What: Transgender advocate and actress Laverne Cox visits the University of North Texas to speak about her experience as a minority transgender woman as part of the 2014-15 Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series.
When: 7 p.m. Feb. 24 (Tuesday)
Where: UNT's Super Pit Coliseum, 600 Ave D, Denton
Cost: $10 for general public; $5 for UNT faculty, staff and Alumni Association members; free for UNT students. Students can print their free ticket, while UNT faculty/staff/alumni and the public, may purchase...
What: Great Conversations -- A dinner hosted by the University of North Texas Honors College, with stimulating conversation as the main purpose. Those who attend will be seated in small groups, with the tables hosted by UNT faculty and staff members and business and community leaders.
When: Feb. 24 (Tuesday), beginning at 6 p.m.
Where: Clubroom of UNT's...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Today, the University of North Texas and the Arlington Independent School District launched Eagle Advantage, a new guaranteed early admission program for high-achieving high school juniors that will help provide a college education to the region's brightest talent.
Juniors in the Arlington ISD who rank in the top 20 percent of their class will earn guaranteed admission to UNT under the new program. In addition, this year's Arlington ISD seniors...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- In the early days of news on NBC 5/KXAS-TV, the anchors read from scripts as black-and-white footage appeared on television screens, to explain the story to viewers. "The Texas News" program on what was then WBAP-TV was the first newscast in Texas and the Southwest
The University of North Texas Libraries will preserve almost 30 years of the station's news footage from 1950 to 1979 and the...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, presidential candidate and author, will speak Feb. 4 (Wednesday) as part of the University of North Texas Distinguished Lecture Series.
Clark will speak at 8 p.m. Feb. 4 in UNT's Auditorium Building, at 1401 W. Hickory St. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased online.
In 38 years of service in the U.S. Army,...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Distinguished Research Professor Richard Dixon has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow.
Being named a NAI Fellow is a high professional distinction given to academic inventors who demonstrate a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
"I am honored that my peers feel that my work has made a...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ashley Nudge, a sophomore merchandising and digital retailing major at the University of North Texas, is one of five college and university students in the U.S. to be chosen as a finalist for the National Retail Federation's Next Generation Scholarship. She is the daughter of Sans and Sue Ann Nudge of Grand Prairie and a 2013 graduate of South Grand Prairie High School.
Nudge is guaranteed at least a $10,000...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Dr. Prathiba Natesan, associate professor of educational psychology in the University of North Texas College of Education, has been elected president of the Southwest Educational Research Association, a regional organization dedicated to furthering the advancement of research in education.
Natesan will serve as the organization's president-elect and program chair for 2015-16 and president for 2016-17.
...What: Fall commencement ceremonies at the University of North Texas
When: Doctoral and master's commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. Dec 12 (Friday); baccalaureate commencement ceremonies at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Dec 13 (Saturday)
Where: UNT Coliseum, 600 Ave. D in Denton
DENTON (UNT), Texas – More than 3,000 students are expected to receive degrees from the University of North Texas this...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing received several MarCom awards for excellence in promotional materials. The materials were prepared to promote UNT's range of innovative academic, research and student programs as well as the university's value to the North Texas region and state.
The UNT division earned the following recognitions: