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From digital data to knowledge: UNT researcher receives NSF CAREER award
DENTON, TX (UNT) – Cornelia Caragea, an assistant professor at the University of North Texas College of Engineering, has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her work in machine learning, data mining and information retrieval.
UNT now has 13 researchers who have been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award – the most... Read more
UNT professor helping visually impaired students learn computer science
DENTON (UNT), Texas - When you use a computer you typically read an article, watch a video or access information from a graph. These may seem like simple tasks, but to a person who is visually impaired, these tasks can be challenging.
One University of North Texas professor knows these challenges all too well. Stephanie Ludi works in the Department of... Read more
UNT researcher’s Walmart Foundation grant aims to bring jobs back to U.S.
DENTON (UNT), Texas — A nearly $350,000 grant awarded to a University of North Texas researcher by the Walmart Foundation and the U.S. Conference of Mayors is helping to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
Bugao Xu, a professor and chair of the Department of Merchandising and Digital Retailing, received one of five grants in 2016 from the U.S.... Read more
UNT librarian wins national award
Julie Leuzinger, associate librarian and head of library learning services at the University of North Texas, has been awarded the 2017 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Politics, Policy and International Relations Section Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award.
Leuzinger will receive the $1,000 prize during the American Library Association... Read more
UNT’S Teacher Education and Administration earns inaugural equity and diversity award
The University of North Texas’ College of Education’s Department of Teacher Education and Administration earned the inaugural Inclusive Excellence Award from UNT’s Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity.
The award was presented to Jim Laney, department chair, and Miriam Ezzani, Educational Leadership Program coordinator in the department, at the... Read more