UNT IN THE NEWS Making Headlines

COVID-19 BREATHALYZER

“This year, the FDA approved InspectIR’s COVID-19 Breathalyzer, making it easier than invasive nose swabbing to check for the virus.”

— as cited on Time’s The Best Inventions of 2022 list for Chemistry Professor Guido Verbeck’s technology, which received FDA approval on intellectual property, a frst for UNT

Speech Laws

“One could argue the plain meaning of the legislation by spelling it out in English represents an intent to have it be government sponsored speech ... on the other hand, it could be argued that the law is vague in that it does not identify that it could NOT be written in other languages.”

— Political Science Professor Kimi King commenting on organizations providing districts with “In God We Trust” signs in Arabic and a number of other languages

Cowboys Support

“They were sufering from the same issues that we saw in the classroom.”

Elevar Can

“You can do anything you want to do.”

Adam Fein, vice president for digital strategy and innovation, who together with Ruthanne “Rudi” Thompson, vice president and associate vice president of UNT’s Division of Digital Strategy and Innovation, discussed helping the Dallas Cowboys thrive in virtual meetings

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Fighting Racism

“These are voluntary groups forming ... to make the campus truly inclusive, welcoming and caring.”

— Joanne Woodard, vice president of inclusion, diversity, equity and access, on UNT’s White Accountability Group and the success of these groups in higher education with the ultimate goal of helping to fght racism

— Student Jaylen Walker commenting in a story about his acceptance to UNT ELEVAR program, a post-secondary education program for young adults with intellectual disabilities

Metals Corrosion

“The issue is if you put two metals together, you create, basically, a battery; a galvanic cell where these ions will transport across one another and that’ll lead to corrosion.”

— Marcus Young, associate professor of material science and engineering, discussing why metal jewelry pieces should be stored separately

Ukrainian Care

“Talking to them every day knowing there was no immediate danger ... that helped me.”

Early Holiday Spirit

“The pandemic hits, and everybody’s like, ‘I’m just gonna do what I want to do.’”

— Gwen Nisbett, associate professor of public relations, discussing why early pushes of Christmas music by celebrities, like Mariah Carey and Dolly Parton, are embraced

Ukranian doctoral learning technologies graduate Tetyana Kucher (’22 Ph.D.) shared how Regina KaplanRakowski, lecturer in the College of Information, arranged a safe place for her mother to stay in Poland as she evacuated after the Russian invasion

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