Below is the second installment of The Buchtelite’s “Let’s talk with” series.
This week’s letter is from John Zipp, professor of sociology and president and spokesperson for the Akron chapter...
With $174,990 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The University of Akron’s Ray C. Bliss Institute is collaborating with the Jefferson Center and the Akron Beacon Journal to help newsrooms...
Empowerment, enrichment, engagement, and encouragement.
Those were four goals of the ninth annual Black Male Summit, which was held this past weekend at the John S. Knight Convention Center and the...
Through witty humor and political commentary, famed journalists Carl Bernstein and P.J. O’Rourke joined forces last Thursday to address political issues facing America today. The best-selling authors...
In the print version of this article, The Buchtelite did not clarify the conditions for the administration's faculty salary proposal. The proposal includes a 0.75 percent increase for the next two academic...
“The notion that you have to pick between what you love and paying the bills is absurd,” said Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Priceline and founding director of The University of Akron’s new EXL Center.
A...
By Zaina Salem, Editor-in-Chief
• January 25, 2016
Imagine being in college, but a class cancellation threatens to keep you in school longer than expected.
This is the situation that Dani Jackson, a sophomore majoring in French, found herself in...
Think back to when you first started out in college. What are some of the things you remember? Dorms? Rob’s Dining Hall? New Roo Weekend? With their first semester out of the way and their second just...
The headline of the print version of this article incorrectly implied that graduate assistantships will be cut; however, the elimination of some, not all, graduate assistantships is not assured,...
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
• October 12, 2015
A special guest came to last week’s Undergraduate Student Government senate meeting to talk about, and perhaps clarify, recent changes at The University of Akron.
The guest was John Messina, associate...
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
• September 28, 2015
Faculty are not happy with the way things are going at The University of Akron.
Yesterday, the Akron chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released results of a survey...
Last Thursday, Sept. 10, UA’s Undergraduate Student Government gathered at the Student Union Starbucks lounge to discuss a summer of radical changes, questionable cuts, and concerns over a lack of administrative...
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is supporting The University of Akron with its newest $20,000 grant for service-learning projects and other initiatives in the Akron area.
One of the goals...
Governor John Kasich’s recent budget proposal and executive order will change Ohio’s higher education system, and UA will not be excluded.
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, Kasich signed an executive order to...
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
• February 9, 2015
There is an old venue using new means to promote art and culture near downtown Akron.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently awarded EJ Thomas Hall with $120,000. This money will be used...
By Sofia Syed, Arts & Life Writer
• February 9, 2015
Some people may not be aware of the famous speech delivered by Sojourner Truth at Akron’s Women’s Rights Convention Center in 1851.
“If women want any rights more than they‘s got, why don’t’...
