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Blind moles use beauty for function, not fancy
UA biology honors alumna Holly Snyder led the research on the breakthrough findings about moles’ flashy exteriors, which explain why a book can’t always be judged by its cover.
01/27/2012
College of Creative and Professional Arts,Alumni,Accepted Students
Documentary about Argentina's missing children Feb. 2 at UA
The School of Communication is sponsoring the free screening of "Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and The Search for Identity" as part of "Rethinking Race: Black, White and Beyond."
01/26/2012
Current Students,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences,Biology
Archaeopteryx’s newly discovered black wing ideal for flight
UA researchers Matthew Shawkey and Liliana D'Alba are part of an international team that decoded the black feather color of the iconic winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx, determining it was designed to fly...
01/25/2012
Current Students,College of Business Administration,Alumni
UPA gets grant for business plan competition
A $35,000 grant from Charter One Foundation through its Growing Communities Initiative will help support the University Park Alliance Start UP! Business Plan Competition now under way.
01/24/2012
Faculty and Staff,Current Students,Alumni
Geena Davis to speak at UA Jan. 30
The award-winning actress founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to educate on the need for gender balance and to reduce stereotyping. Davis' talk, part of the 2011-12 Forum Series, will...
01/19/2012
Faculty and Staff,Current Students,Alumni Assoc. Only
Akron ice sculptors concoct cool ideas for Ice Fest 2012
Hospitality management alumnus Andy Zamagias carved a Jamaican hummingbird at Ice Fest 2012 on Jan 18. His sculpture placed first in the event's freestyle competition.
01/18/2012
Home Page,Faculty and Staff,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Baker appointed to Smithsonian Council
Dr. David Baker joins a 10-member council representing the Smithsonian Institution's 170 affiliates, a select group of museums and cultural, educational and arts organizations.
01/12/2012
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences,Biology,Alumni Assoc. Only
Panzners donate living laboratory to UA
Land farmed for decades in Copley Township is now the Panzner Wetland Wildlife Reserve — returned to its natural state with wet meadows, marshes, woods and shallow ponds.
01/11/2012
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To cap best-ever United Way campaign, UA leaders serve breakfast
It was celebration time on Jan. 4, when the University thanked the groups on campus that were most supportive of UA's recently concluded United Way campaign.
01/6/2012
Home Page,Faculty and Staff,Current Students
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities Fair is Jan. 16
More than 25 student and community organizations will provide activities for students in grades K-12 during the annual event hosted at UA.
01/4/2012
