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Paul Callahan a runner-up for Director of the Year Award
Campus Safety Magazine recognizes top safety professionals across the country, including UA's chief of police.
04/12/2012
online newsroom,Inclusive Excellence,Faculty and Staff
Diversity chief to help lead national forum on race
Lee Gill will co-chair the program committee for the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education.
04/11/2012
online newsroom,Faculty and Staff,Current Students
JWT Action and UA artists unveil 'The Shopper Dreams'
The installation was created by Mark Soppeland and students from the Mary Schiller Myers School of Art.
04/9/2012
Current Students,College of Creative and Professional Arts,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Civil War documentary premieres April 19 in Akron
"Rebels on Lake Erie" was written, directed and produced by Distinguished Professor Kathleen Endres of the UA School of Communication.
04/9/2012
Home Page,History,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Wainwright is state's top history professor
For his dedication, his interest in his students and his attentiveness to their needs, A. Martin Wainwright has earned the 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Ohio Academy of History.
04/6/2012
online newsroom,Faculty and Staff,Current Students
Tressel's first day includes a student-led tour of campus
Afterward, Tressel said, "The transformation (of campus) is unbelievable. Every alum needs to take this tour. Every prospective student and their parents need to take this tour. The University of Akro...
04/5/2012
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Most Americans say media coverage of religion too sensationalized
Further, about one-fifth of journalists say they are “very knowledgeable” about religion, according to a recent study by the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of...
04/5/2012
online newsroom
Blue whale sighting on campus!
Students in an oceanography class created a life-size blue whale and related lesson plans that elementary- and middle-school teachers can use in classrooms.
04/4/2012
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Small-business owner reinvents herself at UA
The onetime owner of a cake shop earns national recognition for her accomplishments as a nontraditional student at Akron.
04/3/2012
online newsroom,College of Engineering and Polymer Science,ChE engineering
Safer breast implant with healing properties among top winners in cancer-fighting innovations international competition
The development of a safer breast implant that could help detect and destroy cancer cells is the focus of research at The University of Akron that won international recognition today as one of the mos...
03/27/2012
