Monday, February 15th, 2010

Get a Taste of Lubbock; Win an Interior Design Makeover

The Taste of Lubbock, an International Interior Design Association fundraiser, will be held March 26.

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Addy Awards Rain Gold and Silver for Texas Tech

Many groups and organizations on campus made their presence known at the Lubbock Advertising Federation’s annual Addy Awards.

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Field Lighting #4 – Reflectors Only

Let’s face it: often times as a photographer, you’re pressed for time. Hopefully you’re never late for a shoot, but when we start working with light and other people, we’re involved with highly dynamic variables. On a clear day, light is pretty predictable, but sometimes that sneaky set of clouds will set in right before [...]

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Tech Honors College sets expert event

A soiree at Texas Tech will offer Lubbockites a chance to flex their noggins and engage in some of the best conversation around.

The university’s Honors College will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Feb. 20 with a dinner party featuring some of the community’s brightest minds and accomplished experts who will share their views on their [...]

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Through the Grapevine: Texas wine industry gets a new crop of grape growers

The Texas wine industry will soon see a new crop of grape growers. The first class of 16 graduates of the two-year Certificate Program in Viticulture through Texas Tech University and Texas AgriLife Extension were recognized yesterday at Flat Creek Estate Vineyards near Marble Falls.

“A lot of these students came into the program planning to [...]

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Join the Conversation to Benefit the Honors College

The Honors College will celebrate its 10-year birthday at a dinner-party event Feb. 20 with prominent community leaders and Texas Tech professors.

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Texas Tech Sets Enrollment Record

The spring record could foreshadow an increase in fall 2010 enrollment.

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Texas Tech Sets Spring Enrollment Record

Spring enrollment hits 28,014.

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Horticulture Judging Team Clinches 2nd Place in Orlando

The four-member Red Raider team competed in the association of collegiate branches’ competition for plant identification and judging.

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Cheerleaders Root for Texas in All-Star Showdown

Texas Tech cheerleaders were one of two teams invited to participate in the Texas vs. the Nation all-star game.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Texas Tech University System Statement on UAH Tragedy

The Texas Tech University System sends its condolences and sympathies to those affected by today’s tragic and violent events at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Texas Tech University Statement on UAH Tragedy

The Texas Tech University family is deeply saddened by the tragic events at the University of Alabama Huntsville.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Touring Telluride: Moving mountain festival showcases short films

Nine films from the Telluride MOUNTAINFilm Festival will be shown for climbers from Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma at 7 p.m. today in the Allen Theater at the Texas Tech Student Union.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Lubbock's Singles Awareness Day party going for world record

Twenty-six-year-old Texas Tech communications major, author and native Lubbockite Lance Stanford doesn’t know whether his nearly decade-long penchant for glorifying bachelorhood is responsible for his current lack of a steady girlfriend. But he doesn’t seem too worried.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Jay Gould exhibit explores the intersection of art and science

Gould’s solo exhibition of “The Participatory Universe” begins Tuesday at the SRO Photo Gallery at Texas Tech’s School of Art. The exhibit is free and open to the public though March 13.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Dancing performance highlights heritage month

A “Step-Off” competition also will be held with more than 30 Step Dancers from fraternities Texas Tech and Cannon competing. “Stepping” is an expressive form of dance that was created by African-American fraternities in the 70s. Most historians agree that the Phi Beta Sigma and Omega Psi fraternities introduced the dance to America.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Climbing the Corporate Ladder:' Donahue's clever twist impresses in Tech Lab Theatre premiere

The premiere of playwright Rodney Donahue’s “Sex, Money and the Corporate Ladder,” being staged three times this weekend at Texas Tech’s Lab Theatre, takes turns being deep and often purposely silly as it emphasizes the importance of taking responsibility for one’s own actions.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Texas entrepreneur comes up with unusual alternative energy: mesquite chips

Texas Tech University professor Michael Farmer, an expert in environmental and land management in the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, said Hill “has got a neat idea” to use mesquite to power plants and generate electricity.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day from Our Award-Winning Chefs

Treat your valentine to yummy recipes from the men behind campus cuisine.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Warning Labels for Potential Valentines?

Research suggests that young adults display emotional behaviors that could indicate how well they will settle into married life.