For some University of North Texas economics students, their latest research project is not just a way to develop business-world skills and gain experience to put on their resumes. It’s a project that will help feed the hungry.
UNT economics students and faculty members are using their expertise to help Denton soup kitchen Our Daily Bread design a statistical model that can better forecast how many lunches the community soup kitchen will need to prepare each weekday. The model will take into consideration historical data and...
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Three University of North Texas students are the winners of a nationwide virtual stock trading competition sponsored by TD Ameritrade Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD). The GoMeanGreen team outperformed teams from 96 colleges and universities, growing its portfolio by 213.04 percent and a final portfolio value of $1,565,175.83 at the end of four weeks of trading.
The team consisted of three undergraduates from UNT's Student Investment Group: sophomore Mason Hendrickson, 27, a finance major from Muskogee, Oklahoma...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Jane Gilday, managing director of Dallas-based investment firm Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney and Strauss, will discuss her career, leadership skills and industry issues in the UNT College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series.
Gilday will speak at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 (Friday) in Room 170 of the Business Leadership Building, 1307 W. Highland St. in Denton.
Admission is free.
Gilday began her career as a securities...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ten executives in the growing field of digital retailing have been named to the inaugural Think Tank for the University of North Texas' Global Digital Retailing Research Center.
Established during the 2013 spring semester and housed in UNT's College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism, the center is the first interdisciplinary center in the U.S. with a complete focus on digital retailing. Researchers in the center, some of whom are visiting faculty to UNT, address trends and issues...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Amir Windom, a Grammy Award-winning and Oscar- nominated record executive who has also helped create successful global marketing campaigns, will speak at the University of North Texas Nov. 6 (Thursday).
Windom's free presentation, "Moving from Success to Significance," begins at 6 p.m in Room 106 of the Chemistry Building, 1508 W. Mulberry St.
Windom is a rising young leader who has helped develop and manage careers for some of today's most noted music artists, including the...
What: "Pioneering the Digital Rush" -- A presentation at the University of North Texas by Jamie Nordstrom, president of Nordstrom Stores and developer of the retailer's e-commerce initiatives. The second Executive + Scholar Lecture Series...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A new Complex Logistics Systems Laboratory in the University of North Texas College of Business allows students and faculty members to partner with logistics companies to engage in applied research that could help companies more efficiently manage the distribution of goods and services and cut costs.
The lab in UNT's Business Leadership Building offers interactive logistics simulation, business intelligence, data visualization and complex logistics systems...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A new dual degree program with the University of North Texas College of Business and Burgundy School of Business in France will begin for undergraduate students in 2015.
The program begins in summer 2015 for Burgundy School of Business students traveling to UNT and in fall 2015 for UNT students traveling to Burgundy. Undergraduate students enrolled in the B.B.A. in integrated studies program are eligible to apply. Students will receive separate bachelor's degrees from both schools in the...
What: Joy Rothschild, chief human resources officer for Dallas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts, and Jon Hunter, the company's vice president of operations and hotel services, will speak at the University of North Texas for the Executive in Residence Lecture Series presented by UNT's Department of Hospitality and Tourism ...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Longtime restrictions on airlines flying out of Dallas Love Field will be lifted Oct. 13 as the Wright Amendment ends. How will that affect travelers? What kind of competition will travelers see between airlines?
Steve Joiner, a lecturer of logistics in the UNT...