My thanks to everyone at our "Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands" symposium in Mexico City. It was tremendous! smu.edu/Dedman/Academi…

Great article about data science by David Donoho: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23421017/50Y… (via Yihui Xie)

Norwegians are now using 'Texas' as slang for 'Crazy' texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post…

Analysis Dan Cohen of what the Google Books decision may mean for readers in general, and for the law of fair use: theatln.tc/1GwX8TG

UNT Library named "Library of the Year" by U.S. Govt. Publishing Office. Congrats and well deserved! library.unt.edu/news/us-govern…

A history of The Defender, a pioneering black newspaper, is "a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten" nyti.ms/1RbuPOZ

“Bookstores and libraries remain one of the few social places where people can browse for new content.” —Krzysztof Jaślar in americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/01/04/wha…

The Academy is Dismantling the Texas Mythology, argues Texas Monthly's Michael Ennis: texasmonthly.com/the-culture/lo…

Our first "Saturdays at the Museum" lecture of 2016 will be on Sat, Jan 30 with Andrew J. Torget.

Congrats to Andrew J. Torget, Frederick Jackson Turner Awd honorable mention from Organization of American Historians! bit.ly/1qJHQoh

Congrats to Andrew J. Torget of #UNT: 2015 Winner of William M. LeoGrande Prize, for book "Seeds of Empire" School of Public Affairs UNT News @uncpressblog

#UNT history prof Andrew Torget will be on Think on KERA tomorrow, 9/22, at noon to discuss his book on Texas cotton industry. Tune in!

Book of the Week for #commishbookclub Victor Vital thanks Andrew J. Torget #books #education #history

New image of Davy Crockett discovered on UNT Libraries Portal to Texas History! texasmonthly.com/the-culture/ne…

@mbingham1970 Victor Vital Andrew J. Torget dispels the myth of origin on Texas ,Michael you will enjoy #Commishbookclub

I really enjoyed being on Ben Franklin's World! Many thanks to @lizcovart for being such a warm and thought-provoking host.

How did N.E. Mexico become the American S.W.? Dr. Andrew J. Torget gives you the lowdown at the Dallas Book Festival, Saturday #SeedsofEmpire