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UNT on the Square exhibition features monumental works of free form painting by professor Robert Jessup
What: Robert Jessup: Four Paintings, 2014, and exhibition of four vast paintings by University of North Texas painting and drawing professor Robert Jessup
When: Aug. 25 (Monday) - Sept. 25 (Thursday); Gallery hours: 9 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursdays; and 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., Denton
Cost: Free
What else: A reception wil...
UNT forensic chemist creates analysis device for U.S. Department of Justice to detect fraudulent documents
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Associate Professor of Chemistry Guido Verbeck has created a device for the U.S. Department of Justice that will allow investigators to analyze inks, paints, papers and other materials criminals use to create counterfeit documents.
The device is a re-creation of the original nanomanipulator Verbeck invented in 2006, which allows users to extract and analyze chemicals at the nanoscale, even within the ridges of a fingerprint.
"This new device is set u...
UNT's hospitality management program to offer free coffee class by South Korean expert
What: "The Discovery of Coffee" -- A free class at the University of NorthTexas taught by Nahie Kim, World Coffee Events coordinator for the Korea Coffee Association and a visiting faculty member in UNT's College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism.
When: 9:30 a.m.-noon Aug. 5-7 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Where: Marriott Culinary Laboratory, Room 322 of UNT's Chilton Hall, 410 S. Ave. C (southwest corner of Avenue C and Chestnut Street)
DENTON (UNT), Texas...
UNT summer commencement set for Aug. 8, 9
What: Summer commencement ceremonies at the University of North Texas
When: Doctoral and master's commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. Aug. 8 (Friday); baccalaureate commencement ceremonies at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 9 (Saturday)
Where: UNT Coliseum, 600 Ave. D in Denton
DENTON (UNT), Texas – More than 1,800 students are expected to receive degrees from the University of North Texas this summer. Commencement ceremonies are set...
Press passes available Aug. 18 Steve Wozniak event at UNT
What: Steve Wozniak, inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, will speak Aug. 18 (Monday) as part of the University of North Texas Distinguished Lecture Series. Tickets go on sale Aug. 1 (Friday), and can be purchased online. Student tickets are free and students will swipe their student ID cards at the UNT Coliseum doors prior to the event. Student guest tickets are $10; UNT faculty, staff and a...
UNT student named Outstanding Foreign Student by Dallas/Fort Worth Consular Corps
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- With a mother who married at age 16 and completed only elementary and junior high school, University of North Texas student Gulin "Eva" Gelogullari knew she wanted to have a college education. A native of the Black Sea Region of the Republic of Turkey, Gelogullari remembers her mother taking her and her brother to Ankara, the capital city, when she was 12. The family visited both the city's richest and poorest neighborhoods.
"I didn't understand what she was doing at the time, but she showed me the life that I could obtain, whil...
How can family businesses be successful?
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- How do Mom and Dad juggle being both parent and boss to children working in a family-owned business? How do they decide which family member will be named a successor? How do brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, parents and children handle the delicate mix of family and business while working together?
The challenges facing family-owned businesses will be discussed in a new class offered for the first time this fall through the University of North Texas College of Business. The class makes u...
UNT jazz bass professor receives Fulbright to teach in Latvia
DENTON (UNT), Texas – UNT College of Music jazz bass professor Lynn Seaton has been named a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar and will depart in August for Latvia, where he will teach for the fall 2014 semester.
At the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia, Seaton will teach jazz bass and improvisation for all instruments, as well as coach music ensembles, he said.
"I'm very excited and very curious about what to expect," said Seaton, who has never visited Latvia. "I have performed in more than...
UNT to host Collegiate World Series for Latino high school seniors
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- While the most elite college and university baseball players in the U.S. head to Omaha every summer for the College World Series, some of the most accomplished Hispanic high school seniors in the U.S. play their own series every summer -- the Collegiate World Series offered by the National Hispanic Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Texas.
But the Collegiate World Series isn't a sports tournament. Instead, it's a program to prepar...
UNT faculty members available to speak on crash of Malaysia Airlines passenger plane
Today (Thursday, July 17), a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Ukraine near the Russian border, according to Ukrainian officials. All 295 passengers and crew on the aircraft are believed dead, and the incident touched off immediate finger-pointing between Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government.
A University of North Texas faculty member is available to discuss this unfolding story:
John Ishiyama, professor in UNT's Department of Political Science, has been a...