Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Expert Advice on Influenza Outbreak

Texas Tech is working with state, local and federal officials in order to bring you the latest information.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Psychology Professor Receives Fulbright Grant

Roman Taraban will travel to Kharagpur, India to conduct research at the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Texas Tech’s K-12 Diploma Program to Celebrate Graduations

Distance-learning students come to campus for traditional commencement ceremony.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Communicators get proactive on alerts about swine flu, survey says

Several communicators at Texas Tech University say they are steering away from methods of communication normally associated with emergencies, such as text messaging or phone calls to students and staff, in favor of a less-panic-inducing approach. Texas Tech is in Lubbock, in northwest Texas, which is miles away from the closest confirmed cases in the [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Ag subsidies common around the world

But a report from Texas Tech University’s Cotton Economic Research Institute shows that agricultural subsidies are more the norm rather than the exception for 21 developing and developed countries studied. The study focused on seven commodities: corn, cotton, rice, sorghum, soybeans, sugar and wheat.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Senate approves plan for top-tier university fund

Currently, only the University of Texas and Texas A&M University are considered top tier universities. The emerging institutions are UT-El Paso, UT-San Antonio, UT-Dallas, UT-Arlington, the University of Houston, Texas Tech University and the University of North Texas.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Earns Environmental Excellence Award From Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

TIEHH was one of 10 winners selected for this award by TCEQ and the Governor’s blue-ribbon panel.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

H1N1: Part 2

With the number of H1N1 cases increasing in the state and across the nation, Dr. Ron Cook, health authority to the City of Lubbock, advises on what you should do if you are sick.

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Ad Team Wins Regional Competition in Houston

Team members will compete nationally against teams from 14 other districts this June in Washington, D.C.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Psychology Professor Receives Fulbright Grant

Roman Taraban becomes the third Texas Tech faculty member to receive a grant this year.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Texas Tech research: New nonwoven fabric provides protection

Scientists from The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University on April 4 unveiled a newly developed fabric used to protect against biological and chemical agents.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Expert Anwers Swine Flu Questions On Ai

There are so many questions about the swine flu, including ow bad it can be and what makes it different than any other strain of flu.
To answer some of our questions, we brought in Dr. Suresh Anthony, an infection disease expert and a clinical professor at Texas Tech.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

A Neural Net That Diagnoses Epilepsy

Around 50 million people suffer from epilepsy–about 1 percent of the world’s population, say Forrest Sheng Bao at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, and a few pals.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

From Irrational Exuberance to Unreasonable Fear

Denna Katz,  associate professor of personal financial planning at Texas Tech University, was a panelist in a retirement roundtable.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Cutting-edge Exhibit Slated at the Museum of TTU

Exhibit to showcase 100 swords, cutting tools and sword elements from the Higgins Armory Museum collection.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Scholarship Reception Brings Students Together with Donor

AT&T awards more than 200 students with scholarships and fellowships.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Experts: Two Texas Tech Researchers Can Discuss Specter Defection

Two political science professors can discuss possible fallout for the Republicans and historical significance of party-switching.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Agricultural Educator Receives Fulbright Grant

This fall, David Lawver will teach extension education at Egerton University in Kenya on a Fulbright scholarship.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Baby Boomers Expected to Keep Working

Deena Katz, an associate professor of personal financial planning, said the unstable financial climate has made at least one thing fairly certain: Baby Boomers will keep working beyond retirement, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since “if all the Boomers retired, we wouldn’t have enough workers in place to replace us anyway,” she pointed out.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Doctoral Student Receives Fulbright Award

Brent Newsom, doctoral student in Creative Writing, is the recipient of a 10-month Fulbright Award to the People’s Republic of China starting in Spring 2010.