Texas, Sept. 10 -- Opportunity has a way of changing lives in unexpected ways. For Anuradha and Vikas ('23 PhD) Sinha, a decision to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of North Texas has grown into a shared vision for expanding access to education, advancing research and positioning the university as a leader in artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.

According to an official release, working as a vice president at Broadcom, Sinha first learned about UNT after seeing a billboard on the side of the highway. Looking to fulfil his dream of earning a PhD, he reached out to the UNT College of Information, only to encounter the same challenge he had faced at other universities: a residency requirement that did not align with hi...