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UNT engineer teams with local startup to develop portable computing system
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Associate Professor Shengli Fu has teamed with Dallas-based Myth Innovations to develop the Mi World™ Portable Computing System (PCS), which is a revolutionary next step for PCs and mobile devices. Mi World™ PCS is a secure portable computer, media server and personal cloud – all in one small device that fits a consumer's hand and allows them to carry, connect to an...
UNT anthropologist uses EAGER award to study collaborative decision-making
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When two people disagree about something each feels passionately about, communication can be frustrating. When groups must work together to meet common goals, communication can be even more challenging. University of North Texas professor of anthropology Christina Wasson has received a National Science Foundation EAGER grant of nearly $25,000 to study collaborative decision-making proces...
Literary agents available to meet with attendees of Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Attendees of this year's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, hosted annually by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism in the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, will learn about the larger literary world from a book editor and several literary agents in "Unveiling the Mystery: Writing, Editing and Publishing for the Literary Market," a panel discussi...
Workshop headed by UNT's clarinet faculty, Fort Worth Symphony clarinetist to draw high schoolers nationwide
What: ClarEssentials High School Clarinet Workshop at the University of North Texas, led by all four UNT clarinet faculty members (details at http://music.unt.edu/clarinet/claressentials)
When: June 25-28 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Where: UNT Music Building, 415 Avenue C, Denton
Contact: Kimberly Cole Luevano at 940-565-4096 or Kimberly.Cole@unt.edu
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UNT Jazz Studies students win 10 DownBeat music awards
DENTON (UNT), Texas – UNT College of Music Jazz Studies program students and ensembles were recognized with 10 DownBeat Student Music Awards this year. The prestigious awards were announced in the current (June) issue of the national jazz magazine "DownBeat."
Among the winners was the Two O'Clock Lab Band, Large Jazz Ensemble Graduate College Winner based on their work on the CD Kind of Two. The Two O'Clock Lab Band was directed by Jay Saunde...
UNT faculty conducting video game study at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
What: Children ages 5-12 and their parents can participate in a University of North Texas research study examining whether playing video games can be beneficial to a child's physical and cognitive well-being.
Participants will play Dance Dance Revolution and Wii Sports
When: 1-4 p.m. May 10, 17 and 24 (Saturdays). Times for Saturdays in June, July and August to be decided.
Where: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth
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Graduating student finds inspiration at UNT to help others
Success doesn't happen overnight. Kelly Savage knows that better than anyone.
Nineteen years after her high school graduation, Kelly Savage is realizing her dream of earning a college degree. And now, she wants to become a teacher, helping others on that same path to education.
Savage -- a UNT College of Education student, first-generation college student and mother of six -- will walk across the stage to get her degree at 7 p.m. May 9 (Friday) in the UNT Coliseum, 600 Ave. D....
UNT College of Music faculty, students to teach and perform in Vietnam in late May
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Faculty and students from UNT's College of Music will perform three concerts and teach master classes in Vietnam later this month as part of a visit conceived and organized by a doctoral violin student.
Chuong Vu, who was born and raised in Vietnam, wanted to share the talents of his fellow students and faculty members from UNT with aspiring musicians in his native country.
Many students and faculty members in the college spend the summer teaching and performing internationally during the summer – anoth...
UNT hosts 4th annual international cold-formed steel competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas is hosting the 2014 International Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design for the fourth year, and entries can now be submitted to UNT's College of Engineering.
Created by Engineering Technology Associate Professor Cheng Yu, the competition helps build interest in cold-formed steel, an economical and recyclable construction material.
Full-time undergraduate and graduate students from any university in the world can enter the competition. Entrie...
UNT senior awarded for leadership, service through social work
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When Jordan Holley enrolled in the Introduction to Social Work class at the University of North Texas, she had no idea the class would change her life. But it did. And the social work major and graduating senior has been changing the lives of others ever since, both as an advocate for disenfranchised populations and as a leader for fellow social workers.
UNT's Social Work program, based in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, recently rec...