Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

KTXT-FM returns to the airwaves

After six months of silence, Texas Tech’s campus radio station is back on the air. However, KTXT-FM has undergone a few changes since January, including new management and a new format.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Two Environmental Toxicology Graduate Students Receive TWRI Grants

Two environmental toxicology graduate students receive water-related research grants.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

College of Education Partners with Dallas Teacher Education Program

New bachelor’s program will produce more bilingual/ESL teachers.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Texas Tech Transfer Connection Earns State Awards

Program recognized for outstanding work in serving transfer students.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Climate Change Impacts Where Americans Live and Work

New assessment of national, regional impacts shows challenges ahead for Great Plains.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Texas Tech Researcher: Climate Change Impacts where Americans Live and Work

New assessment of national, regional impacts shows challenges ahead for Great Plains.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Expert on College Alcohol Abuse and Prevention Available to Speak on New Study

The director of Texas Tech University’s Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery can speak about a new report showing binge drinking and drinking-related deaths on the rise.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Workshop on technical textiles coming soon

USA based Texas Tech University is partnering with Bangalore based TecniTex Consultancy Ltd. to offer a focused workshop on technical textiles on July 3 and 4 at Residency hotel, Coimbatore, India.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Texas Tech Transfer Connection Earns State Awards

Program recognized for its outstanding work in serving transfer students.

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Tornado study hits the jackpot

A furious tornado that tore across a remote corner of Wyoming this month also carved a path into the history of severe weather research.

 The Wyoming storm was analyzed from start to finish by several powerful radars, including those mounted on Doppler on Wheels vehicles. It also passed over two dozen “Stick-Net” tripods set in its [...]

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Texas Tech Taking Applications for Viticulture Certification Program

Certificate Program in Viticulture will prepare students for careers in the wine and grape production industries.

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Music Department to Host Summer Jazz Festival

Clay Jenkins and Reggie Thomas scheduled to highlight this year’s performance June 23.

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Hear! Hear! Texas wines fight cancer growth

Total wine consumption increased in Texas by 1.25 percent in 2007, according to Natalia Kolyesnikova, at the Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute at Texas Tech University. In the U.S., wine consumption is expected to increase from 292.1 million to 321.5 million cases by 2012.

“If Texas follows this pattern, Texas wine consumption should expect to see [...]

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Texas Wine Hits the Books

Texas Tech University students will soon have the chance to earn a degree focused on viticulture and enology, giving them the tools to be winemakers of the future. The school believes the program will also help Texas’ wine industry grow.

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Texas Tech Taking Applications for Viticulture Certification Program

Program open to 40 individuals interested in commercial grape production and professional viticulture jobs.

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

U.S. Farmers Rank Low on Global Subsidy Scale

Compared to other major agricultural producers-both developed and developing countries-America ranks near the bottom of the subsidization and tariff scale, according to a global subsidy handbook compiled in April by Texas Tech University.

Conducted by researchers at the university’s Cotton Economics Research Institute (CERI), “the study highlights the often overlooked fact that all countries, regardless of [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Inaugural Horizon Technologies Summer Symposium

In addition to providing credit courses for academic degrees, the role of many community colleges in Texas has been to provide technical skills training to help meet workforce needs. In the last decade, however, technology and the impact of technology on new generations have changed so rapidly that higher education institutions need to take entirely [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Couple competing for dream wedding

Ashland residents Nick Cordes and Leigh Daniel run with their two dogs every morning. But lately, the engaged couple has been getting a little more attention.

Cordes, 29, and Daniel, 30, are one of four finalist couples for the “Today” show’s “Today throws a wedding.” The two appeared on NBC’s “Today” on Wednesday in a competition [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Texas Tech Launches New Fabric Laboratory

The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University has introduced a new, state-of-the-art fabric laboratory to help researchers continue creating products that can protect both military and civilian populations in the country.

The 4,000-square-foot facility, named the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory, was unveiled earlier this spring.

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Texas Tech Unveils Aquatics Complex

Texas Tech University students kicked off summer on June 1 in the school’s newly opened $8.25 million outdoor aquatics complex.

The facility features an outdoor pool with a 15-foot slide and diving board, a lazy river, a hot tub that seats up to 20 people, water volleyball and basketball areas, and a “bubble couch” aquatic bench [...]