Miami University celebrated its new CedarTech location in Cleveland with a private event on Aug. 25, expanding the university’s presence in Northeast Ohio.

Located at 10900 Carnegie Ave. in the Cleveland Innovation District, the space will serve as a hub for Miami’s Urban Bridges initiative and provide classroom, meeting and event space for students, faculty, staff, alumni and university partners.

“We have been fortunate to build strong partnerships across the state,” Miami University President Gregory Crawford said in a news release. “CedarTech represents another transformational moment for the university as we continue our work to benefit communities throughout Ohio.”

Miami, located in Oxford, occupies 7,022 square feet on the fourth floor of the CedarTech building, which was built in 1965. The location is near Cleveland Clinic, which announced a partnership with Miami in January 2025.

The partnership has included the establishment of the Ohio institute for Quantum Computing Research, Talent and Commercialization. Miami students also recently completed summer internships with Cleveland Clinic in areas including finance, cybersecurity, research, nursing education, pediatrics and biomedical engineering.

“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,” Dr. Serpil Erzurum, chief research and academic officer at Cleveland Clinic, said in the release. “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.”

CedarTech will also house the university’s Urban Bridges director and include flexible workspace for faculty. Urban Bridges, part of the university’s MiamiTHRIVE strategic plan, is designed to provide students with experiential learning and real-world opportunities.

“This was one of the first things to come out of MiamiTHRIVE, and to have it open and operating within two years is amazing,” Ande Durojaiye, Miami’s vice president for strategy and partnerships, said in the release. “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.”

The location will also give students interning at Cleveland Clinic a nearby university space and provide a base for Miami faculty and staff working in the Cleveland area.

“We’re able to have an office in Cleveland that complements our offices in Oxford,” Randi Thomas, vice president of ASPIRE, said in the release. “Our partnership with Cleveland Clinic is dynamic and something special.”

The Cleveland Innovation District connects healthcare and higher education with a focus on job creation, workforce development and research.

Durojaiye said the CedarTech location will allow Miami to connect students with potential employers and host admission events and guest speakers in Cleveland.

“With CedarTech, anything we can do at Miami, we can do in Cleveland,” he said.