Nobel Prize-winning biologist Randy Schekman will visit UNT in April

Thursday, March 1, 2018

The Nobel Laureate will discuss his research and its role in developing vaccines and preventing diseases.

UNT awarded almost $2 million in NSF funding to study the rules of physics

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Can engineering change the basic laws of physics? That is one of the questions three professors and a former student at the University of North Texas are attempting to answer. They have been awarded a $1,997,222 National Science Foundation grant that will explore such questions. 

Astronomy expert to discuss amateur astronomer exoplanet observation techniques

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

New research has astronomers believing that most stars outside of the solar system have one or more planets orbiting them called extrasolar planets – or exoplanets – some of which could potentially harbor life. The Kepler space telescope has had great success in detecting exoplanets by measuring the dip in light of a planet’s host star as the planet passes in front of it. But, can a properly trained amateur astronomer also detect such transits? 

UNT announces 2017 Innovator Award winners

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

A University of North Texas faculty member, a graduate student and an undergraduate student have been recognized as UNT’s 2017 Innovator Award winners.

Teens do independent research in UNT laboratories for summer jobs

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science's Early Summer Research Programs brings students who have just been accepted to the academy to the University of North Texas campus the summer before they begin classes at UNT, to do research with faculty mentors.

UNT offers local teachers summer science institute

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

The University of North Texas gave three local teachers the opportunity to go back to school.

The university hosted the teachers last month during the Summer Science Institute with the aim of helping them develop lesson plans in English and Spanish.

UNT TAMS student wins Goldwater Scholarship, another takes honorable mention

Friday, May 12, 2017

Amber Lu, a student from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas has been named a 2017 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Winner.

UNT research team analyzing effectiveness of trees in capturing air pollution

Thursday, May 11, 2017

The team, led by Alexandra Ponette-Gonzalez in the Department of Geography and the Environment, is collecting black carbon on tree leaves to determine how trees filter out air pollutants.

UNT doctoral student/veteran awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A University of North Texas student has been awarded with one of the highest honors in the scientific community. Michael Thomas, a doctoral student studying in the Department of Chemistry, has been selected to receive a 2017 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Honors student who overcame eating disorder will be keynote speaker at UNT's Scholars Day

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Sponsored by the UNT Honors College, but open to all UNT students who are earning bachelor's degrees, Scholars Day gives students a chance to present their research in the same way that faculty members and other professionals present at conferences, either through display of research posters or by giving oral research paper presentations.