DENTON (UNT), Texas – Dr. Carol Hagen, director of the University of North Texas Child Development Laboratory and senior lecturer in UNT’s College of Education, has been named Director of the Year by the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers.

“Dr. Hagen is especially noted for combining her academic responsibilities with the demanding but satisfying job of administering your campus laboratory school,” the coalit...

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What: First annual Arab Film Festival, the first and only of its kind in Texas, presented by the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute

When: 6:30 to 10 p.m. April 19 (Friday) and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. April 20 (Saturday) and April 21 (Sunday)

Where: Angelika Film Center, 5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230, Dallas

Tickets: Free for students with ID, $5 for one ticket or $8 for two tickets

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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- UNT Astronomy is hosting an open house event beginning at 5 p.m. on April 6 (Saturday), that will include a premiere of the UNT Sky Theater Planetarium’s new summer show “Dawn of the Space Age,” a visit to the UNT Rafes Urban Astronomy Center for safe sun, comet and night sky viewing, as well as a telescope giveaway.

“Dawn of the Space Age” recaps historic space milestones including the launch of the first artific...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Teach North Texas program has raised enough private support to qualify for a $1 million matching grant from the National Math and Science Initiative, fulfilling a promise made by NMSI when the UNT program began five years ago.

Students enrolled in the streamlined teacher-education program are earning their bachelor's degrees in math, science or computer science while also preparing for their teacher certification.

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What: A lecture at the University of North Texas by Jorge Huerta, Chancellor’s Associates Professor, Emeritus at the University of California at San Diego. Huerta will discuss and demonstrate the important role that Teatro Chicana/o, or the Chicano theater movement, has played in the struggles for social justice since 1965.

When: 3 p.m. April 9 (Tuesday)

Where: Forum on the first floor of UNT's...

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What: Exhibition of new works by Austin Kleon, writer, artist, speaker and New York Times best-selling author.

When/Where: April 11 to May 6 at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., Denton. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Cost: Free

Additional event: There will...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Vivian Castleberry, longtime women’s editor of the Dallas Times Herald who is also known for her work with Peacemakers Incorporated, has been named to the C.E. Shuford Hall of Honor at the University of North Texas’ Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism.

The Shuford Hall of Honor Award recognizes individuals for professional and educationa...

What: Poet Paisley Rekdal, winner of the 2013 UNT Rilke Prize sponsored by the University of North Texas Creative Writing Program, reads from her work in Animal Eye at UNT. Part of the UNT Department of English's Visiting Writers Series

When: 8 p.m April 9 (Tuesday)

Where:  Golden Eagle Suite on the third level of UNT's University Union, located one block west of Welch and West Prairie streets (1155 Union Circle)...

DENTON (UNT), Texas --  University of North Texas Regents Professor of Biology James Kennedy is available for media interviews to discuss zebra mussels and their impact on area ecosystems. Kennedy recently found an adult zebra mussel about a mile downstream from Lake Ray Roberts in the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.

Zebra mussels, which were introduced to Texas waters about five years ago, multiply quickly and latch on to solid surfaces such as boats, pipes and drains. Zebra mussels often...