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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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