Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Students Give World’s Largest Retailer Some Tips on Selling Hardware
Graduate students in the College of Human Sciences gain real-world experience by helping develop retail and design strategies for Wal-Mart.
Archive for October, 2009
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Texas Tech Physics Professors Earn NIH Grant to Study Best Teaching Practices for Undergraduate Physics Instruction
Beth Thacker and Kelvin Cheng will test several different areas of introductory physics instruction.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Receives Schlumberger Gift
Software gift will give students career advantages, attract research.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Texas Tech Reaches Top 20 in use of Historically Underutilized Businesses
This is the first time Texas Tech has cracked the Top 20 list for HUB transactions.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar receives ‘Scientist of the Year’ Award
Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Nonwoven Materials at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University was awarded the prestigious “Scientist of the Year” award for his invention “FIBERTECT” decontamination wipe by the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS), Lubbock chapter.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Regents eye Honors showcase
Tech’s board of regents will consider the proposal to demolish Weeks Hall and the adjoining Doak Conference Center when they meet on campus today.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Important Parking Info and Reminders for Weekend Concert
Gary Allan with special guests Stoney LaRue and Justin Moore perform Friday at the United Spirit Arena.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Ancient Flying Pterosaur Also Sailed Seas
Tapejara, a native coastal dweller of what is now Brazil, was an excellent flyer that also had an innate nautical knowledge of sailing, said Sankar Chatterjee, Horn Professor of Geosciences and curator of paleontology at the Museum of Texas Tech University.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Lubbock plays good host to rodeos
Texas Tech’s 60th annual rodeo concluded its three-day run at the Texas Tech Equestrian Center on Saturday and it was one great night for the host school.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Children’s book author to be guest narrator when Lubbock Chorale opens its season with performance based on classic
The production is a choral work by Joseph M. Martin, combining singing and narration. Wood and his brother, Bruce Wood, a Texas Tech School of Music professor, will both narrate for the performance
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Imagination Celebration festival is Saturday
An honor choir comprised of 8 fifth grade students from every elementary campus will rehearse with guest director Dr. Susan Brumfield who is with Texas Tech University. Their hard work will be showcased during a concert in the Performing Arts Center at 1:00 PM.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
NASA Selects 18 University Proposals For Steckler Space Grants
Texas Tech University’s proposal was chosen by NASA to receive $70,000 for Phase One of the NASA Ralph Steckler Space Grant Colonization Research and Technology Development Opportunity.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Symphony Orchestra to Perform Halloween Concert
Come and enjoy a Halloween musical extravaganza 3 p.m., Oct. 25 in Hemmle Recital Hall.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Receives Schlumberger Gift
Petroleum engineering receives a $42.5 million gift of software from Schlumberger.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Interview Technique Could Improve Accuracy of Child Testimony
Seven open-ended questions could make children less suggestible during interviews.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Texas Tech Riders Win 60th Annual Rodeo
Erica Creswell and Luke Creasy of Texas Tech University were awarded championship titles on Oct. 17 during the 60th consecutive NIRA rodeo.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Students Receive Automobile for Eco-friendly Transformation
Engineering students take a year’s worth of designing and put it to action as they begin building the car of the future.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Glass and the Terrorist Threat
However, in the wake of Oklahoma, researchers from the Glass Research and Testing Laboratory at Texas Tech University reached a significant conclusion. They found that damage to property and person could have been reduced if laminated glass had been used in the buildings that surrounded the Federal building.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Prop 4 a boon for universities
Proposition 4 would create seven new Tier 1 universities — Texas Tech University, the University of Texas at Arlington, UT-Dallas, UT-El Paso, UT-San Antonio, the University of Houston and the University of North Texas.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
'Dino-killing meteorite crashed off India's coast'
Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, who presented his research this month at a meet in the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, said, “If we are right, massive Shiva basin, a submerged depression west of India is the largest crater known on our planet.”
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