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Press Releases,School of Law,online newsroom
Akron Law student launches website to pair shut-ins at risk from COVID-19 with healthy volunteers
Volunteers can offer to pick up groceries or prescriptions, deliver a homemade meal, or just check in regularly on the person by phone.
04/22/2020
Graduate School,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences,Biology
Meet Troy Dunn: Nontraditional student becomes naturalist through graduate studies
Rediscovering his love for biology and science education led Troy Dunn to pursue an M.S. in Biology through UA's Graduate School.
04/21/2020
online newsroom
University of Akron students complete virtual Relay for Life
This year’s online UA Relay For Life event featured 13 teams, raising a total of $5,366 over six hours.
04/21/2020
Graduate School,ECE engineering,College of Engineering and Polymer Science
Meet Bach Tran: With Ph.D., he will engineer career in networks and communications
Coming to the United States and UA has made it possible for this Ph.D. student to pursue his dream of a career in engineering.
04/20/2020
Graduate School,College of Engineering and Polymer Science,BME engineering
Embodying excellence: Graduate student wins prestigious fellowship, fleshes out bone research
Sharon Truesdell is pursuing a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, and research into the multicellular interactions that regulate bone remodeling, which could lead to the discoveries of new, potential ta...
04/20/2020
Press Releases,School of Law,online newsroom
Akron Law student wins online mock trial national championship
Imokhai Okolo finished No. 1 in the country out of a field of 170 competitors from 67 law schools in the first-ever National Online Trial Advocacy Competition.
04/20/2020
online newsroom
Keeping Zips Healthy: Tips for students in off-campus housing
UA is sharing precautionary measures for our students living in off-campus housing as they pack and prepare to move out.
04/20/2020
online newsroom,College of Business Administration,Accountancy
In Memoriam: Professor Alvin H. Lieberman
Professor Alvin H. Lieberman's contributions at UA included co-founding Master of Taxation program in 1979.
04/17/2020
Press Releases,online newsroom
Akron Law trial teamer makes history with a return trip to prestigious Top Gun mock trial tournament
And Akron Law third-year (3L) Imokhai Okolo will make history as the school’s first trial teamer ever to advocate twice in the Top Gun — last year and now this year.
04/17/2020
online newsroom,History,Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
To this group, trivia is a great pursuit!
Several members of the UA community are on a trivia team called “The Fellowship,” and hope the team is voted into the Trivia Hall Of Fame.
04/15/2020
