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UA and Incept partner to bring marketing and sales experience to students
Partnership provides real-world experience to students in preparation for graduation.
11/1/2018
online newsroom
E.J. Thomas Hall welcomes PNC as a 2018/2019 corporate season sponsor
Expands on PNC’s sponsorship as official provider of financial services at The University of Akron.
11/1/2018
online newsroom,ME engineering,College of Engineering and Polymer Science
With the help of frogs, graduate student wins award for tire tread research
Arnob Banik is developing a solution to improve tire treads to achieve better wet traction.
online newsroom,College of Engineering and Polymer Science,Civil engineering
‘Grease is the word’ for UA research team
Research by civil engineer Dr. Paul Shiller could improve lubricating greases.
10/30/2018
online newsroom
Day of service makes a difference
More than 750 UA volunteers fanned out across the Akron area to perform approximately 1,700 hours of service at a wide variety of nonprofit groups in our annual celebration of Make a Difference Day.
10/29/2018
ME engineering,College of Engineering and Polymer Science,Alumni
Alumnus chosen to lead Ohio Aerospace Institute
Sankovic joins OAI after a 31-year career at NASA.
10/25/2018
Research,online newsroom,Department of Polymer Science
New bandage means less pain for patients on removal
Prototyping and testing are complete for the bandage, which releases under specific wavelength of light.
10/24/2018
online newsroom,Mary Schiller Myers School of Art,Biology
Researcher to reveal energy-saving ‘Living Wall System’ at Bath Nature Preserve
The living, breathing and perspiring wall system starts with ceramic tiles, pictured at left. You can see it Oct. 30 at our Biology and Field Station at the Bath Nature Preserve.
10/23/2018
Department of Polymer Science,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences,Biology
Feathers, filaments and physics: Scientist studies mechanics of birds’ nests
Dr. Hunter King's research, funded by the National Science Foundation, could lead to innovations in civil engineering and architecture, transportation and advanced manufacturing.
10/22/2018
Mary Schiller Myers School of Art,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences,Biology
UA students are prizewinners at 2018 High Arts Festival
The festival is a celebration of visual art, film, literary art and music in downtown Akron.
10/18/2018
