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UNT professor’s art merges robots with ancestral South American sculpting technique
Recently awarded the prestigious VIDA Art and Artificial Life Awards grant, UNT College of Visual Arts and Design new media assistant professor Paula Gaetano-Adi is working on a robotic art installation that will pay homage to her Latin-American roots.
Think it’s hard to envision large robotic sculptures coexisting with ancestral techniques? It wasn’t too long ago that even our own grandparents couldn’t imagine living side-by-side with robots, Gaetano-Adi points out, and now they are commonplace.
“Robots are as much at home in art, cinema, popular culture and literature as the...
Two online programs ranked among nation’s best
DENTON (UNT), Texas--University of North Texas online graduate degree programs in business and education have been ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News and World Report in its 2013 Best Online Education Program rankings released this week.
The College of Education was ranked 13th in the nation for Best Online Graduate Education Programs, including its master’s degree in educational psychology with a concentration in gifted...
Hispanics in U.S. often live longer than those in other ethnic groups
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Confirming the existence of the Hispanic Mortality Paradox, a new analysis of health studies, led by a University of North Texas psychologist shows that the Hispanic-American participants’ survival rates from heart disease and other medical conditions were substantially higher than that of the non-Hispanic white and African-American participants.
John Ruiz, assistant professor of psychology, said the existence of the paradox — the finding that Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes that...
UNT named Tree Campus USA University
DENTON (UNT) Texas – The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized the University of North Texas as a 2012 Tree Campus USA University for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. This marks the fifth year in a row that UNT has earned the designation.
Tree Campus USA is a national program that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy management of their campus forests and for engaging the community in environmental stewardshi...
UNT media experts available to discuss Armstrong interview
DENTON (UNT), Texas--University of North Texas experts are available to discuss cyclist Lance Armstrong’s reputation and image before and after Armstrong’s highly publicized interview with Oprah Winfrey, slated to air Thursday and Friday nights, in which he addresses allegations of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Sam Bufkins, lecturer of strategic communications in the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, can address audience reaction on social media during the br...
Composers on Campus series spotlights new music at UNT
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas College of Music continues its mission to cultivate new music this spring with the Composers on Campus series, which brings a number of world-class guest composers to campus for performances of their works, in addition to showcasing faculty talent.
The diverse group of guests includes Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner, intermedia artist Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, jazz arranger Claus Raible and leading opera composer Jake Heggie.
“While the composition division regularly invites new music specialists to campus — in...
CNN anchor Don Lemon to give keynote address at UNT Equity and Diversity Conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Veteran CNN anchor Don Lemon, who in 2011 released a memoir to discuss his homosexuality, as well as racism, homophobia and colorism in the African-American community, will give one of three keynote addresses at “A Journey to Freedom,” the University of North Texas’ 13th Equity and Diversity Conference Feb. 1 (Friday).
The theme of the conference was chosen to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abr...
Student awarded $10,000 scholarship from the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Phillip Davis of Greenville, S.C., a doctoral student in the University of North Texas’ College of Business, was honored as one of the top business students in Texas at the Texas Business Hall of Fame 30th Annual Induction Dinner in Houston last fall.
Davis plans to use his scholarship award to fund additional academic conferences to present his research in entrepreneurship and strategy.
The foundation annually awards one scholarship at each of the program’s current 19 participating Texas universities. Thi...
International garments featured in UNT fashion exhibition
What: The Joy Losee Collection: Art and Dress Along the Silk Road — A fashion exhibition presented by the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design. Part of the UNT Collections, Cultures and Collaborations Series.
Curated by Myra Walker, director and head curator of the Texas Fashion Collection.
When: Jan. 15 (Tuesday) - Feb. 9 (Saturday). Art Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
O...
Three UNT Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students named Intel Semifinalists
DENTON (UNT), Texas--Three students in UNT’s Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science have been named semifinalists in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search.
Semifinalists were selected from more than 1,700 entrants.
The Intel Science Talent Search is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition. Each year 300 students are named semifinalists, and each semifinalist receives a $1,000 award from the...