DENTON, Texas (UNT) – A new community engagement award at the University of North Texas will honor an alumnus and longtime College of Music professor who built a long legacy of selfless civic and university service.

The Bob Rogers Service and Community Engagement Award will recognize faculty or staff members whose service helps bring out the best of both the UNT and Denton communities. The award is part of an initiative to increase and recognize community engagement among students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Bob Roge...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- In his small high school in Hughes Springs, Texas, Clifford Morrison didn't have any opportunities to learn about the work of a synthetic biologist -- his career goal -- by doing research.

That changed for him after his first year at the University of North Texas. Morrison, a chemistry and biochemistry major, enrolled at UNT in the Emerald Eagle Scholars program, which is for academically talented students with high financial need, and in UNT's Honors College. He learned in his hon...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Denton parents can build volcanoes and simulate lunar eclipses after school or on weekends with their children, thanks to science experiment boxes now available at Denton Public Library locations.

Students in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science program at the University of North Texas created the boxes, which are ideal for children ages 4-10 and are now available for check out at Denton Public Library...

What: University of North Texas Latina/o and Mexican-American Studies Outstanding Scholar/Artist Lecture Series presents "The Future is Ours: How Latinos will Define the Next Era in American Politics," given by Dr. Gary M. Segura, professor of American politics and chair of Chicano/a studies at Stanford University and co-founder and principal in the national polling firm Latino Decisions

When: Lecture at 7 p.m. F...

What: The 14th Equity and Diversity Conference at the University of North Texas, featuring actress Vivica A. Fox, best known for roles in "Independence Day," "Soul Food" and other films; and documentary filmmaker Lee Mun Wah
as keynote speakers.

When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 21 (Friday)

Where: UNT's Gate...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Justin Zhong, a second-year student in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas, has been named a semifinalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search.

Zhong, from Plano, was chosen for his research project "Self-Cleaning Mechanism of Gecko Setae: Observation, Modeling and Implication in Biomimetic Design." Zhong works with UNT College of Engi...

What: The UNT Speaks Out series presented by the University of North Texas Libraries

When: Feb. 17 (Monday) from 6-8 p.m. -- UNT Speaks Out on Native Americans from Little Big Horn to the Present
Feb. 20 (Thursday) from 6-9 p.m. -- UNT Speaks Out on Diversity

Where: Forum on the first floor of UNT's Willis Library, 1506 Highland Ave, Denton

Cost: Free

Contact:...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly will start the University of North Texas' Spring UNT Visiting Writers Series with a reading and book signing Feb. 6 (Thursday). The series, which is sponsored by Creative Writing  in the Department of English, will also include the author Steve...

What: Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp will speak at the University of North Texas. His lecture is sponsored by UNT's Jewish and Israel Studies Program, the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance, Leo and Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.

When/Where: Repp will speak at...

Speakers will discuss writing about medicine, science and technology

What: The 10th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, hosted by The University of North Texas' Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism. This year's theme is Narratives on the Cutting Edge: Writing about Science, Technology, Medicine and Innovation

When: July 18 (Friday)-July 20 (Sunday)

Where:...