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UNT invites children to discover music through the annual Instrument Petting Zoo
What: The College of Music's Instrument Petting Zoo, featuring a short concert followed by the opportunity for children in second through fifth grades to play orchestral instruments, instructed by UNT music education students. All children must be accompanied by parent or guardian.
When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11 (Saturday)
Where: Recital Hall, Room 301 in the College of Music, 415 Avenue C, Denton....
UNT College of Music Gala, "A Symphonic Celebration of Popular Song", benefits student scholarships
What: The annual University of North Texas College of Music Gala, this year titled A Symphonic Celebration of Popular Song, will feature jazz alumnus and trombonist Tom "Bones" Malone of Blues Brothers and CBS Orchestra fame and classical saxophonist Eugene Rousseau, who has performed in recital and with orchestras throughout the world. Malone and Rousseau will perform with the UNT Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Itkin.
When: 4 p.m. Oct. 12 (Sunday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 21...
Plant-based building materials boost energy savings up to 20 percent, UNT researchers find
DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas researchers discovered that plant-based building materials can provide up to 20 percent energy savings, reduce energy consumption and the overall carbon footprint compared with synthetic building materials currently on the market.
The finding comes as scientists around the world are turning to plants as a resource for biodegradable, renewable and environmentally friendly products and materials that can reduce landfill waste, help the environment and cause little to no damage to natural ecosyste...
UNT logistics students win national competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Three University of North Texas College of Business students won the Intermodal Association of North America's fourth annual Intermodal Challenge at the 2014 Intermodal EXPO this September in Long Beach, California, making it the second year in a row that UNT students took top honors in the competition.
Students Jesse Dolan, Sterling Harden and Regina Suwuh clinched the top prize for developing a solution to a case study involving shipping intermodal containers for a luggage company fr...
UNT to offer math competitions for middle, high school students
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Department of Mathematics will offer free American Math Competitions for middle and high school students in the North Texas region during the 2014-15 academic year. UNT is the first university in the DFW area to host the competitions, which help students strengthen their math skills.
The eighth-grade level competition will take place Nov. 18 (Tuesday) from 5:30 to 6:10 p.m. The 10th- and 12th-grade level comp...
Electronic music performers head to UNT for international conference and concerts
What: For the first time, the University of North Texas' Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia will host the conference of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music
When/Where: Oct. 1 – 4 (Wednesday – Saturday) at the UNT College of Music
Free ICEM Conference Concerts:
- 8 p.m. Oct. 1 (Wednesday) in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, located in the UNT Music Buil...
UNT library to display Vann Victorian Collection through Jan. 9, 2015
What: A display at the University of North Texas of the Vann Victorian Collection of rare f first editions of Victorian literature, as well as part-issue editions. This exhibition features a digital version that can be viewed on a smart phone or tablet while viewing the physical exhibit.
When: Through Jan. 9, 2015 (Friday). Exhibition hours are from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Please check the Reading Room schedule online before planning a visit. The exhibit's opening reception will take place from...
Researcher examines Miranda warning and inspires criminal justice system reforms
The classic Miranda warnings ― you have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and will be used against you in court; you have the right to an attorney, and so on ― are simple and easy to understand, right?
Not necessarily, says Richard Rogers, Regents Professor of psychology.
Rogers has studi...
How connected are college freshmen to their parents? UNT study looks at electronic contact with Mom and Dad
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- How often do college freshmen talk with their parents by cell phone, text message or email in the first semester of college? And what kinds of parenting styles affect how frequently students communicate with their parents and how autonomous they are in their first year of college?
A University of North Texas College of Education doctoral student will examine these questions this fall in a doctoral dissertation about "Parenting Style, Frequency of Electronic Communication with Parents, and the Development of Autonomy in First...
Medical geographer available to respond to questions about spread of Ebola
On Sept. 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that a male patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas had tested positive for the Ebola virus, 10 days after the person returned from a trip to West Africa. The news came one week after the CDC noted that the West African nations of Liberia and Sierra Leone could have 1.4 million cases of the Ebola virus by Jan. 20 if the disease keeps following its current trajectory, without effective methods to contain it.
Joseph Oppong, professor of geo...