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...

A UNT materials scientist is investigating a secret underneath the final layer of paint on Alessandro Allori's Portrait of Grand Duchess Bianca Capello de Medici with Her Son. The portrait, which was painted more than 500 years ago, is one piece of a story about a controversial royal family. The painting currently is being treated and studied by Paintings Conservation Fellow Laura Hartman in the Dallas Museum of Art's visible conservation studio.

Marcus Young, assistant professor in...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas was the only public school in Texas to be listed as a member of the inaugural Excellence in Community College Transfer Honor Roll by Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year colleges. The award identifies the top four-year colleges and universities that have created "dynamic pathways to support community col...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Thousands of people benefit from animal-assisted therapy. Scientific research has shown that patients in hospitals and in traditional therapy can experience improvements in healing, stress levels and anxiety from even brief contact with therapy animals like dogs and horses. The University of North Texas is once again preparing for their evaluation of new animal-assisted therapy teams, who will provide service in their own communities. Animal handlers and their dogs and horses travel to UNT from as far away as Oklahoma for evaluation.

The handler-...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Students in the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism received a total of 26 awards in the recent Texas Intercollegiate Press Association awards competition.

Faculty and students from the Mayborn School also received four first-place awards in this year's Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards competition.
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What: On the Square, Outside the Box: Denton ISD's District Art Show, an exhibition from Denton ISD art students.

When: May 20 (Friday) – May 26 (Thursday).

Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., Denton.

Hours: 9 a.m. - noon and 1 - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursdays and 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sunday.

Cost:...

What: "Digital Glitch" – the theme for the student-run Merchandising Inc.'s spring fashion show at the University of North Texas – will focus on the evolution of technology in the form of color.

When/Where: Doors open at 5 p.m., and the event begins at 5:30 p.m. April 24 (Sunday) inside the Ballroom (Room 314 A&B) of UNT's University Union, located at 1155 Union Circle in Denton.

Tickets: $5 online/in advance. $7 at the door. $8.50...