Monday, November 8th, 2010
Physorg.com – Wine grapes that flourish in certain parts of Europe just might excel in West Texas. Or at least that’s what researchers at Texas Tech University are hoping to find out.
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Food Safety News – TV’s role in the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak of 2008, which wreaked havoc with the nation’s tomato crop, is the subject of a new academic study by Texas Tech University.
Monday, November 8th, 2010
CBS News – The rare discovery, which was made in China’s Yunan region, is offers a closer look at the evolution of this herbivorous dinosaurs. Until now, their development has been “poorly understood because of a highly incomplete fossil record,” according to Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, who will be detailing discovery on Oct. 31 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver. Later sauropods would go on to average 120 feet in length and could weigh 100 tons. By comparison, this early incarnation of the dinosaur was a relative pipsqueak. Still, the skeleton found by Chatterjee’s team reveals the the beginning of a long neck that would come later, as well as a four-legged posture. The skull is also in one piece.
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources will honor three South Plains residents with outstanding agriculturalist awards on Tuesday (Nov. 9) during its annual Pig Roast at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Banquet Hall. The Pig Roast also features scholarship donors, recipients and intercollegiate judging teams.
The annual outstanding agriculturalist awards recognize individuals for [...]
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Certain European grapes may just flourish in West Texas.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
In 1936 Carroll McMath never thought his words on paper would one day be sung by all.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
News Blaze – Mr. Hance is the Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Hance was senior partner in Hance Scarborough, LLP, an Austin law firm. Mr. Hance formerly represented Texas as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, previously served as a Texas State Senator (serving on the Finance and State Affairs committees), and also served as Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
CNBC – The new paper, by Alan L. Gustman, an economics professor at Dartmouth; Thomas Steinmeier, an economics professor at Texas Tech; and Nahid Tabatabai, a researcher at Dartmouth, set out to estimate just how much those added benefits cost. That is harder than it seems, given the complexity of changes in Social Security law over the decades. But the authors had access to a lot of data from the Social Security Administration, which financed the study through the Michigan Retirement Research Center, and their estimates seem reasonable.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Jewelers’ Circular Keystone – “Family businesses tend to be more conservative and not take the bold actions a lot of small businesses might take,” says Jeremy Short, professor of management at Texas Tech University. A lack of staff autonomy—a common result, Short says—reduces innovation. “It has potential to constrain decision-making and proactive thinking about market challenges.”
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Wine grapes that flourish in certain parts of Europe just might excel in West Texas.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Texas Tech University will test its TechAlert! emergency communications system at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
The suite is named in honor of and funded by alumna Iva Lea Barton.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
This is the sixth consecutive win for the undefeated team.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
New academic podcast series, AcademiCast, launched Nov. 3
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
The public presentation will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 12.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Commodity Online – Fibertect, a decontamination technology developed by researchers at Texas Tech University, was one of seven new innovations selected by Cotton Incorporated to show the versatility of the fiber. The products are highlighted in short vignettes on Cotton Incorporated’s Cotton Today website.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Fort Stockton Pioneer – Riding a 15-point lead over their closest competition, Texas Tech University’s Meat Judging Team extended their winning streak, winning the American Royal Meat Judging Contest in Omaha, Neb., over the weekend.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Amarillo KFDA – Former shuttle Columbia guest scientist Albert Sacco (SAK’-oh) Jr. has been named dean of Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering.
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Abilene Reporter-News – Incumbents — particularly Democratic incumbents, this year — are vulnerable when straight-ticket ballots are cast because voters aren’t thinking about the merits of individual candidates, said Craig Goodman, assistant professor of political science at Texas Tech University.
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
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