DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk appointed Finley Graves as the university's provost and vice president of academic affairs. This two-year appointment follows Graves' service as interim academic leader since March 1.

"Dr. Graves' leadership has effectively advanced some of our major institutional initiatives," Smatresk said.

"His ongoing service will bring more continuity and stability to the executive leadership team during this dynamic phase in our university's evolution, especially as we strive toward national prominence and continue to...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Doug Wright will work with students and conduct research for upcoming works as the 2015-16 artist-in-residence for the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts at the University of North Texas.

"It seems like a wonderful opportunity to pursue my own writing and engage with a vibrant community," he said.

Wright, who grew up in the Dallas suburb of University Park, won the Pulitzer and Tony for his 2003 play, "I Am My Own Wife," which portrays...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Eric Coleman, lecturer in the UNT Department of Criminal Justice with expertise in campus safety, security administration and police response, is available to discuss a shooting reported today at a Naval Reserve Center, near a community college in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Coleman is a former associate vice president for campus safety and s...

Today (Tuesday, July 14), representatives with the United States and other world powers reached a historic agreement with Iran's leaders that calls for limits on Tehran's nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy. The agreement, which is aimed at averting the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S. military intervention in the Middle East, is the result of 18 days of negotiations.

Dr. J. Michael Greig, chair of the University of North Texas...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Artists and enthusiasts will come together to celebrate creativity at the 26th annual VAST (Visual Arts Society of Texas) Members Exhibition Aug. 12-22 (Wednesday-Saturday) at the UNT on the Square gallery, 109 N. Elm Street in Denton.

This is the first year the exhibition will be held at the UNT on the Square gallery. The exhibition is juried, and prizes totaling $2,550 in cash and merchandise will be awarded to winners of the exhibition.

The opening reception and award cerem...

What: Add Architecture, Stir Memory, a performance piece by novelist and playwright Shay Youngblood about the memory of home

When: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 4 (Tuesday)

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

Cost: Free

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Shay Youngblood traveled to Japan in 2011 to research a novel on memory and home. Ten days later, a 9.0 earthquake struck, followed by a tsu...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Four students in the University of North Texas College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism are among 25 students in the nation named semifinalists in the 2015 Ray Greenly Scholarship Competition sponsored by the National Retail Federation.

The UNT students — Maggie Brown, a senior from Flower Mound; Nichole Fallis, a senior from San Antonio; Taylar Gomez, a sophomore from Friendswood and Marcy Plefka, a senior f...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Richard Funes, a student in the University of North Texas' College of Visual Arts and Design, won a gold American Advertising Award, or Addy, at the 2015 American Advertising Awards national competition in Las Vegas for his mock ad campaign for Fix-a-Flat, a tire sealant company.

The American Advertising Awards is the nation’s largest advertising competition, receiving more than 40,000 entries every year. Participants must advance through local and district level competiti...

NOTE: This year's camp is now full. Please check back next year for details on the 2016 Science Adventure Camp. 

Students in UNT’s Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science are hosting a free Science Adventure Camp from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Aug. 8 (Saturday) in UNT’s Environmental Education, Science and Technology building located at 1704 W. Mulberry St.

The Science Adventure Camp is geared toward children enrolled in 2^nd through 5^th grades. Parents are welcome to accompany their children at th...

NASA launched the New Horizons craft in January 2006 to explore the outermost edges of our solar system for the first time.

On July 14 (Tuesday), the craft will make its closest approach to Pluto and will head toward the Kuiper Belt, a band of debris left over from the formation of our solar system that is located nearly 4 billion miles from Earth’s orbit.

Director of the UNT Astronomy program and NASA Ambassador Ron DiIulio is available for...