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Uniforms appeal to principals; parents seen as obstacle
8.3.1998

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Plaid pleated skirts. Navy crested blazers. Knee socks.

Education | Research

Internet could downsize real estate industry	7.25.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The maze keeping you from your dream house is about to have a few direct trails blazed through it thanks to the Internet, according to two University of North Texas professors.
Business \| Research

Internet could downsize real estate industry	7.24.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The maze keeping you from your dream house is about to have a few direct trails blazed through it thanks to the Internet, according to two University of North Texas professors.
Business \| Research

Study suggests new directions for higher education in serving Texas' aging population	7.14.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- While a growing number of senior citizens in Texas want to take courses to learn something new, many of the state's institutions of higher education are not prepared to serve them, according to a University of North Texas study.
Education \| Research \| Social Science

Computers in the classroom:Teacher ease affects student attitudes	3.27.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A recent University of North Texas study of three public elementary schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex indicates that positive teacher attitudes toward information technology result in similar positive attitudes among students.
Education \| Research

TAMS student from Fort Worth develops better test for disease	2.4.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The research of a 17-year-old University of North Texas student may lead to improved early detection of a gene that causes a disfiguring disease.
Research \| TAMS

UNT to conduct study on higher education and aging	1.26.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas has been selected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to investigate how universities can assist Texans to prepare for life after age 60.
General University News \| Research

Study shows music students abuse alcohol less, study better	1.26.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- College-aged music students generally have fewer problems with alcohol, are healthier emotionally, and have a stronger ability to concentrate and study than students in other fields of study, according to a study conducted at UNT.
Arts and Music \| Research

Researcher seeking pregnant smokers who wish to cut down or quit	1.14.1998
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- As an OB-GYN nurse, Dr. Erma Lawson has witnessed firsthand the health problems of infants whose mothers smoked during pregnancy.
Research \| Social Science

Link between orchestra instruments and hearing loss studied	12.4.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- After listening to an hour or more of crashing drums and amplified electric guitars, it's no wonder that concertgoers sometimes return home with ringing ears.
Arts and Music \| Research

Grandparents experience isolation, role confusion when they become parents to grandchildren	12.4.1997
Many people believe that when parents can no longer care for children because of emotional problems, the ideal solution is to place the children with their grandparents, rather than placing them in a foster home.
Public Service \| Research

Waiting a month before seeing a doctor is common for those with low incomes	10.1.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- After noticing a suspicious lump, a persistent sore or a chronic cough, low-income Dallas residents tend to treat themselves, then wait about a month before seeing a physician, according to a University of North Texas anthropologist.
Public Service \| Research

Study: Figure skating judges are biased	9.4.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Twirling skirts, flashing sequins and dramatic moves serve to make figure skating seem more like entertainment than sport.
Research

Hurricane Andrew five years later: Tension between ethnic groups slowed recovery	8.27.1997
Five years after one of nature's costliest disasters -- Hurricane Andrew -- devastated Homestead, Fla., much of the city has been rebuilt.
Research \| Science

CooLN2Car: A car that runs on air	8.12.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Air. Its life-sustaining property and fresh, abundant supply were taken for granted until the birth of the industrial age and its resulting offspring: the modern, smog-producing automobile. Today children learn early about car exhaust, air pollution and ozone alerts. Tomorrow they'll learn about how a prototype car, which ran on air instead of fossil fuel, reshaped their future.
General University News \| Research \| Science

Alleyways reduce value of homes in Metroplex	7.31.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Designing neighborhoods with rear-entry alleyways reduces the selling price of homes by more than 5 percent in Denton County, according to recent research done at the University of North Texas.
Business \| Research

Faculty, staff receive awards provided by university's largest donor	7.8.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Seven University of North Texas faculty and staff members received awards as the 1997-98 recipients of the university's Charn Uswachoke International Developmental Fund Grants.
General University News \| Research

Government regulations on bed and breakfasts unknown to, resisted by proprietors	7.7.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When was the last time you thought to check a hotel to see that there were properly marked fire exits? Or counted the number of parking spaces to ensure there were enough for guests? Or took a stroll through the kitchen to check how the food is being handled?
Business \| Research

School choice provides benefits, drawbacks, say UNT researchers	6.30.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Findings from a University of North Texas four-year study of school choice in San Antonio reveal that students attending choice schools did not experience the test score declines of those assigned to neighborhood schools. At the same time, no significant improvement occurred in the test scores of choice school students.
Education \| Research

Curriculum developed to boost awareness of developmental disabilities	6.17.1997
To many people, unsteadiness in walking and slurred speech mean drunkenness. A person who exhibits this behavior in public might be arrested for public intoxication.
Public Service \| Research \| Social Science

Computer scientists developing 'Virtual Collaborative University'	5.22.1997
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A typical visit to a university might include talking with professors, interacting with students and checking out the library -- that is, after you travel to campus and learn your way around.
Education \| Research \| Science

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