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Texas Tech Livestock Judging Team Crowned National Champions for Third Consecutive Year

Texas Tech University’s Livestock Judging Team was crowned national champions at the 2009 North American International Livestock Exposition Nov. 17 in Louisville, Ky.

Group wants help increasing Tech scholarship named for O'Brien

A group of 1967 Lee High School graduates — ex-Marines all — are seeking help to beef up a Texas Tech University scholarship fun for one of their own — Medal of Honor winner George H. O’Brien.

Servicemembers sacrifices observed through generations

Reckner is also founding director of the Vietnam Center and Archive of Texas Tech University.

Tech credit union earns awards

The Texas Tech Federal Credit Union received two first place awards this month for its marketing efforts.

Student government conference attendees get demonstration in Lubbock

Texas Tech’s student government has a non-voting body of student organizations that advocates student government for change and access to money, said Joe Sangirardi, University College district representative.

A New Format

Clint Cannon of Waller, who will head into the National Finals with a commanding lead in the world bareback riding title race, won the Stampede. Former NFR qualifier Wes Stevenson, a former Texas Tech star who lives in Lubbock, finished fourth in the bareback riding average.

Midland men outfit trailer with electronics, cooking equipment

The three men, it should go without saying, are die-hard pirates and their state-of-the-art rig one-ups most — if not all — competition in the world of on-campus tailgating at Texas Tech.

Milestone realized Company inks unmanned aircraft deal

After years of researching, developing, designing and planning, Carter Aviation Technologies marked a major milestone Tuesday.

Saving the Language of the People

A Texas Tech linguist begins a journey to preserve and teach the Comanche language.

Texas Tech Meat Judging Team Claims 2009 National Championship

Texas Tech University’s Meat Judging Team earned the national championship title at the American Meat Science Association’s International Meat Judging Contest held Nov. 15 in Dakota City, Neb.

Researchers Hope to Solve Some of the Universe’s Most Mind-Blowing Riddles

Scientists hope the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider and Compact Muon Solenoid will prove the existence of matter’s smallest building blocks.

The Importance of Research

Nural Akchurin tells why research into matter’s smallest building blocks is important.

Texas Tech Expert Discusses How “New Moon” Contrasts from the Classic Vampire

Erin Collopy, associate professor of classical and modern languages and literatures, can discuss the transition from vampires of mythology to the modern, sensitive and more seductive vampire.

Texas Tech Professors Available to Explain International Search For Rosetta Stone of Physics

Newswise — A team of Texas Tech University physics researchers involved with the CERN experiment is available to speak to the media as scientists prepare to test the particle beam of the world’s largest particle collider deep beneath the Swiss Alps.

Defendant names killer on tape

After a morning break, Thomas Parsons, a forensics pathologist at Texas Tech University, was called to the witness stand.

Dinosaur whodunit: Is Shiva crater the missing link?

The scenario above is not the figment of some scriptwriter’s imagination. Instead, it is the essence of a theory put forward by Sankar Chatterjee, a professor at Texas Tech University, to explain why dinosaurs became extinct almost 65 million years ago.

Complex prosecution ahead in Fort Hood case

A former Army staff judge advocate and military law expert at Texas Tech University suggests that it could take about two years to go to the military equivalent of a trial, depending on the defendant’s health. And the outcome of the case would likely end up mired in complex appeals.

Dino dessert after a Texas dinner - Chatterjee recalls adventures in ranches while scouring for fossils

Shortly after Chatterjee joined Texas Tech University here as curator of palaeontology 30 years ago, he heard about the possibility that ranches around the town of Post, near Lubbock, may be the key to unlocking mysteries about some animal species that became extinct millions of years ago.

Built for Mars, UNF robot is still earthbound - for now

UNF’s hand-tooled, shop-made robot faced heavyweight challengers from schools such as Texas Tech and Notre Dame.

Parents Challenge Test Exam Scores

SAN ANTONIO — Kailee Wegehaupt and Lindsey Terrill are advanced sixth-grade students at La Vernia Middle School. They are so proficient in math, both tested to skip sixth grade math. They enrolled in “Credit by Exam” through Texas Tech University. Students who score a 90 or above can skip a grade in the subject tested.