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UNT TAMS student to compete in international space competition
DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Imagine creating a human settlement on the planet Mercury. Now imagine having to create that in only 21 hours. That was exactly the task Joanna Feaster was given and the plan her team came up with is sending her to the International Space Settlement Design Competition this summer in Florida.
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UNT’s Mayborn School of Journalism to name Deborah Ferguson to Shuford Hall of Honor
DENTON (UNT), Texas - KXAS-TV/NBC 5 journalist Deborah Ferguson, whose career has spanned more than 20 years in broadcast news, will receive the C.E. “Pop” Shuford Hall of Honor Award from the University of North Texas’ Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism.
The Shuford Hall of Honor Award recognizes individuals for professional and educational lifetime achievement and distinguished contributions to the journalism profession. The award...
UNT increases international connections with Beijing university partnership
The continued collaboration between the University of North Texas and Beijing Normal University will result in a joint lab that will focus on smart learning technologies.
UNT President Neal Smatresk and BNU President Dong Qi signed an agreement continuing a multiple-year partnership between the two schools, while attending the U.S.-China Smart Learning Conference in Beijing, China, last month with College of Informati...
UNT College of Music doctoral student named international peace scholar
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Juana Monsalve, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in music performance, has been awarded the P.E.O., or Philanthropic Educational Organization, International Peace Scholarship. Ten UNT students have received a total of 15 P.E.O. scholarships since 2002.
Monsalve, a native of Colombia, is a classically trained singer who...
UNT’s Texas Fashion Collection presents exhibition of kimonos at NorthPark Center
What: “Reimagining the Kimono,” an exhibition featuring 13 kimonos from the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas.
When: May 1 (Monday) to June 27 (Tuesday).
Where: NorthPark Center, 8687 North Central Expressway, Dallas.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- One of the most iconic garments in the world – the kimono – gets its own exhibition from the Texas Fashion Collection of the Univer...
UNT professor's work on modern Arab art earns her spot as one of eight influential female art historians
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When Nada Shabout was studying modern Arab art as a graduate student, she didn’t have all of the resources she needed.
She has made it her mission to promote that field. Now the University of North Texas art history professor is co-editing a book on the subject for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. And, artsy.net named her as one of “Eight Influential Female Art Historians You Should Know”, citing h...
Registration open for UNT day camp for children with speech, language and hearing disorders
What: Registration opens for Camp Communicate, a one-week day camp
sponsored by the University of Nort...
UNT professor gets new opportunity to combine leadership skills and science
DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Pamela Padilla, an associate professor of biology at the University of North Texas and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the new College of Science has spent her career studying science, doing research in the field of genetics and teaching. Her efforts have brought her great success with everything from awards to publicat...
Political scientists available to discuss Trump's first 100 days in office
Donald Trump's first 100 days as president end this Saturday, April 29. Those 100 days have been marked by criticism over Trump's failed efforts to convince Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and his failure to enact executive orders to limit U.S. immigration of those in certain nations with ties to terrorism.
However, Trump successfully filled the vacant seat on the Supreme Court with Neil Gorsuch, who was sworn in less...
UNT research professor awarded Fulbright scholarship
Rhonda Christensen, a research professor in the Department of Learning Technologies in the College of Information at the University of North Texas, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholarship.
The scholarship will allow Christensen to work with faculty at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands to develop research plans to infuse technology in edu...