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Spring at UNT photo gallery

Posted on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 10:04am
UNT's first Graduate Exhibition, Ahab Symphony rehearsals and the College of Business hosted its third annual Golf Classic.

Vivian Castleberry receives UNT's Shuford Hall of Honor Award

Posted on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 8:28am
Dallas icon Vivian Castleberry, a staunch advocate for women's rights and peace, has received the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism's most prestigious honor, the C.E. Shuford Hall of Honor Award.
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Remembering Alfred F. Hurley, UNT's longest serving president

Posted on Sun, 06/09/2013 - 3:21pm
Hurley, who for 18 years served as UNT’s 12th president, died June 8. UNT's longest-serving president to date, he also was the UNT System's first full-time chancellor.

UNT student wins DFW marketing award

Posted on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 8:40am
With the help of faculty and alumni, marketing major Thomas Pemberton is making real-life impacts in business. He was named DFW American Marketing Association Collegiate Marketer of the Year.

UNT begins search for a new president

Posted on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 7:50am
This spring, UNT President V. Lane Rawlins announced his plans to retire this year once a new president is appointed to replace him. A Presidential Search Advisory Committee is identifying strong, experienced candidates to lead the UNT System's flagship campus.

UNT undergraduates' cardiomyopathy research breakthrough may lead to new treatments

Posted on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 3:10pm
UNT undergraduate researchers Alysha Joseph and Diana Wang, who graduated this spring from UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, conducted research with Douglas Root, associate professor of biological sciences, to discover a new drug to treat hereditary cardiomyopathy disease, the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes.
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Music faculty member earns NEH grant

Posted on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 3:01pm
For 25 years, Steven Friedson, Distinguished Research Professor of music and anthropology, has studied music and ritual in Africa and its effect on people, as well as medical and religious practices.
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Two TAMS students named Goldwater Scholars

Posted on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 2:59pm
Before graduating this spring from UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Helen Xiong and Kevin Chen were named 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, a prestigious honor for students planning careers in mathematics, science and engineering. UNT leads all Texas universities, with 52 scholars, to date.
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Advanced weather radar now installed at UNT

Posted on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 2:47pm
A new advanced radar system at Discovery Park — UNT's 300-acre research campus — is allowing UNT to help provide severe weather data and warnings for the North Texas region.

UNT faculty member's Alzheimer's study focuses on grape seed extract

Posted on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 3:41pm
Richard Dixon, Distinguished Research Professor of biological sciences and a National Academy of Sciences member, is conducting research to uncover how grape seed extract helps slow the progression of the disease.
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