The University of North Texas has signed an agreement with Barnes & Noble College as the new operator for the UNT Bookstore.

The contract was approved by the UNT System Board of Regents at the May 16-17 meeting. The agreement between UNT and Barnes & Noble College is for 12 years.

Barnes & Noble College is set to take over operations of the university bookstore on Aug. 8.

“As UNT advances with improvement plans in the new University Union, having Barnes & Noble College on board will offer expanded services and boost offerings to students,” said Elizabeth...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Robert M. Citino, professor of history at the University of North Texas, has been selected to serve as a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Penn., during the 2013-14 academic year.

As a Visiting Professor, Citino will assist in teaching core and elective courses within the college’s Department of National Security and Strategy, and assist with other courses as needed....

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Tomas Mantecon, associate professor of finance at the University of North Texas College of Business, has been chosen to participate in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the 2013-14 academic year.

Mantecon will teach at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, from March 1 through June 30, 2014, as a visiting professor of finance. He also plans to research the banking crisis in Austria and around the world.

Mantecon ea...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Eric Nishimoto of Prosper, a student at the University of North Texas’ Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, was named a National Winner in the Photo Illustration category of the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards.

The MOE Awards honor the best of collegiate journalism that was published during the previous year. Student journalists submitted more than 4,600 entries to the 2012 co...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – A Radio, Television & Film senior who has been playing guitar since she was 11 recently took first place in the UNT Fine Arts Series 12th annual Songwriter’s Competition, receiving an invitation to the legendary Kerrville Folk Festival that hosts more than 100 songwriters over 18 days in May and June.

Ellie Meyer, from Colleyville, has been writing songs ever since she learned to play guitar and says that doing so helps foster a sense of unity and rapport with others.

“You never know how something you write will affect others – you may connect with so...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – A variety of faculty and guests artists will perform this summer at UNT in conjunction with workshops presented by the College of Music.

Saturday, May 18: Texas Flute Festival

The summer series of concerts starts with guest artists events during the 36th Texas Flute Festival, at UNT on May 18. College of Music professors Stefan Karlsson (piano) and Lynn Seat...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Student Government Association President Rudy Reynoso, a junior communications and Spanish double major, has been appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as the UNT System’s student regent from June 2013 through May 2014.

“Serving as student body president for UNT in Denton over the past year has given me a great perspective of the needs and concerns of all students,” Reynoso...

What:      Beyond the Sock — A four-day workshop that will teach University of North

              Texas students and others to create puppets similar to those used on

              “Sesame Street,” “The Muppet Show” and other television programs and

               films, and to develop a pu...

Denton, TEXAS (UNT) – A UNT College of Music master’s student recently became only the fourth double bass player in the history of the American String Teachers Association national competition to win the grand prize, capping a semester of competition wins.

In March, Heran Yang placed fourth in the San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club’s Young Artists Competition and won first place at the Lewisville Lake Symphony’s inaugural International Competition. The prize for the symphony win includes a concerto performance with t...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When surgeons need to cut or shape bone during surgery, they use a number of conventional tools including saws, drills, hammers, chisels and grinders. These tools often cause undue damage to surrounding tissues or other bones, slow down surgeries and leave patients with lengthy recovery times.

A University of North Texas professor has filed a patent on a new laser technology he and his research associate developed for cutting and shaping bone that causes minimal damage to the surrounding tissue and bones, could speed up surgery...