Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Researchers at Texas Tech University work more than 5,000 miles from CERN, but they will have just as much chance of making new physics discoveries using the data collected at the Large Hadron Collider as scientists in Switzerland.
“Tier-3 sounds like the bottom of the chain,” said Alan Sill, a senior scientist who runs the center, [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
FieldTurf was proud to continue its long-standing partnership with the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) as an official major sponsor of the 2009 AFCA Convention in Nashville. As a sponsor of the AFCA’s general session, the host of a successful FieldTurf/Howie Long Awards party widely attended by coaches form all over the country, and a [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
The future of the auto industry will likely be driven by the choices and tastes of the largest generation since the baby boomers, Generation Y. At 75 million strong and coming of age, this Generation may re-shape everything, and the auto industry better be ready.
to truly achieve a more conclusive understanding of what makes this [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Should the U.S. treasury secretary know how to do his own taxes?
Maybe not, say payroll lawyers, accountants and tax professors, who consider Timothy Geithner’s failure to pay four years of Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes to be a fairly common mistake — even for a top economist chosen to run the Treasury Department, including [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Texas Tech University is offering books and other educational support after Lockney High School was destroyed by a suspicious fire.
Laura Heinz, with Texas Tech University libraries, says the school is making arrangements to deliver materials, then pick them up when students are finished with the books.
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
University Interscholastic League at Austin Executive Director Bill Farney will recognize Texas Tech for its commitment to athletic and academic UIL activities.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Eibeck, the dean of Texas Tech University’s College of Engineering, is one of four final candidates being considered by university regents.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
The shrinking Republican delegation in the House means getting things done will be significantly harder than in the past two years for the three lawmakers, said Craig Goodman, assistant professor of political science at Texas Tech University.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
The turmoil of our nation is going to take the best of every leader, regardless of party. During a speech to Texas Tech University graduates on Dec. 12, Sen. McCain admonished that we should never lose our ability to fight for what we feel is right, without fear. “We have our disagreements, we American
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Like the rest of the country, the Texas economy is expected to slow down. The cries from parents and students haven’t gone unheard by college presidents. Some Texas colleges, such as Texas Tech, have already frozen their tuition. Others are offering free tuition for families of middle income. Others are offering families the opportunity to pay the same tuition if students can grad
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Barry Corbin grew up wanting to become a cowboy — on screen and off.
Corbin, a native of Lamesa, majored in theater at Texas Tech University and went on to become Uncle Bob in the movie Urban Cowboy. Corbin soon jumped into television, receiving an Emmy nomination as a former astronaut in Northern Exposure. He has [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Will Texas Tech University finally get tier one status? The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Tom Martin and other civic and business leaders certainly hope so as well.
“For us, tier one for Texas Tech is our No. 1 issue,” said Norma Ritz Johnson, vice president of government affairs at the Lubbock Chamber. “We’ve got a [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
South Plains Association of Governments recently announced an almost $500,000 grant program to help homeowners add storm shelters to their residences.
Dr. Ernst W. Kiesling, who serves as the association’s executive director as well as one of the lead researchers at Texas Tech University Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, said the organization’s standards are very [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Administrators officially designate CASNR’s International Cotton Research Center.
Monday, January 12th, 2009
EL PASO – El Paso area farmers are not well prepared for a drought, according to the early results from a drought research study headed by a Texas Tech associate professor. The study is about the farmers, rangers and agricultural installations in and near the Lubbock and El Paso areas and the preparations they have made to protect thems
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Why do kids put themselves on display like this? Of the very few empirical studies about their motivations for doing so, is one by a Texas Tech professor published in the Journal of Interactive Advertising in 2007, which found that social networking sites were platforms for college students to do three main things. First, users can
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Alumnus B. Byron Price will discuss cowboy culture and presidential politics at the NRHC.
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Architecture professor has received a Fulbright Grant to teach and conduct field research this spring at Makelle University in Ethiopia.
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Students gain real-world political experience through CASNR’s Government Internship Program.
Friday, January 9th, 2009
The center funds and oversees a number of groundbreaking research initiatives with industry-wide implications each year.
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