DENTON (UNT), Texas — The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board has chosen the University of North Texas Libraries for its 2018 Archival Award of Excellence for efforts to preserve, digitize and make publicly available archival footage from the oldest television news station in Texas, NBC 5/KXAS (formerly WBAP).
The recognition was announced as part of the advisory board’s Texas Archives...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — With a projected 13 percent increase in demand for urban and regional planners over the next 10 years, the University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service’s new Bachelor of Arts in urban policy and planning is addressing the need for skilled workers.
“This will be the first degree of its kind in the DFW region,” said Jennifer Evans-Cowley,...
The images from recent hurricanes are hard to view but underscore the growing need for professionals who can help the areas hardest hit recover.
The University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service’s new Master of Science degree in Emergency Management and Disaster Science will help fill this need. The program will equip the next generation of emergency managers with the knowledge and skills needed to manage the growing...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas has received the 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from “INSIGHT Into Diversity” magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion — UNT will be featured, along with 95 other recipients, in the November 2018 issue of “INSIGHT Into...
DENTON (UNT), Texas –Communities across the U.S. are celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month including the University of North Texas, which is hosting on-campus events showcasing Hispanic culture, history and more.
UNT is home to scholars across a variety of disciplines who dedicate their studies toward Hispanic culture and history.
Media: Journalists interested in covering the event should contact Monique.Bird@unt.edu or 940-369-7782.
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Higher ups from business schools across the state are headed to the University of North Texas College of Business for an annual event meant to bring together the top leadership from Texas’ business-education programs.
The Council of Texas Business Deans will hold its yearly conference and meeting on Sept...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Five award-winning photojournalists, including both Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winners, will discuss the ethical and technical boundaries of intimate, firsthand visual reporting in a panel discussion entitled “Seeing and Believing in the Age of Fake News: Finding Truth in Visual Journalism.”
The discussion, accompanied by a traveling photo exhibit, takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 (Thursday) in the University Union Lyceum (...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas will host three nationally renowned authors this fall as part of the UNT Visiting Writers Series.
Each semester, Creative Writing in the Department of English invites distinguished authors to the Denton campus for a series of readings and book signings.
The fall 2018 edition...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in UNT's Apogee Stadium HUB Club. The reception will begin at 6 p.m.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7JrMS-7srGs
This is the 53rd anniversary of the alumni awards program, which showcases the caliber of the university’s alumni and celebrates the depth and breadth of their professional accomplishments and service to...
DENTON (UNT), Texas –University of North Texas educational psychology professor Darrell Hull has been named an award winner in the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
For his Fulbright research, Hull will travel to Jamaica to study “unattached” youth — young people who are unemployed and are not in school or any training programs.
In Jamaica, “unattached” youth make up about 30 percent of the total youth population and have the highest unemployment rate at 22 percent.
“They don’t have the...