Friday, June 11th, 2010
Inside a warehouse-turned-refugee encampment for animals soaked with oil, rescue teams wash acrid goo from the matted feathers of brown pelicans and other seabirds and try to nurse them to health.
Wildlife rescue organizations have carried out this mercy mission after many oil spills in recent decades, hoping to save as many creatures as possible. Of [...]
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Researchers have confirmed that two large plumes in the Gulf of Mexico consist, as suspected, of dissolved hydrocarbons. Early analyses of samples from recent cruises have found hydrocarbons up to 78 kilometers from the leaking well, as well as encouraging signs that microbes are already degrading components of the oil. Although Jane Lubchenco, head of [...]
Friday, June 11th, 2010
University Parking Services at Texas Tech University has announced an efficiency project using the latest technology for campus parking management. License Plate Recognition (LPR) is an image-processing technology used to identify vehicles by their license plates.
“This will be a tremendous benefit to our parking patrons because registering vehicles will become much easier,” said Heather Medley, [...]
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Rescuers washing goo off pelicans provide hopeful images from the Gulf of Mexico disaster, while critics call that work a heart-warming waste of time and money that simply buys doomed creatures a bit more time.
They say the money and man-hours would be better spent restoring wildlife habitat or saving endangered species because the hard reality [...]
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
“Texas Tech University is optimistic and excited about the future of our athletics program. We are still monitoring the situation and will comment in more detail at the appropriate time. Our potential options are positive for the university.”
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Instead of sticker parking permits, parking services will now issue e-permits based on License Plate Recognition technology.
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
University Parking Services at Texas Tech University has announced an efficiency project using the latest technology for campus parking management. License Plate Recognition (LPR) is an image-processing technology used to identify vehicles by their license plates.
“This will be a tremendous benefit to our parking patrons because registering vehicles will become much easier,” said Heather Medley, [...]
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
What if you could get your bachelor’s degree from a four year Texas university at less than half the cost?
McLennan Community College in Waco is now a part of a unique system that basically guarantees students admission into Texas Tech’s engineering programs after finishing certain courses.
MCC Engineering student Cody James says, “I can go to [...]
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Officials at Texas Tech University System’s Office of Technology Commercialization announced Wednesday (June 9) the signing of an exclusive worldwide license agreement for a chemical additive called an aptamer that makes certain existing antibiotics viable against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The agreement is with RI Scientific LLC for the development and commercialization of metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors, short chains of [...]
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
For the first time in nearly 20 years, and the second time in Texas Tech’s history, there are more then 10,000 students on the university’s campus for summer school sessions.
It’s a mile marker the university says is a sign of good things to come ahead in the fall. “I think summer enrollment says as much [...]
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Unlike other products, Fibertect® has the ability to absorb both liquids and toxic vapors, which could be useful in Gulf cleanup efforts.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
As workers battle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and officials attempt to decontaminate a clam boat that dredged up old munitions containing mustard gas, a Texas Tech University researcher said his product Fibertect® can handle both dirty jobs.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host summer art classes in oil painting, clay and glass.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
When used in conjunction with certain antibiotics, the aptamers overcome enzymes produced by resistant bacteria that allow them to survive exposure to antibiotics.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Texas Tech announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide license agreement for a chemical additive that will battle antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Written by Emma Carrasco
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Texas Tech University will host “because art matters,” a summer art institute.
“We invite adults from Lubbock and surrounding communities to explore for the first time or to expand their knowledge of art in a unique learning environment and with personalized instruction from local art professionals,” [...]
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Lubbock Judge Bill Sowder ruled in in favor of Texas Tech on Tuesday. Larry Anders and Jerry Turner are both off the hook as individuals in the lawsuit. The only individual still left in the lawsuit is Craig James and he has no immunity to invoke.
Matthew McGowan of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal observed that this [...]
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
A group of Texas Tech professors are back in the Hub City after collecting samples of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
For nearly two months, this oil spill has continued and while the recently installed cap is helping some, the well continues to leak. That’s why researchers from Lubbock went to the Gulf to [...]
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Since his graduation from Leadership Lubbock, Shonrock has reinforced his role as a leader in the Lubbock community.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Based on preliminary numbers, enrollment eclipses the previous summer record set in 1991.
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