University of North Texas News

WMU's six DownBeat music awards were the third most earned by any college or university worldwide, WMU said in a press release.

Derek Rodriguez broke into a happy dance last month in a corridor at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport as he and other members of the Arlington High School Band waited to board a flight to New York.

A half-dozen public universities in North Texas, straining under record enrollment growth, would receive more than $350 million for brick-and-mortar expansion projects under a state bond package that won preliminary approval in the Texas House Monday night.

Joshua Mizikowski of Erie was recently awarded a master's degree in the from the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University.

Visual Arts Society of Texas member Tonya Littmann of Denton will exhibit a collection of her fine art quilts at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St., through July 11.

Jena Maharramov, a University of North Texas alumna who founded Singularity Solar Energy, is helping Habitat for Humanity of Denton County get solar panels installed at a house on Lakey Street.

Dallas-based Loopback Analytics has partnered with Brookdale Senior Living to implement a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Innovations Challenge grant totaling $7.3 million.

Facebook is, it goes without saying, a digital company. But tucked into its Menlo Park headquarters, is something called the Analog Research Laboratory, founded by a devout hands-on, silk-screen printer and old school graphic designer named Ben Barry.

Opening up stadiums for Kenny Chesney 's No Shoes Nation tour was a bit of an adjustment, said James Young, guitarist for the Texas-based Eli Young Band .

Bass River Township, Burlington County, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police, in partnership with the Cook County, Illinois Sheriff's Office, and the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification have identified human remains that date back to a missing juvenile case from 1972.

The 23rd Annual PIALA Conference will be held on July 15-17 at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe, Saipan.

Gov. Rick Perry appointed Joleesia Berry of Texas Woman's University and Rudy Reynoso Jr.

When Alex Klarer started at the University of North Texas, her parents agreed to pay her tuition and books, but they gave her two options on room and board: stay at home or live on her own, at her own expense.

The notion that public service today helps improve communities for future generations is a way of life for Fort Worth attorney Thomas Allan Howeth.

Mark Graham has started Denton School of Music at First Christian Church. He'll teach private piano lessons, and Alissa Taylor will teach private voice lessons.

A caller reported to Denton police that two panhandlers were at a truck stop Friday night in the 6000 block of Interstate 35.

Courtney Wilbanks of Denton, daughter of Penny Wilbanks and Scott Wilbanks of Arlington, will marry Kyle Ward of Denton, son of John and Terre Ward of Paradise, May 18, 2013, at The Dolan House in Denton.The bride-elect attends the University of North Texas in Denton.

Although not all cities and schools have elections in Denton County today, only about 2 percent of eligible voters cast ballots during early voting.

Martha Resendiz has a nine-year-old scar on her head that she said sometimes reminds her of how lucky she is to be alive and living a normal life.

In a corner of land almost hidden from view lies what many big universities may scoff at: a small soccer field next to the campus of the University of North Texas at Dallas.