Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Experts Available to Speak on St. Patrick's Life, Celtic Music and Genealogy

Media pitch for St. Patrick’s Day, Irish music and researching family ties.

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Vietnam Center Hosts Conference on Wars in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand

The conference will provide additional insight into some of the regional and international implications of the Vietnam War, and the CIA will use the conference to release some previously classified studies.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Texas Tech’s SPICE Announces Spring Invitational

Texas Tech University’s Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) will host the International Grandmaster Chess Tournament Monday – Sunday (March 16-22).

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Strong Spring Start for Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team

Texas Tech University’s Ranch Horse Team turned in a dominating performance at the first of the collegiate spring season’s stock horse shows.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Texas Tech’s Meat Judging Team Dominates Spring Contests

Texas Tech University’s meat judging team walked away with first place honors March 8 at the Houston Livestock Show’s Meat Judging Contest for the fifth year in a row.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Economists see weak economy hitting textile industry

The weakening global economy is taking its toll on the textile industry, and the U.S. will continue losing market share in the global cotton market, said agricultural economists in Texas Tech University’s Cotton Economics Research Institute (CERI)

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

American Humane Certified to Launch Online Training of Humane Animal Care for Food Producers

The new American Humane Certified Humane Care Training curriculum will be developed by John J. McGlone, Ph.D., animal and food science professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, in association with Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing (FACTA, LLC), which provides independent, professional, science-based animal care training and auditing services. McGlone is the principal partner at FACTA, which [...]

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Bills would boost Tech's tier status

Long before the 81st legislative session started in mid-January, Texas Tech University and six other top schools in the state hoped lawmakers would give them tier-one status this year.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

E-Bombs Could Go Mainstream

 In 2005, researchers from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (Amrdec), working with contractor Loki and scientists from Texas Tech University, demonstrated an explosive pulsed-power source based on neodymium alloy magnets, a type used in speakers and headphones.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Experts Say Hispanic Population Boom is Boon to American Economy

Three Texas Tech University colleagues work to dispel many of the misunderstandings about how Hispanics in America impact the country’s socio-economics in their new book, “Hispanic Heresy: What is the Impact of America’s Largest Population of Immigrants?”

Read the full story.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Texas Tech’s Meat Judging Team Dominates Spring Contests

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo win is an historic eighth consecutive win for Texas Tech’s meat judging program and third win of the 2009 season.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

7 Texas universities hoping to join 'tier one' face long battle

The seven schools are diverse in location, size and strengths: the University of North Texas in Denton, UT-Arlington, UT-Dallas, UT-El Paso, UT-San Antonio, the University of Houston and Texas Tech in Lubbock.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Parking Information for Get Motivated Seminar

Get Motivated Seminar scheduled for Thursday, March 12 at the United Spirit Arena.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Parking Information for Get Motivated Seminar

Arrive early for follow directions for easy parking.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

HemoBioTech Announces Dramatic Clearance of Prions with the ORTH Technology

The ORTH technology was developed at Texas Tech University by Dr. Jan Simoni and his colleagues and HemoBioTech has an exclusive worldwide license to commercialize ORTH. HemoBioTech is pursuing sublicensing the ORTH technology to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in return for upfront fees, milestone payments and royalties.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Experts: Hispanic Boom is Economic Boon

Texas Tech University authors make argument for Hispanic-led economic boom.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Hispanic Immigration: Facts versus Fallacies, Clarifying America's Opportunity

Three Rawls College of Business professionals address the booming Hispanic population in the U.S. and its economic, political and social impacts.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Texas Tech Launches Searchable Road Raiders Web Site

Students can now search for convenient Road Raider assistance while traveling.

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Texas Tech Pop-Culture Expert Compares Reinventions of Barbie to Madonna

In the past 50 years, Barbie’s come a long way, baby, according to a pop-culture expert at Texas Tech University.

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Weakening Economy Hits Textile Industry

Cotton economists forecast U.S. loss in global cotton market; reduction in cotton acreage.