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Friday, October 30th, 2009

Geological Survey Grant Awarded for Study of Climate Change

A new three-year project will bring together a team of experts to learn how to model, study and predict the influence of the changes.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Debate Team Still in Top Position Nationally Following ‘Springs Swing’

Following a tournament held last weekend, a debate team pair holds the best record in the nation.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Honors Outstanding Agriculturalists

The annual awards recognize individuals for contributions to various areas of Texas agriculture.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Paleontologist Says Meteorite Strike Near Mumbai May Have Wiped Out Dinosaurs

India’s Shiva Crater reveals possible reasons for extinction.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Educomp`s arm acquires HMH`s techn applications for USD 9.95 mn

Educomp Solutions today announced that its subsidiary, Learning.com acquired Houghton Mifflin Harcourt`s (HMH`s) Connected Tech Texas Technology Applications (Tech Apps), Adoption contracts and an exclusive license to provide the Connected Tech – Texas (CTT) product to Texas Tech Apps Adoption customers.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Victoria's Secret adds Texas Tech University to Collegiate Collection

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Texas Tech University has made the cut in Victoria’s Secret’s 2009 collegiate collection.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Elmarco And Oerlikon Neumag Have Made Plans To Deliver New Nanofibre Nonwovens Manufacturing Lines To Russia

In investment news, a state-of-the-art fabric laboratory has been opened at Texas Tech University to develop protective products.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Texas Tech Honors Three Leaders as Outstanding Agriculturalists

Annual awards recognize individuals for contributions to various areas of Texas agriculture.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Author to appear at Hillsdale College

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Covington currently makes his home on the high plains of West Texas, where he teaches in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Pilot state chess program to begin soon

After 2 highly successful chess presentations in Austin, TX to countless state educational legislatures and superintendents, SPICE and Texas Tech University have received unanimous votes to begin pilot chess programs in selected schools in the state of Texas. We will then present the important statistics at a meeting next year for a final green light.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tech's future wish list includes video board for Jones

Texas Tech fans got to experience a Jones AT&T Stadium expansion last week when six new sections were opened for business on the northeast and northwest corners. Next up is the east-side stadium building scheduled to come on line next year.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

PULSE: Austin's Texas Book Festival a must for those looking for a good read

“LaShara Nieland,” said Barbara Brannon, marketing manager for Texas Tech University Press. “They have been working together on wildflower research and photography since they were in college at Abilene Christian University. They met in biology class and have both shared an interest and passion for wildflowers ever since.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Melissa Range to speak on "Becoming a 'Religious' Poet"

Her first book, “Horse and Rider,” will be published this spring as winner of the Texas Tech University Press’s Walt McDonald Prize.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Lubbock Heart Walk this Saturday

To be a part of the Heart Walk, meet at Urbanovsky Park on the Texas Tech campus Saturday morning. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. The walk will begin at 9 p.m.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Legislators get firsthand look at West Texas' economic challenges

During his recent visit to Lubbock for a tour of Texas Tech, Straus told The Avalanche-Journal’s editorial board that he would support job-creation legislation “wherever it comes from” because he believes it should be a priority for the state government.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Killer party or party killer?

In humans, taurine is claimed to improve memory and concentration, yet in studies conducted, taurine has been in the presence of caffeine and sugar, making it impossible to tell if it is effective or not. As John Lombardini, professor of pharmacology at Texas Tech remarked in Men’s Health, “They’re crediting taurine with the benefits, but it could easily be the caffeine or something else.”

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Horror flicks have lost their fangs

“The recent slate of horror movies is pathetic,” said Rob Weiner, pop-culture author and an associate humanities librarian for the Texas Tech University Libraries. “They aren’t scary. There’s nothing that captures the imagination. It’s like Hollywood ran out of ideas.”

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Early voting to end at 8 p.m. today

Texas voters may consider 11 proposed amendments to the state constitution, which include adjustments to the property tax system and the creation of a fund to support emerging research universities like Texas Tech.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Day of the Dead : Annual Dia de los Muertos procession returns this weekend

The end of October holds more than one noteworthy day of significance. Saturday at midnight marks the beginning of the Mexican holiday El Dia de los Muertos, and the local festivities start Friday.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

7 Texas universities to split $25 million

Texas Tech led, raising $23.8 million for the Texas Research Incentive Program. Of that figure, state officials deemed that $21.3 million was eligible for matching money.

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