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Mean Green Machine gets a 'green' makeover

Posted on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 3:42pm
UNT’s Mean Green Machine, a 1931 Model A donated by alumnus Rex Cauble (ʼ74) in 1974, recently got a makeover thanks to a team of engineering technology students.

Music student earns opera award

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 3:55pm
Doctoral music student Heather Hawk clinched first prize in the Dallas Opera Guild’s 24th annual Vocal Competition for young opera singers.

Student receives language scholarship

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 3:54pm
Anam Bakali, a senior photojournalism and interdisciplinary art and design studies major, earned a highly prestigious Critical Language Scholarship from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to study Arabic in Tunisia this summer.

SALUTE supports student veterans who excel academically

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 3:52pm
NT is ranked among the top schools for veterans to earn a degree, and those who excel in their education receive support through the UNT chapter of the SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society.

On-campus media agency gives students job experience

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:40pm
SWOOP, UNT’s new student-managed advertising and public relations agency, is preparing students for the next stage after college -- the job market.

Top institution for international enrollment

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:37pm
UNT was ranked among the top 50 institutions for hosting international students in the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors 2011 report. About 2,500 international students attend UNT and represent 140 countries.

Student wins ethnobiologist award

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:36pm
Digging up the past earned Jonathan Dombrosky, a senior anthropology major and Honors College student, the Society of Ethnobiology’s 2012 Undergraduate Ethnobiologist Award, which came with a one-year membership to the society and travel funds to attend the organization’s annual conference at the Denver Botanic Gardens in April.

TAMS students named Goldwater Scholars

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:29pm
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science seniors Favyen Bastani and Amanda Quay were named 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, and Mitchell Powell was among seven Texas students to receive honorable mention in the prestigious scholarship competition for students planning careers in mathematics, science and engineering.

Honors student awarded scholarship

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:27pm
Alejandro Garrido, an English and social sciences senior, received a $2,500 scholarship from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, considered the premier national scholarship agency serving Hispanic students.

Opera chair established with $1.5 million Winspear gift

Posted on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:25pm
UNT’s College of Music received a $1.5 million gift this spring from the estate of the late philanthropist and honorary UNT alumnus Bill Winspear.