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UNT students' documentaries to be shown at this month's Thin Line festival
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Knowing that her great-grandfather, Zachary Taylor Faulkner, lived in Sunflower County, Mississippi, University of North Texas student Sharie Vance wondered if she was related to the state's most famous Faulkner – the writer William Faulkner, who lived three counties away in Oxford. In January 2013, Vance, a graduate student in UNT's Department of Media Arts, traveled with her father to find out more information about her great-grandfather.
While she didn't find a direct connection from her family to William Faulkner, Vance cam...
UNT journalism faculty member available for comment on Brian Williams
"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams temporarily stepped down from the newscast beginning Monday (Feb. 9) after admitting to falsely stating that he was on a helicopter in Iraq that was hit by a grenade. Williams has also cancelled his scheduled appearance on CBS' "Late Show" with David Letterman, which was to have been Thursday (Feb. 12).
Neil Foote, principal lecturer in the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, is available t...
UNT Theatre performs "The Diver's Wife," an original play written by senior student, March 11-14
What: The Diver's Wife, a play written by senior theatre major Lauren Belmore. In the play, a woman has to process her grief after a tragic loss. Presented by the UNT Department of Dance and Theatre.
When: 7:30 p.m. March 11-13 (Wednesday-Friday), 2 p.m. March 14 (Saturday)
Where: Studio Theater, located in the RTFP Building, 1179 Union Circle, Denton
Tickets:...
Dental office rounds out Student Health and Wellness Center at UNT
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- On-site Dental Solutions has partnered with the Student Health and Wellness Center at the University of North Texas to provide students, faculty and staff a dental office on campus. The office is scheduled to open the week of Feb. 9 in room 154 of Chestnut Hall, 1800 Chestnut Street.
In the last two years, the Student Health and Wellness Center has added a new dietician, psychiatrist, heal...
Developing new building materials
Research studying cold-formed steel and its applications as a construction material could make buildings more structurally sound and less susceptible to damage brought by natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes.
Cheng Yu, associate professor and coordinator of UNTs construction engineering technology program, is leading that research at UNT's College of Engineering,...
UNT Department of Media Arts receives $25,000 from Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tennessee, that promotes the growth of country radio and the country music industry through education programs, has donated $25,000 to the University of North Texas' Department of Media Arts for a scholarship endowment.
The County Radio Broadcasters scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate students majoring in radio, television and film who plan to pursue careers in radio, have completed at l...
UNT on the Square exhibits photographs taken for the novel, "The Lazarus Project"
What: Inside The Lazarus Project, an exhibition of photographs by Velibor Božović that pair with the novel written by UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Artist-in-Residence Aleksandar Hemon.
When/Where: UNT on the Square, Feb. 27 (Friday) to March 27 (Friday). Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday with extended hours to 8 p.m. Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Where: 109 N. Elm St., Denton
Cost: Free, open to the public
What else:...
UNT spring enrollment climbs as 34,163 students enroll
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Spring enrollment at the University of North Texas increased over 2014 with 34,163 students enrolled. In addition, students are taking more class hours, indicating a continued focus on academic achievement.
"UNT's student retention efforts and programs such as Eagle Express, which offers a $3,000 refund for those graduating in four years, are paying off as students are more focused on earning their degrees, taking more semester hours to graduate in a timely manner," said...
University of North Texas Libraries to house archives of Dallas' Black Academy of Arts and Letters
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- During the past 38 years, a nonprofit cultural arts institution in downtown Dallas has hosted Academy Award nominees, Grammy winners and some of America's most noted jazz musicians and comedians, as well as unknown performers who later became famous.
Programs, posters, photos and video recordings from these performances at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and other items from the academy's archives, will be housed at the...
UNT TAMS student named 2015 Intel Science Talent Search finalist
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Lily Liu, a second-year student in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas, has been named a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search.
Liu, from Plano, was chosen as one of 40 finalists in the U.S. for her research, "Oxidative Cleavage of Methoxyethane by Transition Metal Atoms: A Computational Study on Catalytic Properties of Metals and Performance of DFT Functionals." Liu researched in U...