ADVISORY/First-Ever Colloquium On Partnerships Between Universities and Their Cities At Case Western Reserve University.

Assignment Desks & Education Writers

ADVISORY... for Thursday (Jan. 30)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Mayors and University Presidents From Across the Country

to Discuss Working Relationships

WHAT:   "Great Universities and Their Cities," the first-ever national
        colloquium exploring academic and local government
        relationships. The event is intended to drive understanding of
        the enormous benefits that can result from strong partnerships
        between universities and the cities that house them. The
        sold-out, day-long event, which will draw more than 700
        attendees and participants, will also serve as the backdrop
        for the inauguration of Case Western Reserve University's new
        president, Edward M. Hundert.

        The colloquium features best practices in areas from
        biotechnology and life sciences to race relations and urban
        revitalization through a series of dialogues between some of
        the country's leading university presidents and the mayors of
        their respective cities about the collaborative role
        universities should play in their communities, what has -- and
        hasn't -- worked in the past, and lessons learned.

WHERE:  Severance Hall
        11001 Euclid Avenue on the Case Western Reserve University
              campus
        Cleveland, Ohio

WHEN:   Thursday, January 30, 2003

        9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Welcome: President Edward M. Hundert and
              Mayor Jane L. Campbell

        9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker: President Richard
              Levin, Yale University, "Universities and Cities: The
              View from New Haven"

        10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
              -- Downtown Revitalization
              -- Human Resources Development
              -- Life Sciences
              -- Regional Technology Transfer and Economic Growth
              -- Housing
              -- Cultural and Artistic Development
              -- K-12 and Continuing Education
              -- Race Relations
              -- Healthy Cities

        12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon

        1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Post-Luncheon Plenary Session, moderated
              by National Public Radio's Neal Conan
              -- Session Reports

        4:30 p.m. Investiture Ceremony

WHO:    Participants include:
              -- Case Western Reserve University President Edward M.
                 Hundert
              -- Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell
              -- Yale University President Richard Levin
              -- Presidents and chancellors of
                 -- Johns Hopkins University
                 -- Washington University in St. Louis
                 -- University of Illinois-Chicago
                 -- Clark University
                 -- Fisk University
                 -- University of Rochester
                 -- Virginia Commonwealth University
                 -- York University in Toronto
              -- Mayors of
                 -- Richmond, Va.
                 -- Rochester, N.Y.
                 -- Nashville, Tenn.
              -- Ontario, Canada Minister of Culture
              -- Superintendent of Schools of Worcester, Mass.

For additional information go to http://www.cwru.edu/events/inauguration/frameindex.htm