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Defense attorneys in Fort Hood killings question witnesses for inconsistencies

Dalls Morning News – Such defense questioning amounts to opening moves in a complex legal chess match, said Texas Tech University Law School professor Richard Rosen, a former military judge advocate. “They’re trying to pin people down, find inconsistency, try to get some doubt.”

Lack of Access Forces People to Seek Health Care from Others

News Channel 10 – “Many of our infections, we don’t treat first hand with penicillin. So lets say you have an infection, someone has a fever…you vive them penicillin and you wait a few days. You could cause a more severe infection…and possibly have deadly consequences from that.” said Dr. Marjorie Jenkins with the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health at Texas Tech University.

School of Law Students Represent Everyday Taxpayers

Students are giving back to the community.

Red Raiders Dance for a Great Cause

Texas Tech University and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center will host a six-hour dance marathon benefiting Children’s Miracle Network.

Professor Links Brain Reactions to Marketing Tactics

Shannon Rinaldo received a $55,000 grant from a private donor to fund the new Physiological and Neural Imaging Laboratory.

Texas Tech Recognizes Support in Fight to Prevent Cancer

Texas Tech and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have garnered a large amount of support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Texas Tech Graduate Earns Prestigious Chess Title

Checkmate. A Texas Tech graduate has just become one of the top chess players in the world.

Texas Tech’s Whitacre College of Engineering to Receive $48,500 from Exxon Mobil Corp.

Oil giant provides $2 million in grants to 81 universities.

Texas Tech Student Wins Honorable Mention in HKS Design Research Collaborative

Students from Texas Tech University worked with design, construction and engineering industry leaders to explore novel ideas and concepts in building design.

Ruling on 'don't ask, don't tell' doesn't elate foes of law

Star-Telegram – Richard Rosen, a retired Army judge advocate general lawyer and a law professor at Texas Tech University, believes that U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips erred in her ruling despite his personal support for repeal. He prosecuted cases against gays and lesbians during his time in the Army and believes there’s legal standing for it.

Six Mass Communications Outstanding Alumni to be Honored

The outstanding alumni are being recognized for their sucess in the mass communications field.

Alumni to be Honored at Mass Comm Hall of Fame Luncheon

Otice Green and Brad Moran, both mass communications alumni, are being honored for their accomplishments.

Schools of Law and Business Listed in Princeton Review

The School of Law and the Rawls College of Business have positions in the 2011 editions of The Best 172 Law Schools and The Best 300 Business Schools, respectively.

Students Walk Among the Halls of Government

Students are able to intern in D.C. and Austin.

Last-minute Cotton Meeting Creates International Exposure for Texas Tech

Texas Tech Research Professor Dean Ethridge served as organizing committee chairman for this year’s International Cotton Advisory Committee meeting.

Texas Tech Experts: Fort Hood Shooter Hearing Begins Today

Newswise – Texas Tech University School of Law has experts in military law available to discuss the legal issues of the case as it unfolds.

Lubbock, Texas: Travel nursing, therapy, & technologist jobs and educational opportunities

Healthcare Traveler – The establishment of a rail service and a surge in agricultural growth helped Lubbock expand. The opening of Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in 1925 gave Lubbock another economic boost. In the 1940s, the town rebounded from the effects of the Great Depression and World War II with a population explosion that made it one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation—second only to Albuquerque, N.M. Today, Lubbock is home to approximately 225,000 people.

Probable-cause hearing delayed in Fort Hood killings trial

The Dallas Morning News – Defense lawyers said at a hearing last month they might consider waiving the Article 32 hearing. In military criminal cases, said Texas Tech University law Professor Richard Rosen, such a move signals that a defendant wants to offer a guilty plea.

Normally quiet Texas ag commission race gets dirty

The Associated Press – “They’re becoming rancorous. It’s kind of odd – you wouldn’t expect that in that kind of race,” said Cindy Rugeley, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University. “It’s a low attention race. What they’re trying to do is do anything they can to catch voters.”

Evolving rules on animal care — from lab to farm

Ag Week – “People want assurances,” says John McGlone, an animal science professor and director of the Pork Industry Institute at Texas Tech University. “They want a credible program to make sure someone is looking after the animals directly and that somebody is checking that they’re looking at the animals directly, at all levels.”