DENTON (UNT), Texas - A composition by University of North Texas College of Music student Sam Mikulewicz has been selected for performance at the Sound of Dragon Chinese Music Festival in Vancouver on April 24. The piece, titled “Himawari,” will be played by The Sound of Dragon Ensemble, the festival’s house band. Mikulewicz is the only American composer or performer featured at the festival. He says “Himawari,” Japanese for sunflower, was inspired by his love for the large, bold blooms.

"Sunflowers are m...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) — A literal mammoth find, a touchdown boogie in a great football comedy and the near resignation of a jazz icon – these unique and sometimes quirky anecdotes make up the storied history of the institution now known as the University of North Texas and, along with more traditional tales, will be unveiled in a commemorative book celebrating UNT’s 125th anniversary.

“Independent, Original and Progressive: Celebrating 125 Years of UNT” follows the university’s history and the experiences of st...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- The University of North Texas Libraries is asking for the public's help to receive a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Over the next five years, the university is tasked with raising $1.5 million – funds that would expand an endowment for the library's most popular resource: the Portal to Texas History website. To donate, visit the...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Anyone with Internet access now can receive free livestreamed SAT tutoring from students enrolled in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas. UNT's TAMS students are among the brightest students in the country.

Quality SAT tutoring is expensive and can cost thousands of dollars, said Jack Zhang, founder of Skybound Prep and second-year TAMS student.

"I believe it is unfair that those who can afford to spend thousan...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Society of Women Engineers will co-host the 2016 Design Your World conference for girls in grades 6 through 12, parents and educators. Parents and educators will learn how to encourage girls to become involved in STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – fields.

The conference will take place April 2 (Saturday) at UNT's Discovery Park campus. Parents ca...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Terresa Hardaway, a graduate in the design research MFA program at the University of North Texas, took on a thesis project that affected her personally and other African American women personally – her hair.

Hardaway conducted interviews with more than 100 African American women over the course of roughly two years about the social and cultural significance of their hair as more of them to choose to stop chemically relaxing their hair and go natural. The result is "...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The new Barbie dolls – with new body types, hair and eye colors, and hairstyles – will be released to stores on March 1. Rania Camille Salman, an adjunct professor in educational psychology at the University of North Texas, is available to discuss the benefits to children that more diverse and representational toys can help bring about.

Reach Salman at 940-369-8048 or by email at a href="mailto:Rania.Salman@unt.edu">Rania.Salman@unt.edu.

Salman says that giving kids a choice in their toys and letting them have the optio...

What: The University of North Texas's One O'Clock Lab Band will be joined by musician, educator and social activist Danilo Pérez, as well as his band Panama 500, for the 2016 Glenn E. Gomez Endowment concert as part of the Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series.

When: 8 p.m. March 3 (Thursday)

Where: Margot and Bill Winspear Performance Hall, located in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 I35E Frontage Road, Denton.

Cost: $15 for the public, $10 for UNT faculty, staff and Alumni Association me...

Voters in 11 states, including Texas, will choose their Republican or Democratic candidate for president at either caucuses or primaries on Super Tuesday, which falls on March 1 for the 2016 presidential campaign. In addition, Republicans only will caucus in three other states, and Democrats only will caucus in American Samoa.  

The following University of North Texas faculty members are available to discuss campaign topics and provide preview and analysis of Super Tuesday:

Campaign and social media marketing:

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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas' Student Money Management Center is hosting a wealth of workshops focused on providing crucial information for a successful college career outside of the classroom.

Many of the events feature free food and prizes in addition to the expertise the center's staff offers. Below is a sampling of this semester's workshops.

SPF 16: Sp...