From biochemistry and nutrition to history and anthropology, UNT food scholars are carving out new paths of discovery.

Using innovative technology and creative thinking, UNT researchers are working to outsmart cyber criminals and help build a growing workforce of professionals.

As a classified Minority-Serving and Hispanic-Serving Institution, UNT researchers are finding innovative and interdisciplinary ways to advance equity in all areas of society, from health care and education to industry.

Alumni and students are using their UNT education to make their mark in their respective fields at NASA.

UNT researchers from across disciplines work together to deploy intelligent mobility systems, including autonomous vehicle and aerial drone technology, in rural and urban settings.

UNT is fostering rich food studies conversations and individual student research across disciplines.

An educational psychology researcher is exploring what factors limit inclusive engagement in physical activity for individuals with disabilities. 

The TEDxUNT event hosted in October featured nine speakers — including faculty members and UNT alumni — tackling issues centering on the theme “This Way Forward.”

From a new media music composition inspired by time and sound and an exhibition on African American fiber art traditions to original research on the childbirth experiences of queer people in America, four UNT professors will be pursuing creative projects in the next year as the 2022-23 Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Faculty Fellows.

Through UNT’s shared research facilities, researchers on campus and industry partners can access the latest high-tech equipment and spaces to carry out the most sophisticated projects and analysis.

College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism Dean Jana Hawley — a sustainable textile scholar — understands the value of collaborative research.

UNT's Sharon Miller was part of a team of researchers whose work led to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updating their cochlear implant candidacy criteria.

The new terrestrial bird species was identified in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago — the southernmost location in Chile and the Americas.

Calvin Henard’s work is backed by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Agile BioFoundry.

Hao Yan, assistant professor of chemistry, and his research team have researched a novel way to grow nanodiamonds that are extremely small and uniformly sized without using explosives.

The ARL Membership Committee noted UNT’s designation as a Tier One research university and Hispanic-Serving Institution as well as its commitment to multiple initiatives supporting system-wide expansion of diversity, equity, inclusion and access.

This first-of-its-kind study will establish a new concept for producing valuable fungal products and may ultimately lead to medicines that can be delivered in plant seeds, eliminating downstream processing.

This is the first time UNT has earned this designation, which is given to HSI universities who have demonstrated noteworthy engagement with Fulbright exchange participants.

Richard Dixon, a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences and founding director of UNT’s BioDiscovery Institute, was among an interdisciplinary committee of researchers hoping to spur governments to rethink regulations on genetically engineered crops.

Lauren Ames Fischer, associate professor in public administration, is part of a team that received a National Science Foundation CIVIC 2022 Stage 1 Planning Grant to address urban water sustainability challenges.

Iva Jestratijevic, assistant professor in merchandising and digital retailing, is looking at ways the fashion industry can reduce waste produced from packaging throughout its supply chain.

The UNT College of Engineering and Texas A&M SecureAmerica Institute are collaborating to offer the America’s Cutting Edge (ACE) Machine Tool Workforce Development Program for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Sarah Evans, an assistant professor in the College of Information’s Department of Information Science, is studying whether graphic novels can be used as a medium to improve health literacy among a variety of populations.

College of Music faculty members Panayiotis Kokoras and Sungji Hong earned the coveted John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship.

The partnership will create the Texas Beacons of Excellence to help employers enhance their skills in recruiting, retaining, and accommodating employees with disabilities.

A University of North Texas mechanical engineering professor is helping to advance technologies for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF).

Marketing professor's research shows how a sweat treat can boost creativity.

Tessa Boucher (’20), a master’s student in environmental science, is tracking how the North Texas Municipal Water District’s restoration of the 15,000-acre Riverby Ranch is changing the bird population there.

Kenzie Duwe, an undergraduate integrative studies major with concentrations in rehabilitation studies, sociology and education, has been researching the UNT ELEVAR Transition Pathways program alongside Melissa Savage, an assistant professor of educational psychology.

Percyval Seddoh, a teaching assistant and master’s student in biomedical engineering, is studying cardiovascular tissue engineering, with an emphasis on creating microscopic representations of the heart to model issues such as diseases and aging.

Meng Ren, a doctoral ethnomusicology student, is documenting the evolution of Chinese hip-hop in her dissertation titled “Forbidden Sound: The Art, Culture and Politics of Chinese Hip- Hop,” the first full-length work on this topic.

Maria Ortega (’22), a first-generation education major with EC-6 bilingual certification, had her first research publication, “Juntxs with the comunidad: A collaboration across two universities and one school district,” in the Texas Journal of Literacy Education.

Joyradyn James-Rollins is conducting research in the lab of Zacchaeus Compson who specializes in food web ecology, aquatic ecology and DNA metabarcoding.

Sahar Behpour (’22 Ph.D), a recent doctoral graduate in information science, realized her strong interest in developing data-driven universal artificial intelligence after taking a machine learning course with Mark Albert, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.

Jennifer Stanley, a design graduate student with a concentration in fashion design and creative technology, is discovering ways to transform fashion design education.

Andrew Huebner (’19 M.A.), a doctoral student in history, became the first UNT graduate student to be named a Boren Fellow.

Johnna Sargent (’16), an engineering specialist for the mission systems group at Bell Flight, received the Modern Day Technology Leader Award from the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Conference.

Rebecca Bernard’s (’21 Ph.D.) teaching work at a men’s prison in Kentucky provided a new way of looking at incarcerated people – and inspiration for her writing.

Kelly Pierce (’20) studies punitive attitudes in the criminal justice system.

Xiaohu Xia (’03 Ph.D.) is a principal scientist for Mars Wrigley Global Research and Development.

Through a variety of projects, including work being done as part of UNT’s Center for Information and Cyber Security (CICS), an interdisciplinary group of researchers is working to ensure tomorrow’s workforce is made up of knowledgeable people to address future threats.