Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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Texas Tech will discontinue several on-site graduate courses at its Abilene location, the university announced Monday.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Angelo State expands to 3 Hill Country sites

ASU will share facilities with Texas Tech’s Hill Country programs in Marble Falls and Fredericksburg. ASU will have its own facility at the Kendall County Economic Development Corp. offices in Boerne.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Texas Tech drops computer courses in Abilene

Beginning with the fall 2010 semester, Texas Tech University’s Abilene campus will drop face-to-face classes for three computer science programs.

Gone will be instruction for master’s degrees in computer science and software engineering, and doctoral degrees in computer science, the school has announced.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Studies show that drinking green tea reverses bone loss in different rat models of osteoporosis

One recent study published a study in the Journal of Nutrition and Biochemistry demonstrated the beneficial effects of consuming green tea in reversing bone loss in a rat model of chronic inflammation. In brief,  this study, lead by Dr. Chwan Li Shen at the University of Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, involved administering green tea for [...]

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Advancing STEM Education

The major focus of the Integrated STEM Initiative on the South Plains (ISISP) is to build a long term base where K-12 students across the 84,000 square mile region of Texas are attracted to study STEM disciplines at Texas Tech University (TTU).

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Aging folks' troubles appear at holidays

“They are more than our eyes and ears; they really are almost like family for Mom and Dad,” said daughter Susan Hendrick, head of the psychology department at Texas Tech University at Lubbock. “I sleep better at night because of them.”

Monday, December 21st, 2009

JANICE ANN'S JOURNAL: Marshalls make drive to Kansas to watch daughter perform at game

At the book party, there were cotton stems and roses as floral arrangements. To further honor her East Texas heritage, Rebecca had Atkinson’s candy for her guests. The book can be ordered from the Texas Tech Press and also from amazon.com.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Tech anthropologist works to save dying Comanche language

That’s why Texas Tech anthropologist Jeff Williams and a handful of other researchers have devised a plan that could help save Comanche from confinement in history books.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Last-minute shoppers unlikely to find huge savings

“Everyone is waiting for the sales they saw last year,” said Dunne, retailing professor emeritus at Texas Tech. “Last year the economy nose-dived after the retailers made their purchases, and they were discounting to avoid getting stuck with large amounts of inventory.”

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Tech researchers to receive awards

Three Texas Tech researchers are scheduled to receive top awards from the National Science Foundation for their careers in research.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Texas law bars atheists from office

“Frankly, this is one of the easiest cases I’ve ever seen,” said Arnold Loewy, George R. Killam Jr. Chair of Criminal Law at Texas Tech, who teaches a course of the First Amendment. “It’s crystal clear that the North Carolina and Texas law is unconstitutional.”

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Tech begins psychology intervention

Texas Tech administrators now have a mechanism to address the threat of psychologically unstable students.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Tier One shot energizes Tech research

Early on a brisk Wednesday morning, a team of at least a dozen graduate and post-doctoral students shuffled around a third-floor laboratory on Texas Tech’s campus.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Where Are They Now? Lauro Cavazos

Cavazos served as President of Texas Tech University from 1980 to 1988. He was the first Texas Tech alumnus and the first Hispanic to serve as president of the university.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Where are they now? Kent Hance

Where he is now: Chancellor of Texas Tech since 2006.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Where Are They Now? Alberto Gonzales

As of July 7, it is confirmed that Gonzales has accepted a one-year appointment as a visiting professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Grapevine-Colleyville District taking notes on students through college

According to that survey, Tarrant County College Northeast Campus was the destination of 199 of Grapevine-Colleyville’s 1,099 total 2008 graduates. Texas Tech and the University of North Texas both drew 53 students, Texas A&M had 52, the University of Texas at Austin had 41 and the University of Texas at Arlington had 35.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Anti-war activists losing patience with Obama

“One of the major platforms of the Obama campaign was the move to end the war in Iraq. Many voters chose him because of that fact alone,” said Tomlinson, who works in communications and marketing at Texas Tech University’s College of Outreach and Distance Education. “He ran, whether he meant to or not, on a [...]

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Dallas County constables' growing ticketing said to boost safety - and county coffers

Texas Tech University law professor Charles Bubany, an authority on Texas criminal procedure, said that judges like to think that they’re engaged in rehabilitation and deterrence, but that traffic enforcement is “basically a revenue collection device.”

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Gov says Missouri should consider Big Ten

“I’m not going to say anything bad about the Big 12, but when you compare Oklahoma State to Northwestern, when you compare Texas Tech to Wisconsin, I mean, you begin looking at educational possibilities that are worth looking at,” Nixon said in an interview with The Associated Press.