DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A University of North Texas education professor's research revealed new insight into a state program aimed at encouraging students to learn multiple languages. The Seal of Biliteracy is an award given to students who prove they have attained proficiency in two or more languages by the time they graduate high school.

The program was signed into Texas law in 2013, but it is voluntary for school districts. UNT assistant professor of bilingual and ESL education Ricardo Gonzalez-Carriedo and former doctoral student Alexandra Babino worked together to see how benefici...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and the school's Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism have received the 2016 Equity & Diversity Award from the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Mayborn representatives received the award at the AEJMC's annual conference, held Aug. 4-7 in Minneapolis.

Presented annually since 2009 to one college or university jo...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- University of North Texas researchers conducted one of the first studies of the dating app Tinder and have found that men are most at risk for lowered self-esteem while using the app. This finding is surprising compared to past research, which has shown that women's self-perceptions are most affected by visual media including magazines, television and social networking sites.

Jessica Strubel, assistant professor in UNT's...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas ambassadors – both faculty and students, as well as President Neal Smatresk – are heading to Cuba in May 2017 to pursue educational and cultural opportunities. UNT will be one of the first American universities to collaborate with Cuba.

Smatresk sees the Cuba trip as a chance for UNT to expand its international reach and studies.

"I'm thrilled about the potential to develop research and educational opportunities in Cuba," Smatresk said. "This trip opens the door for collaborations, faculty and student exchanges and the chance to l...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Claire Vaye Watkins will judge the 2017 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, a writing contest hosted by the University of North Texas. Watkins is the author of Gold Fame Citrusand Battleborn, which won her the Story Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Texas' annual sales tax holiday runs Aug. 5 – 7 (Friday through Sunday) this year, with state shoppers saving about $8 on every $100 spent on most clothes, backpacks, shoes and other school-related supplies priced under $100. Paul Goebel, senior director of the University of North Texas Student Money Management Center, can talk to media about ways families can stay within their budgets and get the most bang for their buck during the tax-fre...

DENTON (UNT), Texas − Today, the University of North Texas System Board of Regents voted unanimously to appoint Wren Baker as the new UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics, effective Aug. 22.

Baker, who currently is the interim Director of Athletics at the University of Missouri, will be offic...

What: Recalling, an exhibition at the University of North Texas Art Gallery featuring three different artists whose works remember origins, journeys and people. The artists featured are Faith Jessup of Denton, Chris Ramsay of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Frank Hamrick of Ruston, Louisiana.

When: Aug. 30 (Tuesday) – Oct. 22 (Saturday). Opening reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. and Artist Talks is at 6 p.m., both on Sept. 15 (Thursd...

DENTON (UNT) -- The University of North Texas recently celebrated its 125th birthday and now one proud alumna is celebrating her 100th. Mabel Dickinson (formerly Beckett) was born on July 28th, 1916. She graduated from UNT in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in library service and in 1968 with a master's in library services.

She went on to spend nearly 40 years as a public school librarian, but still to this day she often tells stories of her time here at UNT.

"Mamma was able to get her degrees while she had us and spent most of her summers in Denton while we lived in Denver City (...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The fall semester is right around the corner, and incoming college students will be looking for ways to pay for school and fund their lifestyles. Paul Goebel, director of the Student Money Management Center at the University of North Texas, shares steps to take to avoid the most common money pitfalls that students make while they're in college:

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