluation project designed to revolutionize how primary care is delivered across the country. Carlos Jaen, professor and chair, will work with faculty from Case Western Reserve University, the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Lehigh Valley Hospital and the University of Colorado to conduct the research. Final reports will be released in early 2009. Read article.
January 09, 2007
Case recruits Clinic administrator
Crain's Cleveland Business, January 9, 2007
Case Western Reserve University has snagged one of the Cleveland Clinic's top administrators to head up university relations and development. Bruce Loessin will take over as Case's senior vice president for university relations and development on January 16. Read article.
November 15, 2006
Six projects get NorTech money: $1 million will help turn technology ideas into moneymakers
The Plain Dealer, November 15, 2006
NorTech, the Northeast Ohio technology development organization, has distributed $1 million in grant money from the Fund for Our Economic Future to support the commercialization of six projects: A collaboration among the National Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, the Case Center for Imaging Research, and local companies Arteriocyte and Athersys will receive $310,000 to develop ways to improve stroke therapies. The Wright Fuel Cell Group will receive $150,000 to build portable fuel cells created with Ohio-made products. Case Western Reserve University, Graf-Tech, HydroGen, Contained Energy, Northeast Hydrogen and Chemsultants are part of the fuel cell group. Read article.
November 10, 2006
New building planned for Case's Mandel Center
Cleveland Jewish News, November 10, 2006
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University, "one of the first programs in the country with a primary focus on educating nonprofits' management leaders," is embarking on an $11 million project to build its new center on Bellflower Road. The new facility will make Mandel the first institution of its kind with its own freestanding building. Read article.