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J. C. Penney executive chairman opens UNT's 2015-16 Executive + Scholar Lecture Series
What: "Adversity is a Great Teacher" – J. C. Penney Company Executive Chairman Myron E. (Mike) Ullman III, opens the University of North Texas 2015-16 Executive + Scholar Lecture Series with a Q&A conversation about how challenges and obstacles in business and personal life can help individuals learn important lessons.
When/Where: 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 8 (Thursday) in the ballroom of UNT's...
Outstanding UNT faculty honored during fourth annual awards dinner
What: Salute to Faculty Excellence Awards Dinner & Ceremony
When: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 (Friday)
Where: Apogee Stadium, Club Level
Cost: $35
More information: Register for the dinner
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Three University of North Texas' professors and a lecturer will be among more than 25 educators celebrated for their dedication to excellence through research, service and education.
...Student-led restaurant at UNT opens Sept. 28 for a limited time during fall dining season
What: The University of North Texas' Club at Gateway Center opens for the 2015 fall season. The restaurant offers three-course lunches to the public and UNT community and is run by students in the UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism.
When: Monday – Friday, Sept. 28 to Nov. 25, with seating from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Where: The Club at Gateway, located in the UNT Gateway Center, 801 North...
UNT experts available to discuss importance of water on Mars
NASA researchers have confirmed that liquid water flows on Mars.
Ohad Shemmer, UNT associate professor of physics, is available to discuss the importance of the discovery. Shemmer's astrophysics research covers active galactic nuclei, black hole mass, high redshift quasars and weak emission line quasars.
Shemmer can be reached by phone at 940-369-8110 or by email at...
UNT's 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecture Series speakers will cover immigration, communication, science and entertainment
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecture Series will feature nationally renowned speakers discussing immigration, communication, science and entertainment. Pricing and ticket purchase information for the events will be available online. The speakers are:
Jose Antonio Vargas, Oct. 21 (Wednesday)
8 p.m., Main...
UNT's visual arts and design alumni converge at UNT on the Square
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- UNT on the Square will host the College of Visual Arts and Design Alumni Showcase Oct. 9 – 28. This is the first ever CVAD Alumni show, and artists from around the country will be featured in it.
An opening reception will be held from 7 – 9 p.m. on Oct. 9 (Friday).
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
The artists featured in the exhibit come from cities all over the country, including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Houston. They will represent 12 different...
RJ Mitte discusses overcoming adversity at UNT's Fine Arts Series Oct. 29
What: RJ Mitte, actor and advocate for actors with disabilities, visits the University of North Texas to present "Overcoming Adversity: Turning a Disadvantage into an Advantage." Mitte will discuss the challenges of living with cerebral palsy and overcoming adversity as part of the 2015-16 Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series.
When: 8 p.m. Oct. 29 (Thursday)
Where: UNT's Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 N. I-35E.
Cost: UNT students get into the event for free, but must reserve their ticket by...
Preventing obesity in kids: UNT expert has tips for parents
Nearly one out of five of kids between the ages of 2 and 19 are considered obese in the United States. At 17 percent of kids, that's 12.7 million children in the United States alone, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But there is positive news: childhood obesity can be prevented. During this September's National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, University of North Texas nutrition lecturer Ann Afflerbach offers tips for families to help ensure...
UNT Astronomy's high-powered telescopes open to the public for rare Sept. 27 supermoon and total lunar eclipse
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The high-powered telescopes at the University of North Texas Rafes Urban Astronomy Center will be open for the public at 8 p.m. on Sept. 27 (Sunday) for a watch party to view this month's rare combination of a supermoon and total lunar eclipse. Participants will be able to shoot photos of the moon close up with their smart phones and cameras. Admission to the watch party is $3 per person, cash or check only.
A lunar eclipse is the point in time when Earth passes directly between th...
UNT faculty member to share music-dance insight in Taiwan as part of Fulbright Specialist project
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Composer/musician Claudia Howard Queen of the University of North Texas will give American insights for music-dance collaboration when she travels to Taipei, Taiwan, in November as part of her third Fulbright Specialist award.
Queen, associate professor of music for dance at UNT, will teach dancers how to work effectively with a musician in an improvisational dance concert setting....