DENTON (UNT), Texas — As soon as he received his acceptance letter to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas, David Hao began searching for a UNT faculty member who would allow him to work in his or her research laboratory for the summer, before he even began classes as a TAMS student. TAMS is a two-year residential program at UNT that allows talented students to complete their freshman and sophomore years of college by taking UNT classes, and earn their high school diplomas at the same time.
Hao, from...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Lee Hughes, an assistant professor of biology in the University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences, has been named an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer.
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Distinguished Lecturer Program annually selects a scientifically diverse group to deliver lectures at ASM...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two students from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas have been named 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars.
Goldwaters are considered to be among the country’s most prestigious scholarships awarded to students planning careers in mathematics, science and engineering. All college sophomores and juniors are eligible to compete for the scholarships, which provide up to $7,500 for tuition, fees, books...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Two University of North Texas undergraduate students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, which are given to students who plan to earn research-focused master’s and doctoral degrees in science, social science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Katherine Lester, a senior geography major, and Daniel Munro, a senior biology major and Honors College student, will receive stipends of $30,000 each year for...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- UNT Astronomy is hosting an open house event beginning at 5 p.m. on April 6 (Saturday), that will include a premiere of the UNT Sky Theater Planetarium’s new summer show “Dawn of the Space Age,” a visit to the UNT Rafes Urban Astronomy Center for safe sun, comet and night sky viewing, as well as a telescope giveaway.
“Dawn of the Space Age” recaps historic space milestones including the launch of the first...
What:Installation of the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) radar
When: April 11 (Thursday), a crane will lift the CASA radar in place between 2 and 3 p.m. – weather permitting
Where: UNT’s Discovery Park campus, located at 3940 N. Elm St. in Denton
Contact: Leslie Wimmer at Leslie.Wimmer@unt.edu or 940-565-4835
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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Irán Román, an undergraduate student from Uriangato, Mexico, in the UNT-Howard Hughes Medical Center Undergraduate Researchers Program, has earned a placement in the Stanford Summer Research Program at Stanford University in California.
"The grant represents a unique opportunity that will define and solidify my future career decisions,” said Román. “By working with Professor Tim Stearns at Stanford University, I will get to meet people and experience the working environment of a lab with a world-class researcher...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Distinguished Research Professor Richard Dixon has joined a research team involving Mount Sinai’s Ichan School of Medicine (MSSM) and Purdue University investigating how grape seed compounds affect Alzheimer’s disease.
Dixon’s work is funded by a National Institutes of Health grant through MSSM, and will continue a...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas has become the first university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology for Environmental Science.
The Department of Biological Sciences in UNT’s College of Arts and Sciences has a long history of education and research programs focusing on ecology, conservation and environmental science, and is in a unique position to offer the new...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Researchers at the University of North Texas have identified new compounds that may lead to new drugs to treat forms of hereditary cardiomyopathy, a disease that weakens the heart and can lead to heart failure. The disease is the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes.
UNT Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students Alysha Joseph and Diana Wang worked with Biology Associate Professor Douglas Root on the project. Root...