DENTON (UNT), Texas - Bob Heere, president-elect of the North American Society for Sport Management, is the new Director of Sport Management at the University of North Texas. 

A native of the Netherlands, Heere joins UNT after spending nearly five years as an associate professor and Ph.D. program director in the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina. Heere is also a visiting professor in the International Sport Management Program at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. 

At UNT Heere will direct both the M.B....

The committee, which will help steer the new bachelor’s degree program, is comprised of established leaders in the nonprofit sector

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service is addressing the growing need for nonprofit professionals with a new undergraduate degree program that will prepare students for careers in the nonprofit sector – and some big names are leading the program’s advisory committee.

“Our faculty have strong...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Three years ago in Hays County, Texas, a government initiative was introduced that would reclassify thousands of subdivisions known as “flash flood alley” as prone to flooding – despite the fact that those areas were in the midst of a multiyear drought. Residents protested the reclassification because it would increase insurance premiums and affect home values, but within months, a disastrous flood struck the county....

The University of North TexasAstronomy program will host an open house and star watch party at 9 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Rafes Urban Astronomy Center in Ponder. The event coincides with the Perseid Meteor Shower, arguably one of the best meteor showers for viewing in the Northern hemisphere this year. Approximately 50 to 100 meteors per hour will enter the Earth’s atmosphere at the peak of the sky event. 

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What: The Associated Press Media Editors’ popular NewsTrain traveling journalism workshop is making a stop at the University of North Texas Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism. The Denton campus event will offer a full day of training in social media, mobile applications, data analysis/visualization and videography for journalists interested in honing their craft.

When/Where: 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. Sept. 22...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Author Alison Owings, who is known for her stereotype-challenging oral-history based books, will receive unique guidance in writing her fourth piece, “The Book of Del: A Life Before, During and After Homelessness.”

Owings is the winner of the Biography Fellowship awarded during the University of North Texas’ 2018 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, held July 20 – 22. Given in conjunction with the Mayborn conference,...

Campus Safety magazine honors school, university and hospital police chiefs, security directors and emergency managers annually

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Chief of Police Ed Reynolds earned national honors this week as Campus Safety magazine tabbed the North Texas native as its Campus Safety Director of the Year in higher education.

Reynolds, who has spent more than 20 years with the university, runs a police department entrenched in community. Under his leadership, UNT police...

UPDATE:  After 27 hours and 34 minutes, UNT history professor Andrew Torget set a new world record for longest history lesson while also raising more than $12,000 for the The Portal to Texas History.

DENTON (UNT), Texas - University of North Texas History Professor Andrew Torget is trying to become a part of history himself by securing a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Torget will begin his attempt to spend...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of Texas’s Department of Engineering Technology is helping bring back DC BEST – Denton County’s Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology Robotics competition. It is a six-week extracurricular robotics contest among local middle and high school students during fall 2018.

Engineering Technology faculty Leticia Anaya and...

What: “Are You Not Entertained? Real Stories, Real People, Real Storytelling” — The 14th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, hosted by the University of North Texas’ Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism.

When: July 20 to July 22 (Friday to Sunday).

Where: Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, located at 1800 Highway 26 East in Grapevine, Texas.

Cost:...