Chief Compliance Officer Clay Simmons introduced new guidance on research and academic course instruction at the most recent Faculty Senate meeting that included restrictions on faculty research and academic course instruction to comply with Senate Bill 17.SB 17, passed in 2022, prohibits Texas public institutions of higher education from undertaking diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and from requiring employees to participate in DEI training or make DEI statements. It also does not allow...

The university’s project to build a standalone multicultural center at the northwest corner of Union Circle is currently “on indefinite hold,” said Margarita Venegas, director of communications strategy for the university’s Division of Finance and Administration.

The university’s direct subscription to The New York Times expired last month and was not renewed because the Times could not agree to requirements set by state law, a University Libraries associate dean said.

The number of visits to the university’s Denton food pantry more than doubled during the 2022-23 year compared to the year before, according to data shared with the North Texas Daily.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order March 27 requiring state universities to update and enforce their free speech policies, specifically naming the nationwide student group Palestine Solidarity Committee and calling the popular protest chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” antisemitic.

HILLSBORO, Texas — Residents and out-of-towners alike gathered together to watch the total solar eclipse pass over the town on Monday afternoon.

Healthcare workers highly involved in COVID-19 care experience more emotional exhaustion compared to those less involved, according to a UNT professor and alumna’s spring 2020 study.