UNT Ph.D. candidate Jessica Beckham has spent years researching Texas bumblebee populations and observing how urban green spaces and community gardens are preserving different species.
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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and the University of North Texas College of Music is commemorating the date with a special performance, A Concert of Reflection – 9/11. The event will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 11 (Sunday) in Margot and Bill Winspear Performance Hall, located in the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
At the fourth University of North Texas Recovery Conference Sept. 21-22 (Wednesday-Thursday), Bill Maher, one of the founders of the Family Centered Approach to Intervention and Systemic After Care Coaching program, will discuss skills that family members can use to assist their loved one in starting a lifetime of recovery.
The research results show that students who voluntarily slept fewer hours over a week's time had higher serum glucose levels than other college students, putting them at risk for possible medical problems.
Pursuance of Image, a new exhibition at UNT on the Square features the paintings and drawings of University of North Texas alumnus and staff member Sam Ivie.
The Club at Gateway Center, a student-run restaurant at the University of North Texas, has won the 2016 Best of Denton Award in the restaurant category. The recognition comes from the Denton Award Program, which honors exceptional venues that "help make the Denton area a great place to live, work and play."
The University of North Texas has become the first university in the state of Texas to be named a Bee Campus USA. Bee Campus USA is a sustainability organization focused on supporting pollinator species populations, which are declining rapidly across the globe.
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Texas' annual sales tax holiday runs Aug. 5 – 7 (Friday through Sunday) this year, with state shoppers saving about $8 on every $100 spent on most clothes, backpacks, shoes and other school-related supplies priced under $100. Paul Goebel, senior director of the UNT Student Money Management Center, can talk to media about ways families can stay within their budgets and get the most bang for their buck during the tax-free weekend.
University of North Texas faculty members are available for media interviews on topics related to the 2016 Summer Olympics, which begin Aug. 5 (Friday) in Rio de Janeiro.
