A UNT art contest from 2016 that intended to raise environmental awareness announced its three winners in March. A student painted the first of three murals planned to go on campus storm drains in mid-April as part of the Sustainability Storm Drain Artscape Design competition. The artscapes are intended to be educational
UNT will officially compete at the varsity level in esports beginning in fall 2018, with four teams for the games Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends and Overwatch. Tryouts for the new varsity esports program took place throughout April 2018 and there are plans for more tryouts at
UNT will build a 100-acre branch campus in Frisco to accommodate at least 5,000 students, a project expected to cost at least $100 million, officials announced Monday. The new branch campus is set to include academic and administrative buildings, a wellness facility, student housing and a library, according to a
Bryce Goodman announced in a Facebook post on April 5 he is running as an independent for TX-26. Goodman is running against Democratic candidate Linsey Fagan to unseat Republican incumbent Michael Burgess. “I believe in putting people before party and civil service before myself,” Goodman said. “That’s what’s missing right now.
About two dozen people attended the runoff debate between Texas House District 64 candidates Andrew Morris and Mat Pruneda from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Joseph Trinkle, the former news director for KNTU 88.1, moderated the debate hosted by Rantt Media and held at the Corinth Campus of North Central
The Denton County Transportation Authority is considering changing UNT bus routes to help with overcrowding issues. The proposed changes look to create more campus circulation. DCTA is seeking public feedback before the proposed routes can go into effect in August 2018. Officials held a public hearing on April 18 to gather opinions on
A group of students protested UNT’s EarthFest on Thursday, urging the university to make the event’s food an all-vegan affair to support sustainability. Despite UNT’s assertions of sustainability and low waste at the annual event, the group called Mean Greens For Animals is taking issue with the event’s non-vegan menu.
An issue with the algorithm for UNT’s e-ride app, which launched in spring 2018, is responsible for what students report are overly-long wait times, officials said. UNT Transportation Services launched the e-ride on-demand system to create a safer and more convenient mode of transportation for students to get around campus
A student riding his bike to class was struck by a car near the Union Wednesday morning. A grey Nissan struck fashion merchandising sophomore Shawn Smallets on Union Circle. Smallets was hit when the driver pulled into a parking spot along the drop-off area behind the Union. He walked away
The UNT Policy Office has updated the university’s sexual harassment policy to comply with Texas law and updated the disability accommodation policy to make the Office of Disability Accommodation “the clearinghouse for all decisions regarding student accommodations,” according to the policy website. “[The ODA] is the clearinghouse for issues of, particularly, the academic accommodations for
