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UNT alumni win Grammy Awards in four categories
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Alumni of UNT’s College of Music won in four categories at the 56th annual Grammy Awards Sunday night. Snarky Puppy, founded by alumnus Michael League and featuring many UNT alumni, won for Best R&B Performance. Other alumni performed or recorded with the groups A Roomful of Teeth, Pacific Mambo Orchestra and Vampire Weekend, each of which also scored Grammy wins.
Snarky Puppy
College of Music alumnus Michael League is the bassist, composer and founder of the band Snarky Puppy. Among the other alumni who make up the band that has roug...
Emergency management faculty member uses NSF RAPID grant to investigate flash flood response strategies in India
The flood waters rose quickly and silently swept through the mountain towns of Uttarakhand, North India in June 2013, taking the lives of an estimated 5,700 villagers, religious pilgrims and tourists who had no time to prepare or escape. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, Uttarakhand is a destination each summer for thousands of devotees to worship in its temples. The government of India has said the actual number of people "missing and presumed dead" might never be confirmed, as bodies remain buried under land...
Best Picture Oscar nominee has ties to University of North Texas
DENTON (UNT), Texas — When the creators of the Oscar-nominated movie “Dallas Buyers Club” needed to better understand the AIDS crisis among the city’s gay community during the 1980s, they only had to contact the University of North Texas Libraries.
Since August 2012, the UNT Libraries’ Special Collections department, formerly known as Archives and Rare Books, has housed a letter from Ron Woodroof, who started the Dallas...
UNT faculty members available to discuss State of the Union speech
The following University of North Texas faculty members are available to discuss President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, which will broadcast Tuesday evening (Jan. 28):
Valerie Martinez-Ebers, a professor in the UNT Department of Political Science, will discuss immigration reform as mentioned in the speech. Her expertise includes immigration policy analysis and program evaluation, and race, ethnicity and Latino politics, including the impact of migr...
UNT to participate in national RecycleMania Tournament
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- For the fifth consecutive year the University of North Texas is participating in the RecycleMania Tournament, a friendly national competition for college and university recycling programs.
The competition runs from Feb. 3 through March 29. UNT Sustainability, the Union Program Council and UNT Eco-Reps will host on-campus RecycleMania events, including a reside...
UNT engineering professor named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Dr. Narendra Dahotre, distinguished research professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas, has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow.
Being named an academy fellow is a high professional distinction given to academic inventors who have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of inno...
Two distinguished College of Music faculty soloists perform with UNT Symphony Orchestra
What: The Feb. 5 UNT Symphony Orchestra concert, conducted by David Itkin, will feature the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 with faculty pianist Pamela Mia Paul and retiring trumpet professor Keith Johnson, in his farewell performance.
When: 8 p.m. Feb. 5 (Wednesday)
Where: Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Denton. The concert will also be streamed online at http://UNTmusiclive.com.
Tickets: $10 for adults; $8...
Acclaimed dance educator Elizabeth Rhodes joins UNT faculty for annual dance concert
What: DANCE DANCE DANCE, the annual Department of Dance and Theatre faculty dance concert with students, alumni and acclaimed dance educator Elizabeth Rhodes
When: 8 p.m. on Feb. 6, 7 and 8 and 2 p.m. on Feb. 9
Where: University Theatre, in the RTFP building
Tickets: $10 adults; $7.50 UNT faculty and staff, UNT students with valid ID and seniors. Tickets can be ordered with a credit card over th...
UNT among first recipients of 100,000 Strong grants
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas is among the first group of U.S. higher education institutions selected to receive grants as part of President Obama’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative. During the announcement in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State John Kerry revealed the four U.S. higher education institutions selected for the grants.
UNT will use the $60,000 grant to...
UNT Theatre, College of Arts and Sciences bring Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis to campus
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – UNT’s College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Dance and Theatre welcome Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis to campus Feb. 3. The actress will appear in a forum that is open to the public that afternoon and the university will have a reception in her honor that evening at UNT on the Square.
“We’re very excited to welcome her,” said Dr. Lorenzo Garcia, chair of the Department of Dance and Theatre. “Olympia will be here to...