DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas doctoral student Nydia Sánchez has won the prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year. Sánchez was one of 35 winners out of a pool of nearly 400 applicants and is the first UNT student to win the award.

Barrett Taylor, Sánchez's faculty mentor, is an assistant professor of counseling and higher education. He said receiving the fellowship marks...

Denton, TX-- Retired University of North Texas Director of Orchestral Studies, Dallas author and conductor Anshel Brusilow won Gold in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. The honor was for his memoir Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy, co-written with Robin Underdahl and published by UNT Press.

Narrowed down from nearly 2,000 entries by a panel of librarians and booksellers, along with Foreword Reviews' editorial staff, the winners in 66 categ...

What: University of North Texas' Early Childhood Music program for children from birth to 5 years old. Children will play games and interact with their parents while learning about music.

When: There will be two five-week sessions held Fridays from July 8 – Aug. 5 and Saturdays from July 8 – Aug. 6.

Where: Room 115 of the Music Annex Building, at the corner of Avenue C and Highland in Denton (1630 W. Highland St.).

Cost: $75 for newborns and babies up to to 24 m...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Texas history was made this month when UNT Provost Finley Graves traveled to China to bestow degrees on four students. The four graduated with two degrees from two universities in two countries at the same time – one from the University of North Texas and the other from a participating university in China. The students – Qi Liu, Jiajun Teng, Chen Peng and Binghuan Zhang – are part of the Student Transfer Program at UNT. Last year, the program had its first graduate who was here in the United Stat...

Journalism students and faculty from the University of North Texas are watching history unfold and are experiencing global news coverage at work while on a study abroad trip to London.

"It is a little overwhelming since many students haven't experienced anything like this before," said Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism Principal Lecturer Neil Foote. "News crews are crowded around the House of Parliament and are set up to do live shots covering the results of the vote. A ton of media are at 10 Downin...

University of North Texas economist Michael Carroll, director of UNT's Economics Research Group, is available to discuss how Great Britain's exit from the European Union, decided by British citizen in a historic referendum, will impact global stock markets. Carroll may be reached by cell phone at 419-308-9580.

Carroll notes that stocks traded up yesterday after polls showed that a slight majority of British citizens favored the "no-exit." He explains today's s...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Three graduates of the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism won the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award in the category of online feature reporting for work they did while they were students.

Danielle Garcia, a December 2015 journalism graduate from Dallas, won the award for her piece "Th...

The citizens of Great Britain have decided that their nation will leave the European Union, in a historic referendum that resulted in the resignation of the country's prime minister.

J. Michael Greig, a University Distinguished Teaching Professor for the University of North Texas' Department of Political Science, is available to comment on the political implications of Britain's exit from the European Union.

Greig is a faculty member in UNT's Peace Studies...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- High-achieving juniors in the Richardson Independent School District are now guaranteed admission to the University of North Texas through UNT's Eagle Advantage program.

Juniors in Richardson ISD who rank in the top 20 percent of their class will earn guaranteed admission to UNT. 

"We are so proud to welcome Richardson ISD students to UNT and the Eagle Advantage program," said UNT President Neal Smatresk. "They are great ad...

What: Sheryl WuDunn, the first Asian American to win a Pulitzer Prize and co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, and Gilbert King, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, both speaking at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference sponsored by the Frank W. Mayborn Gradu...