Male Magellanic woodpeckers drill for insects in the forests of Chile

Birds of the World's Southernmost Forests Signal Health of Ecosystems

A UNT ecologist looks to the birds for conservation clues.


Faculty Perspectives
UNT Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity "Impact" graphic

Philosophy Matters — Examining the Value of Knowledge

UNT philosophers examine the value of knowledge in an age of accountability.


Research images from the lab of UNT biologist Guenter Gross

Picturing Research

Ten UNT faculty members communicate the story of their research through pictures.


UNT faculty members Krishna Kavi, Rajiv Mishra, and Peter Collins

Faculty Experts Provide Industry-Relevant Research

UNT's engineering expertise attracts industry partners.


News


Vincent Falsetta, professor in the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design, and Miroslav Penkov, an assistant professor in the UNT...

In 1769, British Capt. James Cook led an expedition to Tahiti to document the transit of Venus across the sun in an effort to calculate the astronomical unit – the earth’s distance from the sun.

Cook was unable...

Its face had an expression like a giant bulldog, with fang-like teeth and an upturned jaw that could open wide to  consume large prey. Its flippers had the appearance of wings. With more than...

Office of Research and Economic Development


UNT strives to promote research, scholarship, and creative activities that engage faculty, research scientists, graduate and undergraduate students, and external collaborative partners to their fullest potential.

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ORED plays a key role in this mission by supporting faculty in their research activities. ORED offers a comprehensive package of services to support and advance research projects at every stage of development.

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Awards and Achievements


Amy Schade, UNT student of biology

When Amy Schade arrived at the University of North Texas in the fall of 2010, she wasn’t sure whether she wanted to pursue a degree in biology or history. But after participating in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s National Genomics Research Initiative, her path was clear.

“In my freshman biology courses we had the opportunity to isolate, purify and sequence viruses that infect bacteria,” says Schade. “It was my first exposure to research and I fell in love with it. It solidified...

Shobhana Chelliah, Professor of Linguistics and Technical Communication

Shobhana Chelliah, a professor in the University of North Texas Department of Linguistics and Technical Communication, has been selected as a rotator program director in the National Science Foundation’s Documenting Endangered Languages Program. She will be in her position at the NSF office in...

Anam Bakali

Anam Bakali has received a Critical Language Scholarship from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State, to study Arabic in Tunisia. 

Bakali, who is majoring in photojournalism and interdisciplinary art and design and minoring in Arabic, is among 621 undergraduate and...

Media


Jennifer Williams, Electrical Engineering masters student at UNT

 

UNT graduate student of Electrical Engineering, Jennifer Williams, discusses the strengths that make the program a unique and viable path for her research education — from the...

Spectra interview with UNT faculty Rick Nader and Arup Neogi with Julie West

Spectra is produced by North Texas Televsion (ntTV) and co-produced by the UNT...

Heard, by Nick Cave

UNT College of Visual Arts and Design faculty and administrators discuss the artist and UNT alumnus Nick Cave and his soundsuit collaborations with UNT, local, and regional communities.

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Events


The University of North Texas Kristin Farmer Autism Center and the UNT autism graduate programs will host the fourth annual Adventures in Autism Intervention and Research conference July 28 (Saturday) at the UNT Gateway Center, located north of the intersection of Eagle Drive and North Texas Boulevard.

The conference will include more than 20 presentations by nationally recognized...

The UNT-based Research Training Group (RTG) within the Department of Mathematics is hosting a Logic and Dynamics conference June 4-8 2012: Logic, Dynamics and Their Interactions, with a Celebration of the Work of Dan Mauldin. Visit the website for detailed informationRegistration is an online process.  All speakers and attendees are asked to register at their earliest possible convenience.

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Conference registration opens May 22, 2012 for the annual, national EDUCAUSE conference, to be held November 6-9 in Denver, Colorado, and online. 

EDUCAUSE® is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. EDUCAUSE helps those who lead, manage, and use information resources to shape strategic decisions at every level. A comprehensive range of resources and activities is available to all interested employees at EDUCAUSE member...

Book Corner


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Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain artistic and devotional practices at the rock-cut site of Ellora in...

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Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of...

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The impact of Calvinism is examined in The Destiny of Modern Societies: The Calvinist Predestination of a New Society (Haymarket Books) by Milan Zafirovski, professor of sociology.

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