Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Masked Rider to Make Appearance at Texas Tech Hill Country Golf Tournament

Players and public will have opportunity to meet iconic mascot during their good walk spoiled.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Eisenhower Foundation awards grants to two Ph.D. candidates

The Eisenhower Foundation recently presented travel grants to two scholars conducting research at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. 

Jaclyn Woolf is a Ph. D. candidate at Texas Tech University and was awarded $400 for research on her topic “Interests, Constraints, and Judicial Selection: A Rational Approach to Presidential Selection of Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals and Supreme [...]

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Cap and trade not a new concept

While the push for cap-and-trade legislation is nothing new, neither are the concerns, an energy expert told agribusinessmen and women at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Monday.

Ben Lieberman, senior policy analyst on energy and the environment with the Heritage Foundation, was a panelist at the Southwest Council of Agribusiness annual meeting.

Much of the discussion at [...]

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

A garden like Eden

At the nation’s largest botanical garden – located on Hulu Island – and leading research institute on tropical plants under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, they pursue their research and even run a tiny international school for their children.
Dr Chuck Cannon is the leader of XTBG’s ecological evolution research team. A graduate from Harvard College, [...]

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

National Ranching Heritage Center to Dedicate 80 John Wallace House

Home of one of Texas’ most successful black ranchers to be displayed for the public.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Some wine companies tailor their marketing to attract more men.

Cal Dennison likes a nice cold glass of Chardonnay. And he is man enough to admit it.

That is hardly surprising since Dennison is winemaker at the Modesto-based Redwood Creek winery, but is he an exception?

Judging by some marketing campaigns, you might think so. Take the Super Bowl ad that ran a couple of years back [...]

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

TV's new heroes are antidote for lean economic times

In the season-two opener of TNT’s popular caper “Leverage,” an honest banker is concerned his employers are trying to hoodwink the government for a less-than-honest bailout loan.

Encouraged by his daughter to call the police, the banker soon receives a violent education from the crooks on the dangers of going to the well-intentioned but overwhelmed authorities.

Luckily [...]

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

National Ranching Heritage Center to Dedicate 80 John Wallace House

The 80 John Wallace house was restored by the National Ranching Heritage Center and will be dedicated.

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Texas and Translations

A few months ago we posted about the University of Texas Press’s decision to relaunch its Latin American literature in translation series. (And at some point soon we’ll have a full review of the first new title in the series, And Let the Earth Tremble at its Centers by Gonzalo Celorio.)

Well on Friday I found [...]

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

More bad news for the state budget

State Comptroller Susan Combs has said tax collections in June were more than 11 percent below collections in June of last year.

That could translate into a budget shortfall of $550 million if the economy continues to falter, with only two months left in the fiscal year.

About half the state’s general fund budget is derived from [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

CAB: Getting A Handle On Beef Flavor

Any good business manager knows success lies in repeat customers. The beef industry follows that model and annually invests millions of dollars in research to help ensure satisfied consumers. 

 “Beef is known for taste. If we forget that we lose a huge price advantage to competing proteins,” says Glen Dolezal, Cargill Meat Solutions. “Whatever we do [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Polgar: Susan Polgar National Invitation for Girls provides opportunities

When I first learned how to play chess, I immediately had success in girls tournaments, winning the Budapest Championship for girls under 11 at the age of 4 with a perfect 10-0 score. After that, I was encouraged to play against boys and men.

My ultimate goal at that time was not to be the best [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Where Americans Live and Work Being Influenced by Climate Change

Climate change is visible and occurring throughout the U.S., but the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a Texas Tech University climate scientist who served as a lead author on a report released this June by the White House.Katharine Hayhoe, a research associate professor in [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Killer Blades: Turbines meant to help environment may hurt local wildlife species

The landscape of West Texas is changing.

Standing hundreds of feet tall, like alien structures on the featureless plains, fields of shining white towers have sprung up seemingly overnight to harness formidable winds known all too well by those who have made the land home.

Call it what you will – alternative energy, a green solution, renewable [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Meet on textile sector in Coimbatore

The sixth edition of ATNT-09 (Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens and Technical Textiles) is scheduled between December 7 and 9 at the Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BIT) campus in Sathyamangalam.

This international conference is being organised jointly by the US-based Texas Tech University and BIT.

The conference would focus on finding solutions to some of the [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

2 jaguars released in Mexico, but 1 dies

One jaguar died and one survived a historic release into the jungle of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula — an effort aided by an Arizona veterinarian and at least two Arizona biologists.

The surviving jaguar, age 5 to 7, is still roaming under the dense canopies of the privately owned nature preserve where she was released. Pictures taken [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Noted author to sign book, give talk

Frederick Nolan, author of “Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times” (Texas Tech University Press), will be talking about the Texas ghost town of Old Tascosa and signing copies of his books from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hastings Entertainment, 2020 S. Georgia St.

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Ag Researchers Hold Field Day to Showcase Safflower

Yellow flower joins cotton and sorghum in West Texas crop rotations with expected economic benefits.

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Car Clinic and Safety Fair Provides Free Services

The summer car clinic offers free automobile checks to students, faculty and staff before fall semester begins. Preventive maintenance is an essential step of defensive driving. Texas Tech University Parking Services will provide checks and services during a Car Clinic and Safety Fair Wednesday, July 22. The free checks will be done by Scott’s Complete [...]

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Safflower Field Day Set for July 21 at Texas Tech Research Farm

Researchers aim to increase growth of sunflower relative.