In an article written by John Hanc in the Education Section of the New York Times, CWRU was praised specifically for its flexible minor programs. It highlights the attractive Applied Data Science Minor offered through the CWRU Department of Engineering.

Great Lakes Energy Institute Advisory Board Member and Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of History Peter Shulman discussed the history of America's effort to become "energy independent," and the evolving political context of the phrase during an interview with Ben Jervey of The Daily Good.

A team of researchers led by Laura Bruckman, research assistant professor in the CWRU Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Abdulkerim Gok, a research associate at Gebze Technical University in Turkey (formerly at Case Western Reserve), used data science to better predict how weather and other conditions affect solar panels. Collaborators in the study include the SDLE Research Centre at CWRU for weather testing and CWRU Professor Jiayang Sun, of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, for modeling. This work could help in solving new ways of extending solar panel lifetimes according to the researchers. "This makes the cost of solar energy -- in this case -- better and easier to understand," said Professor Bruckman.