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Developing First Cyber Knowledge Bank

Developing First Cyber Knowledge Bank

UNT is leading a team with members from around the world to create an international data trust, improving the measurement and analysis of open access book usage.

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Improving Lives Through Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Improving Lives Through Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Ifana Mahbub is creating a new wireless recording, stimulation and power system that may lead to treatments for chronic pain and stroke recovery.

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Grantsmanship Workshops Empower Researchers

Grantsmanship Workshops Empower Researchers

Writing grants is a challenging process that will have a huge payoff for faculty members. However, the process is not something all researchers feel is their area of expertise. The first one-day grant proposal planning and writing workshop designed to increase faculty expertise in obtaining external funding launched in December.

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A Thesis in Three Minutes

A Thesis in Three Minutes

UNT doctoral students researching everything from decision science to public administration competed in UNT’s Toulouse Graduate School’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition. The competition challenged students to consolidate their research discoveries and convey technical details and abstract ideas using only a single PowerPoint slide and without any additional props or visual aids.

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Engineering Professor Named Distinguished Member of Association for Computing Machinery

Engineering Professor Named Distinguished Member of Association for Computing Machinery

Yan Huang, senior associate dean and director of graduate studies at the UNT College of Engineering, was recently named a distinguished member of the Association for Computing Machinery for her scientific contributions to the field of computing.  

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For Love of Glass

For Love of Glass

Jincheng Du, professor in UNT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has received major national and international recognition for his glass research.

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Studying Postpartum Depression

Studying Postpartum Depression

An historian of health, medicine and modern U.S. politics, History Professor Rachel Louise Moran is delving into how society has defined and diagnosed the disease that affects 1 in 9 U.S. women.

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 Alemneh to Serve as Fulbright Scholar in Ethiopia

Alemneh to Serve as Fulbright Scholar in Ethiopia

Daniel Alemneh of UNT Libraries was recently named a Fulbright Scholar to develop digital library structures and framework to support local universities and organizations in Ethiopia.

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Linguistics Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships

Linguistics Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships

Linguists scholars Kristen Acker and Madison Muniz have earned Fulbright scholarships to serve as teaching assistants in Europe this fall helping students learn English.

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Research and Innovation News

Tech Titans Award Finalist

UNT's Reconfigurable Computing Lab in the College of Engineering was named finalist for a prestigious Tech Titans award.

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Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Fellows

Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Fellows

Four UNT professors will receive time to work on personal projects – ranging from writing poetry to creating a new method of printmaking – after receiving an Institute for the Advancement of the Arts fellowship.

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Researcher Receives Prestigious Powe Award

Researcher Receives Prestigious Powe Award

April Becker, assistant professor of behavioral analysis, earned a 2019 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for her improvements for stroke research.

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City of Dallas Funds Water Conservation Program

City of Dallas Funds Water Conservation Program

Rudi Thompson, associate professor of biological sciences, is successfully changing behavior and saving billions of gallons of water each year through the city of Dallas’ Environmental Education Initiative.

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UNT Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program Earns Top Honors

UNT Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program Earns Top Honors

The UNT Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program in Chile was recently awarded a 2019 Ocean Award by Boat International, a publisher of materials for boating enthusiasts.    

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College of Engineering Dean Named Fellow of ASM International

College of Engineering Dean Named Fellow of ASM International

Hanchen Huang, new dean of the UNT College of Engineering, recently was elected Fellow of ASM International for his distinguished contributions to the fields of materials science and engineering.

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