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Featured Experts Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett touched an entire generation through their accomplishments and were symbols of attractiveness, success and talent. Bert Hayslip, Regents Professor of psychology, says the amount and intensity of grief they experience at the death of celebrities is a function of centrality — how much they identify with the individual. read more On Monday (June 8), the U.S. military reported that about 10,000 Marines have arrived in Afghanistan as the first wave of about 21,000 additional troops that President Barack Obama ordered to Afghanistan this year. The troops' mission is to help Afghan security forces stanch an increasingly violent Taliban insurgency.Idean Salehyan is available to discuss the Taliban and its methods of operation. read more The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday it expects a near normal year for hurricanes. Several UNT experts -- Eliot Jennings, Nicole Dash, Bernard L. Weinstein and Harry Williams -- are available to comment on hurricane related topics like hurricane preparedness, recovery, economic impact and the history of hurricanes. read more  Audio Releases Counseling technique helps grief-stricken Dr. Jan Holden, professor and coordinator of UNT's nationally ranked counseling program, is experimenting with a new, "near-death communication" technique that can be helpful to survivors. Low-cost, internet phone service lacks protection Engineering prof Ram Dantu details the vulnerabilities of VoIP, the next wave in telecommunication.

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July 4, 2009

UNT receives additional funds to digitize historical Texas newspapers
The UNT Libraries is one of 22 state partners to receive National Endowment for the Humanities funding to digitize newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Environmental enforcement dependent on budget, study says
A recent study co-authored by a UNT faculty member reveals that reductions in budgets for environmental enforcement agencies has a direct correlation on non-compliance by private industry.

UNT astronomy celebrates 40th anniversary of moon landing
The astronomy program at the University of North Texas will celebrate the July 20 anniversary with "Moonth Month" events.

250 high schoolers head to UNT for All-State Choir Camp
Students in grades 9-12, will attend the camp hosted by UNT's College of Music. The camp runs July 15 (Wednesday) to July 18 (Saturday) on the UNT campus.

UNT students receive journalism scholarships
Six UNT students have each received $10,000 scholarships to earn master's degrees in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism.

'Mean Green Chemistry Team' wows TexPREP students
Chemistry demonstration include several of the experiments produced loud explosions.

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Center to study best methods for interdisciplinary research opens at UNT The Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity is the nation's first center dedicated to developing the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity, a term used in academic circles to describe researchers from two or more disciplines pooling and modifying their approaches to solve a problem. UNT researchers making progress on future of lighting Professors from chemistry and materials science and engineering are pioneering innovative research in the field of organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, an emerging technology that scientists say will revolutionize lighting.