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This section for 200 Events in 200 Years provides highlights of the university's history from 2010-2019.
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2010
Case Western Reserve University erected one of the country's first campus-based research wind turbines. The 156-foot, 100-kilowatt wind turbine provided a portion of the Veale Convocation, Athletic and Recreation Center's power and offered key opportunities for alternative energy research. In its first full year of operation, the turbine generated 58,500 KWH or about 5% of the total used by the center.
2011
The Cleveland Play House donated its archives to Kelvin Smith Library. Consisting of approximately 1,000 record storage boxes, the archives documents the history of the country's oldest regional theater.
2012
The Associated Press reported that CWRU ranked no. 10 in the Peace Corps' list of top 25 small colleges and universities with Peace Corps volunteers.
2013
The Case Juggling Club held its annual "Spectacular" in March.
2014
CWRU served as one of the host sites in Cleveland for the 2014 Gay Games. Water polo, wrestling, racquetball, squash, and badminton events were held in the Veale Center. Athletes from around the world participated.
2015
The 10th Annual Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gospelfest concert was held as part of Homecoming/Alumni Weekend activities. This annual event was named for double alumna and Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, FSM1971 & LAW1974.
2016
The Associated Collegiate Press ranked The Observer among the best university publications at a national conference. The Observer placed ninth in the four-year university weekly newspaper and website small school categories.
2017
A CWRU student team won first place at the 7th annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition in St. Paul, Minnesota. The competition challenged students to design, build, and operate a fully autonomous snowplow to remove snow from a designated path, while safely avoiding moving and stationary obstacles.
2018
English Department lecturer Dave Lucas was named Ohio's new poet laureate. He was Ohio's second poet laureate - the post being created in 2014. Lucas won the Cleveland Art Prize and its Emerging Artist Award in 2016.
2019
The Schools of Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Medicine moved to the new Health Education Campus, located on the Cleveland Clinic campus. The campus consists of two buildings: the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion and the Dental Clinic.
