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Join HSC scientists for a night at the museumBy Alex Branch The Fort Worth Science and History Museum is great fun for children, but UNT Health Science Center is partnering with the museum on an entertaining social event for adults. Visitors 21 and older can enjoy wine or beer from a cash bar and interactive science learning from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Read More »

Mar 30, 2017

Gift from Daniel Drug family will support new buildingBy Alex Branch Burl Baker Daniel opened Daniel Drug in 1932 in a long, narrow building at the southwest corner of Montgomery and 7th streets. The world of pharmacy was quite different back then. The Fort Worth pharmacist, who graduated from Danforth School of Pharmacy in 1925, ground foxglove plant by mortar and pestle Read More »

Mar 22, 2017

Terminally ill runner finishes Cowtown with help from UNTHSC studentsBy Alex Branch UNT Health Science Center students who volunteered at the Cowtown Marathon won’t soon forget one remarkable runner who needed their help crossing the finish line. Her name is Suzanne Stone, 62, and she was diagnosed 27 months ago with glioblastoma, an aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer that already has led Read More »

Mar 6, 2017

Learning CPR from Dr. Oz and UNTHSCBy Alex Branch UNT Health Science Center students will team with Dr. Mehmet Oz from The Dr. Oz Show to offer free CPR training Feb. 11- 12 as part of a statewide effort to teach 10,000 people the potentially life-saving procedure. The second annual Texas Two Step “How to Save a Life” campaign is organized Read More »

Feb 8, 2017

Health Science Center to close for winter breakThe UNT Health Science Center will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, through Friday, Dec. 30, for the winter holiday. All classes and administrative offices will be closed during this time. Normal operations will resume on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at 8 a.m. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, Read More »

Dec 23, 2016

Health Science Center to close Nov. 23-24 for ThanksgivingThe UNT Health Science Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24. Administrative offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27. All clinics staffed by UNT Health providers also will be closed Nov. 23-24 in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Monday, Nov. 27. Read More »

Nov 21, 2016

Rock and roll raffle to support the Health Science CenterBy Jeff Carlton The UNT Health Science Center Foundation is raffling off free airfare, hotel and tickets to an upcoming Chicago concert as part of its annual Evening with a Legend fundraiser. A maximum of 1,000 raffle tickets will be sold, with the drawing scheduled for Nov. 15 at Bass Performance Hall. The winner will Read More »

Nov 10, 2016

Emergency training for first respondersBy Jeff Carlton UNT Health Science Center has an emergency preparedness training exercise scheduled for Saturday, September 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its Patient Care Center, located at 855 Montgomery Street. The exercise is designed to help safety and law enforcement personnel at the Health Science Center – and first responders Read More »

Sep 23, 2016

Health Science Center to close Sept. 5 for Labor DayUNT Health Science Center, all clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians, and the Fitness Center will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, for Labor Day. However, the Lewis Health Science Library will be open. It will have abbreviated hours Friday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 5. Have a happy and healthy Labor Day!

Sep 2, 2016

On the road againBy Jan Jarvis After being sidelined since May, the Pediatric Mobile Clinic is on the road again providing health care to uninsured children in Tarrant County. The specially equipped Pediatric Mobile Clinic was parked in its usual spot near the UNT Health Science Center campus when it was struck overnight by another vehicle May Read More »

Sep 1, 2016