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Unlikely Allies: Creating a Space for Difficult Conversations Across Race and Culture

Part three of the Unlikely Allies in the Academy Series, hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for continued dialogue based upon the book "Unlikely Allies in the Academy: Women of Color and White Women in Conversation." This presentation by Dr. Theresa Torres, author of the chapter “A Latina Testimonio: Challenges as an Academic, Issues of Difference, and a Call for Solidarity with White Female Academics” and her colleague, diversity expert and independent scholar Lisa McCarty, examines how privilege can be leveraged to build relationships with allies.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Torres, Theresa & McCarty, Lisa
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unsupervised learning in images and audio to produce neural receptive fields: a primer and accessible notebook (open access)

Unsupervised learning in images and audio to produce neural receptive fields: a primer and accessible notebook

This article presents a consolidated review of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) as an efficient neural coding scheme with the ability to model early visual and auditory neural processing.
Date: October 19, 2021
Creator: Urs, Namratha; Behpour, Sahar; Georgaras, Angie & Albert, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Upward Bound (open access)

UNT Upward Bound

Data management plan for the grant, "UNT Upward Bound". The University of North Texas (UNT), located in Denton, Texas, proposes a cooperative partnership with four school districts to sponsor a five-year Upward Bound program for eligible students in four target high schools in North Texas.
Date: 2022-09-01/2027-08-31
Creator: Nelson, Tori
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNTrees: We Mean Green Fund Project Grant Proposal (open access)

UNTrees: We Mean Green Fund Project Grant Proposal

Grant materials were sent to the We Mean Green Fund Committee in order to propose the funding of a project called UNTrees that planted 50 trees on UNT's main campus. This was accomplished with student organizational help, faculty support and alumni engagement. The event was held on Arbor Day, April 24th, 2014. The budget for this project was $55,000.
Date: 2014
Creator: Bielamowicz, Mary
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
User needs in language archives: Findings from interviews with language archive managers, depositors, and end-users (open access)

User needs in language archives: Findings from interviews with language archive managers, depositors, and end-users

This article is an exploratory study providing empirical data on language archive user needs and supports some anecdotal evidence of known issues facing language archive end-users, depositors, and managers in primarily academic contexts.
Date: April 2022
Creator: Burke, Mary; Zavalina, Oksana; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voter Access & Election Integrity: The 2021 Constitution Day Discussion [Flyer] (open access)

Voter Access & Election Integrity: The 2021 Constitution Day Discussion [Flyer]

Flyer for UNT's Constitution Day event for 2021 which highlights the calls for election reform being renewed around the country. The event was a moderated panel presentation with speakers Jan (Janice) Johnson, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Denton; Linnie McAdams, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Denton; and Dr. Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University; and moderated by Dr. Rafe Major, University of North Texas.
Date: September 16, 2021
Creator: Borck, Catherine A.; King, Kimi L.; Henson, Brea; Sittel, Robbie & Sylve, Joshua
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voter Access & Election Integrity: The 2021 Constitution Day Discussion [Video] captions transcript

Voter Access & Election Integrity: The 2021 Constitution Day Discussion [Video]

Video recording of UNT's Constitution Day event for 2021 which highlights the calls for election reform being renewed around the country. The event was a moderated panel presentation with speakers Jan (Janice) Johnson, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Denton; Linnie McAdams, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Denton; and Dr. Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University; and moderated by Dr. Rafe Major, University of North Texas.
Date: September 16, 2021
Creator: Johnson, Janice; McAdams, Linnie & Wilson, Matthew
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Wartime Diary of Sigismund Koperniak

