The Buchtelite

‘Unclass’ unanounced

By Kaitlin Erdman • May 2, 2016

If you are looking for a change of pace from the typical classroom setting, UA’s newest “Unclass” might be just what you need. Next semester, The University of Akron will be offering Reinventing...

$2 million to attract new students

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor • April 25, 2016

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...

Funds promised, but not budgeted

Changing the rules for how professors get funds

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor • March 9, 2016

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...

Remembering Donald McIntyre

By Megan Hanft, Writer • February 22, 2016

On Feb. 14, Donald McIntyre of the Department of Polymer Science passed away at the age of 87. He attributed 30 years of service to The University of Akron in his field. McIntyre grew up in Detroit...

Lessons in creativity and science

By Dylan Reynolds, Writer • December 7, 2015

Julio M. Ottino, an an esteemed researcher who has been heralded by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers as one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era,” lectured Friday, Dec. 4 in...

ASEC library could close

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...

Akronauts prepare for takeoff

By Zach Guzman • April 9, 2015

Jesse Batko of Akron’s Rocket Design Team wants to fly to the moon and play among the stars in the team’s first year. “Beat M.I.T.” is the motto and lofty goal that co-founder and co-president...

Research journal accepting submissions

By Spencer Skolnick , News Writer • February 11, 2015

UA’s IdeaWork is now accepting undergraduate student research articles to be a part of The Journal of Akron’s Undergraduate Research. “Research-based articles in history are just as appropriate...

I-Corps to help realize new ideas

By Marissa Gross , Arts & Life Writer • February 9, 2015

Since the fall of 2013, UA has been participating in the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps), designed to aid young, aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs in bringing their...

Popular science writer to speak at UA

By Michelle DeShon, Writer • January 22, 2015

Steven Johnson, author of “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation,” “The Invention of Air,” and “The Ghost Map” will speak at UA On Tuesday, Jan. 27. Those...

UA represented at major scientific conference

By Spencer Skolnick, Writer • September 17, 2014

The University of Akron’s chapter of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity (ISSSS) met other participants in Salt Lake City for the 30th annual Q Conference. Along...

Shatterproof screens come out of UA

The screens that will save smartphones.

By Tyler Jordan, News Editor • July 2, 2014

Research in the Polymer building is making dreams reality with a new innovative attempt to create a shatterproof smartphone screen. Yu Zhu and a number of his colleagues published an academic paper titled,...