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Texas Tech, ASU Colleges of Education Collaborate to Train Educators

School administrators and educators in the San Angelo area will have the opportunity to complete a Texas Tech University doctoral degree program without having to leave San Angelo.

Researchers Extend Diplomacy Through Science in Iraq

The program is an outgrowth of faculty involvement in the reconstruction of science, technology and engineering capacity in Iraq.

Texas Tech, ASU Colleges of Education Collaborate to Train Educators

San Angelo school administrators offered convenience of degree program at home.

Grant Will Purchase Digital Art and Architecture Archive

The $45,000 grant will be used to purchase the Inter-American Institute digital image collection.

Texas Tech Hosts Susan Polgar Girls Invitational

Written by Sherrel Jones
WHAT:           Susan Polgar Girls Invitational
WHEN:           1-5 p.m. today (July 29) and 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday (July 30)
WHERE:         Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Rotunda
EVENT:          Susan Polgar will host the seventh annual Girls Invitational, which is the most prestigious all-girls chess championship in the U.S.
Thousands of girls compete annually in local, state, regional, [...]

Texas Tech fiesta helps kids prepare for classroom

Pity the fool who doesn’t go to school?

Don’t.

Leave that to Mr. T.

Instead, point them in the direction of Saturday’s Back to School Fiesta at Texas Tech, a decade-old annual event that helps children and their families prepare for a return to the classroom next month. From college-bound advice to school supplies to health clinics, the [...]

Texas Tech Graduate School Dean Stepping Down

Hartmeister’s resignation is effective Aug. 31.

Book Discusses Strategies for Supporting Collegiate Recovery Programs

“Substance Abuse Recovery in College” draws largely on data gathered through the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery.

Texas Tech Launches K-5 Distance Learning Program

Written by Sherrel Jones
Texas Tech University Independent School District (TTUISD) and Calvert Education Services (CES) announced a partnership for the State of Texas, in which students will benefit from a customized world-renowned curriculum.
The modified curriculum offered by TTUISD and CES is for kindergarten-through-5th-grade students.
“The long-standing reputation of TTUISD to provide quality and service will be [...]

HemoBioTech Announces New Patent for Treating Acute Blood Loss

HemoBioTech (Pink Sheets:HMBT) announced today the issuance of a new patent US 7,759,306 B2, “Methods of Treating Acute Blood Loss.” HemoBioTech has an exclusive worldwide license from Texas Tech University to commercialize the technology. The new patent continues to May 16, 2026.

The new patent involves HemoTech which induces the production of new red blood cells [...]

Calvert Education Services and Texas Tech Launch K-5 Distance Learning Program

Calvert Education Services (CES) and Texas Tech University Independent School District (TTUISD) in Lubbock, Texas, announce an innovative partnership for the State of Texas. Through this unique collaboration, TTUISD and CES will offer a customized version of the world-renowned Calvert School curriculum for Kindergarten through 5th grade students. The curriculum is aligned with the Texas [...]

Gov. Perry: Wind Power Will Help Address Texas’ Growing Energy Needs

Gov. Rick Perry today discussed the importance of diversifying the state’s energy portfolio in order to protect our environment, reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources and grow our state economy. The governor announced an $8.4 million research superiority investment through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) in the Texas Tech University System for the [...]

The Great Tornado Chase

Texas Tech researchers work to solve the mystery of the tornado after a 6-week journey across the Great Plains.

Texas Tech to receive $8.4M for wind energy work

Texas Tech University and a related renewable energy institute will receive $8.4 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Gov. Rick Perry announced on Tuesday.

The university in Lubbock will receive $6.4 million, and the National Institute for Renewable Energy will receive $2 million from the fund.

The groups aim to use the money to resolve scientific [...]

Texas Tech Club Celebrates 80 Years

Written by Sherrel Jones
On a fall evening in 1930, Texas Tech University faculty members’ wives addressed tea-party invitations with their best pens. The women could not have foreseen the success of the club 80 years later.
Today, more than 200 members participate in the club. It continues to grow considerably, while keeping the same principles and [...]

Gov. Perry Announces $8.4 Million Award to Create Renewable Energy Institute

Texas Tech takes the lead in solving challenges in wind power industry.

Gov. Perry Announces $8.4 Million Award to Create Renewable Energy Institute

Texas Tech takes the lead in solving challenges in wind power industry.

Innovate Texas Foundation Announces State Funding for Major Renewable Energy Project

Texas Governor Rick Perry announced Texas Tech University and the National Institute for Renewable Energy (NIRE), a non-profit, public/private collaboration, will receive $8.4 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF). The grant allows both entities to help resolve key scientific and technology issues facing the wind power industry.

NIRE, which was formed in 2009 with [...]

Quantifying Sobriety on Campus

Book discusses strategies for establishing and supporting collegiate recovery programs.

Specialty fabrics industry responds with new fabric solution approved by EPA

Texas Tech University, Nonwoven Material Lab & First Line Technology – The challenges of the GOM spill have brought about a new problem-solving product. At left, Dr. Ronald J. Kendall, Director, TIEHH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Environmental Toxicology explains the breakthrough oil spill absorption capabilities of Fibertect™.
Initial Fibertect Field Test a Success–A preliminary test of Fibertect® on the soiled [...]