Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales | Denton Record-Chronicle

Canvas is a widely used, web-based learning management system, a sort of digital classroom where educators load materials and assignments for students, and where students submit assignments and get their grades.

The University of North Texas removed an exhibit that criticized tactics used by immigration officials. Now, a group of UNT art students are opting out of campus spaces and deciding instead to showcase their work off campus.

Just two months after the University of North Texas grabbed headlines for removing an art exhibit, students in the College of Visual Arts & Design are opting out of campus spaces for group shows and solo exhibitions.

This election season for the Denton ISD school board isn’t crowded, but two seats have attracted candidates with classroom experience, as well as a local community organizer.

The billboard on a truck shows a simple message: “UNT admin censored Marka27’s art.” The billboard is a partnership between the two nonprofits and former Dallas resident turned Brooklyn-based street artist Victor Quiñonez, better known by his street art signature Marka27.

On Thursday, University of North Texas leaders announced the closure of degrees, minor and major studies — as well as the merger of other programs — as a part of the university’s strategic budgeting plan.

In 2025, several states passed laws limiting speech at colleges and universities. Texas is one of them.

Messages show university leaders feared political repercussions over the Dallas-raised artist’s show.

Denton ISD teachers will see a one-time $750 bonus in their March paychecks. The measure is the first benefit of the 2025 Proposition A, a tax ratification election that will bring $26 million more into the school district. Next April, leaders say a compensation increase will come before the board.

University of North Texas leaders had a chance to stand up for free speech and academic freedom. Instead, they closed an art exhibit without explanation.

UNT covered the windows of the College of Visual Arts & Design Gallery in Denton with paper before ending the loan agreement with Boston University.

University of North Texas students, many of them dressed all in black, gathered in the art gallery at the College of Visual Arts and Design.