During the 2013 holiday shopping season, more retailers followed a trend that began in 2012 – breaking tradition by opening for business before midnight on Thanksgiving Day instead of waiting until “Black Friday.”

This year, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Macy’s and JCPenney are among those retailers that will open on Thanksgiving Day. Many will wait until evening to open, but Kmart is opening at 6 a.m. on what some critics have dubbed “Black Thursday.” Unlike 2013, however, other retailers, including Costco, Marshalls and GameStop, are riding the backlash against an even earlier start to t...

On Thursday evening (Nov. 20), President Barack Obama will give a televised speech that will outline an executive order to relax U.S. immigration policy and grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants.

The following University of North Texas faculty members in the Department of Political Science are available to comment on the speech and the executive order.

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, an associate professor, researches American politica...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Three University of North Texas students are the winners of a nationwide virtual stock trading competition sponsored by TD Ameritrade Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD). The GoMeanGreen team outperformed teams from 96 colleges and universities, growing its portfolio by 213.04 percent and a final portfolio value of $1,565,175.83 at the end of four weeks of trading.

The team consisted of three undergraduates from UNT's Student Investment Group: sophomore Mason Hendrickson, 27, a finance major from Muskogee, Oklahoma;...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas has named Glênisson de Oliveira dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS). He will begin serving as TAMS dean in January 2015.

"Glênisson de Oliveira brings a wonderful combination of enthusiasm, creativity, energy and experience to the important position of TAMS dean," said UNT Provost Warren Burggren. "TAMS is one of UNT's signature programs, and I am delighted that we have been able to attract leadership of this caliber."

De Oliveira has a...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Jane Gilday, managing director of Dallas-based investment firm Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney and Strauss, will discuss her career, leadership skills and industry issues in the UNT College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series.

Gilday will speak at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 (Friday) in Room 170 of the Business Leadership Building, 1307 W. Highland St. in Denton.

Admission is free.

Gilday began her career as a securities analyst...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Deborah Clark and Emry Birdwell manage 14,200 acres of ranch land in Henrietta, Texas, located in Clay County. Clark and Birdwell focus on wildlife sustainability and sustainable grazing, and have seen a 452 percent improvement in bobwhite quail populations on their land this fall, earning them the 2014 UNT Quail Keystone Ranch Award.

"We are most excited to be the first recipient of this award. Most of the credit for this increase in quail numbers goes to Mother Nature who brought scarce but timely rains this...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Days after President Obama called for supporting tighter regulations for broadband service providers, federal regulators are weighing options.

Dr. Leon Kappelman, professor of information technology and decision sciences in the University of North Texas College of Business, says the net neutrality debate involves three issues: prohibiting Internet access providers from blocking legal content, prohibiting them from slowing down content from some content providers and prohibiti...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- For nearly three decades, researchers have pondered the Hispanic Mortality Paradox -- why Hispanics in the U.S. tend to outlive non-Hispanic whites by several years, despite having, in general, lower income and educational attainment levels that are associated with shorter lives.

New research suggests that the Hispanic Mortality Paradox may be related to illness survival and recovery advantages. A study by researchers from the University of North Texas and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found that Hispanics were hospitalized significantly fe...

What: The One O'Clock Lab Band and Jazz Singers perform Sounds of the Holidays: An Evening with North Texas Jazz. A day prior to the community concert, there will be private performances for Denton ISD schoolchildren as part of a community engagement initiative led by the UNT College of Music and the Professional Development Institute at UNT.

When: 8 p.m. Dec. 6 (Saturday).

Where: Winspear Hall in the Murch...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Ricardo Rozzi, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas, will participate as a panelist at the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 15. He will serve as a panelist for the World Leaders Dialogue "Stand Up for Your Rights: Parks and Social Equity." Other panelists include Luvuyo Mandela, grandson of...