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UNT announces first visiting writer events of 2014-15 season
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Novelist and essayist Jo Ann Beard will open the University of North Texas' 2014-2015 Visiting Writers Series with a reading on Sept. 25 (Thursday). She will be followed by poet and essayist Dan Beachy-Quick, who will host a reading on Oct. 7 (Tuesday).
Sept. 25 (Thursday)
4 p.m. -- Question-and-answer session for students, Room 204, UNT's Curry Hall, 200 Avenue A
8 p.m. -- Reading and b...
UNT Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science student to present engineering research at international conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Aditya Vaidya is conducting advanced engineering research at the University of North Texas that could help cities better manage mosquito-borne illness outbreaks. Vaidya is just 16-years-old.
Vaidya is a first-year student in UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and will present his research at the annual Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sept. 23....
Political scientists, historians will comment on U.S. action against ISIS
U.S. officials have announced that several Arab states have offered to fly airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq alongside the efforts of the U.S. military, and France has sent fighter jets on a reconnaissance mission over Iraq -- taking a step closer to becoming an ally to the U.S. in efforts to defeat Islamic State fighters in Iraq.
The following University of North Texas faculty members will comment on President Obama's plans to establish a broad coalition against ISIS, and the world response.
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Award winning work of UNT alumni on display in Dallas
What: Work from three University of North Texas alumni, photographer Rachel Cox, painter Xiaoze Xie and mixed media artist Elliott Johnson, will be on display. The three artists received one of the Dallas Museum of Art's Awards to Artists.
When: A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 4 (Saturday). The exhibit will run Oct. 4 - Dec. 4 (Thursday)
Gallery hours: 5–8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.–2 p....
UNT College of Business speaker series starts Sept. 19
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Leaders in business will speak about careers, leadership skills and industry issues in the University of North Texas College of Business' Distinguished Speaker Series, beginning this month with a lecture from Jim Skinner, executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Neiman Marcus Group.
Skinner will speak from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 (Friday) in Room 1...
UNT Opera presents a dramatic concert version of The Barber of Seville
What: UNT Opera and chamber orchestra's dramatic concert performance of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 21 (Sunday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Denton. The concert will also be streamed online.
Tickets: $15 each. Purchase tickets online or by calling the Murch...
UNT biology student earns prestigious U.S. EPA research fellowship
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Alexis Wormington, a University of North Texas junior studying biology, has received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunities undergraduate fellowship to further her research on how titanium dioxide nanoparticles affect aquatic ecosystems.
"Titanium dioxide can be found in sunscreens, cosmetics, paints and a number of everyday products," Wormington said. "I'm interested in finding out how sunlight and various concentr...
UNT College of Business speaker series starts Sept. 19
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Leaders in business will speak about careers, leadership skills and industry issues in the University of North Texas College of Business' Distinguished Speaker Series, beginning this month with a lecture from Jim Skinner, executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Neiman Marcus Group.
Skinner will speak from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 (Friday) in Room 1...
Rarely performed Schoenberg chamber work featured by Pierrot players at UNT
What: Pierrot Throughout the World – A concert tribute to 20th-century composer Arnold Schoenberg will be presented by the University of North Texas Pierrot Chamber Players with works featuring composers from three countries
Program: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Arturo Marquez's Danzón No. 2 as arranged by UNT doctoral student Bobby Lapinski; and the world premiere of Richard Brook's L'Après-midi d'un Schoenberg
When: 8 p.m. Sept. 17 (Wednesday)
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UNT earns grant to research adult literacy program this fall
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- This fall, University of North Texas students are designing and implementing an adult literacy program -- called the Extensive Reading Program -- in collaboration with the Denton Public Library, thanks to an $8,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Graduate students Monica Ng, a master's student in linguistics and technical communication at UNT, and Dung Nguyen, a doctoral student in curriculum and instruction with a concentration on language and literacy, are working on the project with Dr....