Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Texas Tech Hosts Disability Awareness Week

Events will take place Oct. 25-29.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Little anticipation as start of quail season nears

Dallas Morning News – Quail hunters still shake their heads over the steady decline of their favorite game bird. Quail-Tech, a Texas Tech-based quail research group, recently turned up a blue quail from Potter County with antibodies for West Nile virus. It’s a wonder any of these fragile game birds still exist, though I believe that swine flu and yellow fever are much worse quail problems than West Nile virus.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

An Entertaining and Educational Graphic Novel Textbook

Graphic Novel Reporter – Jeremy Short (professor in Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business) and his team of cowriters and artists (Talya Bauer and Dave Ketchen) have set an amazingly high bar when it comes to rethinking the already amazing and growing potential of the graphic novel format. Atlas Black: Managing to Succeed is a witty, informative, and engaging graphic novel textbook that will hook just about any reader out there (seriously, check out their Amazon.com reviews). Short explains, “The famed media theorist Marshall McLuhan once said, ‘It’s misleading to suppose there’s any basic difference between education and entertainment. This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking into the matter.’ I think this quote applies well to our book. We’ve found that a much greater audience than business students have enjoyed these books.”

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Texas Tech varsity to give textile expertise to India

Commodity Online – The nonwovens laboratory in Texas Tech University will colloborate with Indian textle industry in developing skill sets for the emerging technical textiles industry in India, according to Dr Ramkumar Seshadri, Associate Professor at Texas Tech University. The laboratory recently hosted a number of visitors from India including V Srinivas, Joint Secretary, Textiles, A B Joshi, Textile Commissioner, Dhiren Seth, President of Cotton Association of India (CAI) among others.The delegation also included industry leaders from India, Pakistan, Australia and USA.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Researcher: Lessons Learned with Deepwater Horizon, More Research Needed for Gulf Oil Impacts

Though six months have passed since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, a Texas Tech environmental toxicologist said many lessons have been learned and more research still is needed.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Government to Study School Lunch Psychology

News Channel 10 – “Make healthier choices more accessible. Something pediatricians talk with parents about is trying to avoid having more unhealthy snacks at home, take away that temptation.” said Dr. Angela Huang with Texas Tech University.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Greek Community Hosts 14th Annual Greek Treat

Ghosts, goblins and witches, oh my! Texas Tech University’s Greek Community is gearing up for its 14th annual Greek Treat. The event will take place from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 27) at Greek Circle located on Quaker Avenue between 8th and 15th Streets. The sororities and fraternities would like to extend an invitation to Lubbock [...]

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

San Antonio Chamber Establishes Lecture Series in Honor of Ed Whitacre

New Mexico Business Weekly –
The event featured a video honoring Whitacre with Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance, AT&T President, Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson and John T. Montford, his close friend and GM’s Senior Advisor, Government Relations and Global Public Policy.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

West Texas may take hit with redistricting

Abilene Reporter News – “It could be a really brutal process for West Texas,” said Craig Goodman, assistant professor of political science at Texas Tech University. “The population growth in West Texas, the Panhandle to Abilene, just hasn’t kept up.”

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Campus Hosts Unexpected Visit by International Cotton Advisory Committee

The conference first met in Washington, D.C., in 1940.

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Texas Tech Hosts Disability Awareness Week

Student Disability Services will host Disability Awareness Week to increase knowledge about disabilities affecting college students.

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Texas Tech Expert: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy is an Anachronism

Federal judge Virginia Phillips issued an injunction Oct. 12 that immediately stopped enforcement of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, suspending the 17-year-old ban on openly gay U.S. troops. Her landmark ruling also ordered the government to suspend and discontinue all pending discharge proceedings and investigations under the policy.

Richard Rosen is a professor and [...]

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Texas Tech Meat Judging Team Wins Again at Omaha’s American Royal

The Texas Tech University Meat Judging Team won their fifth contest of the year at the American Royal Meat Judging Contest.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Achieves Gold Level Status

To achieve Gold Level status the society must promote students’ professional development in a variety of ways.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Texas Tech Researcher: Lessons Learned with Deepwater Horizon, More Research Needed for Gulf Oil Impacts

The long-term impacts on some seafood looks ominous.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Student Wins Honorable Mention in HKS Design Research Collaborative

Student’s research findings were presented at an awards function.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Tech LGBT group hails court ruling on don't ask, don't tell

Poten & Partners – Student gay rights advocates at Texas Tech are applauding a ruling this week out of a California federal court ordering the military to discontinue its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy concerning gays in the military.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

HKS Design Research Collaborative winners announced

North Texas e-News – Students from Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University and University of Texas at Arlington worked with design, construction and engineering industry leaders to explore novel ideas and concepts in building design.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Growers to meet for Grape Camp Nov. 7

High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal – Educational programming for the camp is designed and conducted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in cooperation with universities and TWGGA, said Ed Hellman, Ph.D., a viticulture specialist with joint appointments at Texas A&M and Texas Tech universities.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Textile industry leaders visit TTU’s Nonwovens Laboratory

Fibre 2 Fasion – During the week of September 20-24, the Nonwovens & Advanced Materials Laboratory at TIEHH, Texas Tech University, USA hosted a number of industry leaders from India, Pakistan, Australia and USA to discuss research collaborations and showcase the nonwovens and advanced materials laboratory capabilities. Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor and Manager of the nonwovens laboratory hosted the international visitors.