This Valentines Day—instead of going on a romantic date with a significant other—ZPN is encouraging students to fall in love with their passions through pictures.
ZPN is sponsoring a Valentines...
ServeAkron hosted its annual Spring Volunteer Fair Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union, where interested students learned about many opportunities to volunteer.
Volunteer...
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
• February 9, 2015
There is an old venue using new means to promote art and culture near downtown Akron.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently awarded EJ Thomas Hall with $120,000. This money will be used...
St. Jude’s Up ’til Dawn, a registered student organization, exceeded expectations with an event to honor the children of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The event raised $21,379.55 for...
UA’s Grounds and Special Services team braces for recent snow storms to ensure safety and accessibility on campus during the frigid months of winter.
During winter, UA’s campus gets covered in layers...
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has just named Andrew Kustec, a junior at UA, as one of their 10 “New Faces of Civil Engineering” in their collegiate edition.
ASCE’s list is a way...
As a result of the increasing use of cellphones and a higher demand on the cellular network, UA is initiating a plan to improve the cellular service on campus.
After four years of planning,...
UA’s main campus closed Monday morning as it became apparent that worsening conditions would make campus and its surrounding areas unsafe.
There was some confusion however, after UA decided to close...
By Zaina Salem, Managing Editor
• January 29, 2015
Named by Prospect magazine as one of the “top ten brains of the digital future,” author Steven Johnson spoke for an Akron Roundtable luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 12 p.m. in Quaker Station.
Johnson...
The Nursing Center for Community Health at UA has received a $50,000 grant over 18 months from the National Nursing Centers Consortium. The grant will facilitate medical-legal partnerships for...
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
• January 26, 2015
With the start of a new semester, UA’s tutoring services are here to ensure that students achieve and maintain success in their studies.
Tutoring is free for all current UA students; this contrasts...
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
• January 26, 2015
The live show “Ballroom with a Twist” is making its rounds across the country and stopped at UA’s E.J. Thomas Hall on Saturday, Jan. 24. The cast combines the talents of some of America’s most...
Up ‘til Dawn welcomes students to give up a night of sleep to support St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital with the all-night fundraiser full of games, prizes, food, and music.
The event will...
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
• January 26, 2015
UA’s School of Law held their first reentry clinic of 2015 on Saturday, Jan. 24 in the gymnasium room of Mount Calvary Baptist Church near downtown Akron.
At the close of the Fall 2014 semester, UA’s...
Amidst the usual snowy, freezing conditions this winter, students and alumni embraced the cold and gathered outside the Student Union to carve sculptures out of ice at UA’s Ice Fest.
The UA Ice Fest,...
The University of Akron’s main campus has adopted a new app in the spring semester of 2015 to help students keep track of The Roo bussing system. DoubleMap is an app that keeps track of busses locations,...
A team of students and faculty from UA and Kent State University are finalists for the Knights Cities Challenge.
The Knight Cities Challenge grants a team with an innovative idea funds to pursue their...
Steven Johnson, author of “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation,” “The Invention of Air,” and “The Ghost Map” will speak at UA On Tuesday, Jan. 27.
Those...
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
• January 22, 2015
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is currently in talks with university president, Scott Scarborough, to discover what student fees actually pay for.
Just how expensive a university...
The end of the semester is here and with it comes the familiar stresses that accompany final exams and term papers. Now more than ever, it seems that college students are vulnerable to the mental...
Pizza and Proofreading, an event for writers to revise fellow writers’ work, marked the resurgence of The University of Akron’s Literary Guild.
Students with final papers due shared their work with...
The Department of Off-Campus Student Services and UAPD are teaming up to prevent burglaries over winter break.
Students can sign up to have their homes periodically checked throughout the break to make...
The University of Akron ice-carving team celebrates the winter weather by creating works of art.
From noon until 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 Culinary Artists Club president and senior majoring...
