Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Round Rock Leader – Students involved with the automotive technology programs in Hutto and Taylor ISDs are one step closer to becoming Texas Tech University Red Raiders through a new partnership announced Aug. 17 at the East Williamson County Higher Education Center in Taylor.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
ABC 7 — Hollywood’s hottest teen movie, “Twilight: Eclipse” has arrived with the latest chapter in the love story between Bella and her vampire beau, Edward.
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They relate to the pure sense of adventure, says pop culture expert Rob Weiner, librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries in Lubbock. “They have a deep [...]
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Herald Tribune — Like most Americans, I am a descendant of immigrants and a grateful beneficiary of the opportunities available to our nation’s citizens.
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Alberto Gonzales served as White House counsel and U.S. attorney general in the George W. Bush administration. He is currently a visiting professor of political science at Texas Tech [...]
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
A biochemical bomb went off in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010–as dangerous and destructive as a nuclear blast.
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Recently, Ron Kendall, an ecotoxicologist from Texas Tech University, was interviewed by National Geographic concerning the affect of the poisons released by the blown out well on bacteria and plankton in the [...]
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Financial planners who are seeking formal certification will soon be tested not just on what they know but on ethical questions and their ability to communicate with clients.
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Last summer, Texas Tech University surveyed 150 financial advisers about what they were looking for from new hires.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Bryan College Station Eagle — As the state’s universities are bracing for a potential 10 percent funding cut, Gov. Rick Perry was asked by a Houston Chronicle reporter about the reductions. His answers riled some, who believe they are misleading and show Texas’ top official doesn’t have a grasp of how research [...]
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Austin American Statesman — Atlas Black speaks before he thinks, snoozes through class and still owes his landlord last month’s rent.
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Instead, you’ll find him inked into a universe created by Texas Tech business professor Jeremy Short.
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Ivan Rodriguez has been out of the Army for nine weeks, and he’s itching for his next assignment.
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Enrollment of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans spiked at universities nationwide, including double-digit increases at UT-Arlington, the University of North Texas, Texas State University and Texas Tech University.
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Fibre2fashion — As per Mr. T. Rajkumar, the Vice-Chairman of the Southern India Mills’ Association, textile products used for special purpose i.e. technical textiles, offer colossal opportunities to women to acquire entrepreneurship in the sector. Many members of self-help groups are already engaged in manufacturing some of technical textile items, [...]
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Boston Metro — According to the Department of Education’s most recent data available, just 106 people received MFA degrees in acting in 2008.
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“Sure, they want to hone their craft further, but the majority of the grad students really want to be able to teach at the college level,” says Bill Gelber, the [...]
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Texas Tech is also placing an emphasis on sportsmanship and reminding fans of the Raider Power campaign.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Abilene Reporter-News — Cisco College and Texas Tech University announced an alliance Friday to bring a four-year, bachelor of general studies program to area students.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Amarillo Globe News — Local and state winemakers are calling on Congress to put the kibosh on a proposed federal law that could threaten their expansion into markets outside Texas.
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The smaller producers without vast supply chains through wholesale distributors have come to rely on these out-of-town sales through the Internet for [...]
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Inside Higher Ed – Jeremy Short’s students read comic books in class. Then they take exams, do well, and finish the semester with an understanding of the fundamentals of business management.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The Great Plains Sorghum Improvement and Utilization Center is, for example, based in K-State’s Dept. of Agronomy and offers a platform for K-State faculty, USDA-ARS scientists and researchers from Texas A&M and Texas Tech to collaborate on all aspects of sorghum research and education from production, genetics, food processing and [...]
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Others don’t seem quite as eager to dive in. Ron Kendall, chair of the department of environmental toxicology at Texas Tech and director of the university’s Institute for Environmental and Human Health, believes the oil’s persistence, as well as the profligate use of dispersants, could lead to entirely new environmental effects. [...]
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Dallas Morning News — Brian Shannon, the Charles B. Thornton professor of law at Texas Tech University, is an appointee to the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The partnership will create a new convenient undergraduate degree option for residents in the Cisco area.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Alberto R. Gonzales served as White House counsel and U.S. attorney general in the George W. Bush administration. He is currently a visiting professor of political science at Texas Tech University.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The cannon was built in 2005 by Robertson and doctoral candidate Anindya Sengupta in the University of Hawaii’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with $450,000 from the state Legislature. The wind cannon is one of just five in the nation and is closely based on a prototype built by Texas [...]
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