CedarTech helps build out Miami’s Urban Bridges initiative; establishes strong presence in Cleveland
University occupies fourth floor of facility in Cleveland Innovation District
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Miami University's space in the CedarTech building in Cleveland will support current Miami students by providing classroom, meeting, and event space.
CedarTech helps build out Miami’s Urban Bridges initiative; establishes strong presence in Cleveland
University occupies fourth floor of facility in Cleveland Innovation District
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Published
As the hub for the Urban Bridges initiative, Miami University’s CedarTech location in Cleveland will provide a deeply collaborative and engaging space for students, alumni, partners, and more.
On Aug. 25, the university celebrated its location at 10900 Carnegie Ave. in the Cleveland Innovation District with a private event that touted the many positives an increased presence in northeast Ohio will mean for Miami.
“We have been fortunate to build strong partnerships across the state," Miami President Gregory Crawford said. "CedarTech represents another transformational moment for the university as we continue our work to benefit communities throughout Ohio.”
Miami occupies the fourth floor of the CedarTech building, accounting for 7,022 square feet in the facility, which was built in 1956.
CedarTech is near Cleveland Clinic, one of the world’s top healthcare entities renowned for its care, research, and medical education. In January 2025, Cleveland Clinic and Miami announced a groundbreaking partnership that has resulted in innovative collaboration, including establishing the Ohio Institute for Quantum Computing Research, Talent, and Commercialization.
“Our partnership with Miami University has been highly successful through our shared focus on preparing the workforce of the future in innovative fields such as quantum computing,” Serpil Erzurum, M.D., chief research and academic officer at Cleveland Clinic, said. “Miami’s presence in the Cleveland Innovation District will strengthen talent development, computational discovery, and research advancement, while creating meaningful opportunities for students to contribute to the future of healthcare, research, and industry in northeast Ohio.”
Several Miami students recently completed summer internships with Cleveland Clinic in areas such as finance, cybersecurity, research, nursing education, pediatrics, biomedical engineering, and more.
CedarTech will support current Miami students in Cleveland and provide classroom, meeting, and event space.
It will also serve as the home for the university’s Urban Bridges director, with room for faculty hoteling space in a module layout that can be rearranged as needed.
Part of MiamiTHRIVE, the university’s strategic plan, Urban Bridges offers Miami students experiential learning and real-world experiences.
“This was one of the first things to come out of MiamiTHRIVE, and to have it open and operating within two years is amazing,” said Ande Durojaiye, Miami’s vice president for strategy and partnerships. “The Urban Bridges concept is something the university is very invested in and excited about. For it to come together with this facility is huge for the university.”
CedarTech’s location is a prime asset, according to Randi Thomas, vice president of ASPIRE.
Students interning at Cleveland Clinic have a convenient location they can utilize, as can faculty and staff working in the Cleveland area.
“We’re able to have an office in Cleveland that complements our offices in Oxford,” Thomas said. “Our partnership with Cleveland Clinic is dynamic and something special. You see it in the Cleveland Clinic Health Sciences and Wellness Facility located on our Oxford campus. You see it with the many interns we were able to place across the enterprise. You see it in the work we continue to do together. Being able to combine their expertise and their needs in the workforce with our education and depth in the academic side has been very exciting.”
Thomas noted Miami has always had a charge of serving the people of Ohio, dating back to the Northwest Ordinance, which paved the way for the university’s charter in 1809.
“We need to be where Ohioans are,” he said.
The Cleveland Innovation District connects healthcare and higher education with the purpose of creating jobs, educating the future workforce, and accelerating research.
Finding creative and innovative ways to partner and build relationships is important, said Michelle Thomas, Miami’s assistant vice president for corporate relations.
“We are flipping the script and engaging in much more robust ways,” she said. “CedarTech and Urban Bridges are instrumental in developing the talent needed by Ohio’s industries.”
Cleveland itself delivers ample opportunities for students in terms of internships, experiential learning, and more.
“We can engage with potential employers. We can hold admission events. We can have guest speakers for our students,” Durojaiye said. “With CedarTech, anything we can do at Miami, we can do in Cleveland.”
On Aug. 25, the university celebrated its location at 10900 Carnegie Ave. in the Cleveland Innovation District with a private event that touted the many positives an increased presence in northeast Ohio will mean for Miami.
“We have been fortunate to build strong partnerships across the state," Miami President Gregory Crawford said. "CedarTech represents another transformational moment for the university as we continue our work to benefit communities throughout Ohio.”
Miami occupies the fourth floor of the CedarTech building, accounting for 7,022 square feet in the facility, which was built in 1956.
CedarTech is near Cleveland Clinic, one of the world’s top healthcare entities renowned for its care, research, and medical education. In January 2025, Cleveland Clinic and Miami announced a groundbreaking partnership that has resulted in innovative collaboration, including establishing the Ohio Institute for Quantum Computing Research, Talent, and Commercialization.
“Our partnership with Miami University has been highly successful through our shared focus on preparing the workforce of the future in innovative fields such as quantum computing,” Serpil Erzurum, M.D., chief research and academic officer at Cleveland Clinic, said. “Miami’s presence in the Cleveland Innovation District will strengthen talent development, computational discovery, and research advancement, while creating meaningful opportunities for students to contribute to the future of healthcare, research, and industry in northeast Ohio.”
Several Miami students recently completed summer internships with Cleveland Clinic in areas such as finance, cybersecurity, research, nursing education, pediatrics, biomedical engineering, and more.
CedarTech will support current Miami students in Cleveland and provide classroom, meeting, and event space.
It will also serve as the home for the university’s Urban Bridges director, with room for faculty hoteling space in a module layout that can be rearranged as needed.
Part of MiamiTHRIVE, the university’s strategic plan, Urban Bridges offers Miami students experiential learning and real-world experiences.
“This was one of the first things to come out of MiamiTHRIVE, and to have it open and operating within two years is amazing,” said Ande Durojaiye, Miami’s vice president for strategy and partnerships. “The Urban Bridges concept is something the university is very invested in and excited about. For it to come together with this facility is huge for the university.”
CedarTech’s location is a prime asset, according to Randi Thomas, vice president of ASPIRE.
Students interning at Cleveland Clinic have a convenient location they can utilize, as can faculty and staff working in the Cleveland area.
“We’re able to have an office in Cleveland that complements our offices in Oxford,” Thomas said. “Our partnership with Cleveland Clinic is dynamic and something special. You see it in the Cleveland Clinic Health Sciences and Wellness Facility located on our Oxford campus. You see it with the many interns we were able to place across the enterprise. You see it in the work we continue to do together. Being able to combine their expertise and their needs in the workforce with our education and depth in the academic side has been very exciting.”
Thomas noted Miami has always had a charge of serving the people of Ohio, dating back to the Northwest Ordinance, which paved the way for the university’s charter in 1809.
“We need to be where Ohioans are,” he said.
The Cleveland Innovation District connects healthcare and higher education with the purpose of creating jobs, educating the future workforce, and accelerating research.
Finding creative and innovative ways to partner and build relationships is important, said Michelle Thomas, Miami’s assistant vice president for corporate relations.
“We are flipping the script and engaging in much more robust ways,” she said. “CedarTech and Urban Bridges are instrumental in developing the talent needed by Ohio’s industries.”
Cleveland itself delivers ample opportunities for students in terms of internships, experiential learning, and more.
“We can engage with potential employers. We can hold admission events. We can have guest speakers for our students,” Durojaiye said. “With CedarTech, anything we can do at Miami, we can do in Cleveland.”
Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.