DENTON (UNT), Texas - The Pecan Creek Pollinative Prairie at the University of North Texas will gain a new pavilion and observational dock thanks to funding from the Diamond Eagles Society.

The Diamond Eagles Society selected the Pollinative Prairie to receive its 2023 funding, totaling $77,500 for a new expansion project — the Diamond Eagles Community a...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Jannon Fuchs, professor in the University of North Texas’ Department of Biological Sciences, has been selected as the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) - Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee.

Founded in 1978, CUR focuses on providing high-quality and collaborative undergraduate research, scholarly and creative activity. The award gifts $5,000 for the awardee’s undergraduate research program.

“The CUR-Goldwater Scholars Program highlights the importance...

DENTON, Texas – The University of North Texas' Dining Services achieved not one, but two golds and a silver award for their already award-winning food and service on campus.

The latest accolades come from the National Association of College & University Food Services. UNT Dining Services is no stranger to the organization’s Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards that celebrate innovative ideas and program implementation. The department won in three categories for 2023. Two gold prizes were named in the residential and catering categories — both for s...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas College of Engineering assistant professor Melanie Ecker earned the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious recognition for early career faculty.

Ecker will use the $553,036 award given through the NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to further her research on using smart polymers for biomedical applications.

NSF CAREER awards are g...

Creative research is backed by UNT’s Institute for the Advancement of the Arts program

DENTON (UNT), Texas —  From a multi-suite musical work based on the historical events of 2020 and an exhibition on the bolo tie to a project documenting the story of Denton through a community-designed performance, three University of North Texas professors will be pursuing creative research projects in the next year as the 2023-24 Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Faculty Fellows.

UNT is committed to fostering creativity and launched the IA...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The leader of UNT’s Student Money Management Center earned national recognition for his contributions to the financial wellness movement.

Paul Goebel, the founder and director of UNT’s Student Money Management Center, was honored with the 2023 Financial Education Instructor of the Year Award from the National Financial Educators Council. Since 2011, the award has acknowledged the commitment of financial educators and the positive impact they leave on the lives of the people they reach....

The Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility will leverage research across academic disciplines and industry expertise

DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas College of Engineering and College of Information researchers are part of a national effort to foster more collaboration in the development of emerging vehicle technologies.

Through the Center for Electric, Connected and Auto...

The team will focus on transforming logistics in the Texoma Region, which covers 26 counties and is bordered on the south by the Dallas-Fort Worth area and north by the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma.

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas Arlington, Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Dallas College along with a network of 25 other participating organizations in North Central Texas and Southeastern Oklahoma, have been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas will celebrate graduates in 12 ceremonies this week.

During Spring 2023 Commencement ceremonies May 12-14 (Friday-Sunday), the university expects more than 6,700 students to celebrate the completion of bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees during the spring and summer semesters.

Opal Lee (’63 M.Ed.) will receive an honorary doctorate degree as part of UNT’s Spring 2023 Commencement events. She led the successful charge to make Juneteenth a national holiday — earning admiration and accolad...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Charles Wood, a graduate student in the University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service, earned a $40,000 Rotary Global Grant to pursue his dream of leading local government and community efforts to address the growing need for affordable and accessible housing.

Wood will graduate from UNT in May with his Master of Public Administration, with concentrations in nonprofit and local government management. In August 2023, he will head to the Netherlands to attend...