DENTON (UNT), Texas – Spring enrollment at the University of North Texas is holding steady with 35,465 students taking classes at the most comprehensive university in the North Texas region.
Enrollment in online classes at UNT this spring is the highest it’s been during a spring semester – up 16.6 percent – from 13,738 students enrolled in 377 courses last spring to 16,013 students enrolled in 411 courses this spring. In addition, enrollment at the New College in Frisco increased 72 percent from 526 students last spring to 905 students this spring.
“The increases in UNT’s online...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - The seventh annual National Student Electronic Music Event is coming to the University of North Texas College of Music. There have been 157 submissions for the festival, including works for fixed media (stereo and multichannel), instruments + electronics, audiovisual works, actor + electronics and one sound installation for robotic performers.
What: The 7th annual National Student Electronic Music Festiva...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - A prolific poet and an award-winning novelist will visit the University of North Texas this spring.
Poet Ruth Ellen Kocher and Booker Prize-winning novelist Paul Beatty will speak at UNT as part of the Visiting Writers Series. The event is sponsored by the Department of English.
Ruth Ellen Kocher: February 27 (Tuesday)
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas will host several activities and lectures this semester focused on learning about and enjoying other cultures. The events – hosted by UNT International – are free, will take place on the UNT campus in Denton and are open to media and the public.
UNT International Opportunities Fair: The fair will provide information about conversation partners — native English speakers who are matched with international students in UNT’s Intensi...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Bruce Broughton, 10-time Emmy Award winner and 2017-18 University of North Texas composer-in-residence, will return to the College of Music to join the Symphonic Band in a performance of his compositions and participate in a unique on-stage conversation where he will discuss his music, career and contributions live for the audience. Media: Download image...
What: The 18th annual Equity and Diversity Conference at the University of North Texas, featuring keynote speaker Rosa Clemente, scholar-activist, journalist and 2...
What: Urban Encounters:People, Places and Politics of the City, a roundtable symposium from the UNT Urban Network.
When: 2-5 p.m. Feb. 5 (Monday).
Where: Willis Library, room 140.
Cost: Free.
DENTON (UNT), Texas — A broad group of faculty comprising the new UNT “Urban Network” is holding their first event called “Urban Encounters:People...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Nada Shabout, art history professor and coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative in the College of Visual Arts and Design, has earned a $50,000 Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
The grant was created to support writers who address contemporary visual art. Shabout was one of only 20 selected for awards and one of eight recipients in the “Books”...
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DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas researchers in the College of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering have created a uniform, thin, two-dimensional material that could revolutionize materials science. Their...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two University of North Texas alumni were part of projects that earned three awards at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Jan. 28). Here is a round-up of the winners:
Edward Stephan
Alumnus Edward Stephan is a timpanist for the Pittsburgh Orchestra, which won in the categories of Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Orchestral Performance.
Frank Greene
Alumnus Frank Greene is lead trumpet for the Christian McBride Big Band,...