DFW college football teams return home for second week of season
SMU and UNT will be looking to get their first wins of the season, while TCU will attempt to go 2-0 on the young season.
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
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UNT launches campaign to promote enrollment
The campaign, which will cost about $675,000 from UNT advertising funds, is the largest of its kind that the university has put forward.
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
UNT pacts to support low-income students
The College Board's CollegeKeys Compact ensures that universities under the compact will work to help students from low-income situations prepare for and succeed in college.
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
DFW college football teams open season on the road
All three of the North Texas college football teams opened the 2008 season on the road with mixed results.
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
UNT Board of Regents approves new college
The merger of the School of Library and Information Sciences and the department of learning technologies would result in the new College of Information, Library Science and Technologies.
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
Former Denton residents were victims in Tennessee church shooting
Shooter hit three former members of Denton’s Unitarian Universalist congregation, killing one.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Registration for The Mayborn’s 2008 literary nonfiction writers’ conference closes Wednesday
Aspiring novelists can learn from editors and authors including N. Scott Momaday at the fourth annual UNT-sponsored event.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Famed UNT jazz program’s chairman Neil Slater retires
Slater will continue living in Denton after retirement and maybe play some gigs at local clubs.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Fort Worth mayor Mike Moncrief remembers 100-year-old school teacher
Hazel Harvey Peace was the first black woman in Texas honored with an endowed professorship at a state school, the University of North Texas.
Monday, June 9, 2008
UNT parking permits to increase in the fall
The cost of a reserved spot will go up by $105, while general parking permits will go up $15.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
UNT President Gretchen M. Bataille selected to list of “Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas”
During Bataille's official inaugural address in April 2007, she identified three university priorities: supporting students, responding to the changing national and global community and committing to build a brighter future.
Friday, May 16, 2008
UNT goes ‘green’ with new building to set the stage for future
The new Life Sciences Building is set to be certified "green" through the LEED Green Building Rating System. (Photo by Charlie McRae of North Texas Daily)
Friday, April 25, 2008
UNT Dance professor and students invited to national competition
War-themed dance piece is going to New York.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Maestro Anshel Brusilow to conduct final concert with UNT Symphony
Brusilow is retiring after a UNT career spanning 35 years.
Monday, April 21, 2008
UNT’s journalism department to become its own college
The department, which currently sits under the College of Arts and Sciences umbrella, is planning to break off on its own in fall 2009.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
UNT lacks diversity in faculty
Of the 539 tenured faculty members in the fall of 2007, 453 were white, 31 were Asian, 20 were black and 19 were Hispanic.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UNT master’s programs win national recognition, No. 1 rank
The School of Library and Information Sciences and the Department of Public Administration were both recognized by U.S. News and World Report.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UNT students join walkout in war protest
Over 40 students, community members, and supporters gathered in the Free Speech Area on the UNT campus Monday.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UNT terminates lease agreement with Radisson Hotel
Terminating the lease agreement gives UNT control of the property and the hotel.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
UNT symposium on Lyndon and Lady Bird set for weekend of April 18
Two Johnson biographers highlight this year's Texas History Symposium.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Former University of North Texas professor sentenced for public corruption
This case was investigated by the FBI and the UNT police and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Shamoil T. Shipchandler.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
University of North Texas’ Robocamp, a summer camp for designing robots for middle school and high school students, to be held June and July
Programs will be five days long, with half of the time spent directly on robotics and the balance spent on engineering design, critical thinking and programming topics.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
University of North Texas hosts 2008 Fort Worth Regional Science Fair for 6th-12th grade students March 3-4
Exhibit judging will be on March 3, with the winners announced March 4 at 6 p.m. The exhibit will be open to the public during the day on March 4.
Friday, Feb. 29, 2008
University of Texas science and engineering students team, “Texas Codeboys,” qualify for International programming contest in Hungary
As in 2006 and 2007, the "Codeboys: are the only American team competing in the Challenge 24 contest.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008
Colleges and universities all over the metroplex opening theater productions this week
From TCU to Collin Theater Center, 9 new plays and musicals are beginning their run.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
UNT’s FM radio station receives Outstanding Media Award
According to the Emergency Management Association of Texas, KNTU excels at interrupting its normal programming.
Monday, Feb. 25, 2008
UNT Health Science Center and The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders collaborate on new institute
Collaboration combines cutting-edge research with renowned clinics to care for North Texas cancer patients close to home.
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
UPDATED: Hillary Chelsea Clinton to visit, chat up UT Dallas, UT Arlington and UNT
The former First Daughter will speak first at 10:30 a.m. - the same time Senator Obama's rally at Reunion Arena opens its doors. Even the moon is overwhelmed.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008
Music scholars to speak at UNT
... and the campus is humming with anticipation.
Seven Deadly Sins (of medieval music) and Distant Beloved (of Schumann and Beethoven) comprise program topics.
Monday, Feb. 18, 2008
UNT Chamber Orchestra performance to feature music faculty participation
The violin, cello, oboe and bassoon (gesundheit!) will all be played by professors.
Monday, Feb. 11, 2008
UNT tuition will increase twice in the next two years
With the tuition increase, UNT is now offering a new home-ec class: Ramen Noodles 101.
Friday, Feb. 8, 2008
KERA’s Think interviews UNT professor Dr. Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and SMU professor Dr. Dennis Simon
Dr. Eshbaugh-Soha and Dr. Simon will talk about Texas' influence on the presidential race.
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008
UNT’s Distinguished Lecture Series welcomes Dallas businessman Albert C. Black Jr.
Local entrepreneur started his company with two people in 1982; it now employs 190, and it's growing.
Monday, Feb. 4, 2008
UNT to be new home of Texas State Historical Association
The move ends the association's 110-year relationship with the University of Texas.
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
UNT concerts will highlight Baroque instrumentals
Man, that's a really big lute - I'm just sayin'.
Choose from an all-Bach stripped-down violin and oboe duo (tasty!) or a more fleshed-out seven-piece ensemble featuring the theorbo.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
UNT “Opera Without Elephants” premieres Friday, Jan. 25
The operatic excerpts are free; the elephants will cost you whatever the going rate is for renting out pachyderms.
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008
UNT’s “Fem Flicks” film series kicks off with Q/A by sex education activist
Films to be shown include The Education of Shelby Knox; God Sleeps in Rwanda; Pornography of Everyday Life; and Absolutely Safe.
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008
UNT’s E-CSI makes science fun for kids
They may not need no stinkin' badges, but they'll probably take them if they're offered.
Participation in family fun event explores the world of forensic science.
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
Pieces from UNT art gallery’s permanent collection emerge from the shadows
... thanks to the investigative work of grad students.
Mining of the gallery's hidden art holdings leads to placing the works in their proper context.
Friday, Jan. 11, 2008
Dallas police teaming up with UNT for research-training institute
Somehow that strikes me as posing many of the same potential benefits, detriments, and conflicts of interest created by collaborations with the military by universities.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008
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