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UNT College of Music doctoral student named international peace scholar
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Juana Monsalve, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in music performance, has been awarded the P.E.O., or Philanthropic Educational Organization, International Peace Scholarship. Ten UNT students have received a total of 15 P.E.O. scholarships since 2002.
Monsalve, a native of Colombia, is a classically trained singer who...
UNT’s Texas Fashion Collection presents exhibition of kimonos at NorthPark Center
What: “Reimagining the Kimono,” an exhibition featuring 13 kimonos from the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas.
When: May 1 (Monday) to June 27 (Tuesday).
Where: NorthPark Center, 8687 North Central Expressway, Dallas.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- One of the most iconic garments in the world – the kimono – gets its own exhibition from the Texas Fashion Collection of the Univer...
UNT professor's work on modern Arab art earns her spot as one of eight influential female art historians
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When Nada Shabout was studying modern Arab art as a graduate student, she didn’t have all of the resources she needed.
She has made it her mission to promote that field. Now the University of North Texas art history professor is co-editing a book on the subject for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. And, artsy.net named her as one of “Eight Influential Female Art Historians You Should Know”, citing h...
Registration open for UNT day camp for children with speech, language and hearing disorders
What: Registration opens for Camp Communicate, a one-week day camp
sponsored by the University of Nort...
UNT professor gets new opportunity to combine leadership skills and science
DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Pamela Padilla, an associate professor of biology at the University of North Texas and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the new College of Science has spent her career studying science, doing research in the field of genetics and teaching. Her efforts have brought her great success with everything from awards to publicat...
Political scientists available to discuss Trump's first 100 days in office
Donald Trump's first 100 days as president end this Saturday, April 29. Those 100 days have been marked by criticism over Trump's failed efforts to convince Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and his failure to enact executive orders to limit U.S. immigration of those in certain nations with ties to terrorism.
However, Trump successfully filled the vacant seat on the Supreme Court with Neil Gorsuch, who was sworn in less...
UNT research professor awarded Fulbright scholarship
Rhonda Christensen, a research professor in the Department of Learning Technologies in the College of Information at the University of North Texas, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholarship.
The scholarship will allow Christensen to work with faculty at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands to develop research plans to infuse technology in edu...
UNT’s ArtWear 2017 highlights graduating seniors’ fashion design talents
What: ArtWear 2017, the annual juried exhibition of the graduating seniors’ work in the fashion design program at the University of North Texas.
When: 6 p.m. May 6 (Saturday).
Where: UNT Union Ballroom, 1155 Union Circle, Denton.
Cost: $40 general admission or $25 for UNT student/faculty/staff. Purchase tickets online at www.untuniontickets.com.
More Information: Parking is available in Lot 54, near...
UNT jazz celebrates 70th anniversary at Arts & Jazz Festival with top ensembles
DENTON (UNT), Texas – It has been 70 years since the University of North Texas launched the now-acclaimed Jazz Studies program – the first of its kind in the U.S. In honor of this milestone, the College of Music will be releasing Legacy — Neil Slater at North Texas – a four-CD box set – at the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. Along with hundreds of archival photos spanning the career of Slater, Professor Emeritus and...
UNT’s Jazz Singers CD offers something for everyone
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A newly released CD by the award-winning University of North Texas College of Music’s Jazz Singers weaves together traditional and contemporary jazz, with rock, big band swing and even Brazilian flare.
Titled “Groovin’ Hard,” the CD includes nine pieces, five of which were arranged by current or former UNT students. All of the pieces – save one – were arranged specifically for th...