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unusual facts about University of North Texas


Young Americans for Liberty

In 2011, the official University of North Texas chapter of the YAL protested a potential outdoor smoking ban on campus by handing out cigarettes in an effort to get students to sign a petition opposing the ban.


2013 Conference USA football season

Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee, and North Texas joined C-USA from the Sun Belt.

Allan Saxe

The Allan Saxe NT Green Loan is a loan offered to students of the University of North Texas for unexpected expenses outside of tuition, fees, and books.

Dallas Chamber Symphony International Piano Competition

The event’s 2013 jury panel included Andrey Ponochevny, Bronze Medal Winner of the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow; Dr. Young-Hyun Cho, Assistant Professor of Piano for The University of Texas at Arlington and international master instructor; and Dr. Pamela Mia Paul, Regents Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas and critically acclaimed Steinway artist.

Dan Malone

Malone has taught journalism classes at Tarleton State University and at the University of North Texas as an adjunct professor, while also serving as a Hearst Visiting Professional-in-Residence for the UT-Austin journalism program and Jurist for the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest (associated with the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT).

David J. Elliott

He was subsequently appointed assistant, associate, and full professor of music education at U of T. At several points during his career at Toronto he also served as a Visiting Professor at other university music schools, including the University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Limerick, Northwestern University, and Rutgers.

Michael Lee Dean

He has performed and taught at a number of institutions in the United States and England including the Royal Northern College of Music, the Eastman School of Music, California State University Northridge, California State University Long Beach, and the University of North Texas.

Michael Ryan Johnson

Off-track Johnson attended and graduated Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas as well as completing a marketing degree from the University of North Texas College of Business.

Sam McElroy

After the 2002 season, McElroy left Tarleton State to join Darrell Dickey's coaching staff at the University of North Texas.

Soil Conservation Services Hickory Creek Basin Retarding Pond 16

In 2010, the ecological environment of Little Lake became the subject of an artistic collaboration between the New York-based art team ecoarttech (founded by Cary Peppermint and Leila Christine Nadir) and University of North Texas (UNT) faculty and students.


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Angela K. Wilson

She helped create the CASCaM program with funding and support from the University of North Texas, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the United States Department of Education, and the United States Department of Energy.

History vs. Hollywood

For example the movie The Last Samurai was featured in one episode in which military historian Geoffrey Wawro, professor of history at the University of North Texas, and director of the university's Barsanti center for military-history, compared the movie with the actual events (December 2003).

Mahmoud Sadri

Mahmoud Sadri is a full professor of sociology at the Federation of North Texas Area Universities that includes Texas Woman's University, University of North Texas, and A&M University, Commerce.