Friday, August 20th, 2010
Texas Tech President Guy Bailey said his university produced an eight-point strategic plan to compete for funding. The plan includes increasing the number of undergraduates involved in research. Bailey said the legislation led to partnerships in cotton fiber science and wind energy projects, such as a $5 million deal with [...]
Friday, August 20th, 2010
“We’re speculating they could have had a highly infected flock or the product could have been mishandled, but we don’t really know,” says Mindy Brashears, a professor of food safety at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Texas Tech president Guy Bailey said his university produced an eight-point strategic plan to compete for the funding, which includes increasing the number of undergraduates who are involved in research. He [...]
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The chapter was named an honor chapter, and received the Octavio Paz Award.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The financial news and analysis magazine’s second annual list ranked schools that provided the best quality of education for tuition dollars spent.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Wright County Egg, one of USA’s largest egg producers, is planning to withdraw 228 million eggs distributed after being associated with the Salmonella poisoning outbreak.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Indian-born Associate Professor of Texas Tech University Dr Seshadri Ramkumar is upbeat about the prospects for the technical textiles industry in India.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Annual list ranks schools that provide the best quality of education per tuition dollar.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Mindy Brashears, a food safety expert from Texas Tech University, says the most important point is to cook your eggs before you eat them. “It may sound obvious,” she says, but anyone who has faced raw cookie dough knows the temptation may arise despite the uncooked eggs the dough contains. Another issue — many homemade [...]
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Seven Texas universities will meet in the Capitol today, all seeking the most coveted of higher education grails: so-called tier-one status.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Colleges are working to graduate students on time, sometimes paying bonuses to grads who make it in four years. But powerful reasons remain that cause students to stretch it out.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Idle thoughts for the dog days of summer because, you know, it’s really too hot to be anything but idle:
Remember new hunting and fishing licenses are available at license vendors throughout the state. Avoid the rush and buy your license before Labor Day weekend.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The availability of water in West Texas has been major concern, especially with regard to the Ogallala Aquifer, but some say biotechnology could have an impact on conserving that valuable resource.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
A new educational model introduced by Hutto and Taylor ISD Tuesday afternoon is expected to benefit students in technical dual credit courses in multiple ways. The two districts have teamed up with Temple College, Texas Tech University and Texas State Technical College (TSTC) to create the program.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Robert G. Weiner and John Cline might strike you as a pair of typical Texas-based film academics—until you open their books to chapters like “Fondling Your Eyeballs,” and “Kicking Against the Pricks.”
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
A national salmonella outbreak that could have sickened thousands has led to the recall of 380 million eggs and renewed questions about whether it’s feasible to keep the microbe — the most common bacterial source of food-borne illness in the nation — out of the henhouse.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
The day that universities have been waiting for — some eagerly, others with a healthy dose of dread — has finally arrived. The 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s influential (and often controversial) college rankings are out.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Employers begin on-campus interviews (OCI) this week at five of Texas’ nine American Bar Association-accredited law schools, primarily in search of 2011 summer associates. At least four of the largest firms in Texas say they plan to hire more summer associates for 2011 than they did this year.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
The negative feelings parents first experience when told their child has Down syndrome in most cases will eventually turn into joy and resilience, U.S. researchers report.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
After receiving a shipment of Louisiana seafood samples collected by a reporter with “Good Morning America,” researchers at Texas Tech University found no evidence of petroleum hydrocarbons.
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