With funding from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, three University of North Texas biologists are investigating the effects of oil on water and fish species in the Gulf of Mexico.

UNT Associate Professor of Biology Dane Crossley, Associate Professor of Biology Aaron Roberts and Professor of Biology Warren Burggren received $2.7 million in 2015 to begin the three-year project.

Crossley is evaluating how oil impacts the ability juvenile fish to swim, eat and reproduce and is evaluating their capacity to recover from oil exposure. Burggren is evaluating the cardiovascular im...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas alumnus Fouad Fakhouri has been honored with a $1.1 million endowment by the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. The Fouad K. Fakhouri Endowment for Artistic Excellence will be used to help support activities of the orchestra including its seasonal concerts.

"My experience with the FSO has been exceptionally rewarding and fulfilling," Fakhouri said. "I have been able to achieve the artistic goals that I set when I first took over as music director and feel really positive and very proud of the organi...

What: The logistics program at the University of North Texas celebrates its 20th year with an open house and unveiling of the newly expanded Complex Logistics Systems Laboratory.

Video/photo opportunities: The event will feature demonstrations of some of the latest technology being used in the lab, including 70-inch touchscreen monitors and multiple computer workstations to showcase 3D modeling software, interactive simulation and data visualization that will help UNT researchers solve the most daunting challenges in the supply chain industry.

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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas College of Music will expand offerings of classes in career development and music entrepreneurship this fall in a new focus on entrepreneurship and music. The field of study will help students develop their careers as musicians.

"Among nationally recognized music programs such as UNT's, there has been a growing recognition that we need not only to train our students to be superb musicians but also prepare them for the current job market in which they will often be self-employed or work in lar...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Four students from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas have been named 2016 Goldwater Scholars. UNT leads Texas universities in the number of Goldwater Scholars in math, science and engineering with a total of 59 scholars named since 1996.

The 2016 Goldwater Scholars are:

• Emily Hu, who used quantum mechanical methods to study the fundamental chemical properties of molecules having applications that range from microelectronics...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ermir Bejo, University of North Texas College of Music doctoral student, has won the prestigious ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer award. The award honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former ASCAP Foundation President Morton Gould's lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators.

"The composition faculty is absolutely thrilled that Ermir has earned this honor – one of the top two honors in our field for composers under 30," said Joseph Klein, chair of composition studies. "Every year, hundreds of composers apply for these awards, of which only...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Wedding season is here, and while celebrating is in order for most new couples, statistics show about 40 to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. Researchers from the University of North Texas are learning that some elements of couples' decisions about their marital status can be tied to triggering events, such as holidays, anniversaries or other meaningful moments.

Kelly Roberts, assistant professor in education psychology in UNT's College of Educatio...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized the University of North Texas as a 2015 Tree Campus USA University for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. This marks the eighth year in a row UNT has earned this recognition.

As part of UNT Sustainability's Earth Week events, students will plant three trees at 2:30 p.m. on UNT's designated Arbor Day, April 21 (Thursday), to the southwest of Sage Hall and north of the University Union.

Tree Campus USA is a national program honoring college...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The Grammy-nominated One O'Clock Lab Band and other College of Music jazz and music ensembles will perform jazz standards, mariachi, steel drum and a variety of other music at the University of North Texas Showcase Stage April 29 to May 1 (Friday to Sunday) at Denton's Arts & Jazz Festival.

"Most of the performing our students do is formal and indoors – large concerts in Winspear and Voertman halls, degree...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Former WFAA-TV investigative reporter Byron Harris, whose career spanned more than 40 years, will receive the C.E. "Pop" Shuford Hall of Honor Award from the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism.

The Shuford Hall of Honor Award recognizes individuals for professional and educational lifetime achievement and distinguished contributions to the journalism profession. The award is named for C.E. "Pop" Shuford, the faculty m...