UA NEWS

Here's a sampling of current press releases. For a complete list, visit our News Archives.

• Counseling Expert Heading to Myanmar to Assist in Relief Efforts
• Sajit Zachariah Named Associate Dean in UA's College of Education
• UA Receives $20.4 Million in State Capital Budget Bill
• Men’s Basketball To Be Outfitted By Nike, LeBron James
• DOD Gives $500,000 for Corrosion Engineering Program
• Controlling Board OKs $1.8 Million for Wayne College Expansion
• UA, LCCC Sign Shared Services Agreement
• Stevi Large Earns All-American
• Cadeau Kelley Earns All-American Honors
• Thomas Bacher Named UA Press Director
• UA's William Rickett Appointed to Wayne County Municipal Court
• UA to Host Confucius Institute
• Dean Ronald Levant Accepts Prestigious New Posts
• Wilson Huhn Named Outstanding Law Professor of the Year
• UA to Partner with OSU and UD in Third Frontier Grant
• Board OKs Budget, Construction Contracts, Expanded Shuttle Service
• Zips Sweep MAC Track Titles
• University Park Alliance Presents Annual Awards
• Engineering Students Place First in Aero Design Competition
• Student Aniqa Feerasta Wins Second Place in Worldwide Competition
• Five Faculty and Staff and a Department Honored on Founders Day
• School of Law Commencement May 18
• UA Commencement Ceremonies May 10 and 11
• UA Partners in $1 Million Teaching American History Grant
• Kennedy and Kelley Receive Top Rubber Division Awards
• APA to Digitize UA Psychology Archives
• Bliss Institute Receives $280,000 to Develop Program in South Africa
• UA to Honor Nine at Alumni Day
• Nobel Prize-Winning Economist to Visit UA April 23
• Faculty, Students Honored at Celebration of Excellence in Learning and Teaching
• OfficeMax Co-founder Michael Feuer Is Kaufman Speaker
• College of Engineering to Honor Four Distinguished Alumni
• UA Is Lead Institution in $6.5 Million STEM Grant
• Five UA Business Graduates to Receive Simonetti Awards
• College of Education to Honor Distinguished Alumni April 15
• Counseling Facility Named For Chima Family
• Barbara O'Malley Named UA Chief Communications Officer
• Zips Fans Are Needed Once Again
• UA appoints Lee Gill as chief diversity officer
• Law students win top honors at regional competition
• Bliss Poll Gives High Marks to Ohio Governor and Government
• UA Students Volunteer for Alternative Spring Break
• Residence Halls Earn Top Regional Honors
• UA to Host Summer STEM, Language Academies
• Stephen Cheng elected to National Academy of Engineering
• Dr. Bill Hauser and Graduate Jill Gorian Receive SMEI Awards
• Sociology Researchers Receive $2.3 Million Grant
• Taylor Named NFL Man of the Year
• Zips are Super
• UA Community Report Wins National Top Honors
• Record Fund-raising Reported at UA in New Fiscal Year
• Zippy Brings Home Mascot of the Year Honors
• FirstEnergy Pledges $2 Million for Advanced Energy Research Center
• Kathy Coleman Donates $1 million for Coleman Commons
• UA Helps Make Akron Area a 'Best Place to Educate a Child'
• UA Receives $541,000 for Systems Engineering Research
• Project 2380 Student Film Group Is Best in Ohio
• UA Trial Team Wins National Competition, Caps Off Best Fall Season in Team History
• Akron Wins MAC Tourney; Gains Berth to NCAA
• UARF Wins Excellence Award
• Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron Opens
• GAR Foundation Awards $1.08 Million Grant For University Park Alliance
• College of Business Administraton a Princeton Review 'Best'
• #17 Akron Beats WMU; Wins10th MAC Title
• UA Law Students Place 2nd at National Tournament
• University Announces $500 Million Capital Campaign
• UA President Underscores Past, Present and Future Success in State of the University Address
• New Study: UA Ranks Among the Best in U.S. in Technology Transfer Efforts
• Quaker Square Plans Include Renaming of Hotel, and Keeping Retail and Office Tenants
• Record Fundraising Year at UA — $32.4 Million
• Enrollment Up Nearly 5% for Fall 2007
• And the Emmy goes to ... UA's Z-TV
• University Is a Princeton Review 'Best College' — Again
• Dr. David Modarelli Garners $2.7 Million in Grants
• UA Receives $5.4 Million to Improve Literacy
• Research Foundation Reports Record-Setting 2006-07
• Plans Unveiled for On-Campus Stadium
• Gecko Tape Mimics Wall-Climbing Lizard
• UA Residence Hall Honorary Selected as Best in Nation
• Field House to be Named for Donors Louis and Freda Stile
• UA Buys Quaker Square Complex
• Psychology Archives Receives Monumental Gift
• Challenge X Team Learns Valuable Lessons in Competition
• Provost Named to National Commission on Science and Math Education
• Akron Adds Women’s Golf for 2008-09 Season
• Landmark Study Investigates Arrogance
• UA Leads Ohio in Commercializing New Technologies
• UA and LCCC Announce Major Initiative
• UA Joins Other Institutions to Work on Alternative Energy Technology
• UA and Akron Public Schools to Offer ‘Early College High School’