A grand jury has decided not to indict Darren Wilson, a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, for the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in August. The decision, announced Monday evening (Nov. 24) stirred protests in Ferguson that police countered with tear gas.

Meredith Clark, assistant professor in the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, is available to discuss social media reaction to the decision. She conducts research on race...

What: Five University of North Texas students who are first-year students in the master of fine arts program in documentary film will present the documentaries they created during the 2014 fall semester

When: 7 p.m. Dec. 4 (Thursday)

Where: Room 184 of UNT's Radio, Television, Film and...

For some University of North Texas economics students, their latest research project is not just a way to develop business-world skills and gain experience to put on their resumes. It’s a project that will help feed the hungry.  

UNT economics students and faculty members are using their expertise to help Denton soup kitchen Our Daily Bread design a statistical model that can better forecast how many lunches the community soup kitchen will need to prepare each weekday. The model will take into consideration historical data and var...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing received several MarCom awards for excellence in promotional materials. The materials were prepared to promote UNT's range of innovative academic, research and student programs as well as the university's value to the North Texas region and state.

The UNT division earned the following recognitions:

• Platinum award -- How to Choose the Right...

During the 2013 holiday shopping season, more retailers followed a trend that began in 2012 – breaking tradition by opening for business before midnight on Thanksgiving Day instead of waiting until “Black Friday.”

This year, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Macy’s and JCPenney are among those retailers that will open on Thanksgiving Day. Many will wait until evening to open, but Kmart is opening at 6 a.m. on what some critics have dubbed “Black Thursday.” Unlike 2013, however, other retailers, including Costco, Marshalls and GameStop, are riding the backlash against an even earlier start to t...

On Thursday evening (Nov. 20), President Barack Obama will give a televised speech that will outline an executive order to relax U.S. immigration policy and grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants.

The following University of North Texas faculty members in the Department of Political Science are available to comment on the speech and the executive order.

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, an associate professor, researches American politica...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Three University of North Texas students are the winners of a nationwide virtual stock trading competition sponsored by TD Ameritrade Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD). The GoMeanGreen team outperformed teams from 96 colleges and universities, growing its portfolio by 213.04 percent and a final portfolio value of $1,565,175.83 at the end of four weeks of trading.

The team consisted of three undergraduates from UNT's Student Investment Group: sophomore Mason Hendrickson, 27, a finance major from Muskogee, Oklahoma;...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas has named Glênisson de Oliveira dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS). He will begin serving as TAMS dean in January 2015.

"Glênisson de Oliveira brings a wonderful combination of enthusiasm, creativity, energy and experience to the important position of TAMS dean," said UNT Provost Warren Burggren. "TAMS is one of UNT's signature programs, and I am delighted that we have been able to attract leadership of this caliber."

De Oliveira has a...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Jane Gilday, managing director of Dallas-based investment firm Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney and Strauss, will discuss her career, leadership skills and industry issues in the UNT College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series.

Gilday will speak at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 (Friday) in Room 170 of the Business Leadership Building, 1307 W. Highland St. in Denton.

Admission is free.

Gilday began her career as a securities analyst...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Deborah Clark and Emry Birdwell manage 14,200 acres of ranch land in Henrietta, Texas, located in Clay County. Clark and Birdwell focus on wildlife sustainability and sustainable grazing, and have seen a 452 percent improvement in bobwhite quail populations on their land this fall, earning them the 2014 UNT Quail Keystone Ranch Award.

"We are most excited to be the first recipient of this award. Most of the credit for this increase in quail numbers goes to Mother Nature who brought scarce but timely rains this...