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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....
UNT Creative Writing's fall Visiting Writers Series begins Oct. 15
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Three renowned writers will visit the University of North Texas as part of the Visiting Writers Series sponsored by UNT's Creative Writing Program. The series brings nationally and internationally renowned writers to UNT's campus every semester to give book readings and hold Q&A's.
All events in the Visiting Writers Series are free.
The writers scheduled to give readings and hold Q&A's for the 2015 fall series include:
...UNT researchers seeking dating or engaged couples for study on aspects of romantic relationships
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Which personality characteristics and other qualities in a person lead to the best relationships for that person, as well as for his or her romantic partner?
University of North Texas doctoral psychology student Jennifer Farrell is recruiting 125 couples to take part in a study examining different aspects of romantic relationships among adults. The Study of Adult Romantic Relationships will focus on couples who have dated for at least six months, including engaged couples who are not yet married.
Both partners in a couple must be at least 18 years old and...
Students to create landscape masterpieces during Saturdays in UNT Galleries with alumnus Giovanni Valderas
What: Saturdays in the UNT Galleries, which will focus on a sculpture art landscape project, "Cultivate Space." The gallery will also have a free exhibition on display.
When: 1-3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19
Where: UNT Art Gallery, 1201 W. Mulberry St. in Denton, on the first floor of the Art Building
Parking: Guests can park for free near the Art Building on Mulberry and Welch. Parking is not allowed in the green spaces.
Cost: Free
...UNT Jewish and Israel Studies Program to present screening of "The Fixer"
What: A screening at the University of North Texas of "The Fixer," John Frankenheimer's 1968 film based on a true story of a Russian Jew in tsarist Russia who was wrongly imprisoned for an alleged ritual murder. It will be followed by a panel discussion featuring faculty members from UNT and the University of Oklahoma.
When: 6 p.m. Sept. 30 (Wednesday)
Where: Room 255 of UNT's Eagle Student Services Center, 1147 Union Circle in Denton
Cost: Free
Contact: UNT's Jewish and Israel Studi...
Women clash in the play "Fefu and Her Friends," presented by UNT Theatre Sept. 24-Oct. 4
What: Fefu and Her Friendsby Maria Irene Fornés, a story ofeight women, in 1935 New England, college friends, feminists and progressives for their time, who gather for a weekend to plan a salon event and discover more than they bargained for.
When: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, 25, 26; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1, 2, 3 and 2 p.m. Sept. 27 and Oct. 4
Where: Studio Theatre, Radio Television Film and Performing Arts Building
Cost: Tickets cost $7.50 for students, UNT faculty/staff and senior citizens and $10 for adults....
Will a federal interest rate increase come today? UNT economist discusses big question
News about global economic instability caused, in part, by a slowing of China's $10 trillion economy has created uncertainty about whether the Federal Reserve will announce today, Sept. 17, the first key interest rate increase since 2006. A live press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern will follow today's announcement. Guillermo Covarrubias, senior lecturer in the University of North Texas...
UNT faculty member receives teaching award from American Political Science Association
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- John Ishiyama, University Distinguished Research Professor of political science at the University of North Texas, has received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Political Science Association.
Founded in 1903, the American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 13,000 members in more than 80 countries. The APSA Distinguished Teaching Award honors an outstanding contribution to undergraduate and graduate teaching of politic...
Five alumni leaders commit $600,000 to support UNT's National Merit Scholars
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Five University of North Texas alumni leaders have committed to helping some of the best and brightest students in the nation achieve their educational goals at the university by agreeing to fund UNT's National Merit Scholars for four years – gifts totaling $600,000.
"The pledge our five alumni have made is a commitment to the future of the university," UNT President Neal Smatesk said. "These gifts will make a difference in the lives of our National Merit Scholars, allowing them to concentrate on their education. This also gives UNT a competitive edge as we conti...
UNT receives $2.6 million from Jim and Linda McNatt for athletics, logistics, academic excellence and more
DENTON (UNT), Texas – With gifts totaling more than $2.6 million, local businessman and UNT alumnus, Jim McNatt ('66), and his wife, Linda, have made an immediate impact through their generosity supporting the University of North Texas Mean Green Athletics and university academic and research initiatives.
The McNatts will provide $1.25 million to enhance Mean Green athletic initiatives and $1.36 million to establish endowments for logistics and autism research, support the UNT Kuehne Speaker Series and promote academic excellence by providing additional funding to attract National Mer...