Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business Professor Returns to Her Roots

Private donation opens new doors for research.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

ASU gets $629K federal grant

Go San Angelo – ASU is the first institution in the Texas Tech University System to receive HSI status and a grant under the program. The system includes Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

When your teen wants a tattoo

Wall Street Journal – The best route for parents battling kids over tattoos is to “use it as a teachable moment,” says Myrna Armstrong, a professor emerita of nursing at Texas Tech University and a longtime researcher on the topic. Nearly two in five, or 38%, of millennials, those 18 through 29, have at least one tattoo, compared with 32% of gen-Xers and 15% of baby boomers, says a Pew Research Center survey this year of 2,020 adults.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Research fund breaking ground on variety fronts

My San Antonio – The emerging technologies supported in this effort include medicine (targeting cancer, heart disease and trauma procedures), renewable energy (including the Renewable Energy Institute at Texas Tech, which is pioneering new discoveries in wind power) and computation (featuring cyber security and robotics), to name a few. When this research hits the marketplace, lives will be improved.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Magazine Names Best Value Law Schools

ABA Journal – Texas Tech University

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

SECC Campaign Kickoff a Success

Texas Tech kicked off the annual State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) with record attendance.

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Law School Rises in Ranks of Top 20 Best Value

Texas Tech’s School of Law is ranked 17th in the nation.

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Texas Tech Offers Online Education Doctorate in Higher Education

The new online degree is unique to Texas public universities and is one of a kind.

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Law School Rises in Ranks of Top 20 Best Value Law Schools

Texas Tech University’s School of Law is ranked 17th in the nation in a Best Value ranking of America’s nearly 200 law schools. National Jurist and preLaw magazines published the list in their September issues. 

Of Texas’ nine law schools, Texas Tech School of Law was the only one ranked in the top 20 nationally, and [...]

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Texas Tech Statement on UT Shooting

President Guy Bailey and Chancellor Kent Hance extend their support to the UT family.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

PEGASUS Program Receives Grant for First Generation College Students

Texas Tech was selected out of 359 applicants to receive a $74,800 grant.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Running 1,000 Miles to Save The Holtkamp

School of Music Director Bill Ballenger is trying to save a piece of Texas Tech history.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Why So Many People Can't Make Decisions

Wall Street Journal Online – Now, researchers have been investigating how ambivalence, or lack of it, affects people’s lives, and how they might be able to make better decisions. Overall, thinking in shades of gray is a sign of maturity, enabling people to see the world as it really is. It’s a “coming to grips with the complexity of the world,” says Jeff Larsen, a psychology professor who studies ambivalence at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Whitacre to get chamber award

My San Antonio – The chamber will present a video tribute to Whitacre during the Oct. 13 luncheon. The video will feature comments from AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson of Dallas, who succeeded Whitacre in 2007, Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance of Lubbock and former AT&T executive John Montford.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

TechAlert! Test Cancelled

Due to a developing situation on the UT Austin campus this morning, Texas Tech has canceled today’s test of the TechAlert! emergency communication system.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Texas Tech Sets Consecutive Enrollment Record

Texas Tech surpassed previous enrollment records for the second straight year.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Texas Tech to Host Society of Environmental Journalists in 2012

The conference brings together hundreds of journalists, scientists, educators, government officials and other leaders to explore the many facets of environmental writing.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Author traces roots of political change in Texas

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – Texas went from essentially being a one-party state controlled by conservative Democrats to a state essentially controlled by conservative Republicans.

Lubbock author Sean P. Cunningham, who teaches history at Texas Tech, examines the political change in Texas and how Texas helped shape political change nationally in his new book, “Cowboy Conservatism: Texas and the Rise of the Modern Right” (University Press of Kentucky, $40 hardcover).

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Cotton technology: Research in new applications may boost West Texas agriculture industry

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – First, it was greater yield potential for cotton. Next, there were herbicide, pesticide and drought-resistant varieties. Now, a Tech Texas professor said his innovative research projects will take the cotton industry in West Texas to the next level.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Ambitious $1 billion goal keeps Tech in running for tier one

Lubbock Avlanche-Journal – The prospect of Texas Tech attaining coveted tier one status is getting closer to reality. Fundraising is a crucial component and Tech’s goal is to generate $1 billion in donor-driven donations by the end of 2013.