CASE AND CLEVELAND

Case is an urban university located in the largest metropolitan area in the state of Ohio. The University recently partnered with Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell to host "Great Universities and Their Cities" an innovative colloquium bringing university presidents and government officials together to discuss partnering opportunities benefiting universities and their hometowns. The goal of this colloquium was to make it possible for all participants to leave with a stronger and more informed commitment to creating cohesion and alliances among great universities and their cities, and greater appreciation for the enormous benefits that these relationships can bring to all concerned. Following the colloquium, Case decided to concentrate on several areas where it could combine its resources with those of community partners to make a true impact: technology transfer and economic development; Healthy Cleveland, with an emphasis on school-based health programs; cultural and artistic development; and neighborhood revitalization, including housing, K-12 education, human resource development and race relations. The Center for Health, Science and Society, directed by Case's former medical school dean, Nathan Berger, continues to grow as a vehicle for the university to help the city and its residents shape components of their health care delivery system through outreach and education. The center is integral to a new partnership involving the School of Medicine, University Hospitals, the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, and the Music and Performing Arts group at Trinity Cathedral that is creating a family-based substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention program. This program recently received a three-year, $1 million grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention to measure the positive effect of the arts on the lives of children and their families.