This Friday, April 22, UA will host “Shakespeare in the Spring” to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
From 1:30 p.m. till 5:00 p.m. in Bierce Library, UA’s English Department...
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...
Students in The University of Akron’s new Museums and Archives certification program is planning to exhibit a collection of artifacts related to old buildings that the University has purchased and refurbished....
Bierce Library offers a variety of resources for students. For instance, we have librarians to help students with research and a tutoring lab for math and writing. Students can rent laptops and movies....
“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 Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
• February 29, 2016
The EXL Center, a new initiative at The University of Akron led by Priceline.com co-founder Jeff Hoffman, will launch this week with a series of events from Wednesday through Friday.
“We’ve been...
The UA Press, whose staff positions were eliminated as part of the administration’s sweeping summer cuts—then partly reinstated after weeks of community outrage—is now looking for another faculty...
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
• September 14, 2015
UA’s Science and Technology Library, located in the Auburn Science and Engineering Center, could close.
The library’s operations—supporting students in the “health and life sciences, engineering...
By Sofia Syed , Arts & Life Editor
• April 30, 2015
It’s that stressful time of the semester again where students are pulling all-nighters and cramming for finals.
The Union and the University Libraries are helping students alleviate their stress by...
Many improvements are being made to Bierce Library to help students study more efficiently and to make the library more accessible.
Stephanie Everett, manager of marketing communications at Bierce,...
Written by: Maggie Duff
When the typical Akronite embarks on a quest for culture in the city, he or she generally visits EJ Thomas Hall, the Akron Art Museum, local galleries or maybe even a jazz club...
By: Katelyn Freil
Midterm exams are quickly approaching, and students may be wondering how they got here so fast. For those who procrastinated and didn’t keep up with their school work, this can be...
By: Diana Perez
Being a student that goes to the Public Library often, I feel like there should be a Roo Express that stops by more often.
Yes, there is a Roo that stops by, but that’s only on Sundays...
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Dr. Suess expressed frequently in his books that the path to bettering one’s place in life is through education, particularly through reading. However, the question is no longer where we will go through the reading of books, but instead where the physical books are going.
In a society that prides itself on advancements in technology, where does the traditional print book fit into the picture?
By: Matthew Balsinger
Tutorial services, located in the basement of Bierce Library, offers a vast array of student experts ready and willing to help students with any problems they might face in their...
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