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Undergraduate Research Task Force Releases Report February 8, 2012 Team was charged with examining the state of undergraduate research and recommending improvements.

Helping to Integrate Africa Could Benefit United States February 7, 2012 That was the message from Tibor P. Nagy, vice provost and former ambassador, at lecture series.

Subscribing to Success: Alumna Excels Telling Others' Stories February 7, 2012 The 1989 graduate launched the publishing arm of a major media company.

World-Renowned Dance Company to Perform February 7, 2012 New York-based Ailey® II will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 in the Allen Theatre.

Students Selected for Congressional Internship Program February 6, 2012 Office of the President selects new students to take part in educational service to the nation’s capital.

Let's Get Ready to Humble February 6, 2012 Graduate student presents research on controversial Christian mixed martial arts group.

Biology Students Gain Impressive Win at Competition February 3, 2012 The pair took first and second place at the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting.

Financial Planning Studies Social Media and Finance Relationship February 2, 2012 The team will investigate how financial advisors use social media to interact with clients.

Former Regent Named New Vice Chancellor and General Counsel February 2, 2012 John Huffaker begins his duties Feb. 13, providing legal counsel to the Texas Tech University System.

Student Government Implements New SafeRide Bus February 2, 2012 The free transportation will run from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and is open to all students.

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TTU in the News

• ABC News - White ‘Cobwebs’ Found in Nuclear Waste Pool

  February 8, 2012

  ABC News-“If I were going to be a moose,” said Robert Baker of Texas Tech University, “I would want to live in the exclusion zone.” Baker and a colleague, Ron Chesser, tracked the plants and animals around the wrecked nuclear plant in the decades after the accident.

• CNN - Charity on the campaign trail

  February 8, 2012

  CNN Money-President Barack Obama and Oval Office hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have all released at least one year of tax returns. And they all gave big money to charity.

• Sciencemag.org - After Explosion, Texas Tech Committee Aims to Make Safety "Automatic"

  February 7, 2012

  Science Careers -In its October 2011 report on the 2010 lab explosion at University (TTU) that maimed a graduate student, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board leveled blistering criticisms against the the university’s lab-safety culture. According to pair of front-page articles on 5 January in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the experience has led TTU and some other Texas universities to make changes in how they think about and deal with safety.

• Forbes - Acting in the Best Interest of Older Investors

  February 7, 2012

  Forbes-According to a recent study by Texas Tech and the University of Missouri, the findings confirmed that, not surprisingly, advanced age leads to a predictable decline in the ability to make rational money decisions. More disturbing, however, was the study’s conclusion that even as older Americans’ problem-solving skills worsen, their confidence in making the right decision increases, leaving them even more vulnerable to mistakes. The aging population of Americans – those in households age 60 and over — now holds 51 percent of all financial wealth in the country, or trillions of dollars, making consumer protection rules even more important.

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