The Student Union is transforming into the Study Union from Sunday, Dec. 7 through Wednesday, Dec. 10. The Union will be open between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. with extra study rooms, specials at the...
Bierce Library is continuing the tradition of extending its hours in order to help students prepare for the week of finals providing students with coffee, and snacks and other events to help...
For more than 30 years, volunteers from the Akron Children’s Hospital have held the Holiday Tree Festival beginning on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and ending on the first Sunday after...
The University of Akron’s Student Organization Resource Center held various events Monday, Dec. 1, throughout the day to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS, to provide students with an opportunity to unite...
Hundreds gathered on the evening of Friday, Nov. 28 to watch as the annual tree lighting ceremony took place in downtown at Akron’s Lock 3.
The frigid weather did not stop the crowds from...
This fall, United Way encouraged students to contribute to bettering their city and university.
The United Way in Summit County raises awareness and funds for different branches of their organization...
The Emergency Management (EM) and Homeland Security bachelor’s degree program has been ranked as one of the best and most affordable programs in the country by the Emergency Management Degree Program...
This past Thursday, Nov. 20 students had the chance to see members of The University of Akron faculty and staff get slimed for a good cause.
The event benefitted St. Jude Children’s Hospital and was...
The University of Akron Dance Company premiered their Fall Concert this past weekend. The concert brought in 460 people and generated over $3,000 for the School of Dance, Theater and Arts Administration...
With the new scholarship policy in place for education abroad payments, university administration and the Office of International Programs are working to help students fund their education abroad.
The...
A viewing for Justin Winebrenner, 7-year City of Akron Police Department veteran and The University of Akron alumni, was held on Friday, Nov. 21, in UA’s James A. Rhodes arena.
More than a week...
The holiday season is a time for giving, family gatherings and general goodwill. The holidays are also a time for enjoying decadent meals that are larger and possibly more fattening than the typical family...
Nearly 70 people participated in the Stop Hunger Now event held in the Student Union Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to aid in putting an end to the cycle of hunger that affects hundreds...
Unseen, a social networking application for college students, is now available to students of The University of Akron. The cell phone application allows students to anonymously share photos and messages.
“Unseen...
In an effort to help graduate students get jobs right out of college, the Graduate Student Government has created a speaker series called FROM .edu TO .com. The speaker for the session held Monday, Nov....
Students have an opportunity to relieve unwanted library fines whether they are $1 or $1,000 by donating non-perishable food items to the University Libraries from Nov. 17 through Dec. 7.
As of Monday,...
On Monday, Nov. 17, Zips Programming Network hosted their annual Casino Night in the Student Union ballrooms.
All in for Hunger: Casino Night, took place during UA’s Hunger and Homeless Awareness...
Men’s basketball star forward Demetrius “Tree” Treadwell has been accused of assault on women’s basketball star Sina King. Treadwell has been suspended indefinitely by the university...
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is in full swing at The University of Akron with a week full of events to learn, give back and gain from.
The week of activities begins Nov.16 through Nov. 22.,...
By Alicia Finch, Editor-in-Chief
• November 17, 2014
Give something more this holiday season. The UA community has the opportunity to give back with the Hope Tote donation drive, a toiletry drive in knowledge for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week November...
By Zaina Salem, Managing Editor
• November 17, 2014
The Department of Student Life hosted a workshop called True Colors: Understanding Yourself, the program explored the different personality temperaments.
On Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in...
The University Council will hear a proposal later this month that aims to ban tobacco on campus.
Smoking is a pervasive controversy. According to Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, there...
Voting takes place the week of November 17 through 19 to make changes to the constitution of Undergraduate Student Government at The University of Akron.
“Undergraduate Student Government...
The University of Akron’s student Opera Lyric Theater workshop ensemble presents a series of flash mobs on campus to display their musical talents and abilities this month at Starbucks in the Student...
Former UA President Luis M. Proenza was inducted into the 2014 Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame on Nov. 6 for his part in transforming the university and the City of Akron during his 15 years as president.
