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Jay Leno Will Perform At UNT's "An Evening With A Legend"
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Wed, Jul 9, 2014 - 1:10pm

Read the original story at: EmptyLightHouse.com

Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show" for 22 years, will be the featured performer at "An Evening with a Legend," sponsored by the UNT Health Science Center Foundation to benefit the University's research, education and health care mission.

Presented by Chase and J.P. Morgan, Leno will appear at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall. The Chairs for this year's event are Pati and Bill Meadows.The benefit performance celebrates the time-honored partnership between UNT Health Science Center and the Fort Worth community.

Leno, recently announced as the recipient of The Kennedy Center's 2014 Mark...

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In the heart of Texas, support of same-sex marriage grows
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Thu, Jun 5, 2014 - 1:09pm

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GUN BARREL CITY, Texas — This place got its name because the main road was straight as a gun barrel. Today, it's at the center of a fight over gay marriage.

  That's because weekenders Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, who bought an A-frame house overlooking scenic Cedar Creek Lake four years ago, have become minor celebrities as the men challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage.   Their battle, joined by two women whose Massachusetts marriage the Lone Star State refuses to recognize, is as unlikely as it is uphill. They've already won the first round in federal court in San Antonio, where District Judge Orlando Garcia...
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City of Fort Worth, UNT Health Science Center team up on West Nile virus prevention
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Wed, Jun 4, 2014 - 11:49am

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FORT WORTH, Texas, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The City of Fort Worth and the University of North Texas Health Science Center have renewed their mosquito-surveillance partnership, part of a unique effort blending hard science with community outreach to prevent the spread of West Nile virus.Under the agreement, graduate students and a scientist from UNTHSC trap and collect mosquitos from more than 60 sites across the city. The mosquitos are then tested for WNV infection at labs at UNTHSC and Tarrant County Public Health.Based on test results, medical entomologist Joon-Hak Lee, PhD, makes weekly recommendations to city...

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First-year UNTHSC Student Wins Award With Ethics Essay On Importance of Vulnerability of Patients
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Fri, May 23, 2014 - 12:20am

Read the original story at: Bio News Texas

Linh Vo, a first-year student in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, has won the first annual Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Essay Award.

The ethics award distinguishes University of North Texas students’ essays on ethical behavior in his or her focus of study or field of business.

Linh Vo received the $1,000 award for an essay that examined physicians’ duty to...

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zSpace Enhances Virtual Anatomy Training
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Thu, May 22, 2014 - 12:29pm

Read the original story at: Market Watch

SUNNYVALE, CA, May 20, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- zSpace, Inc., a technology provider that delivers a new way of learning through immersive exploration, today announced it will provide advanced, interactive anatomy training solutions for medical schools and universities across the globe.

Partnered with Cyber Anatomy, Inc., zSpace's 3D virtual platform combined with Cyber-Anatomy's 3D medical education software allows medical students to advance their medical training and gain a deeper understanding of the human anatomy within a lifelike environment. Students at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in...

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