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The UA Equestrian team expanded from four members to 13 over the course of the semester.

More to the Equestrian team than horseplay

By Colleen Carroll April 18, 2016

You may not have heard about The University of Akron’s English Equestrian team, but there’s a bit more to them than horseplay. The club, which was created in 2002, started this semester with only...

UA senior wins ‘Woman to Watch' award

UA senior wins ‘Woman to Watch’ award

By Mylor Acquaah, Writer March 16, 2016

Yesterday, University of Akron senior Tyeal Howell was honored with the Woman to Watch Award by the Women’s History Project (WHP) of Akron, which is a program of the Summit County Historical Society. Howell...

Game-Changer: Tyler Schwartz

By Samantha Hickey, Assistant Online Sports Editor January 27, 2016

As students returned to classes last week, UA’s fifth “game-changer” was announced. Tyler Schwartz, the fifth of eight “game-changers” and a campus resident assistant (RA), is a junior pursuing...

Mylor Acquaah speaks live on air on WZIP in 2015. (Buchtelite file Photo)

DJ Mylor changes the game

By Samantha Hickey, News Editor November 9, 2015

Another UA student who embodies the “I-won’t-take-no-for-an-answer, roll-up-my-sleeves-and-make-it-happen approach,” received the inaugural University of Akron Game-Changer award this past week. Mylor...

Akron HEEDs diversity

By Dylan Reynolds, Writer September 23, 2015

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine recently announced that The University of Akron will receive its prestigious HEED Award.   The HEED Award stands for Higher Education Excellence in Diversity and is...

Karas, receives Newman Award.

Student receives engagement award

By Tyler Coventry, Copy Editor April 15, 2015

UA’s Kevin J. Karas has been named a 2015 Newman Civic Fellow by the Campus Compact, a “coalition of college and university presidents, committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education”...

$500 award to be given for cultural criticism

By Spencer Skolnick, Writer April 8, 2015

Students are invited to enter The Ben Auburn Award in Cultural Criticism, an annual competition that recognizes students’ work and reviews of cultural criticism. The Honors College is hosting this...

Scott Kessler, AAF-Akron, President and Jacob Thompson, of The University of Akron, receiving the Student Best of Show award for his Cleveland Cyclewerks branding project.

Students win design awards

By Sofia Syed, Arts & Life Editor March 2, 2015

The Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation held its 70th annual American Advertising Awards at the Akron Civic Theater on Friday, Feb. 20. The ADDY Awards is a three-tiered national competition...

Jenna Payne poses at her office in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

First UA student to win Wasson Award

By Nicholas Summers, Copy Editor February 24, 2015

National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) recently notified a UA student that she had won the William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award.   Senior Jenna Payne, a public...

Award to be given to UA community

By Courtney Powell, Arts & Life Writer February 18, 2015

The Life Awards are held annually to honor faculty, students, and student organizations that embody the LIFE values: legacy, integrity, fellowship, and excellence. There are 28 individual awards that...

University of Akron researcher awarded grant

By Spencer Skolnick, Writer September 9, 2014

A University of Akron researcher was recently awarded a $800,000 grant. Dr. Judit E. Puskas received the grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance her studies with synthetic rubber...

Students awarded ADDYs

March 12, 2013

Forrest Dukes Alexander Somoskey, a second year graphic design student at UA, won three awards at this year’s ADDY (Alcohol, Drugs, Driving and You) Awards for his work on a campaign to stop texting...

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