According...
Ample research shows that unsanitary water creates health issues in young children. Martin Saavedra, assistant professor of economics at Oberlin College, says that dirty water affects later-life earnings...
The University of Akron is now a contributing part of Young Entrepreneurs Consortium, a group that specializes in teaching educational tools and skills to other teachers, preparing them to educate a range...
The College of Health Professions and the Akron-Region Interprofessional Area Health Education Center are co-sponsoring the Community Action Poverty Simulation to give participants an understanding of...
Formerly known as Armistice Day, which celebrated the end of World War I, Veterans Day is on the eleventh day of November every year. The University of Akron is extending tribute to veterans with four...
Assistant director of international programs education abroad, David Black, is pushing to reorganize the Education Abroad Office to make it easier and more affordable for students to study abroad.
Out...
The University of Akron will host the Ohio Latino Education Summit for the first time on March 6, 2015. The event, usually held at other schools such as The Ohio State University or Wright State University,...
Students piled into the Student Union on Wednesday, Nov. 5 to learn about options for on-campus and off-campus housing.
Tables were set up to advertise nearby apartments such as the 401 Lofts, University...
The 5th annual Edward G. Elias Bowling Tournament awarded $7,000 in scholarship prizes to three winning students Saturday, Nov. 1.
Twelve students won scholarships at the tournament which was started...
Natalie and Nicole Wiswesser, students in the Myers School of Art, will have their artwork featured in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Made Surreal- A Fashion Design Competition. They are both full time...
Vasilios Kosteas, an associate professor of international and labor economics at Cleveland State University, is trying to determine which factors affect the willingness to exercise. Obesity is still a...
Despite the hype and panic from the Ebola virus surfacing in the U.S., one student organization is addressing the source of the problem: The University of Akron’s African Student Association.
ASA...
UA professor Constance Bouchard has released her latest historical book, “Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500-1200.” Bouchard examines how certain inaccurate accounts...
The Corrosion Technology program received a part of the $200,000 2014 Dominion Foundation Higher Education Grant.
A $25,000 portion of the grant was presented to Lori Kraft, associate professor...
From Nov. 3 through Nov. 7, the university is celebrating Disabilities Awareness Week.
The Office of Accessibility and the Counseling Center teamed up with representatives from the Residence Hall Program...
Akron police have made an arrest in connection to a series of robberies that occurred near the university over the weekend.
UAPD and Akron city police are currently working together on an...
LeadAkron, a subdivision of The University of Akron’s Student Life, hosted a workshop on leading as an introvert on Tuesday, Oct. 28 in the Student Union.
The seminar discussed what it means to be...
The Leading Entrepreneurial Academics into Practice program is looking to help local innovators with the commercialization of their inventions.
LEAP funding helps The University of Akron’s faculty...
Collaboration between academic advisors and the Communications and Marketing team continue the campaign, “Finish in Time” to encourage students to take 15 to 16 credit hours each semester.
During...
The University of Akron, along with a group of several other universities, and the Northeast Ohio Council on Education were awarded a $1 million in the Talent Dividend competition.
The competition,...
China Week has passed at The University of Akron, but the Confucius Institute is still working to educate students about Chinese language and culture.
Every Friday, a group of students and faculty from...
The College of Engineering is celebrating its 100th anniversary at The University of Akron. What began with 28 enrolled students now has nearly 3,200. The College opened in 1914 and is now nationally known...
The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology hosted a workshop to teach participants how to properly handle and store 16-millimeter film on Friday, Oct. 24.
Visiting instructor, Bleakley McDowell,...
Holistic Leaders and Mindful Meditation hosted the Mass Meditation and Mindful Leadership Workshop featuring Eden Kozlowski on Thursday, Oct 23. Participants learned how to apply meditation and mindfulness...
A new Akron organization has been launched to ensure local water quality. The Akron Global Water Alliance will be holding an event this Wednesday, Oct. 22 and Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Student Union.
