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UNT Astronomy director available to discuss 2015 Geminid meteor shower
The 2015 Geminid meteor shower, one of the most active meteor showers of the year, will begin Dec. 5 (Saturday) and will peak on Dec. 14 (Monday).
Meteors tend to radiate from the constellation Gemini throughout the event but can be seen across all directions of the night sky. At its peak, viewers can see up to 120 meteors per hour, and those meteors travel at about 22 miles per second. Meteors in the Geminid shower are believed to be debris from the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, which NASA discovered in 1983.
Ron DiIulio, NASA ambassador and director of the...
New iPhone Scat app includes sounds of UNT professor, doctoral student
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A new iPhone application that teaches artists how to hone their vocal improvisation skills features University of North Texas College of Music senior lecturer Rosana Eckert and doctoral teaching fellow Justin Binek. They are two of seven artists who recorded modules for the ScatAbility app, which allows singers to virtually interact with professional jazz singers. Users can sing along to the tracks, remove backing vocals, and record their demonstrations for practice and playback.
"Currently, there are more practice resources f...
More than 3,000 students expected to graduate during UNT commencement ceremonies Dec. 11, 12
What: Fall commencement ceremonies at the University of North Texas.
When: Baccalaureate graduation ceremonies from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Dec. 11 (Friday) and 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Dec. 12 (Saturday).
Doctoral and master's graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. Dec 11 (Friday).
Where: UNT Coliseum, 600 Avenue D in Denton or the UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 North Interstate 3...
Do or do not make a Star Wars costume for The Force Awakens. There is no try.
Fans have bought tickets and are counting down the days until the opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Dec. 18 (Friday). University of North Texas Costume Shop supervisor and adjunct professor of dance and theatre Suzanne Shockley shares tips to help fans recreate Princess Leia's hair, shine like C-3PO or pull together their best scruffy-looking Nerf herder style:
- Once you decide on a character, search online f...
San Bernardino shooting: UNT expert can discuss how to talk to your kids
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Multiple fatalities have been reported in an active shooter incident in San Bernardino, California, according to news media and communications from the city’s police and fire departments. The details are still coming in, but with prominent news coverage of mass shootings, it can be increasingly difficult from parents to shield their children...
Faculty member available to discuss ways parents can create holiday memories
For many people, December is a month full of balancing time with family and friends while also shopping for gifts, decorating, cooking and doing all other chores to prepare for celebrating the holidays. How can busy and stressed parents help their children create memories amid all the bustle?
Wendy Middlemiss, associate professor of educational psychology in the University of North Texas College of Education, gives the following suggestions:
- Create a "thankful book." Each ye...
First 18th century organ to arrive in Texas finds home at UNT College of Music
What: The first 18th century organ to arrive in Texas, an organ that was delivered to the UNT College of Music on Nov. 7, 2015, and is available for public view.
When: Available by appointment.
Where: UNT Music Building, located at 415 Avenue C in Denton.
Cost: Free.
More information: Connect with the College of Music on Facebook at Facebook.com/UNTCollegeofMusic and on Twitter at @UNTCoM.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Unive...
UNT College of Music highlights leadership of Dean James Scott
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- For the past 14 years, Dean James C. Scott has led the largest music school in the nation, the University of North Texas College of Music, raising tens of millions of dollars for the program and helping position the college as an international leader for the education of musicians in areas as diverse as historical performance on period instruments and experimental computer music composition. The evidence of his near decade and a half of effort and that of the college's faculty can be heard in the campus' concert halls and live strea...
Former Canada Minister of Justice to discuss anti-Semitism during lecture at University of North Texas
What: "The Laundering of Anti-Semitism under Universal Public Values" -- A lecture at the University of North Texas by Irwin Cotler, international human rights lawyer and former Canada Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Presented by UNT's Jewish and Israel Studies Program and Division of Student Affairs.
When: 7 p.m. Dec. 1 (Tuesday)
Where: UNT's Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Boulevard
Cost: $5 payable at the door. Free for UNT students with identification.
Contact: Jewish a...
UNT design research graduate student develops app to combat human trafficking
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A University of North Texas design research graduate student created a smartphone app that aims to help people -- especially truck drivers -- report incidents of human trafficking.
Lisa Mercer developed Operation Compass with the goal of compiling a database that will automatically collect and sort the incidents.
The Dallas-based non-profit organization Mosaic Family Services will soon begin using the app to allow the general public to report...