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Press Releases,online newsroom Trial Advocacy program ranked No. 28 in the country by U.S. News The University of Akron School of Law Trial Advocacy program is ranked No. 28 in the country out of the 186 rated programs in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools Ranking 03/30/2021
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Morell Center,online newsroom,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Launching Ohio’s first interdisciplinary Center for Intelligence and Security Studies

The Center will bring together students from a wide variety of disciplines with faculty and national security practitioners and experts for training, research and education in the areas of national... 03/30/2021

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Press Releases,online newsroom,Inclusive Excellence Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. supports the Judge James R. and Catherine D. Williams Scholarship Fund at UA The University of Akron Foundation was pleased to accept a $20,000 donation to the Judge James R. and Catherine D. Williams Scholarship Fund from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. 03/24/2021
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online newsroom,Finance,College of Business Administration UA professor named to board of directors of National Alliance Research Academy The National Alliance Research Academy announced recently that Dr. Jill Bisco, associate professor of finance and director of the Risk Management and Insurance Program, has accepted a nomination to se... 03/23/2021
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School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering,online newsroom,Biology Biomimicry professor receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award Dr. Henry Astley, a faculty member of the Biomimicry Research & Innovation Center, will use his grant for a project that studies musculoskeletal biomechanics and control of limbless locomotion. 03/23/2021
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Press Releases,School of Law,online newsroom Virtual format for 23rd Annual IP Symposium brings certain advantages

Akron Law Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program, Professor Mark Schultz, explains what to expect with the virtual format fo... 03/22/2021

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online newsroom #StopAsianHate: Northeast Ohio Online Vigil Against Anti-Asian Violence to be held virtually tonight

The University is joining a variety of local and regional organizations to host an online vigil this evening at 7 p.m.

03/19/2021
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online newsroom UA Kulas Concert Series: 'The Democracy! Suite'

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis takes the virtual stage on Wednesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. with a free viewing of The Democracy! Suite 03/19/2021

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miller,online newsroom Video: President Miller discusses higher ed issues at Leadership Akron event University of Akron President Gary L. Miller was the featured guest at the March 17 "Leadership on Main" program. 03/18/2021
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online newsroom Professor's research has implications for soft robotics design Working with a group of marine biologists, engineers and a MacArthur fellow, Dr. Alexander Hoover, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, discovered a new biomechanical constraint in je... 03/18/2021
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