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UA student earns State Department scholarship to study in China
With today's global economy, Benjamin Nypaver is grateful to have a second opportunity to study in China. He is one of the 20 U.S. students selected to take courses with Chinese instructors in Guangzh...
05/27/2014
online newsroom
Ideas spring from young inventors' minds in rubber band contest
More than 350 students from 25 states entered the contest, which strives to inspire students to demonstrate their creativity by building inventions that incorporate rubber bands.
05/27/2014
online newsroom
Challenge for engineering students: How fast can you build a bridge?
Engineering students from across the continent gathered this weekend in Akron to answer a supreme challenge: To build the lightest, strongest steel bridge that they could -- quickly.
05/25/2014
online newsroom
Engineering celebrates its past and its future
More than 400 attend a gala marking the college's 100th anniversary and its remarkable achievements over the century.
05/23/2014
online newsroom
How fast can you build a bridge?
It takes months, even years, to build a steel bridge. But here this weekend, bridges will be built in less than 20 minutes.
05/23/2014
online newsroom,College of Engineering and Polymer Science
UA to celebrate 100th anniversary of the College of Engineering
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the College of Engineering will celebrate the milestone anniversary with a Centennial Banquet on Thursday, May 22.
05/16/2014
Research,online newsroom,Department of Polymer Science
Spiders spin possible solution to 'sticky' problems
How to attach tendons to bones and build stronger adhesives? Stick with spider silk, UA researchers say.
05/16/2014
online newsroom
UA’s Club Baseball team plays in World Series
The Zips are in Paducah, Ky., today and play Minnesota State – Moorhead at 1:10 p.m.
05/16/2014
Current Students,College of Engineering and Polymer Science,BME engineering
Two UA students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
The biomedical engineering majors beat one in 15 million odds to become three scholars from the same academic program.
05/15/2014
online newsroom
Akron named the MAC's top men's athletics program for first time
The Zips lock up the Reese Trophy even before the spring teams finish their seasons.
05/14/2014
