University of North Texas College of Engineering Regents Professor Miguel Acevedo now has $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation over five years to dig deep in tackling the growing global problem of food insecurity. 

Specifically, Acevedo, who is also a scientist with the Advanced Environmental Research Institute, seeks to find solutions for the high amount of salt in agricultural soil and irrigat...

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The University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology is offering a language-literacy preschool at the UNT Speech and Hearing Center to ready children for entry into kindergarten and first grade. 

In 2016-2017, approximately 55 percent of children in Denton county schools met grade level expectations for reading on the STAAR...

The University of North Texas College of Engineering will receive $750,000 from the Office of Naval Research over the next three years to fund educational and research initiatives in materials, manufacturing and electronics. 

This initiative will focus on highlighting the benefits of miniaturized systems, such as sensors and actuators, that are at the heart of micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanotechnology, particularly for radio fre...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Ten journalists and writers were awarded top prizes at the University of North Texas 2019 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event, now in its 15th year, brings together storytellers who are dedicated to the art of narrative nonfiction.

Among the awards, the conference honors great literary journalism and creative nonfiction with its Book Manuscript, Reported Narrative and Personal Essay writing contests.

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DENTON (UNT), TEXAS – For the fifth time in seven years, a “Washington Post” reporter has claimed the top prize in the annual Best American Newspaper Narratives writing contest sponsored by the University of North Texas’ Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. 

The conference, in its 15th year, is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism in t...

The University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service is bringing experts together from across multiple disciplines to combat homelessness and criminal recidivism in rural communities. 

Subject matter experts in the departments of Public Administration, Rehabilitation and Health Services and Crimi...

What:“Justice in America,” 15th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference

When: July 19 – 21 (Friday – Sunday) 

Where:Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, 1800 Highway 26 East in Grapevine, Texas 

Cost:Tickets range from $60 to $475. Register at ...

What: The University of North Texas Kristin Farmer Autism Center’s 11th annual Adventures in Autism Intervention and Research Conference

When: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. July 20 (Saturday) 

Where: UNT’s Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Blvd., Denton

Registration: $75 for professionals/general public and $65 for students/UNT alumni; A grant from the...

University of North Texas Ph.D. candidate, Amy Wynia, traveled more than 6,000 miles to Navarino Island in southern-most Chile to explore the forests in search of the Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus), the largest woodpecker in South America. While Wynia went to the ends of the earth to collect information for her Ph.D. dissertation, she also went because she really loves woodpeckers.

“The first time I actually held a woodpecker… that moment of me connecting with that bird in my hand and feeling those stiff tail feathers...