Feature Service
Each month, the UNT News Service creates and distributes the feature service. All stories from this service may be printed verbatim in newspapers and magazines. When available, photos are provided to accompany the stories, and may also be downloaded for use in publications.
April 2008
Suiting Up
North Texas alumnus keeps professional athletes, regular guys looking their best.
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February 2008
January 2008
Zappa University
Musician Arthur Barrow practiced for years with one goal in life: to play for Frank Zappa.
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December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
Comic success
A move to the suburbs made "Over the Hedge" a winner for Denton native T Lewis.
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September 2007
August 2007
University acquires $1.5 million pipe organ
The installation of the Richard Ardoin-Paul Voertman Concert Organ in UNT’s Murchison Performing Arts Center. When completed at the end of this year, the organ will have 3,820 pipes and will span 28 feet in width and 37 feet in height. Preview performances on the organ will begin during the spring 2008 semester.
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July 2007
UNT graduate performs on "America's Got Talent"
A UNT graduate from Richardson, Texas, who is appearing on "America’s Got Talent" on NBC as one of the 3 Redneck Tenors. The classically trained singers, billed as "Greater Tuna meets Das Barbecu," are going on to the next round of the talent competition and will be on the show next Tuesday, July 10.
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June 2007
Book town of Archer City inspires University of North Texas writing class
A UNT writing class that is being held for three weeks in July in Archer City, hometown of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and UNT alumnus Larry McMurtry. Offered by UNT's Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, the class allows students to explore Archer County's ranches, cafes and McMurtry’s "Booked Up" - billed as the largest antiquarian bookstore in the country - while searching for inspiration for stories.
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May 2007
April 2007
Coach helps small-town students find success
A former North Texas football player who works with middle and high school student-athletes in a small South Texas town, encouraging them to achieve in school and to consider life outside of their small town.
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March 2007
Day care behavior problems not major concern, child care expert says
A child development professor’s thoughts about a recent study rom the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that found that children who spent large amounts of time in child care centers had more behavior problems than children who spent less time in the centers.
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February 2007
January 2007
Military historian writes book in response to Iraq war
A story about a military historian's book on the history of U.S. military force from World War II to the current war in Iraq, and the motives people and governments used to wage war, the discord among military personnel, the flawed political policies that guided military strategy, and the civilian perceptions that characterized each conflict. The historian wrote the book, called "The American Culture of War," in response to the U.S. military’s failure to capture Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
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Changing roles after coaching can be a challenge
A sport psychologist’s thoughts about Bill Parcells retiring from coaching professional football, and leaving the Dallas Cowboys after four seasons, and how the team could react to a new coach.
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Program creates paths to new futures
A program that UNT started at a predominantly Hispanic high school in Dallas to introduce students to the health science professions and help to break the cycle of Hispanics being underrepresented in those professions.
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December 2006
UNT libraries a partner with the U.S. National Archives
The CyberCemetery maintained by the UNT Libraries to preserve web sites and electronic publications that were published by now-defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. It is the only CyberCemetery in the nation
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November 2006
October 2006
University of North Texas opens center for Spanish media
UNT's new Center for Spanish Language Media, which will be launched this fall as one of the first comprehensive training and research programs to meet the growing demand for Spanish-speaking media professionals throughout Texas and the United States.
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UNT receives $450,000 federal grant for suicide prevention programs
A federal grant that UNT received to develop training programs to respond effectively to students with mental health problems that may lead to suicide attempts. UNT was one of 34 colleges and universities in the U.S., and one of two in Texas, to receive the grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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September 2006
August 2006
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June 2006
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March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
On the border
University of North Texas initiative transforms library service along the Rio Grande
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An entertaining career
With Jackie Gleason's help and the flip of a coin, Longview native sang and danced her way to Hollywood
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Expert offers tips to resist addictions
During this first week of 2006, many Texans have probably vowed to kick bad habits that have been clouding their lives -- whether it's drinking too much, smoking, overeating or taking drugs.
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December 2005
Making a better nonstick frying pan
Polymer researcher Witold Brostow says that, among plastics, nonstick and scratch-resistance are almost mutually exclusive properties, but that may soon change.
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November 2005
When athletes behave badly
A UNT sport psychologist says the recent suspensions of Terrell Owens and Kurt Busch show that athletes are being held to the similar standards as others.
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Forcing blooms goes high tech
By introducing a specific gene to a leaf, biology professor Bryan Ayre and Robert Turgeon, of Cornell University, caused the Arabidopsis plant to flower out of season.
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October 2005
Mapping the spread of avian flu
Medical geographer Joseph Oppong says that diseases don't respect boundaries, so helping other countries contain avian flu protects the U.S.
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TAMS student snaps up international photo prize
Nick Murphy took photos of dragonflies along the creek near his Dripping Springs home and then took home Wildlife Photographer of the Year from the Natural History Museum of London and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
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Group takes up RFID technology
A tech think tank based at UNT is examining the many ways radio frequency identification could impact the way we live and do business.
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The Pepper Lady keeps it spicy
Author Jean Andrews traveled the globe to research peppers, carving an international reputation with her adventurous spirit.
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Parenthood redux
Graduate student Leah Bell chronicles children being raised by their grandparents in an award-winning documentary that will show at the Cannes Film Festival.
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September 2005
Drummers find their muse at UNT
Although John Bryant and Earl Harvin came to the College of Music in different decades with different styles, each followed his own beat to a successful career.
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March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
His old-school values get the job done
A child of the Great Depression, Ronald Waranch ('54) made his fortune as a Southern California homebuilder but his commitment to share the wealth made him a Horatio Alger Association winner.
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December 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
Modern Explorer
University photographer follows the footsteps of Lewis and Clark
Exhibition to open at Fort Worth's Amon Carter Museum Sept. 25
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A Team United
Racism brought University of North Texas football players together in 1956
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July 2004
May 2004
April 2004
Flower power
UNT biochemists discover new method for preserving cut flowers
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Business fun
At CI Host, only the interns are younger than the owner, and he's on company No. 3
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The Weather Dude
Fort Worth native on Weather Channel describes forecasts in song
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March 2004
Want ads or wake up calls?
"Seize the day!" could be the battle cry for many people who have been downsized or terminated from their jobs.
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February 2004
University of North Texas digitizes a chunk of black history
Graduate students of the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences have been digitizing rare photos of black history icons, as well as well as photos of black life in the United States from the 1940s to the 1980s.
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January 2004
December 2003
Joyful Noise
Unique classes turn baby sounds into beautiful music
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November 2003
UNT professor helping to preserve American films
As a member of the National Film Preservation Board, Ben Levin, a University of North Texas professor of radio, television and film, joins others in making recommendations to the Librarian of Congress on possible feature, documentary, experimental, amateur and other films for the registry.
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You can have your dessert — just don’t eat too much of it
For many, November and December are the months of excess and overeating, but
the best option for everyone is moderation, according to nutritionist Juliet
Getty, a University of North Texas associate professor of hospitality management.
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October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
Ghostwerks
College friends pool their talents on the way to their comic book destinies
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Math E matics
Overcoming the fear of math through the language of mathnerds.com
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June 2003
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