Archive for May, 2009
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Pamela A. Eibeck, dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University, will succeed DeRosa on July 1. Eibeck will become Pacific’s first woman President and the sixth since the University moved to Stockton in 1924.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Texas Tech university recently received a patent on the process it developed for creating decontamination wipes.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
The state horse judging contest was held at Texas Tech.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
“This is a difficult decision for President Obama, because not only does he need to worry about the effects on the national security community, but he also needs to respond to the concerns of liberal Democrats,” said Texas Tech political science professor Craig Goodman.
The worst ramification, he explained, would be a decision that makes intelligence [...]
Monday, May 11th, 2009
“Why does the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech all furnish houses for the president?” asked Wilson.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Texas Tech’ process to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes recently receives a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Wind researchers at Texas Tech will soon have a new way to get hands-on training, thanks to the Department of Energy.
According to a release from the university, $28 million of President Barack Obama’s $9.9 billion energy budget will go to the creation of the Pantex Renewable Project, a wind farm outside of Amarillo. As a [...]
Monday, May 11th, 2009
U.S. agriculture subsidies may get lambasted by the international press for suppressing farm prices abroad, but a study by Texas Tech University economists finds that developing countries are equally, if not more, prone to protecting their agricultural sectors.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Berhl Robertson has been chosen as the assistant dean for the kindergarten-through-12th-grade program, effective June 8.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Members of the Twin Ports club range from age 16 to 82. Among the members are national champions like Allisun Zagar, Dane’s sister, who earned a college scholarship to Texas Tech through a tournament in Las Vegas, Marv Mattson said.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Our GSE team comprises young professionals from Amarillo, Lubbock and Levelland. They are an outstanding group of individuals. They are Aida Almaraz, a caseworker at Boys Ranch; Katt Krause, office manager for her family’s Amarillo landscape construction business; Shirley Davis, a math professor at South Plains College in Levelland; and Fernando Valle, a professor of [...]
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Where did you receive your education?
Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University School of Law.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
“In order for improved animal welfare to be more broadly adopted by agriculture, retailers and consumers, it must be science-based,” said committee member John McGlone, Ph.D. of Texas Tech University. “To make the major commitments required to greatly increase the number of animals raised and handled humanely, the decisions will have to be founded in [...]
Monday, May 11th, 2009
The disease formerly known as Swine Flu likely will hammer exports of agricultural products such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, beef, poultry and pork.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
An agricultural educator will begin his term with the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education May 24.
Monday, May 11th, 2009
The more-than $250,000 grant to the center will be used for daily operations and continuing research.
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
All elections have consequences. The most dramatic consequence of President Barack Obama’s election may be his inability to separate himself from his party’s base — specifically, its left base.
All good presidents govern from the middle. Yet Obama has taken a sharp left turn on at least one important issue, intelligence.
Friday, May 8th, 2009
The partnership will create the nation’s largest collaborative research wind farm for Texas Tech and the Department of Energy’s ongoing research on wind power generation.
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Texas Tech University has been named as a research partner on the Pantex Renewable Energy Project in President Obama’s $9.9 billion Energy Department budget.
Friday, May 8th, 2009
More than 3,100 students will receive diplomas May 8-9 during five ceremonies at the United Spirit Arena.