A peaceful rally in downtown Dallas that was organized by the Black Lives Matter movement ended in violence Thursday evening after a sniper attack left five law enforcement officials dead and other law enforcement officials and civilians injured.

The following University of North Texas faculty members are available for media interviews about the shooting.

Meredith Clark, assistant professor in the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, will p...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ruth West, an associate professor at the University of North Texas, is part of a group of innovative thinkers that received a $100,000 seed grant to create health sensors people can wear or swallow.
The grant was awarded by the National Academies of Science Keck Futures Initiative, which is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medic...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas College of Information has created an endowed professorship fund called The Reinburg Professorship in Data Sciences.
The fund is named after Jesse Reinburg who graduated with a bachelor's degree in library science in 1941. She passed away in September 2015, leaving an estimated $1.2 million to create a data science professorship in the Department of Library & Information Sciences.
"Jesse was the most wonderful woman you cou...

Donald Trump is expected to be formally named the Republican Party's candidate for president at the party's convention July 18-21 in Cleveland. A week later, Hillary Clinton is expected to be formally named the Democrat nominee at the Democrat Party's convention, which will be July 25-28 in Philadelphia.
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, chair of the University of North Texas' Department of Political Science, is available for...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Michael Young, a recent graduate of the University of North Texas, has received a $5,000 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship to continue his education in graduate school.
Young received his degree in English, with a concentration in writing and rhetoric, in May. He will use his fellowship at Pennsylvania State University this fall. He transferred to UNT in 2013 from Tarrant County College, which he credits as the foundation where he found his encouragement to further his education at UNT.
Phi Kappa Phi, with a motto...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) - Nationally renowned researchers and writers will join University of North Texas faculty on July 30 (Saturday), to share innovative ways to change the lives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. More than 200 parents, behavior analysts, special educators and other professionals will attend the 8th Annual "Adventures in Autism Intervention and Research Conference" from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UNT Gateway Center located at 801 North Texas Boulevard in Denton.

Conference attendees will learn about cutting-...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — CEOWORLD Magazine has named the University of North Texas hospitality program among the best in the world. In its "Top 50 Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools" list for 2015, the UNT's Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management was ranked No. 31 out of 300 private and public hotel management schools. Approximately 18,000 hospitality professionals were surveyed for the listing.

"This lat...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas College of Information has named Kinshuk, who goes by a single name, as its new dean. Kinshuk is formerly the associate dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada.

"Dr. Kinshuk brings with him great leadership and research experience," said Finley Graves, provost and vice president for academic affairs at UNT. "We look forward to Dr. Kinshuk working with our faculty to articulate a clear vision for the future of the College of Information."

Kinshuk s...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas doctoral student Nydia Sánchez has won the prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year. Sánchez was one of 35 winners out of a pool of nearly 400 applicants and is the first UNT student to win the award.

Barrett Taylor, Sánchez's faculty mentor, is an assistant professor of counseling and higher education. He said receiving the fellowship marks...

Denton, TX-- Retired University of North Texas Director of Orchestral Studies, Dallas author and conductor Anshel Brusilow won Gold in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. The honor was for his memoir Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy, co-written with Robin Underdahl and published by UNT Press.

Narrowed down from nearly 2,000 entries by a panel of librarians and booksellers, along with Foreword Reviews' editorial staff, the winners in 66 categ...