AKRON, Ohio – U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (OH-13), an Akron Democrat who leads Ohio’s 13th congressional district, announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women has awarded $479,706 to the University of Akron to conduct evaluations of promising practices for combatting domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to research issues emerging in the field.