What: Early Childhood Music program for children from birth through 5 years. Parents and guardians participate in the sessions with their children, who learn about music through play.

When: Families may register for one of two 10-week sessions held Fridays and Saturdays starting Feb. 21 and 22.

Where: Room 115 in the College of Music Annex, at the corner of Avenue C and Highland in Denton

Cost/Registration: The 10-week session costs $140 for...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas College of Business is ranked 17^th in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s newly released list of 2014 Best Online Graduate Business Programs — rising from No. 20 in 2013. The rankings were published Wednesday (Jan. 8).

“Our ascent in the rankings is a testament to our continued commitment to providing a top-quality graduate education through our online master of business admini...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The North Texas Regional P-16 Council, coordinated by the University of North Texas College of Education, has earned the Crystal Award for Community Partnership Academic Impact in the Texas Education Partnership Awards competition.

The council aims to advance the education of students and close the gaps in students' academic achievement from preschool through higher education by working with families, businesses,...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas President V. Lane Rawlins and University of Nevada, Las Vegas President Neal Smatresk have issued a friendly challenge to one another in advance of the Heart of Dallas bowl game, which will be played by the two universities on Jan. 1 in the historic Cotton Bowl stadium.

If UNT wins the game, Smatresk will wear UNT Mean Green gear during a meal with Rawlins at a public place. And if UNLV wins, Rawlins will don UNLV Rebels gear for a meal with Smatresk. A date for the m...

As you prepare to root on the Mean Green Jan. 1 at the Heart of Dallas Bowl, plan to tailgate Mean Green style:

1. Carpool. This is the easiest green practice to implement. By simply hopping in a car with your friends and family, you can reduce carbon emissions that pollute our air while saving gas money. It’s a win-win for the environment and your pocket book!
2. Utilize Public Transportation. If you can’t find a ride to the game,...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Three students from the University of North Texas College of Business won the 3rd annual Intermodal Challenge presented by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) for a paper and presentation that provide solutions for growing the intermodal industry, which involves moving containers by various modes of transportation.

Seniors Curtis Pogue of Bartonville, Sarah McLaughlin of Fort Worth and Chris Turner of Sugar Land clinched the prize after w...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The Dallas Way, a nonprofit organization dedicated to gathering, storing, organizing and presenting the complete history of the city’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, has entered into an agreement  with the University of North Texas Libraries to ensure that current and future materials collected by the organization will be permanently archived, digitized and made accessible to the public.

Created in 2011, the Dallas Way consists of lay historians who inter...

DENTON, TEXAS -- Today, December 12, the University of North Texas System Board of Regents voted unanimously to name Dr. Neal Smatresk president of UNT, the flagship campus of the UNT System.

Smatresk (pronounced SMAH-TRESK), 62, will succeed V. Lane Rawlins who announced in March that he planned to retire at the end of 2013. Smatresk will begin his presidency February 3, 2014, and Rawlins will continue in the role until that tim...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Joshua Urbanovsky of Granbury, a University of North Texas student  in the College of Business and College of Engineering, was honored as one of the state’s top business students at the Texas Business Hall of Fame 31st Annual Induction Dinner Nov. 14 in San Antonio. Urbanovsky earned a $10,000 scholarship, which he plans to use to help pay for his doctoral degree in computer science at UNT. Urbanovsky is the...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas will honor student creativity with the first-ever Sherman/Barsanti Inspiration Awards, made possible by a $350,000 gift from donors Bob and Bette Sherman.

UNT faculty and staff members can nominate students for the awards online through Feb. 1, 2014. Winners will be announced at the an...