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The University of North Texas Board of Regents has delegated authority to the school’s athletics department to finalize a contract extension for football coach Eric Morris.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that his office will investigate the University of North Texas.

The Mean Green are on a tear after winning their first five games of a season for the first time since 1959. They’ve knocked off Army, the defending American Conference champion, and blew out Washington State along the way.

Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to University of North Texas leaders on Friday demanding review of its response to a student conflict over the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month after a video showing the incident at UNT gained millions of views on social media.

UNT President Harrison Keller said the university is reviewing the incident.

University of North Texas officials published a statement Thursday that apparently condemns “recent actions of a few of our community members regarding” the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

University of North Texas President Harrison Keller joked that he's starting his sophomore year at the helm of the Denton university.

University of North Texas is the only school in the region to earn a National Endowment for the Humanities grant in the endowment’s latest awards announced on Friday.

Professor Timothy Jackson was accused of making racist remarks at the height of the racial reckoning that followed George Floyd's murder. His free speech suit against the university comes to an end in the era of DEI bans.

Sophomore UNT Student Benjamin Wilcox spent three weeks creating a website in his backyard that helps students make their degree plans. His website helps students and advisors know if a class is likely to be available during a semester.

North Texas is restructuring its athletic department staff in the wake of the House v. NCAA case settlement.

Five years after accusations, the university has settled a hard-fought conflict over academic freedom and free speech.