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UNT professors can offer insight on culture, history during Hispanic Heritage Month
DENTON (UNT), Texas –Communities across the U.S. are celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month including the University of North Texas, which is hosting on-campus events showcasing Hispanic culture, history and more.
UNT is home to scholars across a variety of disciplines who dedicate their studies toward Hispanic culture and history.
- Priscilla Solis Ybarra in the Department of English specializes in contemporary Chicana/o literature and ecocritic...
Rare, STEM-designated MBA in business analytics at UNT gets green light for fall 2019
DENTON (UNT), Texas — One of the nation’s first Master of Business Administration degrees in business analytics designed around the STEM fields has been approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Starting August 2019, students can begin taking classes for the program through the University of North Texas College of Business.
“We are now one of the only M.B.A. degrees in the U.S. with a STEM-designation,” said Leon Kappelman,...
UNT hosts event on autism, featuring Sesame Street’s Julia
Who: “Sesame Street’s” Julia, the first Muppet with autism;
Maria Galarza, assistant vice president, Sesame Workshop;
Susan Nichols, associate executive director at the UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center;
Karen Toussaint, assistant professor in UNT’s Department of Behavior Analysis and a researcher with the UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center;
James...
UNT art professor creates awareness of sexual assault against women on college campuses
What: “YOU ARE HER” performance art installation and exhibit designed by UNT sculpture professor Alicia Eggert.
When: Running until Sept. 29 (Saturday)
Where: Outside the Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, 2900 W. Berry St.; Outside the Moudy South building, 2805 S. University Drive; “Pop-up” performances on the...
What’s the shape of business education in Texas? State deans’ group brings 2018 conference to UNT.
Media: Journalists interested in covering the event should contact Monique.Bird@unt.edu or 940-369-7782.
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Higher ups from business schools across the state are headed to the University of North Texas College of Business for an annual event meant to bring together the top leadership from Texas’ business-education programs.
The Council of Texas Business Deans will hold its yearly conference and meeting on Sept....
UNT is greener than green
TheUniversity of North Texas will continue using 100 percent renewable energy for electricity for two more years, thanks to a $120,000 grant from the university’s We Mean Green Fund. The fund, which is contributed to by UNT students through an environmental services student fee, is used for student-led environmental sustainability projects across campus such as energy/water conservation, waste reduction, recycling, sustainable campus dining and other student projects.
“At this time, U...
Acclaimed photojournalists discuss truth and visualization in the age of “fake news”
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Five award-winning photojournalists, including both Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winners, will discuss the ethical and technical boundaries of intimate, firsthand visual reporting in a panel discussion entitled “Seeing and Believing in the Age of Fake News: Finding Truth in Visual Journalism.”
The discussion, accompanied by a traveling photo exhibit, takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 (Thursday) in the University Union Lyceum (r...
UNT Visiting Writers Series returns Sept. 27
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas will host three nationally renowned authors this fall as part of the UNT Visiting Writers Series.
Each semester, Creative Writing in the Department of English invites distinguished authors to the Denton campus for a series of readings and book signings.
The fall 2018 edition o...
UNT honors outstanding alumni at annual dinner
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in UNT's Apogee Stadium HUB Club. The reception will begin at 6 p.m.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7JrMS-7srGs
This is the 53rd anniversary of the alumni awards program, which showcases the caliber of the university’s alumni and celebrates the depth and breadth of their professional accomplishments and service to t...
UNT professor to discuss impacts of oil spills on fish
University of North Texas Department of Biological Sciences professor Aaron Roberts will present his research on the impacts of oil spills on fish at 4 p.m. Sept. 26 (Wednesday) in the Lyceum (room 226) of the University Union, located at 1155 Union Circle Dr. The event, part of an on-going series called SMART Talks sponsored by the College of Science, is free and open to the public.
“On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon, a deep-water oil rig in the Gul...