This is an announcement for the paper "Unbounded order convergence in dual spaces" by Niushan Gao. Abstract: A net $(x_\alpha)$ in a vector lattice $X$ is said to be {unbounded order convergent} (or uo-convergent, for short) to $x\in X$ if the net $(\abs{x_\alpha-x}\wedge y)$ converges to $0$ in order for all $y\in X_+$. In this paper, we study unbounded order convergence in dual spaces of Banach lattices. Let $X$ be a Banach lattice. We prove that every norm bounded uo-convergent net in $X^*$ is $w^*$-convergent iff $X$ has order continuous norm, and that every $w^*$-convergent net in $X^*$ is uo-convergent iff $X$ is atomic with order continuous norm. We also characterize among $\sigma$-order complete Banach lattices the spaces in whose dual space every simultaneously uo- and $w^*$-convergent sequence converges weakly/in norm. Archive classification: math.FA Submitted from: niushan@ualberta.ca The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1310.4438 or http://arXiv.org/abs/1310.4438