What:  NASCAR’s Austin Dillon will unveil 2018 Winter Olympics paint scheme ahead of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 and take part in “Science of Speed” panel discussion with UNT students in honor of a new higher education partnership between the University of North Texas and Texas Motor Speedway

When:  4 p.m. Nov. 1 (Wednesday)

Where:  Library Mall, located behind the Hurley Administration Buil...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- In the photograph “Insight,” the eye of University of North Texas graduate student Trinity Kai peers from a bundle of fabric, looking straight at the viewer.

That photo represents many things to Kai. It touches upon her philosophy of life. It was shot from a lensless camera that she prefers for its craftsmanship. And it won her the $20,000 grand prize from the VSA Emerging Young Artists Competition, a...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - Like many college football stadiums, the University of North Texas' Apogee Stadium ill be filled with screaming fans and blasting band music Nov. 11 (Saturday).

Before attending the 4 p.m. game against the University of Texas at El Paso, or watching the Homecoming parade beginning at 11 a.m., UNT alumni, faculty, staff and students and members of the Denton community can get their hearing checked for free at ...

The University of North Texas’s Intensive English Language Institute is celebrating its 40^th anniversary this year.

On Nov. 13 (Monday), the institute will host IELI Day with current students and IELI alumni in Marquis Hall.

“I’ve found IELI to be something special because of the high caliber of its dedicated faculty and staff and it’s rigorous, standardized curriculum,” said Donna Obenda, academic and special programs coordinator of IELI.

The...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - The University of North Texas Speech and Hearing Center is offering scholarships that will allow children in the second through seventh grades to attend the center's weekly therapy for delays in reading, writing and other literacy-language skills.  

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DENTON (UNT), Texas - Aransas, Nueces and Refugio counties along Texas' Gulf Coast received widespread damage from Hurricane Harvey when it made landfall as a Category 4 storm.

Two months later, some residents of devastated communities feel forgotten. According to University of North Texas faculty members Mary Nelan and Ronald Schumann, some believe Houston received far more attention in the media and from response organizations because of the severe floo...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Thorne Anderson, associate professor in the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, was part of a team who won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Exce...

What: “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s classic play presented by the University of North Texas’ Department of Dance and Theatre, about the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts.

When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9-11 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2 p.m. Nov. 11-12 (Saturday-Sunday).

Where: University Theater inside the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle, Denton, Texas.

Cost: Tickets cost $7.50 for students...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - In 2013, two years before the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, a couple in Texas, agreed to join a lawsuit challenging their state's 2005 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Their challenge is chronicled in "Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - University of North Texas officials will break ground at 2 p.m. Oct. 28 (Saturday) on a new track & field and soccer stadium for North Texas Athletics.

The ceremony will take place in Parking Lot 84, next to UNT’s Waranch Tennis Complex and complimentary parking is available in Lot 80, south of Apogee Stadium and Victory Hall. Light refreshments will follow the groundbreaking ceremony.

The new facility, a sand-based soccer field and eight-lane track, will be home to the...