Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Texas Tech University to Host National Hispanic Institute Southwest Great Debate

More than 175 high school freshmen will work to improve their written and verbal communication skills.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Graduate Student Receives $10,000 Scholarship from Texas Business Hall of Fame

Kara Neff is one of 15 scholarship recipients for entrepreneurial potential and academic leadership.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Texas Tech’s innovative recovery program tackles collegiate alcohol and drug abuse

There are 50,000 college-eligible kids in America today who are too strung out on alcohol or other drugs to get in let alone make the grade.

Fortunately, change is in the air, and there is a better option. A major university — Texas Tech in Lubbock — has a heartwarming success story, which it has begun [...]

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Tech hosts Hispanic debaters

Nearly 100 high school freshmen will visit Texas Tech Thursday through Sunday to compete in the Southwest Great Debate, hosted by the National Hispanic Institute.

“The debate program is designed to test and improve students’ communication and leadership skills,” said Jeannie Diaz, director of the Texas Tech Center for Undergraduate Research. “The National Hispanic Institute is [...]

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Parents get help with birds & bees

If the thought of talking to your teenager about sex makes you break out in hives, you’re not alone.

“It’s a tough subject,” said Linda Brice, co-founder of Lubbock’s Teen Straight Talk Program, which will help parents and teens from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at The Bridge, 1301 Redbud Ave.

Among the topics covered, Brice said, [...]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Textile entrepreneurs urged to tap opportunities in technical textiles

The textile industry in this region, which has showcased its abilities in several segments of the sector, should tap the opportunities in technical textiles, according to chairman of the Southern India Mills’ Association K.V. Srinivasan.

Inaugurating a two-day workshop on technical textiles, organised by TecniTex Nonwovens, here on Friday, he said, “with the background that we [...]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

State says 'nobody's waterproof'

For four years, the Lower Colorado River Authority and Texas Parks and Wildlife have teamed up to take an important message to folks on Texas waterways in a fun, non-threatening way.”Nobody’s Waterproof,” is a campaign aimed at younger 18-34 year-old boaters, especially young men. It features fun, interactive events and activities on the water where [...]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Polgar: Learning some chess lessons from this breakthrough game

The question of the week is what were some of the breakthrough games in my career?

Here is one of them. This game was against one of the great Women’s World Champions from the former Soviet Union. This was the first time I defeated former Women’s World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze as we drew on previous occasions.

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Monday, July 6th, 2009

Vietnamese film crew gathers info from local memorial

A Vietnamese film crew is spending a week in Lubbock – an unlikely place to learn about a pivotal event that happened in their homeland half a world away.

A delegation of three reporters with Vietnam’s largest newspaper, Toui Tre in Ho Chi Minh City, is visiting Texas Tech’s Vietnam Center and Archive. They’re gathering documents [...]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

American Humane® Certified Farm Animal Program To Develop Humane Livestock Transport Standards

The nation‘s leading animal-welfare monitoring and humane-labeling program for food products – American Humane® Certified — will convene a panel of experts in animal handling, animal science, veterinary medicine and transportation-equipment manufacturing to develop improved welfare standards for design, technology and monitoring of livestock transportation. American livestock transportation equipment that meets the standards will be [...]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Textile industry should invest more in R&D: Expert

The textile industry in the country should invest more in Research and Development (R&D) than going for new machineries, C.K. Wong, Executive Director of the U.S.-based Association of the Non-Wovens Fabrics Industry (INDA), said on Friday.
Investment in machinery would yield slow returns, whereas by pumping money in R&D, one can develop own products and marketing [...]

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Texas Tech Rider Ties for Second at NRHA Collegiate Reining Championship

Alicia daugherty scored 214.5 to tie Texas A&M’s Maggie Gentry

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

AMSA Honors Two Red Raiders During Annual Reciprocal Meat Conference

A faculty member and an alumni of Texas Tech receive awards.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Ranching Heritage Center Announces New National Advisory Board Members

Layton Black, George Sell and Bob Stafford named to NRHC fundraising board.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Concentrate on technical textiles production

The Indian textile industry should start concentrating more on the production of technical textiles to face up to the competition from other countries, according to Seshadri Ramkumar, scientist and Associate Professor (nonwovens and advanced materials), Texas Tech University, USA.

In a chat with ‘The Hindu’ here, Dr. Ramkumar, who has recently obtained patent for decontamination wipe [...]

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Tornado Siren Mechanical Error

The campus tornado sirens experienced a mechanical error on Thursday.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Fashion and business skills vault Thomas to the top

Considering the current state of the economy, with unemployment at a 26-year high, retail sales down nationwide and the recession expected to remain into at least 2010, it isn’t the best time for college seniors on the verge of launching their careers.

Ashlee Thomas, however, is an exception.

The 21-year-old Friendswood High grad and Texas Tech senior [...]

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Texas Tech Track Star Wins Dream Wedding on Today Show

Couple’s wedding to be planned completely by Today show viewers.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Ranching Heritage Center Announces New National Advisory Board Members

Texas Tech announces three new members of the national advisory board for the Ranching Heritage Association’s $20 million Heritage Campaign.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Texas Tech Business Student Awarded Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholarship

Kara Neff will receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Texas Business Hall of Fame.