DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Emmanuela Akosua Opoku, a doctoral student in the University of North Texas' Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, has been awarded a $5,000 P.E.O., or Philanthropic Educational Organization, International Peace Scholarship. Seven UNT students have received the scholarship since 2002.
Opoku, a native of Ghana, entered UNT in the 2014 fall semester to enroll in the doctoral program in environmental ethics and philosophy....
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Associate Professor of Biology and neurological studies, Nicoladie Tam, was awarded a 2015 UNT Scholarly Works Outstanding Contributor Award because her research article "Computational optimization problems in social interaction and empathetic social emotion" was one of the most viewed items in the UNT Scholarly Works...
What: The Federal Aviation Administration is co-sponsoring the Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy Program, a five-day, hands-on camp exposing 11th- and 12th-grade high school students to aviation and aerospace careers. It comes to North Texas thanks to a new collaboration between the University of North Texas and Tarrant County College.
When: June 15 – 19 (Monday – Friday...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas College of Information has been named to the iCaucus, the executive body of iSchools, a coalition of information schools and colleges at 65 universities in Canada, the U.S. and 20 other nations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Herman L. Totten, dean of the College of Information, said the selection to the iCaucus is very prestigious for the college because...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the leading institutions for Hispanics in the United States. UNT is included in the May issue of The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.
For years, UNT has consistently earned a place in the Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics list by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, the nation's sole Hispanic publication in higher education....
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- High-achieving juniors in the Mansfield Independent School District are now guaranteed admission to the University of North Texas through UNT's Eagle Advantage program.
Juniors in Mansfield ISD who rank in the top 20 percent of their class will earn guaranteed admission to UNT. In addition, this year's Mansfield ISD seniors who rank in the top 20 percent will be grandfathered into the program, receiving automatic admission to UNT. After...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two of the University of North Texas' highest honors will be bestowed on alumni for their years of service to the university and for their continual support of UNT and higher education. Former UNT System Board of Regent member Don Buchholz will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree and radio personality George Dunham will receive the UNT Presidential Medal of Honor at the inaugural, University-wide Commencement ceremony at 8 p.m. May 16 (...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- More than 4,000 students are expected to graduate from the University of North Texas during the spring 2015 semester, and many will celebrate at commencement ceremonies, which includes UNT's inaugural University-wide Commencement Ceremony at 8 p.m. May 16 (Saturday) at the UNT Coliseum, 600. Avenue D.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will deliver the keynote address at the University-wide Commencement Ceremony,...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Dallas native Chuck Ribelin has always enjoyed quail hunting in North Texas. But, over the years Ribelin began to notice fewer and fewer quail when he visited his favorite hunting spots, so he started asking questions.
"The more I learned about how many quail are disappearing because of habitat fragmentation, agriculture and climate issues, the more questions I had," Ribelin said. "That's how I got into pursuing conservation."
Ribelin has spent years working with legislators and Texas Parks and...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — For the first time, a group of logistics students at the University of North Texas have won first place in the Intermodal Association of North America – University of North Florida case competition. Besting competition from six top logistics programs, the UNT team pitted classroom learning against a classic, real-world problem all businesses face: how to expand in the midst of fierce competition.
UNT juniors Mary Catherine Schoals of Flower Mound, Texas; Laura Catalina Quinones Rios of Medellin, Colombia; Adam Sharpe of Allen, Texas; and Ripley Wren of Saginaw,...