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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...
129% stock growth nets UNT team 2nd in TD Ameritrade virtual contest
DENTON (UNT), Texas — A team of University of North Texas students ousted more than 450 groups and captured the second place prize in the TD Ameritrade, Inc.-sponsored thinkorswim Challenge, a trading competition that challenges collegiate teams nationwide to grow their virtual stock portfolio to the max. The UNT team, SoSig, increased its portfolio by 129.02 percent, creating a final portfolio value of $1,145,078.73 at the end of four weeks of trading.
...Audience sing-along, choral music, milk & cookies and more at UNT College of Music's "Sounds of the Holidays"
What: The popular Sounds of the Holidays concert returns, this time featuring five different choirs, brass & organ, and audience sing-along.
When: 8 p.m. Dec. 3 (Thursday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, located at 2100 Interstate 35E in Denton.
Cost: $3 per person. Purchase tickets online. Call the box office at 940-369-7802.
More information: For a comple...
Political scientist available for comment about terrorism attacks in Paris
On Sunday (Nov. 15), the French government launched airstrikes in the city of Raqqa, Syria, two days after six separate attacks carried out by radical Islamic terrorists killed 129 people in Paris.
The following University of North Texas faculty member is available to discuss the Paris attacks and terrorism:
James Meernik, professor of political science, directs UNT's Castleberry Peace Institute. He researches post-conflict security, transitional justice, U.S....
Student Health and Wellness Center receives national accreditation
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas' Student Health and Wellness Center received accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Only 14 other universities in the state of Texas are accredited, which places the Health and Wellness Center at the top of the list for professional, quality patient care.
"We are professional staff and we're meeting standards that some hospitals don't meet," said Kerry Stanhope, assistant dire...
High school symphonies join UNT for preview concert
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Wind symphonies from Southwest High School in Fort Worth and Flower Mound High School will join the internationally renowned University of North Texas Wind Symphony for a preview concert before all three symphonies travel to Chicago for the 69th Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference.
The preview concert will be held at 1 p.m. on Dec. 13 (Sunday) in the Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Directors from all three bands will conduct the performances at UNT...
Communications professor honored with national Teachers on Teaching Distinction
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Karen Anderson-Lain, a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Texas, has been named as a Teachers on Teaching honoree by the National Communication Association.
Anderson-Lain will receive her award Nov. 20 during the group's annual convention in Las Vegas, NV. The Teachers on Teaching series honors exceptional communication professors from across the United States. This includes instructors that have enriched student lives, helped students t...
UNT's One O'Clock Lab Band welcomes jazz drummer Dennis Mackrel on Nov. 24
What: The University of North Texas College of Music's One O'Clock Lab Band fall concert featuring guest artist Dennis Mackrel.
When: 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 (Tuesday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35E, Denton. The concert will also be streamed live online at http://UNTmusiclive.com.
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UNT students challenged to present years of research in just three minutes
What: The University of North Texas' first 3MT®, or Three Minute Thesis, competition. Nine UNT doctoral students will each have three minutes to summarize their research methods and results of their dissertations, and discuss the significance of the results. First place, runner up and people's choice winners will receive cash prizes.
When: 2-4 p.m. Nov. 21 (Saturday)
Where: Room 255 of UNT's...
UNT associate professor Ruth West to discuss innovation at National Academies of Science conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ruth West, an associate professor at the University of North Texas, will join some of the nation's most innovative thinkers at a conference sponsored by the National Academies of Science Keck Futures Initiative.
West is just one of about 100 scientists, artists, writers and others selected from a call of applicants to attend the meeting on "Art...