What: Poet Paisley Rekdal, winner of the 2013 UNT Rilke Prize sponsored by the University of North Texas Creative Writing Program, reads from her work in Animal Eye at UNT. Part of the UNT Department of English's Visiting Writers Series

When: 8 p.m April 9 (Tuesday)

Where:  Golden Eagle Suite on the third level of UNT's University Union, located one block west of Welch and West Prairie streets (1155 Union Circle)...

DENTON (UNT), Texas --  University of North Texas Regents Professor of Biology James Kennedy is available for media interviews to discuss zebra mussels and their impact on area ecosystems. Kennedy recently found an adult zebra mussel about a mile downstream from Lake Ray Roberts in the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.

Zebra mussels, which were introduced to Texas waters about five years ago, multiply quickly and latch on to solid surfaces such as boats, pipes and drains. Zebra mussels often...

What: Condoleezza Rice, Stanford University professor of political science and 66^th U.S. Secretary of State, will speak April 16 (Tuesday) as part of the University of North Texas Distinguished Lecture Series.

Where: UNT Coliseum, 600 Avenue D, at the southeast corner of North Tex...

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What: UNT Wind Symphony, conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon, featuring guest clarinetist Mark Nuccio, acting principal of the New York Philharmonic, with visiting composers Kevin M. Walczyk, alumnus, and Scott McAllister

When: 7:30 p.m. April 11 (Thursday)

Where: Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 N. I-35E, Denton. The concert will also be streamed online at...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Robert Jessup, professor of studio arts; Bonnie Friedman, assistant professor of English; and Claudia Howard Queen, assistant professor of dance and theatre, have been selected as faculty fellows in UNT's Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in the 2013-14 academic year.

As fellows, the three professors will be granted a semester off from teaching duties to work on their projects full time.

Robert Jessup

Professor of Studio Arts Robert Jessup, a UNT faculty member since fall 1991, will use the fellowship to challenge his...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Anne Milner Fields and her great nephew UNT alumnus Bryan Milner (’00) have pledged $1 million to UNT’s College of Business to endow scholarships for study abroad opportunities.

The gift is eligible to be matched with $1 million from Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) as part of his historic $22 million gift to the university in 2011. Uswachoke set aside a portion of his gift for matching opportunities as a way to encourage more donors to support UNT. Milner said that the match heavily influenced the timin...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Sue Bratton, professor of counseling and higher education and director of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas, was presented with two awards at the 2013 American Counseling Association  (ACA) conference in March.

“I am honored and humbled to receive these awards,” said Bratton. “Knowing the nominations came from current and former students means more than the awar...

What: Collaborative Print Project between multi-media artist and educator Ryan Burkart and visual artist Scott Ingram

When/Where: The print collaboration will take place April 1­ – 5 at University of North Texas’ P.R.I.N.T Press, 1120 W. Oak St., Denton

Events: Both are free and open to the public.

• 12:30 p.m., April 2 (Tuesday) in UNT’s Art Building, Room 219 – Dialogue on Collaborative Printmaking
• 4 – 6 p.m., April 5 (Friday) at P.R.I.N.T Press, 1120 W. Oak St., Denton – Open House, interact with th...

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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