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UNT music library head named president of the Music Library Association
Mark McKnight, head of the University of North Texas Music Library, was named president of the Music Library Association.
“I am deeply honored to have the opportunity for the next two years to serve as president of the Music Library Association, an organization I have been a part of for more than 30 years,” said McKnight. “Whatever measure of success I have had in my profession has been possible largely through my involvement with MLA and I am extremely grateful to have the chance to give ba...
UNT College of Music launches music entrepreneurship competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Music students at the University of North Texas are invited to create and submit business plans as part of the College of Music’s inaugural Music Entrepreneurship Competition.
Competitors will be eligible to earn cash prizes totaling $18,000, which can be used by the students to launch start-up businesses.
Fabiana Claure, director of career development and entrepreneurship in music, said the competition aims to engage students in ent...
Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth returns to UNT for unique performance
What: Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth will perform a concert at the University of North Texas.
When: 8 p.m. March 9 (Thursday).
Where: Margot and Bill Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35E, Denton. The event also will be streamed live at https://recording.music.unt.edu/.
Cost: $10 for the public; $8 for UNT faculty, staff and Alumni Association members; free for UNT stu...
Communication studies, political science faculty available to discuss Trump’s joint address to Congress
President Donald Trump is expected to address a joint session of Congress for the first time on Feb. 28 (Tuesday). The speech, which will be televised to a prime-time audience, has taken the place of a January State of the Union speech for newly inaugurated presidents in recent decades.
The following University of North Texas faculty members are available to discuss possible topics for the speech and analyze language and themes of the speech.
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Strengthening Walls, Saving Lives
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes – it seems almost every week a deadly natural disaster is reported in the news. Now researchers at the University of North Texas are working to help create walls that will stand up to those disasters, with hopes of saving homes and lives.
“This is such a fascinating research project. It’s interesting, it’s practical and it really could save lives,” said Xing Lan, a graduate student in UNT’s College of Engineering.
Lan has been testing new shear walls the research team made out of...
UNT named Tree Campus USA University for ninth consecutive year
DENTON (UNT), Texas - The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized the University of North Texas as a 2016 Tree Campus USA University for its continuing dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. This marks the ninth year in a row that UNT has earned this distinction.
Tree Campus USA is a national program honoring colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy management of their campus trees and engaging the community in environmental stewardship. Tree Campus USA was...
UNT master’s program in geography recognized for excellence by national association
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of North Texas has received the inaugural Award for Masters Program Excellence by the American Association...
Award-winning authors headed to UNT for spring Visiting Writers Series
Three writers will be appearing at the University of North Texas for the spring 2017 Visiting Writers Series sponsored by UNT’s Creative Writing Program.
Melissa Kwasny: March 8 (Wednesday)- Kwasny is the author of five books of poetry, including “Reading Novalis in Montana,” which was named one of the top 10 books of 2009 by The Huffington Post and “Thistle,” which won the Idaho Prize. She also is the editor of the anthology “Toward the Open Field: Poets on the Art of Poetry 1800-1950.” Kwasny teaches at Carroll...
UNT student awarded $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
University of North Texas student Matt Morton has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship program.
The fellowship offers grants to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel and general career advancement.
Morton, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, began working on a new book last year.
“Starting a new book is...
UNT professor fighting children's cancer using math
DENTON (UNT), Texas – When you think of cancer fighters, you most likely don’t think of mathematicians, but Xuexia “Helen” Wang is both. She is a biostatistics professor in the Department of Mathematics...