Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Brighter Energy – Five wind power projects are to share $5 million in funds from the US Department of Energy, to boost research and development efforts.
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Michigan-based Clean Green Energy, Northern Power Systems and Texas Tech University will split $1.8 million to work on mid-size wind turbine technology.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – New data released by Tech last week show marked year-over-year increases in the number of research grants sought by faculty, the dollar amounts tied to them and the number of awards granted.
Preliminary numbers out of Texas Tech for the 2010 fiscal year ending last month are hinting at record levels of research activity.
New data released by Tech last week show marked year-over-year increases in the number of research grants sought by faculty, the dollar amounts tied to them and the number of awards granted.
Taylor Eighmy, Tech’s vice president for research, is tentatively hailing the early reports as a sign of the “best year ever” for the university’s research, though he said his office is holding off on any official word until it tallies several additional key measures in coming months.
“I’m very happy about it,” said Eighmy, who began his post last April as the university staged an aggressive campuswide push for more research. “I’m delivering on behalf of our faculty. I think this really speaks to the quality of Texas Tech University.”
Award amounts for the year show the largest increase over the previous year. Tech nabbed 608 grants for a total of $67 million during 2010, up from just over $58.6 million in 2009 — a number artificially inflated by some $4 million in now-dried-up stimulus funding, Eighmy noted.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
The fair will feature faculty and students familiar with the study abroad program.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Texas Tech ranked 18 out of the top 25 schools in a survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Texas Tech ranked 18 out of the top 25 schools in a survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal.
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Wall Street Journal – Texas Tech is ranked 25th on Best Schools for Engineering List.
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Inside Higher Ed – Bob Smith, provost of Texas Tech University, heard his counterpart at the University of Phoenix say this summer that many Phoenix faculty members are faculty members at leading public universities. So, as The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported, Smith asked Phoenix and other for-profits for faculty rosters. At Texas Tech, faculty members teaching part-time elsewhere would need his office’s permission — and he has never received such a request. So he wants to check whether any of his faculty are teaching in the for-profit sector, without permission. So far, he hasn’t received any for-profit rosters.
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Agrilife News — A Prospective Wine-grape Grower Workshop program, sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service for people interested in commercial wine-grape production, will be held from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Oct. 12 in Pittsburg.
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AgriLife Extension presents a Prospective Wine Grower Workshop every six to eight weeks in regions of [...]
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The university experienced one of its most successful research years across all disciplines.
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Financial Advisor — During World War II, Rosie the Riveter started a woman’s revolution by working in factories.
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Deena’s story. Deena Katz, a partner in Evensky & Katz Wealth Management in Coral Gables, Fla., and an associate professor of personal financial planning at Texas Tech University took a different route into the industry. After obtaining her [...]
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The Walton Sun — Honor a soldier and your father with some time spent at the Wall That Heals, presented by the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida as part of the 75th Anniversary of Eglin Air Force Base.
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Many more lectures are being scheduled, to include POWs, and indoor exhibits, including [...]
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The Texas Tribune — The top professors and administrators at Texas universities routinely earn between $250,000 and $500,000, while presidents and chancellors make up to about $900,000 and top coaches haul in far more, according to salary data for more than a dozen universities and university systems added today to The [...]
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal — Eastern New Mexico and West Texas account for an annual production of 123 million pounds of peanuts, an estimated value of $37 million.
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NMSU is working with Texas A&M and Texas Tech, along with the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service labs and Cropping System Research Lab, [...]
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Cattle Network — Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most prevalent and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the United States (Galyean et al., 1999; Larson, 2005).
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By Richard Ryan Reuter, B.S., M.S., Texas Tech University
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Audiences can expect laughter, exquisite musicality and thought-provoking global insight.
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The Toronto Star — Hamlet, Shakespeare’s troubled prince of Denmark, is among the most unfocused heroes in literature. Faced with evidence of his father’s murder by his uncle, he hems and haws over whether to avenge the death, pursue his girlfriend Ophelia, or just hang out with his buddies Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
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“It (is) a time [...]
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Pollution Engineering — Millions of suggestions have flooded into EPA, BP, environmental organizations and state agencies about how to deal with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Fibertect is a non-woven cotton-carbon material invented by Mr. Seshadri Ramkuan, an associate professor of nonwoven materials at Texas Tech. According to reports, Ramkuan originally [...]
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Macon Telegraph — Jeremy Short and his co-authors are showing that college textbooks don’t have to be dull or expensive.
Short is a professor of management in the business school at Texas Tech University. Co-authors Talya Bauer (Portland State University) and Dave Ketchen (Auburn University) also are professors of management. Illustrator [...]
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) is helping to change the college-going culture in the Lubbock Independent School District.
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Industry and research sectors join to solve national challenges in wind energy.
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