Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

H1N1: Part 3

Dr. Ron Cook, health authority to the City of Lubbock, addresses concerns related to the H1N1 virus and advises on what you should do if you are sick.

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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Announces Veterans Enrollment Numbers

University sees a nearly 37 percent increase in military students for fall 2009.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech University Hosts PGAU Golf Expo

Texas Tech University will host a Golf Expo Monday (Oct. 5) at the Robert H. Ewalt Recreational Center fields, which aims to promote the PGA’s new Play Golf American University Program and the Collegiate Golf Alliance’s National Collegiate Golf Championship.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech tops 30,000

Texas Tech University has reached a benchmark in student enrollment with a school-record 30,049 students signed up for classes in the fall semester, Chancellor Kent Hance said.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech admissions officials required to deny prospective students on Facebook

Students hoping to get a leg up in the admissions process have learned to seek the Facebook pages of admissions counselors such as Adabel Estrella in the Texas Tech University office of admissions

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech announces veterans enrollment numbers

After the announcement of record student enrollment at Texas Tech University, the numbers for veterans enrolled at the institution have been released.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Honors Couple for Tragedy Prevention Work

Freada and Mark Warren will be honored for their establishment of the Clay R. Warren Memorial Risk Management Retreat and work on state risk-management legislation.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Announces Veterans Enrollment Numbers

University sees an increase in numbers of veterans using GI Bill to attend college.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Measure What Matters

Deena Katz, an associate professor in personal financial planning at Texas Tech University writes about profitable practices.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Tech rolls to record enrollment

Texas Tech has reached a benchmark in student enrollment with a school-record 30,049 students signed up for classes in the fall semester, Chancellor Kent Hance said Monday.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Texas Tech’s Technology Targets New Markets

The wipe was developed by Texas Tech University in response to a call from the U.S. government for a new decontamination system to replace the currently used particulate decontamination kit, which was not convenient for cleaning sensitive equipment such as computers, cell phones and military vehicles.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Nucleic acid invigorates antibiotics

A short chain of nucleic acid, called an aptamer, can stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria from breaking down antibiotics, said Robert Shaw, associate chairman of Texas Tech’s Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Alumna Takes a Bite out of the Big Apple, and Tells About It

Restaurant Blogger Lindsay Feinberg, AKA The Lunch Belle, tastefully tells how the city has spiced up her life after Texas Tech.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Texas Tech shatters previous enrollment records

Texas Tech University has shattered enrollment records with more than 30,000 students enrolled this fall. Final enrollment stands at 30,049, up 1,627 from last fall’s 28,422.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Climate change may cause heat, drought, pests

“Over the past 50 years, we’ve seen higher average annual temperatures, more frequent downpours, longer growing seasons and fewer cold snaps,” said Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University and a co-author of the report.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Boomers to pull down markets?

“The CBO report provides some ideas, but has a long way to go before resolving the question” of whether demand for and prices of assets will fall as boomers retire, said Alan Gustman, a professor at Dartmouth University, and Thomas Steinmeier, a professor at Texas Tech University.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

SPICE Cup Begins at Texas Tech

The SPICE Cup (September 19-29, Lubbock, TX) has begun at Texas Tech University. Watch American stars such as Olympian GM Varuzhan Akobian and 14-year-old IM Ray Robson battle it out live on Monroi.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Former AG Gonzales to speak at ASU

Gonzales, who this year was named a visiting professor at Texas Tech University assisting in the recruitment and retention of first-generation and underrepresented students, served as attorney general under President George W. Bush, resigning in 2007 amid criticism about his role in the firing of several U.S. attorneys and his defense of the use of torture at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Chess:Another draw for So in US SPICE Cup(Sports)

Fifteen year old Grandmaster Wesley So (2644) settled for another draw this time with top seed Russian GM Dmitry Andreikin (2659) in just 17 moves of a Caro-Kann defense transposition game in the fifth round of Susan Polgar Institute Chess for Excellence (SPICE) Cup Chess Championship Thursday at the Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Texas Tech recruiting for fall '10

“You can get an education anywhere, but at Texas Tech you get more than education,” Tech Chancellor Kent Hance told the students, many of whom came with their parents. “(And) if you dream big, we want you to come to Texas Tech. We want you to excel.”