What: UNT's College of Music hosts the 51st annual American Liszt Society Festival: Liszt and Damnation. Guest artists from around the nation will join UNT faculty and students for performances and lectures celebrating the life, legacy and influence of one of the greatest composers in music history. One of the highlights of the festival will be a performance by UNT's Symphony Orchestra along with UNT faculty soloists, conducted by David Itkin. The program features the Busoni version of Liszt's Totentanz and Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 1.

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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas College of Engineering faculty members Shengli Fu and Yan Wan received the 2015 Tech Titan of the Future – University Level award from The Metroplex Technology Business Council. UNT also won Tech Titan awards in 2012 and 2010.

The award recognizes higher education institution...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Comedy classics, innovative choreography, and intense dramas will be among the works presented by the Department of Dance and Theatre at the University of North Texas for the 2015-16 season.

The dance department will produce two concerts – with The New Choreographers Concert featuring advanced students and the Faculty Dance Concert highlighting dance works by national/internally renowned guest artists and faculty.

"Choreography and performances by our students...

Ronald L. Schumann, assistant professor in the University of North Texas' emergency administration and planning program, is available for media interviews on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane, the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, caused severe property damage in Mississippi beachfront towns after it made...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 (Thursday) in UNT's Gateway Ballroom. Reception starts at 6 p.m.

This is the 50th anniversary of the alumni awards program, which showcases the caliber of the university's alumni and celebrate the depth and breadth of their professional accomplishments and service to the community. This year's Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards were m...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Nandika D'Souza, University of North Texas Regents Professor of mechanical and energy engineering and associate dean of undergraduate studies in UNT's College of Engineering, has been named the 2015 Society of Women Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator. The award is presented to educators who make significant contributions to the engineering field.

"The Society of Women Engineers has enabled students and professional engineers...

What: Art Meets Fashion: 1965-2015, an exhibition featuring fashions from the last 50 years with a majority of clothing coming from the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas

When: Aug. 22-Nov. 1

Where: NorthPark Center,8687 N. Central Expressway, Dallas. The exhibition will be between Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.

Cost: Free

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – When NorthPark Center in Dallas wanted a fashion exhibition for its 50th anniversary, they turned to the...

Event: "What Keeps You up at Night?" A networking dinner sponsored by Kickbox

When/Where: 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Sept. 3 (Thursday) at 2556 N. Elm St. in Dallas

Cost: $79 per person

Contact: Nancy Hong, UNT Innovation Greenhouse executive director, at 940-369-5203 or nancy.hong@unt.edu

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- North Texas business leaders can crowdsource ideas and solutions at a Sept.3 dinner in Dallas.

"What Keeps You up at Night?" will begin at 5 p.m. at 2556...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Educational opportunities and entertaining performances make up the backbone of the 112th season of UNT's Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series during the 2015-16 school year.

Speakers include actor and diversity activist RJ Mitte, who played Walter White's son in the Emmy-winning AMC drama Breaking Bad, and socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell, former host of the FX television series Totally Biased. Performances include an Indian adaption of Don Quixote, a concert by chamber...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The start of college – less than a month away – brings a new level of money management for incoming students and their families. Paul Goebel, director of the Student Money Management Center at the University of North Texas, offers smart financial moves that young adults and their parents can make now and throughout the school year to avoid money migraines:

• Create a financial survival plan. Familie...