The University of North Texas College of Engineering will receive $750,000 from the Office of Naval Research over the next three years to fund educational and research initiatives in materials, manufacturing and electronics. 

This initiative will focus on highlighting the benefits of miniaturized systems, such as sensors and actuators, that are at the heart of micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanotechnology, particularly for radio fre...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Ten journalists and writers were awarded top prizes at the University of North Texas 2019 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event, now in its 15th year, brings together storytellers who are dedicated to the art of narrative nonfiction.

Among the awards, the conference honors great literary journalism and creative nonfiction with its Book Manuscript, Reported Narrative and Personal Essay writing contests.

All...

DENTON (UNT), TEXAS – For the fifth time in seven years, a “Washington Post” reporter has claimed the top prize in the annual Best American Newspaper Narratives writing contest sponsored by the University of North Texas’ Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. 

The conference, in its 15th year, is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism in t...

The University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service is bringing experts together from across multiple disciplines to combat homelessness and criminal recidivism in rural communities. 

Subject matter experts in the departments of Public Administration, Rehabilitation and Health Services and Crimi...

What:“Justice in America,” 15th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference

When: July 19 – 21 (Friday – Sunday) 

Where:Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, 1800 Highway 26 East in Grapevine, Texas 

Cost:Tickets range from $60 to $475. Register at ...

What: The University of North Texas Kristin Farmer Autism Center’s 11th annual Adventures in Autism Intervention and Research Conference

When: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. July 20 (Saturday) 

Where: UNT’s Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Blvd., Denton

Registration: $75 for professionals/general public and $65 for students/UNT alumni; A grant from the...

University of North Texas Ph.D. candidate, Amy Wynia, traveled more than 6,000 miles to Navarino Island in southern-most Chile to explore the forests in search of the Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus), the largest woodpecker in South America. While Wynia went to the ends of the earth to collect information for her Ph.D. dissertation, she also went because she really loves woodpeckers.

“The first time I actually held a woodpecker… that moment of me connecting with that bird in my hand and feeling those stiff tail feathers...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) — The University of North Texas is partnering with the Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas to help Mexican nationals in the U.S. successfully integrate into communities through education, financial literacy and health.

UNT alumna and graduate student, Brenda Barajas, works in the university’s Office of Outreach and serves as a liaison to the Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas as part of a program and partnership call...

New technology will soon join the fight against credit card theft thanks to an invention by The University of North Texas Cyber Forensics Technology Lab, headed by Scott Belshaw, an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, along with Michael Saylor, president of Cyber Defense Labs. 

The team, which includes a group of ...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Guohua Feng, a professor in the University of North Texas Department of Economics, has been named a fellow in The Society for Economic Measurement.

The international professional society founded in 2013 promotes the advancement of research on economic measurement. SEM selects fellows based on their work to evolve applied or theoretical economic measurement, according to the society’s bylaws. Feng joins a list of SEM fellows, which...