After launching a large-scale effort to address long-standing challenges with race relations in the city in 1997, President Bill Clinton chose Akron and the University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas ...

The decision follows an executive order from President Donald Trump that rolled back federal diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

The University of Akron ends funding for 'Rethinking Race' due to a Trump executive order against DEI initiatives.

University spokeswoman says Rethinking Race will not return in 2025 budget because of federal guidance eliminating diversity, ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The University of Akron has received two federal grants worth almost $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for technology development projects, according to U.S. Rep.

The University of Akron recently received nearly $5.5 million in federal grants for technologies that would develop a new recycling technology for mixed-use plastics and boost energy transmission ...

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron received a $1.2 million award from the state for Choose Ohio First Scholarships. The university will use the award to provide scholarships to incoming ...

* Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale. Founded in 1870, the University of Akron is a large, public ...

University of Akron Provost John Wiencek is stepping down from his position and will return to the faculty, the university announced on Tuesday. Wiencek said in a letter to campus he had asked to ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A Summit County jury convicted a 24-year-old woman of murder for a fatal point-blank shooting in the bathroom of an Akron bar two years ago. Jurors on Tuesday handed up ...

Not many non-performing contemporary songwriters are quite interesting enough to sustain a 90-minute documentary, but then, not many are Diane Warren, one of the great characters of modern Hollywood.

AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Public Schools Board of Education has elected Carla Jackson as its new president and Bruce Alexander as vice president following a close vote by the board. Both Jackson ...