AGWA...
The paralegal program held in the Polsky building is being suspended. Earlier this semester, paralegal students received a list of classes they need to complete and a letter telling them to complete their...
Make a Difference Day, a national event sponsored by USA Weekend Magazine, will bring volunteers together around the country in an effort to improve neighborhoods.
This Saturday, Oct. 25, a group of faculty...
It’s Alcohol Awareness Week and campus is buzzing with different activities and programs, educating students on safety precautions and the risks of drinking alcohol.
Organized by Campus Programs,...
The University of Akron is providing a Campus Wellness website for students, staff and faculty members. The site is a collection of health and wellness resource services on campus.
The university Council...
More than just leaves are falling across campus. This is time of the year when many students also feel their motivation falling.
Assignments are due with increasing frequency, days are getting colder...
Rather than abandoning stuff no longer of use or dumping it in a landfill, a group of university staff members are making a change while connecting the university to the community.
The program is made...
The Counseling and Testing Center is hosting meetings every week to help students cope with the stresses of college life.
The Feel Better Fast group, led by group co-facilitators Jiyoon Lee, Ph.D.,...
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission awarded The University of Akron over $5 million to support research and technology development. UA was awarded more than any other organization in Ohio.
David...
The Voters Mobilization Team (VMT), a committee of students and faculty members, has come together to form “Politics and Pizza.”
“Politics and Pizza” participants range from those...
Students looking to study abroad may be daunted by its unfamiliarity, which is why on Tuesday, Oct. 14 The University of Akron’s Office of International Programs held their annual education...
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A Texas nurse who traveled through Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport and spent time in the Akron area tested positive for the Ebola virus Tuesday night.
According to a press release from the Center...
The Counseling and Testing Center hosted the “Working on Purpose (Deciding on a Major or Career)” workshop in Simmons Hall Conducted by Kai-Rai Prewitt, and Michael Cadaret, both carry a...
Quaker Square was bustling in the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 11. After more than a year of planning, The University of Akron hosted the Ohio National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association...
The Goodyear Polymer Center welcomed Rodney Priestly as a guest lecturer from Princeton University.
Priestly’s lecture entitled, “Engineering Structure and Properties in Polymer Thin Films...
The Science and Technology Library, currently located in the Auburn Science and Engineering Center, may be moving into Bierce Library. Library faculty and staff are discussing the advantages...
Josh McManus, the Akron-based program director for the Knight Foundation, answered audience questions at a forum on Wednesday, Oct. 8.
The Knight Cities Challenge is looking for innovators...
Students gathered for a chance to make connections and gain employment at UA’s fall career fair on Wednesday, Oct. 8.
147 employers set booths in and around the Student Union ballroom...
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, The University of Akron welcomed Jackson Katz in an event presented by UA's Center for Family Studies and the Rape Crisis Center of Medina and Summit counties
The talk was titled...
Student members of The University of Akron’s Financial Planning Association (FPA) hosted the second annual Financial Planning Day, presenting a chance to learn more about strategies and skills for successful...
The University of Akron's Staff Employee Advisory Committee initiated Operation Evergreen for the first time during the 2013-2014 school year. Operation Evergreen a project that was created by...
China Week 2014 came to an end Friday, Oct. 3 but the festivities continued with a Dumpling Party held in The Chapel, marking the end of the Confucius Institute’s flagship event.
The Dumpling...
By Alicia Finch, Editor-in-Chief
• October 6, 2014
The midterm crunch is coming.
The leaves have fallen and the temperatures are starting to drop, but one thing that cannot fall is grades. Knowing how to manage time and deal with stress is one fear...
The impending flu season is upon us this can be a perilous time for both students and faculty all over the country. There are hundreds of medication and prevention methods available at drug stores,...
A UA student is turning a bad experience into something that could potentially help a greater cause.
Chris Lewis, a junior in mechanical engineering, noticed a disturbing trend in recent weeks...
