What: Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp will speak at the University of North Texas. His lecture is sponsored by UNT's Jewish and Israel Studies Program, the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance, Leo and Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.

When/Where: Repp will speak...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Faculty members from several Nigerian universities are learning how to better teach their students about issues related to aging with the help of University of North Texas gerontology faculty members. The program is part of UNT’s larger effort to improve the teaching of gerontology and raise awareness about aging issues across the globe — ultimately improving the care offered to aging residents worldwide.

Twenty-two faculty members from 11 universities and two curriculum experts from the Nigerian National Universities Commission are visiting the UNT campus in...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The Dallas Way, a nonprofit organization dedicated to gathering, storing, organizing and presenting the complete history of the city’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, has entered into an agreement  with the University of North Texas Libraries to ensure that current and future materials collected by the organization will be permanently archived, digitized and made accessible to the public.

Created in 2011, the Dallas Way consists of lay historians who...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — A team of merchandising students at the University of North Texas is among teams from six U.S. universities and institutes to be named semifinalists in this year’s National Retail Federation Foundation Careerbuilders.com Student Challenge.

Students from all universities and institutes that are NRF Foundation College and University Partners are eligible for the competition...

What: A screening of documentary films produced by University of North Texas students earning master of fine arts degrees in documentary film. Presented by UNT's Department of Radio, Television and Film.

When: 9 p.m. Dec. 12 (Thursday)

Where: Room 184 in UNT's Radio, Television and Performing Arts Building, located at 1179 Union Circle.

Cost: Free

...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The Dallas Way, a nonprofit organization dedicated to gathering, storing, organizing and presenting the complete history of the city’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, has entered into an agreement  with the University of North Texas Libraries to ensure that current and future materials collected by the organization will be permanently archived, digitized and made accessible to the public.

Created in 2011, the Dallas Way consists of lay historians who...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Carmen Terry, principal lecturer of German and director of study abroad in Germany at the University of North Texas, was awarded the American Association of Teachers of German/Goethe-Institut Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievement in furthering the teaching of German in schools of the United States.

She was recognized for her outstanding teaching and her...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Sociologist Ami Moore listened carefully as Philippe, a male college student in Togo, Africa, explained to her that he regularly receives money from a married man in exchange for sex.

“I use his money to pay for my college tuition and take care of myself,” said Philippe.

Philippe’s story is an all too common but hidden reality among young adult men who have sex with other men (MSM) in...

DENTON (UNT), Texas —  Entries to the eighth Artists’ Books Competition and Biennial Exhibition  sponsored by  The Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries are being accepted through Dec. 11 (Wednesday).

The competition is open to Denton residents and University of North Texas faculty, staff and students.

The purposes of the competition and exhibition are to encourage the development of students’ and others’ work in the medium of Artists...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — During the hours and days that followed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, Dallas Police Department officers gathered numerous eyewitness statements, fingerprints, affidavits, correspondence and homicide reports for not just Kennedy’s assassination, but also the murder of Officer J.D. Tippit the same day of the assassination, and the murder of alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby two days later.

People who vividly remember the events of 50 years ago, as well as younger generations, will soon be able to view these 11...