Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Gene-Mapping Study Could Lead to Better Agriculture

Chemist David Knaff and a team of researchers have discovered a way to help scientists engineer stronger plants in the future.

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Texas Tech Hosts First Strive for Honor Week

Written by Erin Hawes
Texas Tech University will hold its first Strive for Honor Week from March 29-April 2. This week-long event promotes the values of The Foundation For a Better Life and the values of Texas Tech. These values include honesty, family, trust, love and respect.
The schedule will be as follows:
Monday (March 29):       Free [...]

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Texas Tech Ph.D. Candidate Earns Distinguished Dissertation Award

Written by Erin Hawes
Hyrum Smith, a Ph.D. candidate at Texas Tech University and current assistant professor at Virginia Tech, has been awarded the 2010 Robert H. Hermann Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI).
Smith’s dissertation was titled “Three Essays on Financial Sophistication and Effective Decision Making” and was chosen among a [...]

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Texas Tech Expert in Sport Management Contends State Budget for Steroid Testing Should Not be Cut despite Past Results

Written by Sherrel JonesThough random high school steroid testing in Texas may disappear after this academic year because of costs, a Texas Tech University expert in sport management said the state should continue testing, but find more efficient ways to use funds.
John Miller, Texas Tech associate professor in the Department of Health, Exercise & Sport [...]

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Texas Tech’s IDEAL Program Opens Registration for Science: It’s a Girl Thing

Written by Megan Robare
Registration is underway for the academic enrichment program Science: It’s A Girl Thing. The Texas Tech University residential summer camp is scheduled for June 21-24 for girls entering fifth and sixth grades and July 19-22 for girls entering grades eight to 11.
The program addresses the shortage and need for women scientists and [...]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

As farmers move from cotton to corn, jobs are lost

Fields of white cotton once stretched as far as the eye could see across the fertile Mississippi Delta, but now many of those acres are flush with green corn stalks.

…

Economists estimate for every three jobs needed to produce cotton, only one is needed to grow corn or soybeans. It’s difficult to say how many jobs [...]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Management Principles Get a Facelift

Business textbooks are not known for their humour but Jeremy Short, a management professor at Texas Tech University, has injected a bit of comedy into the business booklist.

The first novel follows Atlas Black, a work-shy college Senior, who juggles studying and opening a restaurant with David Chan, his brainy sidekick and flatmate.

…

The five chapters cover [...]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

School of Music Presents Political Satire Fit For the Gods

“Orpheus in the Underworld,” best known for the music of the “Cancan,” is a full-length operetta featuring the flavor of the university and the South Plains.

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

HOT MAJORS | hot careers

Unless it happens to be in the dirty clothes hamper, you probably don’t think much about the favorite T-shirt you reach for on a Saturday morning. But the reality is that a concert of activities in cotton farming, dye production and stitching had to take place in order for the shirt to find its way [...]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The hunt for the elusive international grandmaster chess norm

This week, Dr. Rich Rice and Dr. Hal Karlsson, are contributing to this column. Both are associate professors at Texas Tech and they are also assistant tournament directors at the 2010 SPICE Spring International Invitational.

…

Ten chess players have come to Texas Tech to compete in the 2010 SPICE Spring Invitational. They hail from four different [...]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

West Texas Rehab welcomes new staff

West Texas Rehabilitation Center recently welcomed three new staff members to its workforce.

…

Eric McLarty joined the Orthotics Department. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas Tech University and his postgraduate degree in orthotics from Northwestern University.

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Pamela A. Eibeck was Formally Installed Today as Pacific’s 24th President

Pamela A. Eibeck was formally installed as President of University of the Pacific earlier today.

…

Eibeck is the 24th President of the University and the sixth President since Pacific moved to Stockton in 1924. She is also the first woman to hold the office. Her Presidency follows a distinguished career as a researcher, teacher, educational reformer [...]

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Texas Tech Summer Youth Camp for Academically Talented

Written by Megan Robare
Texas Tech University’s “Shake Hands With Your Future” program is taking applications, giving children the opportunity to explore their potential careers.
The Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL) is currently accepting applications for students looking to expand their learning capacity through hands-on, student-involved courses. The first session, for students [...]

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Law Professor Wins Texas' Top Legal Writing Award

Bryan Camp’s article on protecting trust assets from the federal tax lien has been selected as the Outstanding Law Review article for 2009.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

He's Getting Better with Age

Cure competed at Texas Tech, which has one of the top rodeo programs in Texas. He won a collegiate national title in 2004, honed his skills, and had a little fun, too.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Getting touchy-feely with marketing

What Childs has already found, along with lead author Shannon Rinaldo of the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, is that haptic processing can make a big impact on the effectiveness of advertising.

In the study, the two researchers created advertisements that used very vivid words to try to create a rich image of, [...]

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Less Money for San Angelo?

Other earmarks

$946,000 — Cotton research programs at the International Cotton Center at Texas Tech University.

$1.73 million — TTU Center for Food Industry Excellence funding for research to improve the food supply.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Texas AP Broadcasters giving 3 scholarships

TAPB on Wednesday announced scholarships for Timothy Ray Honeycutt of Texas Tech, Randall Blake Williams of the University of Texas at Tyler and Hayley Nelson of Southern Methodist University.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Graphic Novel Textbook

BusinessWeek recently posted a story about a new graphic novel textbook that has been made required reading at Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Golden Opportunity: Experts warn caution before turning gold to green

Despite its high trading value, gold still is an unconventional medium of investment, said Deena Katz, an associate professor of personal financial planning at Texas Tech and a partner in the Florida-based Evensky and Katz Wealth Management firm.

“Gold can be part of a reasonable portfolio, but it’s not for the average investor,” she said. Katz [...]