Dr. Marnie Saunders is a biomedical engineer who works in UA’s research lab. Along with her graduate students, she hopes to develop mechanical devices that test the reactions they have with...
The Cultural Partner Program is an initiative at The University of Akron that pairs international students with english-speaking students. The goal is for each student to gain cultural awareness and build...
It’s homecoming at The University of Akron, and the five days from Tuesday, Sept. 30 to Saturday, Oct. 4 brings UA students a promise to bring plenty of fun festivities.
David Vale,...
The University of Akron's China Week, sponsored by The Confucius Institute, invites the UA community to come and explore the many sides of Chinese culture.
The many facets of Chinese culture will be...
Dr. Marion A. Ruebel, The University of Akron’s 14th president, died Sunday, Sept. 28 at the age of 81.
Ruebel served as UA’s President from 1996 to 1999. Dr. Ruebel is a native of Manson, Iowa....
The University of Akron was rife with contention on Thursday, Sept. 25 as five spokespersons from an independent Christian church took up positions outside of Bierce Library.
The church is...
As a part of Banned Books Week, Bierce Library held a Read Out on Wednesday, Sept. 24, which gave faculty and staff a chance to read an excerpt from a book of their choice that has been banned in the past.
A...
By Alicia Finch, Editor-in-Chief
• September 25, 2014
Everyone has heard of The Tonight Show and its iconic host, Jay Leno. Most people do not contemplate what is happening behind the camera when watching on television.
Dave Berg was a co-producer...
The annual Women Trailblazers award ceremony, an event recognizing females who act as leaders in their area of studies, will be held in the InfoCision Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 25.
The event will open...
For the third year in a row, The University of Akron has been honored with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award by INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine.
The award results from UA’s inclusiveness...
This past week, The University of Akron’s School of Communication held two open houses for a brand new program funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Grant. The Converged Media Immersion...
By Zaina Salem, Managing Editor
• September 23, 2014
Students and staff traveled the globe at the Around the World party in Quaker Square Station. Hosted annually by the Office of International Programs, guests had the opportunity to experience and celebrate...
Over summer break, the university’s Dining Services team has been dedicated to further enhancing UA student’s dining experience for upcoming semesters.
Rob’s Cafe is now equipped with an enhanced...
The University of Akron’s Cummings Center for the History of Psychology (CCHP) has partnered with the National Library of Medicine to give easier access to historic archives.
CCHP will share 413 of...
By Mary Menzemer, Opinion Editor
• September 23, 2014
University of Akron alum Paul Haridakis spoke at the first School of Communication colloquium on Sept. 19th. A former law student at the university, he encouraged informal discussion among students...
This week, Bierce Library is participating in the nationwide event known as “Banned Books Week,” celebrating the novels that many schools and libraries ban from being on the shelves on any normal day.
The...
The University of Akron’s President Scott L. Scarborough made history Friday, Sept. 19 being formally inaugurated in a ceremony held in E.J. Thomas Hall.
The ceremony marked the first time in...
The University of Akron’s 13th annual Diversity Week, hosted by The Department of Student Life, is hosting five days of activities, entertainment, and interaction among students of different cultures....
The University of Akron’s Student Union is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
As part of campus’ “New Landscape for Learning” project, which started in 2000, 22 new buildings were...
The University of Akron Communications and Marketing Department
The University of Akron’s new president, Scott Scarborough, will be officially introduced on Friday, Sept. 19. This will be the first...
The University of Akron Counseling Center
The Counseling and Testing Center is offering several workshops this week to help students deal with the challenges that comes with college life.
The...
The 3rd annual Global Village Festival of Greater Akron brought a multicultural celebration to Akron’s Lock 3 Park on Saturday, Sept. 13.
Vendors from around the area sold ethnic cuisine,...
Over 100 liters of ice-cold water plummeted onto students and faculty of the Department of Biology who took the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.
Assistant Professor of Biology, Jordan M. Renna and students...
