DENTON (UNT), Texas --  The University of North Texas will mark the groundbreaking of its new University Union with a ceremony at noon on Aug. 30 (Friday) on the Library Mall. The event also includes a free barbecue lunch for UNT students, faculty and staff (with UNT ID) beginning at 11 a.m. on the Library Mall.

Student leaders and UNT President V. Lane Rawlins will speak at the event.

“A student’s involvement in campus life has a great impact on their overall succe...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The College of Music's fall 2013 season is packed with a variety of events, including new faculty debut performances, a Brazilian music festival, the performance of a new edition of a 400-year-old masterwork, the College of Music Gala, anniversary celebrations for the A Cappella Choir and the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia, and family-friendly concerts.

Two of the first concerts of the season feature Nathan Olson, a new part-time faculty member and co-concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He will perfor...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Five students entering the Master of Public Administration program this fall at the University of North Texas have received Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships, which are awarded to civically engaged students who show leadership potential.

Each award of $27,000 provides for full coverage of tuition and fees and a monthly stipend for 16 months.

The five recipients are:

• Alisha Byerly of Piedmont, Okla., who received...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- The University of North Texas, the largest, most comprehensive university in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, is one of the best colleges in the West, according to The Princeton Review, a nationally known education services company.

The Princeton Review selected UNT as one of 124 institutions in its "Best in the West" section of its website feature 2014 Best Colleges: Region by Region.

For six consecutive years the university has been recognized by the influential Princeton Review, which i...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – UNT's three College of Music wind conductors were recognized for their achievements at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention held in July in San Antonio.

Regents Professor of Music Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor of the Wind Symphony, was only the 13th person in more than 60 years to be awarded an Honorary Life Membership to the association. Symphonic Band conductor and College of Music Professor Dennis Fisher was named a recipient of the 2013 Meritorious Achievement Award. And, Dr....

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Richard Sinclair, dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas, is set to speak at the Global Human Resources Forum 2013 in Seoul, Korea, about his experience as the leader of TAMS, which event organizers consider one of the "world's best high school programs."

The Forum will take place Nov. 7-8 (Thursday and Friday) at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul. This year's event aims to create solutions for globa...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- On what may be the hottest day of 2013, Texas residents are encouraged to stay indoors as much as possible, stay hydrated and avoid strenuous activity during the warmest hours.

University of North Texas Assistant Professor of Biology Amie Lund is available for interviews to discuss possible health impacts of air pollution during the hottest days of summer. Lund researches how air pollution and other environmental stressors can trigger heart attacks and strokes, and ho...

Many newspaper veterans may be fearful about the outcome of the sale of the Washington Post to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, but a University of North Texas journalism professor calls the sale “a positive sign that ‘old school’ management approaches to running a newspaper are outdated.”

Cornelius “Neil” Foote Jr., assistant professor in UNT’s Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism, says the sale “is indicative of the disruptive change happening in the newspa...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The University of North Texas has received $1.5 million from the estate of alumnus Alonzo Jamison ('39) to support the UNT President's Loyalty Fund.

The gift, which creates and endows the Alonzo and Elizabeth Jamison Endowment Fund, will provide the university with an estimated $60,000 annually, in perpetuity, which will be used by the president to fund scholarships, strengthen academic programs, enrich co-curricular experiences or support research.

Jamison, known as a champion for Denton's universities and the interests of farmers and r...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- New discoveries in plant biology may allow UNT researchers for the first time to create new bioproducts from lignin, including carbon fiber and improved animal feedstock. The discoveries also will help scientists around the world better understand lignin, a substance that makes plants woody and firm.

University of North Texas Distinguished Research Professor Richard Dixon, who also works...