UA Student Wins Fourth Annual RubberDucks Hot Dog Recipe Challenge
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
February 27, 2020
For the fourth consecutive year, The University of Akron School of Nutrition and Dietetics partnered with the Akron RubberDucks baseball team for their annual RubberDucks Hot Dog Recipe Challenge. Four UA student finalists competed in the recipe challenge on Feb. 12, in hopes of having their hot dog recipe featured...
‘Finding a Better U’ Developed to Help Improve Local Heart Health
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
November 5, 2019
Sponsored by The University of Akron Foundation and the College of Health Professions, faculty have developed the free program “Finding a Better U” (FABU) to help local residents improve their heart health starting in November 2019. With heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death in Summit Co...
Summit County Probate Court Partners with Jockey Being Family Foundation
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2019
In supporting adoption in Summit County, the Jockey Being Family Foundation will provide adoptees and their siblings a monogrammed backpack with a blanket and teddy bear inside. In addition to the backpacks for the children, the foundation will also provide a Parent Resource Tote that has resources for post adoption...
Humane Society of Summit County Hosting BARKtoberfest to Advocate for Adoptable Animals
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
October 23, 2019
The Humane Society of Summit County (HSSC) is hosting BARKtoberfest, a craft beer tasting event sponsored by Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. as a fun fall event for prospective supporters and adopters from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 26. Featuring craft beer tasting, food from local vendors, games and a basket raffle, prospect...
Annual Adopt-a-Thon Weekend Expanded to Month Long ‘Dogtober’
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2019
“Dogtober,” a special adoption event hosted by Summit County, will run through Nov. 2 at the Summit County Animal Control Facility as an expansion of the annual fall adopt-a-thon event. Throughout Dogtober, families will have the opportunity to adopt fully vetted animals; meaning blood work, flea trea...
County Officials Cut Ribbon on Summit Liberty House for Homeless Female Veterans
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2019
County entities worked together to open the Summit Liberty House, located at Arch Street. City of Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan, Larry Moore; director of the Summit County Veterans Service Commission, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and several others cut the ribbon on the four-unit apartment bui...
3 UA Colleagues Among Winners of Knight Arts Challenge Akron
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
September 30, 2019
Among the 16 winning ideas and projects from the 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Akron are three created by colleagues at The University of Akron. Victoria Rogers, vice president for arts at the Knight Foundation, said the projects and ideas in Akron went far beyond their expectations for inspiring the c...
National Museum of Psychology Features Historical Artifacts, Interactive Exhibits
By Enrique Antonio, News & Opinion Contributor
September 30, 2019
As an affiliate of the Smithsonian institution since 2002, the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology offered free admission to the National Museum of Psychology all day Sept. 21. Featuring permanent exhibits with unique items on the history of psychology as a science, agents of social chang...
Research by UA Professor Shows How Companies Use ‘Selfie-Marketing’
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
September 8, 2019
Think twice before sharing those selfies on social media, as companies are now starting to use those self-portraits for marketing efforts. As defined by the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, a selfie is “an image that includes oneself (often with another person or as part of a group) and is take...
Celebration of the 19th Amendment Anniversary at UA
By Veronica Janosek, News & Sports Editor
September 8, 2019
The University of Akron School of Law will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment by bringing together national experts to discuss how the effects of women’s suffrage have changed America’s present and future. These experts will be at this year’s annual Center for Constitutiona...
