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UNT Professor receives Powe award for improving medical treatments
DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas biomedical engineering assistant professor Brian Meckes has received a 2021 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for his research about making pharmeceuticals that treat diseases like cancer more effective.
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UNT awarded prestigious grant to help support underrepresented Ph.D. students
DENTON (UNT), Texas — A new grant that will increase student participation and diversity in Ph.D. science and engineering programs focusing on research relevant to human health is being established at the University of North Texas...
UNT selects winners of Ricco Ethics Scholarships
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Three University of North Texas students have earned Ricco Ethics Scholarship for 2021.
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UNT to welcome new AVP for Student Financial Aid and Scholarships July 1
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Beth Tolan will join the University of North Texas as assistant vice president for Student Financial Aid and Scholarships on July 1, serving as a strategic partner in managing financial aid programs and advancing initiatives that help students achieve their educational goals by making college more...
UNT’s Division of Research and Innovation announces leadership appointments
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas announced three major leadership moves in the Division of Research and Innovation that will expand research leadership opportunities for faculty members while propelling UNT’s enterprise as a Tier One research university forward, said Mark McLellan, the university’s vice president for research and innovation.
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Local high-schoolers selected to participate in UNT journalism program designed to enhance the newsrooms of the future
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Twenty high school students from around the state of Texas were selected to attend the Emerging Journalists program, a two-year project by UNT’s Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation. The program is designed to help ensure that media o...
UNT ecosystem geographer selected for Environmental Protection Agency's clean air committee
DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas ecosystem geographer Alexandra Ponette-González will serve on the nation’s top advisory committee informing air quality standards.
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UNT student journalists recognized with national awards for work in broadcast and documenting the pandemic
DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas student journalists in the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Department of Media Arts...
UNT Art History Professor Nada Shabout earns 'Arab Nobel Prize'
DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas Art History Professor Nada Shabout has received the Kuwait Prize for Arts and Literature from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
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Pamela Padilla appointed dean of UNT’s College of Science
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Pamela Padilla, associate vice president for research and innovation at the University of North Texas, has been appointed dean of the College of Science. Padilla will succeed the College of Science’s founding dean, Su Gao, who stepped down June 15 to take a leave of absence to care for family....