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The personal diary of Sigismund Koperniak, a Navy veteran, detailing his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Spence during World War II. Launching of the Spence and sea trials off Portland, Maine, January, 1943; shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February, 1943; escort duty in the Atlantic and Caribbean, March, 1943; convoy duty in the Casablanca, French Morocco, area, April-May, 1943; passage through the Panama Canal, June, 1943; escort duty for the carriers Princeton and Belleau Wood en route to Baker Island, September, 1943; attachment to Destroyer Division 23 in the Solomon Islands, September, 1943; patrols off Kolombangara and Vella Lavella Islands; interdiction of Japanese shipping and the Spence's role in sinking of twenty barges off of Vella Lavella; bombardment of Buka-Bonis airfields, November 1, 1943; Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, November 2, 1943; support for landings on Bougainville, November 3, 1943; capture of a Japanese sailor; continued attacks by Japanese aircraft; gun battles with Japanese cruisers and destroyers in the Buka-Rabaul route, November 24, 1943; shore bombardments of Tiaraka, Bougainville, Kavieng, and New Ireland, January-February, 1944; shore bombardment of Emirau, Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and Caroline Islands, March 1-24, 1944; shore bombardment during the invasions of the Marianas Islands, June 19-27, …
Date: 2002
Creator: Koperniak, Sigismund
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 1: Oral History and Communities captions transcript

Webinar 1: Oral History and Communities

Video recording of the first webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explores how community identity, history, activism, and experiences are represented through oral history.
Date: February 1, 2023
Creator: Cain, Adrienne; Piedra, Benji de la & Lee, Jamie A.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 2: Creating and Collecting Oral History captions transcript

Webinar 2: Creating and Collecting Oral History

Video recording of the second webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explores the relevant issues and concerns regarding creating and generating oral histories in a time of social and technological change.
Date: February 8, 2023
Creator: Reeves, Troy; Milbrodt, Natalie & Milligan, Sarah
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 3: Preserving and Archiving Oral History Collections captions transcript

Webinar 3: Preserving and Archiving Oral History Collections

Video recording of the third webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explore best practices and considerations for ethically informed preservation and archiving of oral history.
Date: February 15, 2023
Creator: Alvarez, Carla O.; Phillips, Mark Edward; Hughes-Watkins, Lae'l & Turner, Francena F. L.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History captions transcript

Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History

Video recording of the fourth webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the last webinar of the series explores innovative uses of oral history collections and pushes for equitable access to oral history collections.
Date: February 22, 2023
Creator: Marcus, Eric; Sullivan, Sady & Sielaff, Steven
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Welcome and Introduction to the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research by Mark McLellan] captions transcript

[Welcome and Introduction to the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research by Mark McLellan]

Presentation from Mark McLellan, the Vice-President for Research and Innovation at UNT, to welcome attendees, introduce the University, and advocate for the importance of the diversifying genomics research. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: McLellan, Mark
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study (open access)

Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study

Article testing the hypothesis that domesticated camelids occurred in prehispanic, southern Mendoza through analysis of ancient DNA.
Date: November 5, 2020
Creator: Johnson, Jeff A.; Kim, Tracy; Wolverton, Steven J.; Gil, Adolfo Fabian; Abbona, Cinthia Carolina & Adolfo, Gustavo Neme
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wesley J. Thompson (1947-2019) (open access)

Wesley J. Thompson (1947-2019)

The article is a memorial to Wesley J. Thompson (1947-2019) and highlights his contributions to the studies of neuromuscular synapses and glial cells. Thompson graduated from North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) with Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degree, and he went on to build a meaningful career that spanned the globe. He will be remembered not only as a great scientist but also as a great mentor and friend.
Date: June 12, 2020
Creator: Lee, Young il & Rimer, Mendell
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Accounts for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health captions transcript

What Accounts for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

Presentation focusing on racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care that includes historical and modern perspectives, socioecological factors, and challenges to overcoming these disparities. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Creator: Bigby, JudyAnn
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Discoveries in the African Genome Have the Potential to Benefit All Humankind captions transcript

Why Discoveries in the African Genome Have the Potential to Benefit All Humankind

Presentation on the importance of African genomic diversity, the Human Health and Heredity in Africa (H3Africa) program, and an example from research into childhood HIV genetics in Botswana and Uganda. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: Hanchard, Neil
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
WikiPossessions: Possession Timeline Generation as an Evaluation Benchmark for Machine Reading Comprehension of Long Texts (open access)

WikiPossessions: Possession Timeline Generation as an Evaluation Benchmark for Machine Reading Comprehension of Long Texts

Article presents WikiPossessions, a new benchmark corpus for the task of temporally-oriented possession (TOP), or tracking objects as they change hands over time. In addition to the corpus, the authors release evaluation scripts and a baseline model for the task.
Date: May 2020
Creator: Blanco, Eduardo; Palmer, Alexis & Chinnappa, Dhivya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library