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Activist Katie Koestner speaks up for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By George Dunlap, Writer

April 6, 2016

Katie Koestner, one of the first victims of date rape to speak out nationally, visited Akron to discuss her tragic experiences on April 5. Koestner’s discussion, titled Take Back the Night, was the second event in a series for the Sexual Assault Awareness Month of April. In 1991, Koestner appeared...

Tags: activist, awareness, date rape, hbo, katie Koestner, lecture, sexual assault, Sexual assault awareness month, times magazine

Jewelry from Japan

By George Dunlap, Writer

March 28, 2016

Internationally-exhibited jewelry artist Sayumi Yokouchi visited The University of Akron on Wednesday, March 16, to discuss her life and share her ideas. She gave her lecture in Folk Hall to a crowd of more than 50 attendees. Yokouchi grew up in Japan and currently lives and maintains studios in both...

Tags: artist, artwork, Folk Hall, japan, jewelry, lecture, Myer's School of Art, Sayumi Yokouchi

John Quiñones recounts his hardships

By Eric Trimble, Writer

February 10, 2016

“Now available at Walgreens,” was the first words ever uttered by John Quiñones in broadcasting. Quinoñes is now a seven-time Emmy award-winning anchor and host of ABC’s television series “What Would You Do?” Quiñones spoke at the University of Akron on Feb. 9 as part of the University’s...

Tags: Abc, childhood, Emmy Award Winner, John Quiñones, lecture, race, Rethinking Race, Spanish, What would you do

Artwork depicts contamination

By Donald Jeffries, Writer

October 12, 2015

Contemporary artist Alexis Rockman visited the Akron Art Museum on Thursday, Oct. 8, to give a lecture and present his recent artwork, which showcases the effects human beings have on the earth. In his lecture, Rockman displayed his painting, which showed a visual timeline depicting the evolution of na...

Tags: Akron Art Museum, Alexis Rockman, art, environment, lecture, UA Synapse Lecture

Author of “Beautiful Boy” to speak at UA

By Sofia Syed, Arts & Life Editor

October 12, 2015

Addiction is an ongoing tragedy throughout the world; it can shake up someone’s life and take a toll on family and friends. David Sheff, author of “Beautiful Boy,” has first hand experience with seeing someone he loves transform into an addict. Sheff’s son, Nick, struggled with a crystal meth addiction...

Tags: addiction, Beautiful Boy, book, common reading program, crystal meth, David Sheff, drugs, E.J. Thomas Hall, Free, freshman, lecture, preview

World Famous Psychologist Visits UA

By Jaclyn Scarborough, Writer

October 7, 2015

Those who have taken a psychology course have probably heard the name Philip Zimbardo at one time or another. On Monday, Oct. 5, he came to The University of Akron. Zimbardo is most famously known for his ethically-controversial social experiment conducted in 1971, known as the Stanford Prison Expe...

Tags: lecture, philip zimbardo, Psychology, Quaker Station, Stanford prison experiment

Maps in motion

By Donald Jeffries, Writer

September 30, 2015

Graphic designer and animator Caitlin Cadieux visited Folk Hall on Sept. 29 to debut her first lecture titled, “The Cartography of Motion Design.” The lecture started with Cadieux showing pictures of her favorite examples of motion graphics and animation, including the stop-motion animated film...

Tags: art, Caitlin Cadieux, design, Folk Hall, lecture, motion, twitter

“Puttin’ Ink on Paper’

By Donald Jeffries, Writer

September 21, 2015

Artist Amos Paul Kennedy visited Folk Hall on September 15 to give a lecture and display his work for his one man exhibition, “Puttin’ Ink on Paper.” In his lecture, Kennedy gave insight into how he started printing. It started out as a hobby for Kennedy until he discovered Artist Book Works in Chicago, where he took cla...

Tags: amos paul kennedy, art, artist, Folk Hall, installation, lecture, Printmaking, students, talk, UA

Art professor displays innovative projects

By Jaclyn Scarborough, Arts & Life Writer

March 31, 2015

The University of Akron’s assistant professor of Graphic Design and Interactive Media, Markus Vogl, presented his most recent work during a lunchtime lecture in Folk Hall on Friday, March 20. Vogl and his colleague, Margarita Benitez, have utilized large 3D printers for their latest projects. One...

Tags: art, Folk Hall, innovation, jewelry, lecture, Professor

Frank Warren, his chamber of secrets

By Sofia Syed and Michelle DeShon

March 18, 2015

For the past two days, UA students have been writing their secrets on postcards near the Union Market; last night, a man came to campus to read those secrets aloud. Frank Warren created the largest advertisement-free blog in the world, PostSecret. Warren gave UA students a real-life display of its...

Tags: Blog, book, Frank Warren, lecture, PostSecret, secrets