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UNT's Texas Fashion Collection items featured in NorthPark Center's exhibit "Art Meets Fashion: 1965-2015"
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...
UNT students to help business leaders with ideas, solutions
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...
UNT's Fine Arts Series features RJ Mitte from 'Breaking Bad," comedian W. Kamau Bell, 'Don Quixote' & more
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...
Smart and simple financial tips for college students, parents
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...
UNT's Early Childhood Music Program opens registration, classes start Sept. 18/19
What: Early Childhood Music Program for children from birth through 5 years old. Parents and guardians participate in the sessions with their children, who experience musical learning through play.
When: Families may register for one of two 10-week sessions held Fridays and Saturdays starting Sept. 18 and 19.
Where: Room 115 in the College of Music Annex, at the corner of Avenue C and Highland in Denton
Cost/Registration: The 10-week session co...
7 events you don't want to miss this season at UNT's College of Music
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Musicians and music lovers from around the world will flock to UNT's College of Music this fall for a variety of concerts, events and international festivals. Classical music, jazz, the best of Broadway and holiday classics are on the program this season starting with the 51st annual American Liszt Festival in September and ending with the popular Sounds of the Holidays concert in December, this year featuring choral music.
Be sure to mark these seven big events on your calendar and...
UNT researcher earns Phytochemical Society of North America lifetime career award
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Distinguished Research Professor Richard Dixon has earned the Phytochemical Society of North America's Phytochemical Pioneer Award.
The award recognizes significant contributions to phytochemical research over a scientist's career. Dixon accepted the award Aug. 11 at the organization's annual meeting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"The Phytochemical Society of North...
Faculty members available for comment on back-to-school topics
As you prepare stories for the start of the school year in Texas, with most school districts setting the first day of school for the week of Aug. 24, consider these University of North Texas experts who will discuss parenting issues and other issues that arise as a child or teenager adjusts to a new school year.
Paul Goebel, director of UNT's Student Money Management Center, will discuss how parents can spend wisely on school expenses throughout the year, whether it's buying...
UNT Art Gallery's "Permanence/Impermanence" exhibition challenges ideas of consistency, mutability
What: Permanence/Impermanence, an exhibition that challenges the ideas of what is constant and what is mutable. The artworks remind viewers that when considering environmental change, what may appear to be temporary may in fact inadvertently become longstanding; and conversely, the ground underneath our feet, although seemingly steadfast, may be shifting. The exhibition features works by Marion Belanger, Anna Collette, Terry Evans, Susan Goethel Campbell and Aspen Mays
When: Sept. 10 (Thursday) to Oct. 17 (Tuesday); Gallery hours are noon to...
'Fulfillment Center' exhibition shows India's influence on UNT artist
What: "Fulfillment Center," an exhibition featuring work by Susan Cheal, an associate professor of drawing and painting at the University of North Texas, created during and after her residency at the Sanskriti Foundation in New Delhi, India.
When: Aug. 31 (Monday) – Sept. 22 (Tuesday). An opening reception will be held 5:30 – 7 p.m. Sept. 4 (Friday).
Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. Denton, TX
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