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UNT Libraries to hold Edible Book Festival for 10th year
What: The 10th annual Edible Book Festival at the University of North Texas —
UNT’s observance of the International Edible Book Festival, which has
held on or near April Fool’s Day since 2000. UNT students, faculty
and staff members create representations of books out of food, which...
Family string ensemble returns to UNT for concert, award
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What: Alumni Recital featuring the Adkins String Ensemble and 2013 College of Music Honored Alumni Award given to the Adkins siblings
When: 8 p.m. April 8 (Monday)
Where: Voertman Hall in the Music Building, 415 Avenue C, Denton
Cost: Free
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A family of string players returns to UNT, their alma mater...
UNT professor premieres play about controversial scholar
What: The Lady Revealed, a play written by Professor of Theatre History, Play Analysis and Playwriting Andrew B. Harris
When: 7:30 p.m. April 11-13; 2 p.m. April 14
Where: Studio Theatre in the RTFP Building, 1179 Union Circle, Denton
Tickets: $5 general admission; Tickets can be ordered with a credit card over the phone by calling 940-565-2428 or Metro 817-267-3731 ext. 2428. The box office is l...
Doctoral graduate from UNT’s College of Education wins national doctoral dissertation award
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Mary Amanda “Mandy” Stewart has earned the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from PDK International for research that she conducted while earning a doctoral degree in literacy and language studies from the University of North Texas’ College of Education.
Stewart received the doctoral degree in 2012 and is now a postdoctoral research associate for the Morningside Children’s Partnership, an initiative with UNT to improve the academic outcomes of...
Search begins for University of North Texas president
A Presidential Search Advisory Committee has been appointed to identify candidates to lead the University of North Texas, the flagship of the UNT System. The next president of UNT will succeed V. Lane Rawlins, who announced in early March that he will retire once a new president is appointed sometime in 2013.
The 17-member Presidential Search Advisory Committee, appointed by UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson, is composed of a broadly representative group of university stakeholders, including UNT students, alumni, faculty and staff members, administrators, a UNT System representative,...
UNT joins research team studying grape seed extract’s impact on Alzheimer’s disease
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas Distinguished Research Professor Richard Dixon has joined a research team involving Mount Sinai’s Ichan School of Medicine (MSSM) and Purdue University investigating how grape seed compounds affect Alzheimer’s disease.
Dixon’s work is funded by a National Institutes of Health grant through MSSM, and will continue a...
UNT offers Ecology for Environmental Science degree
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas has become the first university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology for Environmental Science.
The Department of Biological Sciences in UNT’s College of Arts and Sciences has a long history of education and research programs focusing on ecology, conservation and environmental science, and is in a unique position to offer the new deg...
UNT research paves way for new cardiomyopathy treatment
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Researchers at the University of North Texas have identified new compounds that may lead to new drugs to treat forms of hereditary cardiomyopathy, a disease that weakens the heart and can lead to heart failure. The disease is the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes.
UNT Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students Alysha Joseph and Diana Wang worked with Biology Associate Professor Douglas Root on the project. Root h...
UNT’s Music Library sees improvements to help patrons
Recent changes at UNT’s Willis Library have helped the Music Library better utilize space and update its facilities and services in response to the changing needs of patrons.
By reorganizing and consolidating items, the Music Library was able to use space in the southern part of the fourth floor of Willis to construct a 1,400-square-foot room. That room, which houses music technical services, is a dedicated space for processing new acquisitions and donations, and cataloging.
The Music Library also gained space off-site with a state-of-the-art remote storage facility and new, m...
UNT’s Innovation Greenhouse hosting Big Picture Idea Competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas students are invited to participate in a Big Picture Idea Competition hosted by UNT’s Innovation Greenhouse.
Students participating will use video to tell a story of creativity in the North Texas region, and winners can receive prizes of up to $500 as well as internships with Big Picture Idea.
Nancy Hong, executive director of the Innovation Greenhouse, will host an information sess...