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Two UNT programs named finalists for Texas Higher Education Star Awards
11.24.2008

Enrollment Management and the Next-Generation Course Redesign Project have been named finalists for the Texas award, which recognizes contributions toward achieving the goals of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Closing the Gaps program.

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Premier Israeli novelist to give free lecture at UNT Nov. 12	11.5.2008
Israel's most celebrated novelist, Meir Shalev, will give a free lecture at UNT titled "Sixty Years of Israeli Storytelling: Love in the Time of War."
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UNT to host regional robotics competition	11.5.2008
The event is expected to draw more than 1,000 students from Texas and New Mexico.
Education \| Social Science

University of North Texas to host "Adventures in Autism" conference Nov. 14 and 15	10.24.2008
The third annual conference will feature local and national autism experts for parents, teachers, professionals and others interested in learning more about autism.
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UNT, Education is Freedom partnering to provide free tuition, fees for Dallas ISD students of excellence	10.23.2008
DISD students who complete the Education is Freedom curriculum will be automatically admitted to UNT's Emerald Eagle Scholars program, assuming the student is academically and financially eligible.
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UNT faculty member, two former students, slated to receive award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame	10.23.2008
Robert "Bob" Maughan, a lecturer in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation and former UNT students, Mike McQueen and Larry Karl III, will be recognized.
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Dallas Mayor to speak at UNT's 'Education: The Key to Success for North Texans' luncheon	10.13.2008
Tom Leppert will deliver the keynote address at UNT College of Education's sixth annual "Education: The Key to Success for North Texans" luncheon Oct. 27.
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UNT receives $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to fund scholarships for first-year biology and chemistry students	9.16.2008
The program will accept 24 students each year based on financial need, with top consideration going to students who belong to a population that is underrepresented at universities and first-generation students.
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University of North Texas receives approximately $800,000 grant to train rural Texans in autism education	9.12.2008
UNT is creating a master's degree program in special education, with an emphasis in autism, which can be earned completely through distributed learning methods
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Babies, toddlers learn about music in UNT classes	8.28.2008
For the 12th year, UNT's College of Music offers early childhood music classes for children from birth to 5 years old. The program is designed to nurture children's musical aptitudes and help babies and toddlers develop a strong musical foundation.
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UNT named a "Best in the West" college by Princeton Review	8.26.2008
The New York City-based education services company selected UNT as one of 120 institutions it recommends on its website feature, "2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region."
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UNT becomes the first university in Dallas-Fort Worth region to sign College Board's commitment	8.26.2008
The College Board recognized UNT as one of 44 institutions that have made a substantial commitment to low-income students.
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UNT hosts teacher training for Texas BEST robotics competition	8.22.2008
The competition will draw more than 1,000 students, plus faculty advisers and parents, to UNT.
Education \| Science

UNT Center for Economic Education brings economics to thousands of Texas students	8.18.2008
Students will be learning economics and personal finance this fall, due largely to the summer training efforts of the University of North Texas' Center for Economic Education.
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UNT librarian elected Texas Library Association president	6.4.2008
Melody Kelly will serve as the chief elected officer for the largest state library organization in the United States.
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UNT to advise on Fulbright grants for international research and study	5.22.2008
UNT opens for applicants the 2009-2010 Fulbright U.S. Student Program which operates in more than 140 countries annually and awards about 1,450 new grants each year.
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UNT's Rafes Urban Astronomy Center adds outdoor amphitheater	5.12.2008
A $25,000 donation from the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation of Keller provided the new addition to the astronomy center facilities.
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UNT to offer certificate in computer game programming	5.7.2008
Department of Computer Science and Engineering's certificate requires a four-course sequence including two classes in game programming, one on game math and physics, and a game development class.
Education \| Science

UNT Mayborn Conference teams up with Writers' League for pre-conference workshop	5.5.2008
One Last Look: Nonfiction Revision Strategies for Mayborn Conference Writers - a pre-conference workshop to help writers submitting articles or essays to the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest is May 24.
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Summer enrollment opens for early childhood music classes	5.1.2008
Enrollment begins June 14 for UNT's program designed to nurture children's musical aptitudes and develop a strong musical foundation.
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UNT receives grant to study programs for low-income students	4.30.2008
Seven U.S. universities earned grants to explore student access to higher education and ways universities help students succeed in college.
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