Want to hire into a field that aligns with your major or area of study? The University of Akron’s upcoming Career Fairs, all taking place in the Student Union, will put students in direct contact...
Akronauts Rocket Design Team
This club is a high-powered, sub-sonic group. The team designs, innovated, builds, and even launches experimental sounding rockets. Its most recent project was a rocket...
After receiving a $100,000 grant, The University of Akron School of Law is partnering with the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) to help youths with criminal records find jobs and affordable...
On Tuesday, May 3, University of Akron President Scott Scarborough appointed William Lyons as his interim chief of staff.
Lyons has been a political science professor at UA since 1996, becoming director...
Two innovative University of Akron graduate students recently decided to skip the typical methods of research funding, opting instead for a more modern approach: crowdfunding.
The students, Angela M....
The University of Akron administration budgeted $3 million for marketing during the 2015-2016 school year.
Approved by the Board of Trustees in June 2015, the annual budget of $480 million included...
At the end of yesterday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Kelsey Watson, head of the Akron chapter of the Ohio Student Association, approached Board Chair Jonathan Pavloff with a three-page document in her...
This past weekend, The University of Akron held its annual Relay for Life event in The Louis and Freda Stile Athletics Field House. This event is held to celebrate cancer survivors and remember those who...
This past weekend, The University of Akron’s Fisher Institute for Professional Selling sent four students to the largest sales competition in existence.
The National Collegiate Sales competition...
The University of Akron will host its 9th annual Black Male Summit this Friday and Saturday, focusing on how media affects black male identity.
The two-day event features more than 60 panel discussions,...
Registration is currently open for the EXL Center’s first hackathon, set begin Friday, April 15, and continue until Saturday. The event, which will take place in Bierce Library, is formally known as...
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) held a first-rate debate yesterday in which the characters, opinions and platforms of its presidential and vice presidential candidates were well illumined.
Both...
The University of Akron plans on launching the first ever National Museum of Psychology in the spring of 2017.
“The museum will be the first one of its kind in the world dedicated solely to telling...
The University of Akron is making new rules for how professors can use their funding, which causes concerns for both UA’s budget, and UA’s faculty.
Two types of funding have not been accounted...
Correction: Palmisano was walking into the building, not out, when, after further clarification by demonstrator Ashley Bair, whom Palmisano's remark was directed toward, he said, "I have no confidence..."...
Undeterred, relentless, and ready to make their voices heard yet again—students from the Ohio Student Association (OSA) are holding another protest outside of the Board of Trustees meeting this Wednesday...
Last Sunday the Akron Beacon Journal ran a full-page ad signed by seven of Akron’s prominent business executives, which exhorted readers to put faith in the changes at UA and “come together” to support...
This week, 2015 graduates will get the chance to commemorate their time spent at UA with Senior Week.
This is the first year that UA has offered Senior Week—a week-long series of events that allows...
Since it was established in 2012, UA’s Multicultural Center has progressed steadily, organizing some of the most popular events on campus.
The Center has put on multiple programs this year,...
The 45th annual Ball Tub Pull was held by the men of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and the women of Delta Gamma sorority on April 18. It started at the Lambda Chi Alpha house at 94 Fir Hill and ended at...
Following $120,000 to E.J., $20,000 for service-learning projects
April 13, 2015
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is at it again.
Last Wednesday, April 8, the Knight Foundation announced a $250,000 grant to The University of Akron.
UA can use the grant for whatever...
Volunteers spend spring break in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina
March 30, 2015
Some UA students used spring break as time away from school to volunteer with The University of Akron’s Alternative Spring Break.
For four days over spring break, 91 volunteers—UA students and...
Mitzi Sinnott is an award-winning actress and arts educator who has traveled all over the world—including South Africa and Europe—to perform her solo show: “Snapshot: a true story of love interrupted...
Applications are now being accepted for a student trustee position on UA’s Board of Trustees. Student trustees hold critical positions at UA.
“The primary goals of a student trustee...
To hell with practicality.
Good handwriting, or “chirography,” is a dying art. Its decline began when that first email was sent in the early ‘70s. Since, the art has regressed continuously, disappearing...
