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Texas Tech Names 2012 Distinguished Engineering Student May 23, 2012 Daniel Disser was selected for his outstanding academic achievements, honors, activities, interests and aspirations.

Texas Tech Welcomes First International MBA Class May 23, 2012 Executive-style graduate degree focuses on the international energy industry.

Upward Bound Selected to Receive $2.5 Million Grant Over Next Five Years May 22, 2012 The program provides skills, tools and motivation for high school students to enroll and complete college.

Researchers Find Antibiotic Residues, One a Suspected Carcinogen, in Shrimp Samples May 21, 2012 Texas Tech conducted the study for ABC’s ‘World News with Diane Sawyer.’

Angelo State President to Join Texas Tech University System May 18, 2012 Joseph Rallo will now serve as vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Human Sciences Professor Receives Fulbright Award May 15, 2012 Ben Goh will serve as a lecturer at Bangkok University in Thailand, focusing on tourism and hospitality.

Astronaut Launches into Texas Tech Doctorate Program May 15, 2012 Joseph Acaba currently is on a four-month tour of duty aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft.

Student Organization Recognition Awards Announced May 11, 2012 The awards recognize advisors and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the university.

Texas Tech Awards Presidential Scholarships May 11, 2012 The funds are to encourage student participation in undergraduate research, studying abroad and internships.

Latest Texas Tech Discoveries Research Magazine Now Available May 9, 2012 From obesity research to the latest book releases, the spring 2012 issue features outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity.

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TTU in the News

• Market Watch - How to Better Understand Your Risk Tolerance

  May 24, 2012

  Market Watch-“Most risk-tolerance surveys contain questions that are not explicitly grounded in theory,” according to Sherman Hanna, a professor at Ohio State University and co-author (along with Michael Finke, a professor at Texas Tech University, and Michael Guillemette, a doctoral candidate at Texas Tech University) of a soon-to-be published book on the subject, “Portfolio Theory and Management.”

• Food Safety News - ABC Finds Illegal Antibiotics in Imported Shrimp

  May 24, 2012

  Food Safety News-ABC, which has ramped up its coverage of food issues, sent the shrimp samples to the Institute of Environmental and Human Health food lab at Texas Tech University for testing. In the three positive samples, lab technicians found banned antibiotics enrofloxacin, hloramphenicol, and nitrofuranzone, which is a known carcinogen.

• Honduras Weekly - Texas Tech Will Perform Mozart Opera in Honduras

  May 18, 2012

  Honduras Weekly-More than a dozen Texas Tech University vocal performers and musicians will travel to Tegucigalpa to repeat Tech Music Theatre’s spring production of “Cosi fan tutte” on June 8-9 at the National Theater of Honduras.

• Southwest Farm Press - Rainfall brings hope to West Texas cotton producers

  May 18, 2012

  Southwest Farm Press-Glen Ritchie, assistant professor of crop physiology at Texas Tech University, with joint appointment with Texas AgriLife Research, Department of Plant and Soil Science, says the TexasSouth Plains is in a lot better shape than at this time in 2011.

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