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...
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...
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...
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.
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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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
