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Look for our national ad, Soar to New Heights at UNT, on TV and during the Jason Garrett Show on the Dallas Cowboys Television Network.

Straight from Smatresk

Dear Alum,

At UNT, we have our own point of view, which makes us one of a kind, as you'll see in our new video, Soar to New Heights at UNT. This video showcases how we're a top-tier research university, distinguished in every way.

We're off to a great start this school year, with strong enrollment, increased investment in academics and the start of a new chapter in athletics. I met with students on the first class day, and the energy and excitement for the new school year is palpable. Watch highlights from the first class day.

We're focused on driving change through collaboration and innovation to increase focus on our goal to help our students succeed, graduate and build strong careers. You can read about the priorities and plans we developed in our annual planning workshop. One team, united by purpose! I will unveil our top priorities for the year at my annual State of the University address at 3 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Murchison Performing Arts Center. I hope you can join us.

We also have a promising football season ahead of us with our new head football coach, Seth Littrell, and our new athletic director, Wren Baker, on board. They are both passionate about athletics and bring great experience in building a winning program. Join us for the Mean Green football season opener Sept. 3 against SMU at Apogee and for all of our home games. New era. New season. New opportunities! We also celebrate Family Weekend on Sept. 30-Oct. 2 and Homecoming Week is Oct. 31-Nov. 5. We would love to have you back on campus for all of these events.

This will be a great year for us as we build on a legacy more than 125 years in the making.

UNT Proud,
Neal Smatresk
President
@UNTPrez

The Inside Scoop

Winning Partnership

Football field with UNT vertical banners

Dallas Cowboys + UNT = Winning Team

We're now the official education partner of the Dallas Cowboys. This partnership creates great opportunities for UNT and our students who can engage with one of the world's top sports organizations through programs and internships. It also will expand awareness of UNT. If you're at AT&T Stadium or at the Cowboys' new team headquarters, The Ford Center at The Star, you'll see lots of UNT green!

Learn more about
the partnership »

New Rankings Site

Logos for Best Buys 20 years in a row, America's Top Colleges, Best in the West The Princeton Review

97 reasons why UNT is among the top

With 97 rankings among the nation's Top 100, UNT is on the rise. Our new rankings website captures the ways we're standing out, such as being named to the Carnegie Classification's top 115 research universities. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities by ShanghaiRankings, which measures scholarly output, UNT is one of six non-medical public universities in Texas recognized.

View our
rankings »

TEDx comes to UNT

TEDxUNT

TEDx is coming to UNT. TEDxUNT: (re)imagining is an independently organized TED event bringing together the UNT and Denton communities to talk about ideas worth spreading featuring speakers and official TED videos curated by our campus community. Speakers will range from a researcher who will talk about child poverty as experienced through the eyes of a child to a researcher who will talk about how "human operating systems" are built for success and how we allow things to inhibit our success.

Get your tickets now for
the Sept. 12 event »

Alumni Networking

Calling all UNT alums

The UNT Alumni Association offers many ways to experience the power of the Mean Green Network. Starting with the Sept. 3 game, you can join the GameDay Grille at the alumni pavilion at home games. The event starts two hours before kick-off. The alumni association also will host a tailgate in Houston Sept. 24 when we play Rice so mark your calendars now! When it's not game day, connect with alums during mixers that are planned this fall.

See dates for the
fall receptions »

Spotlight on excellence

UNT faculty David Mason, Narendra Dahotre, Jean Keller and Wendy Watson

Tipping our hats to top faculty

Our faculty members are top educators, researchers and scholars known for their excellence around the world and at home. We recognize the best of the best during Salute to Faculty Excellence Week, which culminates in an awards dinner on Sept. 22. The UNT Foundation's top four honorees (from left) are T. David Mason, Regents Professor of Political Science; Narendra Dahotre, University Distinguished Research Professor of materials science and engineering; Jean Keller, professor of kinesiology and health promotion; and Wendy Watson, Senior Lecturer in Political Science. Learn more.

Mean Green Glory

With new football coach Seth Littrell and new athletic director Wren Baker, it's a new era in Mean Green football. Be a part of the action for our season opener Sept. 3 when we take on hometown rival SMU and join us for all of our games. To get you excited, I'm giving away a pair of tickets to 1 winner in a random drawing for the Sept. 3 game. Email president@unt.edu by 5 p.m. Sept. 1 with "opening game" in the subject line. Include your phone number and T-shirt size. Mark your calendars for Family Weekend on Sept. 30-Oct. 2 and Homecoming Week Oct. 31-Nov. 5. Mark your calendars and buy your tickets. Go Mean Green!

Student participates in insomnia study, with electrodes attached to her chin, side of her head and top of her head.

How skimping on Zs can affect your health

Undergraduate researchers in UNT's Insomnia Research Laboratory did a study funded by the National Institutes of Health that shows that students who voluntarily slept fewer hours over a week's time had higher serum glucose levels than other college students, putting them at risk for possible medical problems. Read about how sleepless nights affects one's health.

Students prepare meals in the Club at the Gateway restaurant

The secret to restaurant success? UNT students

If you want a gourmet lunch from up-and-coming restaurateurs, visit our student-run restaurant, The Club at Gateway Center, which just won the 2016 Best of Denton Award in the restaurant category. Find out what makes The Club at Gateway the best.

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