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Latest issues affecting Texas higher education to be addressed at UNT law conference
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Prevention and handling of sexual assault and harassment. The growing student debt crisis. Cyberbullying. And the ongoing Texas legislative session. These topics, as well as other major legal considerations for university and college professionals and attorneys, will be discussed at the Texas Higher Education Law Conference at the University of North Texas.
The conference will be March 30-31 (Monday-Tuesday) at the UNT Gateway Center, located at 801 North Texas Blvd...
UNT to host police K-9 certification trials
Denton (UNT) -- The University of North Texas Police Department will host the United States Police Canine Association's Region 25 certification trials March 23-27 at Discovery Park.
Approximately 30 officers and their K-9 partners, from law enforcement agencies across Texas, are expected to attend the certification trials. The trials include an outdoor obstacle course, narcotics/explosive/evidence scent detection, tracking, and patrol work.
The USPCA certification program is held annually across the United States, in each of its 26 regions. This will be the first year that UNT h...
UNT Consumer Experience Symposium to focus on retailers placing technology in their stores
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- In recent years, shoppers have set records for retail sales via smartphones and tablets over what has been traditional shopping seasons and weekends, such as Thanksgiving weekend and Texas' tax-free holiday in August. A growing number of shoppers browse retailers' websites before they enter a store, and may not buy anything in the store, but go back online to make the final purchase, according to Shop.org, the digital retailing branch of the National Retail Federation.
During the 11th Consumer Experience Symposium at the U...
UNT on the Square's April exhibition displays paintings, drawings from art students
What: The UNT Painting and Drawing Show displays works from undergraduate and graduate students in the University of North Texas' College of Visual Arts and Design, one of the most comprehensive art programs in the South and Southwest.
When: April 3 (Friday) - April 30 (Thursday)
Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., Denton
Hours: 9 a.m. - noon and 1 - 5...
Join Ben and Jerry for a speech and ice cream at UNT April 9
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Vermont's famous Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., will speak at UNT April 9 (Thursday) as part of the University of North Texas Distinguished Lecture Series. Audience members are invited to an ice cream party after the speech.
The lecture and ice cream party will take place in UNT's Murchison Performing Arts Center, located at 2100 North I-35E in Denton.
Student tickets go on sale March 23....
UNT Jazz Singers, One O'Clock Lab Band perform pieces from collection of Grammy winner Gene Puerling
What: UNT Jazz Singers and the One O'Clock Lab Band will perform pieces from the university's newly-acquired collection of Gene Puerling, the Grammy-winning vocalist and vocal arranger. Three members of Puerling's vocal groups will be in attendance.
When: 8 p.m. April 16 (Thursday) and April 17 (Friday)
Where: Voertman Hall in the UNT College of Music building, 415 Avenue C, Denton
Tickets: $15 adults; $12 for seniors, students, children, UNT faculty/staff/retirees and groups of 10 or more; free for UNT st...
UNT faculty members will discuss social media and events in Ferguson, Missouri
Seven months after regular protests started in Ferguson, Missouri, over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by one of the city's police officers, two other officers were shot and wounded this week in Ferguson during a protest over police reform, and a search for a suspect continues. The shooting happened hours after the resignation of Ferguson's police chief.
Two professors in the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism are available to discuss mainstream newspaper coverage of the events in Ferguson...
Fox News Channel co-host Andrea Tantaros to speak May 12 for UNT Kuehne Speaker Series
What: Andrea Tantaros, rotating co-host of "Outnumbered" and "The Five" on Fox News Channeland a contributor to the network since 2010, will be the speaker for the University of North Texas Kuehn Speaker Series on National Security spring luncheon
When: Noon May 12 (Tuesday)
Where: Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd.
Cost:...
UNT exhibit explores bureaucracy in everyday life
What: "Bureaucracy: A Love Story" -- A display at the University of North Texas of items from the UNT Libraries' Special Collections revealing how, people have used the written and printed forms of bureaucracy to structure and navigate their everyday lives.
When: Now through May 8 (Friday). Exhibition hours are from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Please check the schedule...
U.S. News & World Report ranks UNT's rehabilitation counseling program among top in nation
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- The rehabilitation counseling program in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of North Texas has been ranked 15th in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report's newly released 2016 guidebook of Best Graduate Schools.
"The national reputation of the rehabilitation counseling program at UNT remains consistently strong," said Dean Tom Evenson. "The fact that the UNT master's program is consistently ranked among the top programs, most of which include doctor...