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Texas Tech’s 25th Annual Conference on Advancement of Women in Higher Education Examines Cultural, Social Aspects of Gender, Identity

Media advisory for upcoming academic event.

Law Professor Garners State Bar Publishing Award

Alison Myhra honored for outstanding law review article by the Texas Bar Foundation.

Masked Rider Set To Make Historic Ride

One of the most recognizable mascots in college athletics will make first-ever ride at Dan Law Field Friday.

Blog Carnival Edition #6 — Extinction, Tokyo Museums, and the Official State Dinosaur of Texas

Well, first of all, it’s not clear if Technosaurus was technically a dinosaur at all; this late Triassic reptile might well have been an archosaur (the family that preceded the dinosaurs). And second, compared to those big, galumphing, Texas-sized sauropods, Technosaurus was tiny, measuring only four feet long. In its favor, Murphy points out, Technosaurus was named after Texas Tech University….

As Recession Dashes Retirement Hopes, Baby Boomers Will Work On

Deena Katz, an associate professor of personal financial planning at Texas Tech University, said the unstable financial climate has made at least one thing fairly certain: Baby Boomers will keep working beyond retirement.

Cutting Cotton-Storage Subsidy May Lower Price, Texas Tech Says

Requiring U.S. cotton producers to pay for storing the crop may push prices lower while boosting exports as supplies flood the market, according to a report by Texas Tech University.

New gossip Web sites follow in wake of JuicyCampus

Texas Tech psychology department Chairman David Rudd said gossip Web sites still are being created and thriving because they cater to users’ insecurities, allowing them to judge other people.

School tax breaks among Darby bills

House Bill 1266 would allow the Texas Tech University System board of trustees to transfer ownership of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, owned and maintained by Angelo State University, to the museum’s nonprofit organization.

Experts: Plagiarism Programs Not Perfect at Detecting Pilfered Content

Texas Tech University researchers put Turnitin and SafeAssign to the test.

Researchers Say Plagiarism Programs Don’t Pass Grade

Kathleen Gillis and Susan Lang find electronic assistance may cost more than human detection experience.

Texas Tech Undergraduate Research Conference Set

Conference highlights undergraduate involvement in research

SPICE Hosts 2nd Annual Scholastic Chess Championship

Lubbock’s flagship open chess tournament is set for April 18.

Hands for Hope Walk to Raise Funds for Autism Center

Texas Tech’s Burkhart Center to host the Hands for Hope 2009: A Walk for Autism Awareness event April 5.

Greek Rodeo Supports Therapeutic Riding

Members of Texas Tech’s Greek community are coming together to raise awareness and donations.

SPICE Hosts 2nd Annual Lubbock Open Scholastic Chess Championship

Texas Tech University’s Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) will kick off the 2nd Annual Lubbock Open Scholastic Chess Championship at 11 a.m. April 18 at Monterey High School.

Truckers chapel helps spread the Lord's message.

Olaniran, 44, a Nigerian-born professor in Texas Tech’s department of communication studies, is its preacher. He’s been preaching there since the church moved out of the Chisum Travel Center’s truckers’ lounge and into its own facility across the parking lot in June.

Partnership between MCC and Tech raises issue of four-year public university opening a Waco campus

McLennan Community College and Texas Tech University leaders gathered on the MCC campus Thursday afternoon, united in their celebration of the schools’ new partnership.

Garden blogs are growing as place for strong, honest opinion

The Bicycle Garden (bikegarden.blogspot.com) is based in Lubbock, Texas — “Gardens. Birds. Bikes. Life” — and features the musings of Susan “Livin’ Large on the Llano” Tomlinson, a professor at Texas Tech University.

New York Teenager Stakes His Place Among the Elite

Two weeks ago, he took a week off from school to enter the Spice Spring Invitational at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. In a six-player field that included three grandmasters and two other international masters, Hess ran away with the tournament, clinching first by a full point and earning his second norm.

Killer Fire Ant Fungus

Texas Tech University scientists began working on a biological control for fire ants 10 to 12 years ago, said Harlan Thorvilson, Ph.D., professor of entomology. The project isolated a common soil fungus that attacks only insects.