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Drone research at UNT improves communication after disasters, earned faculty invite to White House and U.S. summit
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Days after returning from a White House presentation of their use of drones to create Internet hotspots and restore communication after a disaster, two University of North Texas faculty members are headed to the US Ignite Application Summit for a live demonstration of the project June 24 – 27 in Silicon Valley, California.
Political scientist, military historian will comment on fall of Iraqi cities to militants, possible U.S. action
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the U.S. could launch air strikes in response to militants from the Islamic State of Iraq seizing Mosul and several other cities during the past week. Kerry also did not rule out joint action between the U.S. and Iran to help prop up the government of their mutual ally, Iraq.
The following University of North Texas faculty members are available to discuss topics related to this continuing story:
Dr. J. Michael Greig is a University Distinguished Teaching P...
UNT students earn prizes at Northwestern Mutual case competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Three teams of University of North Texas students earned cash prizes totaling $7,400 in the Spring 2014 Northwestern Mutual Integrated Business Case Competition. The competition has been held twice every year at UNT since 1995 as part of the capstone course for graduating seniors in the UNT College of Business.
Students in the competition get hands-on experience solving complex problems for a real-world client. This year, the teams helped TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation develop a pl...
UNT names new Alumni Association executive director
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Robert McInturf recently joined the University of North Texas as executive director of the UNT Alumni Association. He comes to UNT from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he was director of alumni relations and executive director of the UNCW Alumni Association.
McInturf said he hopes to capitalize on the university's growing academic reputation, entrepreneurial spirit and athletics success to build alumni engagement.
"Engaging alumni in the life of the university needs to be at the cor...
Innovative UNT logistics program earns Southwestern Business Deans' Association award
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- In today's global marketplace, business graduates may have to work with co-workers scattered across the world -- and they may never meet face to face.
So how do you learn how to work on a team with one person in Austria, another in Finland and yet another in China when you're in Texas?
Dr. Ted Farris, professor of logistics in the University of North Texas College of Business, developed a program that earned the Bobby G. Bizzell Innovative Achievement Award from the...
UNT education professor earns award from Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Lyndal M. Bullock, Regents Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology in the University of North Texas College of Education, was presented in April with the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders for his contributions to the field....
UNT communication design student wins silver at national advertising competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas – A University of North Texas communication design student from Coppell who recently won Best in Show at a Fort Worth advertising design competition took home a silver national American Advertising Federation "ADDY" award May 31 in Boca Raton, Florida.
The "Addy" Award is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting more than 40,000 entries every year. The mission of the American Advertising Awards competition is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertisin...
UNT summer camp boosts communication skills for kids with speech, language and hearing disorders
What: University of North Texas Camp Communicate is a language-rich, summer day camp sponsored by the UNT Speech and Hearing Center for children ages 5-12 with speech, language and hearing disorders. Registration deadline is June 4.
When: 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 9-13 (Monday – Friday). Drop off begins at 8:30 a.m.
Where: Location Monday-Thursday:
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UNT's Portal to Texas History named a Service Hub by Digital Public Library of America
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Portal to Texas History, administered by the University of North Texas Libraries to provide access to more than 385,000 digitized books, photographs, maps, newspapers, letters and other historic materials, has been named a Service Hub by the Digital Public Library of America.
The DPLA Service Hubs are state or regional digital libraries that aggregate information about digital objects from libraries, arc...
One success builds on another for UNT foster care advocacy group
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Good things come in pairs for PUSH, Persevere UNTil Success Happens, a University of North Texas organization that gives support to UNT students formerly in the foster care or child welfare system, and also provides support to foster children in the Denton community. A featured speaker engagement at a national conference and an award by a community organization are among a string of recent honors bestowed on PUSH for its role helping foster care youth succeed.
"Success is our motto. Our...