Established in 2010, the Castleberry Peace Institute is housed in UNT’s Department of Political Science as part of its Peace Studies minor program. Its primary goals are to support teaching, learning and research regarding conflict prevention and peace-building on an international scale.

Professor Constance Hilliard, an African evolutionary historian, found that certain illnesses common in many Black American communities — like hypertension and kidney disease — may be explained by unique genetic variations that affect how the body absorbs sodium.

Storytelling in pursuit of connection, change and cultural preservation is at the heart of three creative research projects being pursued by UNT professors as the 2024-25 Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Faculty Fellows.

Seeds to Empower (S2 EMPWER) unites UNT researchers from across disciplines to provide unique research opportunities and introduce participants to possible future pathways in STEM.

Nearly 80 UNT researchers across disciplines were included in the annual and career rankings of the world’s most cited researchers.

The Milpa Agricultural Placemaking Project will include developing a multilingual oral history archive on food and agriculture in North Texas and a new UNT seed library, which will produce and distribute free vegetable plant seedlings to the public.

UNT faculty, students and alumni are devoting their work to critical health research

UNT’s Division of Research and Innovation hosted University Research Day to celebrate research, foster collaboration and discuss discoveries and ideas shaping research.

Creative research is backed by UNT’s Institute for the Advancement of the Arts program

More than 60 researchers at UNT were among the top 2% of more than six million scientists worldwide within their specialty areas throughout their careers.

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.

Faculty members Alexandra Ponette-González and Matthew Fry will soon launch a five-year study backed by a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant.

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

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.

Faculty and a graduate student in the Department of History have earned a collection of significant awards and fellowships to help in teaching and uncovering new perspectives on the past.

Courtney Brannon Donoghue's research has earned backing from the National Endowment for the Humanities with a $55,000 grant for faculty from Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

Ateka Contractor, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, is working to prove that a positive memory intervention may be an effective choice for PTSD treatment, especially in cases where patients may be hesitant to seek the available trauma-focused treatments.

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.

A team of researchers from the UNT is using high quality satellite and aerial imagery to study how farmers in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley are using water resources and how the farmers’ irrigation methods have changed over the past decades.

A UNT researcher is studying whether graphic novels can be used as a medium to improve health literacy among a variety of populations.