DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- The Club at Gateway Center, a student-run restaurant at the University of North Texas, has won the 2016 Best of Denton Award in the restaurant category. The recognition comes from the Denton Award Program, which honors exceptional venues that "help make the Denton area a great place to live, work and play."

"Food brings people together, and this is an amazing acc...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas has become the first university in the state of Texas to be named a Bee Campus USA. Bee Campus USA is a sustainability organization focused on supporting pollinator species populations, which are declining rapidly across the globe.

"I am proud of UNT's Bee Campus USA Certification, because it is recognition for how passionate UNT students are about sustainability," said Gary Cocke, UNT sustainability coordinator.

UNT students have been leading the effort to create a bee-friendly campus. More th...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Thanks to websites that allow users to build and link family trees, websites that give people access to national records and "Who Do You Think You Are?" and other TV shows about the family history of celebrities, genealogy has become one of the most popular hobbies in the U.S. -- almost as popular as gardening.

Research from a University of North Texas historian supports the idea that the nation and region of origin of your ancestors contributes to your risk of developing, or not developing, a growing list of medical conditions.

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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Criminal Justice Department is on track to open a cellphone cyber security lab at the UNT New College at Frisco. The off-site instructional facility will house the area's only cyber laboratory solely dedicated to analyzing cellphone data from devices used in criminal activities. Cyber lab director Scott Belshaw says the goal is to connect with as many police departments and federal agencies as possible to accelerate investigation processes.

"What we've found is that cellphone analysis is a major need for North Texas law enforcement,...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A new partnership has been formed between the University of North Texas and the Dallas Cowboys which includes educational benefits for UNT students and an extensive advertising and promotional program designed to raise awareness of the UNT brand.

"We believe our new partnership with the Dallas Cowboys will increase awareness of UNT, and we're excited about the educational opportunities our students will have interacting with one of the top sports franchises in the world," said UNT President Neal Smatresk.

The promotional program provides UNT a significant...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- While volunteering for a nonprofit organization serving children in El Salvador, Ingrid Panameno, a recent University of North Texas graduate, began to realize the barriers the children faced to getting an education, including destroyed school infrastructures, lack of transportation and scarce school supplies.

Born in the U.S. after her father left El Salvador to provide economic support for his family, Panameno was inspired to become a development economist and create her own nonprofit organization to assist impoverished communities. She is one step closer to t...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A University of North Texas education professor's research revealed new insight into a state program aimed at encouraging students to learn multiple languages. The Seal of Biliteracy is an award given to students who prove they have attained proficiency in two or more languages by the time they graduate high school.

The program was signed into Texas law in 2013, but it is voluntary for school districts. UNT assistant professor of bilingual and ESL education Ricardo Gonzalez-Carriedo and former doctoral student Alexandra Babino worked together to see how benefici...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and the school's Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism have received the 2016 Equity & Diversity Award from the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Mayborn representatives received the award at the AEJMC's annual conference, held Aug. 4-7 in Minneapolis.

Presented annually since 2009 to one college or university jo...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- University of North Texas researchers conducted one of the first studies of the dating app Tinder and have found that men are most at risk for lowered self-esteem while using the app. This finding is surprising compared to past research, which has shown that women's self-perceptions are most affected by visual media including magazines, television and social networking sites.

Jessica Strubel, assistant professor in UNT's...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas ambassadors – both faculty and students, as well as President Neal Smatresk – are heading to Cuba in May 2017 to pursue educational and cultural opportunities. UNT will be one of the first American universities to collaborate with Cuba.

Smatresk sees the Cuba trip as a chance for UNT to expand its international reach and studies.

"I'm thrilled about the potential to develop research and educational opportunities in Cuba," Smatresk said. "This trip opens the door for collaborations, faculty and student exchanges and the chance to l...