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07/03/2009

Bike lanes may cut through downtown
A plan to add bicycle lanes and further limit on-street parking on Oak and Hickory streets through central Denton is headed to a city commission for review Monday.

07/04/2009

TWU opens outdoor pool to public today
Texas Woman’s University outdoor swimming pool will open to the public today.

University schedules moon party tonight
The astronomy program at the University of North Texas will start celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon today.

07/02/2009

UNT briefs

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06/27/2009

Debate champ passes on wisdom
In a clear, booming voice, Kuntal Cholera argued two sides of a difficult argument. Is it murder to kill a terrorist? Does the end justify the means? It’s an example of opposing viewpoints that debate students likely will face in arguing positions with ethical and moral dilemmas, he told his audience.

Bands of color

06/26/2009

Grand experience: UNT offers multigenerational insight

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Bryce Hewitt, 10, makes an approximation of a comet out of charcoal, sand, Karo syrup and dry ice during Grandparents University on Thursday at the University of North Texas.

As Lisa Stout walked into the crowded dorm room with fresh linens, she placed a pillow on each stark bed and kissed her two boys goodbye. They were off to college. But the boys, although related, aren’t regular college students. There’s a 60-year age gap between them. One is her father, and the other is her son.

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06/22/2009

Fund to aid two victims’ families
A local fraternity wants to help the families of two University of North Texas graduates who died in a vehicle accident in Fort Worth last week.

06/21/2009

Hotel deal in flux
It may be too soon to make a reservation at the proposed Denton hotel and convention center, as local leaders continue to weigh the feasibility of such a project. While University of North Texas and city officials have taken a look at a similar convention center project in San Marcos, nothing has been finalized on the local project. If plans move forward, the proposed hotel and conference center could open on the 10-acre former Radisson site off Interstate 35E near UNT.

06/17/2009

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06/14/2009

Window to the future

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University of North Texas professor Jincheng Du holds a piece of bioactive glass on Wednesday.

The term regeneration may seem like science fiction to some, but researchers at the University of North Texas are hoping their material research of bioactive glass can help other research studies in using glass to regenerate tissues, fibers and load-bearing bones. Bioactive glass is being used in facial implantations, middle-ear implants and dentistry, but the applications are limited because little is known about the complex structure of bioactive glass, said Jincheng Du, professor of materials science and engineering at UNT.

06/13/2009

At Camp Communicate, it’s about kid-to-kid interaction
Several young buckaroos hunkered down at an encampment a few hundred yards from roaming buffalo, intent on a cowboy holding a rope. Under the cowboy’s guidance, each of the youngsters all had a turn, twisting the rope and waving it overhead on the Meritt Bois D’Arc Buffalo Ranch in Denton. It may look like another summer day camp for young children, but 8-year-old Miles Cole is doing something surprising. He’s standing with strangers and interacting with them.

06/10/2009

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NCTC birefs

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06/06/2009

Regents delay facility funding
DALLAS — Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents postponed plans for a new fitness and recreation center during its meeting Friday at the school’s Dallas Presbyterian Campus because of a delay on the design of the facility.

06/05/2009

TWU touts its niche in higher education
Even in a lean economy, image is everything. Although Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas have ever-increasing enrollments, propagating their image, or brand, is important, university officials say. And they aren’t alone. College officials say everyone’s doing it.

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