UNT System News Briefs – May 3, 2019

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Friday, May 3, 2019

UNT Dallas Teaches Green Card Holders How To Pass The Required Citizenship Test
    KERA

This semester, University of North Texas at Dallas students have been teaching local Spanish speakers how to take the U.S. naturalization test. The crowded class keeps growing …

In hot labor market, Dallas area companies dangle a new perk: Paying off employees' student loans
    Dallas News

In North Texas, several employers offer the benefit, including Medical City ... Two North Texas lawmakers are advocating a similar benefit for cops. .... she proposes: States should invest more in public universities to drive down tuition ...

Rape kit backlog forcing city to look outward, victims notified years later
    UT The Daily Texan

... rape cases from the original backlog, City Council approved two interlocal agreements with the University of North Texas Health and Science Center ...

John Ryan: Proven leadership on meeting challenges, preparing for opportunities
    Denton Record Chronicle

I represent the Denton area on the North Texas Central Council of ... on Sycamore Street between the University of North Texas and the train station.

Letter from the Editor: I am done, but the Daily is not
    North Texas Daily

When I joined the North Texas Daily as a regular staff writer two and a half years ... From looking into the racist past of UNT's Yucca yearbooks, to an ...

DCTA to expand zone bus service to Denia
    Denton Record Chronicle

“The new expanded zone carves out Apogee Stadium and the University of North Texas facilities surrounding the stadium since we already have ...

Mental health resources will now be on the back of UNT ID cards
    FOX 4 News

DENTON, Texas - A University of North Texas student who lost a friend to suicide wanted to spread the word about mental health resources available ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating University of Houston medical school
    Texas Tribune

Nearly half of the Texas medical schools are in the Houston area. ... along with a medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science ...

Report: Women at Texas community colleges aren't getting the kind of birth control they want
    550 KTSA

By contrast, a nearby four-year university — the University of North Texas at Dallas — provides women's health services at its Student Health and ...