DENTON (UNT), Texas -- For the second year in a row, the University of North Texas' College of Information had more students selected as American Library Association Spectrum Scholars than any other library and information science program at a Texas college or university.

Four UNT students were named 2014 Spectrum Scholars and will each receive $5,000 for one academic year. The Spectrum Scholarships are considered to be among the most prestigious scholarships for students earning graduate degrees in library and information science. Twenty UNT students...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas' fall enrollment saw increases in the number of continuing students and the number of courses taken. In addition, more than 4,700 students are taking advantage of UNT's new 4-year graduation incentive program, Eagle Express, which will save each student $3,000 if he or she graduates within four years.

"Almost 50 percent of our incoming freshmen opted into the Eagle Express plan," said Neal Smatresk, UNT president. "We believe this is the most popular alternative tuition plan in Texas."

The Eagle Express Tuition Plan locks in s...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Novelist and essayist Jo Ann Beard will open the University of North Texas' 2014-2015 Visiting Writers Series with a reading on Sept. 25 (Thursday). She will be followed by poet and essayist Dan Beachy-Quick, who will host a reading on Oct. 7 (Tuesday).

Jo Ann Beard

Sept. 25 (Thursday)

4 p.m. -- Question-and-answer session for students, Room 204, UNT's Curry Hall, 200 Avenue A

8 p.m. -- Reading and b...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Aditya Vaidya is conducting advanced engineering research at the University of North Texas that could help cities better manage mosquito-borne illness outbreaks. Vaidya is just 16-years-old.

Vaidya is a first-year student in UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and will present his research at the annual Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sept. 23....

U.S. officials have announced that several Arab states have offered to fly airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq alongside the efforts of the U.S. military, and France has sent fighter jets on a reconnaissance mission over Iraq -- taking a step closer to becoming an ally to the U.S. in efforts to defeat Islamic State fighters in Iraq.

The following University of North Texas faculty members will comment on President Obama's plans to establish a broad coalition against ISIS, and the world response.

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What: Work from three University of North Texas alumni, photographer Rachel Cox, painter Xiaoze Xie and mixed media artist Elliott Johnson, will be on display. The three artists received one of the Dallas Museum of Art's Awards to Artists.

When: A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 4 (Saturday). The exhibit will run Oct. 4 - Dec. 4 (Thursday)

Gallery hours: 5–8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.–2 p....

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Leaders in business will speak about careers, leadership skills and industry issues in the University of North Texas College of Business' Distinguished Speaker Series, beginning this month with a lecture from Jim Skinner, executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Neiman Marcus Group.

Skinner will speak from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 (Friday) in Room 1...

What: UNT Opera and chamber orchestra's dramatic concert performance of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).

When: 3 p.m. Sept. 21 (Sunday)

Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Denton. The concert will also be streamed online.

Tickets: $15 each. Purchase tickets online or by calling the Murch...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Alexis Wormington, a University of North Texas junior studying biology, has received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunities undergraduate fellowship to further her research on how titanium dioxide nanoparticles affect aquatic ecosystems.

"Titanium dioxide can be found in sunscreens, cosmetics, paints and a number of everyday products," Wormington said. "I'm interested in finding out how sunlight and various concentr...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Leaders in business will speak about careers, leadership skills and industry issues in the University of North Texas College of Business' Distinguished Speaker Series, beginning this month with a lecture from Jim Skinner, executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Neiman Marcus Group.

Skinner will speak from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 (Friday) in Room 1...