Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Environmentally, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a whole new petrochemical ballgame.
While some kinds of damage are expected – oil on beaches and wildlife – scientists don’t know what the ultimate effects will be, said ecotoxicologist Ron Kendall, director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University.
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
HOPEDALE, La. – Far out in the shallows, at the sweet spot where freshwater from the land and salt from the sea play a perfect duet, Ray Vath stands in his boat, ringed by uneasy horizons.
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Even if BP can stop the leak nearly a mile down, serious ecological harm from oil already spilled is inevitable, [...]
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
The first of June is the official start of hurricane season, but the storms may come sooner. No hurricanes have hit the United States in May, but 18 tropical storms have formed in the Pacific this month. “We get a hurricane in here in the next month and that completely complicates the paradigm,” said environmental [...]
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Two engineering students were awarded for their special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Director of water policy center will address symposium in D.C.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The future is bright for India’s nonwovens and technical textiles sector on rising middle income population who will fuel the domestic consumption of products such as hygiene and feminine care. This will be one of the drivers for growth for the nonwovens and technical textiles (NWTT) industry in India, according to Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Non-wovens and technical textiles at Texas Tech University, USA.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
HOUSTON – San Jacinto College (SJC) and Texas Tech University’s (TTU) Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering have formed an articulation agreement to ensure more students receive an opportunity to pursue a career in engineering.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
They may be small in number, but the group of export executives coming to Lubbock this week represents a mighty big pile of money coming into Texas every year.
The Lubbock Economic Development Alliance and Texas Tech are hosting the annual two-day Texas District Export Conference, running Wednesday and Thursday.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
For example, mothers may attend a workshop on finding and applying for financial aid, while their daughters may engage in team building exercises such as a construction project when visiting the College of Engineering at Texas Tech.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
For Sgt. Ricky Eade, though, 10 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday is kept busy by red-light runners, assaults and thefts – all to a sound- track of overnight political talk radio and the constant chatter of a police radio traffic.
He’s one of six officers with the Texas Tech police department who patrol the second-largest campus in the country during the overnight hours.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Lubbock fire crews spend the early-morning hours on Texas Tech’s campus. Firefighters were called to the TTU Heating and Cooling plant, in the 3200 block of Main Street around 3 a.m.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Severe weather rips through parts of Oklahoma Monday afternoon, with several tornados reported by spotters in the area.
That, of course, bad for the folks who live in that area, but good for the team of about 20 Texas Tech students and faculty trying to research these tornados.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
“Basically, this has created the large dead zone in the Central Gulf,” added Kendall, who is chairman of Texas Tech’s Department of Environmental Toxicology and was part of the assessment team for the Exxon Valdez.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Our courts have also acknowledged that Humanism is a religion. In the case Torcaso v. Watkins, the U.S. Supreme Court stated, “Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Secular Humanism and others.” In the Texas Tech Law Review, an article cited several court decisions that have referred to Humanism as a religion (too many to list).
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
One problem with the policies is that some were based on the measures used to regulate nuclear-weapons research, says Vickie Sutton, director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Lloyd Heinze, chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Texas Tech University, agrees that this is an unusual approach. “Normally, you would not evacuate the riser until you were done with the last plug at the sea floor,” he said in an interview.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Written by Erin Hawes
The Texas Tech University System Office of Technology Commercialization honored its inventor community at an end-of-semester luncheon on Tuesday (May 11) at the International Cultural Center.
Inventors of 12 technologies developed by researchers at Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center were honored for the successful licensing of the [...]
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The win capped an undefeated season for the 15 Texas Tech students who competed on the team.
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Written by Megan Robare
The Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences announced that an associate professor has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar.
Mark McGinley, associate professor in the Honors College and the Department of Biological Sciences, will travel to the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 10 months.
He will teach an undergraduate [...]
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Case for streamlining
One problem with the policies is that some were based on the measures used to regulate nuclear-weapons research, says Vickie Sutton, director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
For example, regulations require researchers to create an inventory of each sample of a select agent and [...]
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