Monday, June 14th, 2010

Texas Tech Breaks Ground on Therapeutic Riding Center Expansion

Expanded facility will allow the center to hold more sessions and expand research.

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Brief Lesson in Accountability Brings Big Rewards

Two mass communications students show through their award-winning video what accountability means to them.

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Scientists Stymied by Lack of Samples

Scientists trying to determine if chemical dispersants are helping or hurting the fragile Gulf of Mexico environment say they can’t get samples of the product to test its effects. Host Jeff Young talks with Texas Tech scientist Ron Kendall, who tried to get samples and Nalco, the company that makes the dispersant.

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Indian-origin scientist claims he can clean up spill

An Indian-origin researcher from Texas Tech University has come up with a product, Fibertect, which he claims can clean up Gulf oil spill.

Seshadri Ramkumar, has created a non-woven cotton carbon absorbent wipe that can clean up crude oil up to 15 times its weight and adsorb toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon vapours reportedly sickening oil spill [...]

Monday, June 14th, 2010

College National Finals Rodeo Results

College National Finals Rodeo Results

Sunday

At Casper Events Center

Casper, Wyo.

Bareback Riding: (first round)

1 (tie), Luke Creasy, Texas Tech University, and Ty Breuer, Central Wyoming College, 80.5 points each. 1. 3, Seth Hardwick, Panhandle State University, 79.5. 4, Tanner Aus, Iowa Central Community College, 79. 5, Winn Ratliff, McNeese State University, 77.5. 6 (tie), Kip Lish, College [...]

Friday, June 11th, 2010

COMMITMENT BY ASSOCIATION

“What I am passionate about here is providing the level of client service I can be proud of. I am making difference in clients’ lives and learning from the best,” said Luman, who went through many job interviews to find the right fit after graduating from Texas Tech University.
Vice President Darby Armont, a nine-year em- ployee, works closely with the Lubbock university’s interns. She helps locate and mentor its financial plan- ning students, and when a job opening arises, hires them . Armont sees Slaughter’s core values — integ- rity, trust and expertise — in practice with these up- and-coming financial advisors.
Texas Tech gives students practical knowledge about financial planning, Armont said, but the thing she likes best about the graduates “is they are truly passionate about helping people. It’s not just about selling financial products, but rather possessing a true commitment to helping people at every level.”

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Rescuing oiled birds: Poignant, but is it futile?

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

Huge Oil Plumes Confirmed, But Effects Remain Unknown

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

Texas Tech Parking Goes Stickerless

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

Wildlife rescue is kind but futile, critics say

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 Statement Regarding Conference Realignment

“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

University Parking Goes Stickerless

Instead of sticker parking permits, parking services will now issue e-permits based on License Plate Recognition technology.

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Texas Tech Parking Goes Stickerless

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

MCC signs engineering transfer agreements

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

Texas Tech Enters License Agreement For Technology That Combats Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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

TTU breaks summer enrollment record

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

Conformable Cotton: Fibertect Uses Evolve Amidst Oil Spill Clean Up

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

Texas Tech’s Fibertect Absorbent Can Clean Gulf Oil Spill’s Crude, Hold Toxic Oil and Mustard Vapors

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

Because Art Matters: OLLI Offers Classes To Local Adults

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host summer art classes in oil painting, clay and glass.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Texas Tech Enters License Agreement for Technology That Combats Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

When used in conjunction with certain antibiotics, the aptamers overcome enzymes produced by resistant bacteria that allow them to survive exposure to antibiotics.