Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Former Columbia Astronaut Named Engineering Dean

Albert Sacco’s 16-day mission aboard Columbia focused on materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and fluid mechanics contained within the pressurized Spacelab module.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Tech chancellor visits, praises ASU initiatives

San Angelo Standard-Times – Kent Hance, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, praised Angelo State University during a visit to the campus Tuesday for the progress ASU has made toward its goal of a student enrollment of 10,000 by 2020. ASU is a member of the Texas Tech University System.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Scientists find 30-foot complete dinosaur skeleton

Denton Record Chronicle – The 30-foot-long skeleton complete with skull, may help reveal how the 120-foot-long sauropods evolved, said Texas Tech paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee. The bones, estimated at more than 200 million years old, were found in southern China in 2005.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Neugebauer wins fifth term

Abilene Reporter-News – “I just hope that maybe from trying to press him from a more constitutional, frugal side of the issues he’ll think of those things even more,” said Peterson, a 71-year-old retired Texas Tech University economics professor.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Texas Wine: Meet the Winemaker – Greg Bruni, Llano Estacado Winery

Texas Monthly – If we can get the education system set up, we’ll be giving our winemakers the technicians and educated workforce so that the work is done in a more scientific order. You have to have people that know how to make it, sell it, financially plan, and know the business model. We’re starting to see that with Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and Grayson College. It’s only a matter of time before we’re up to speed with California.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

What voters, others are saying on Election Day

The Statesman – “I think that Rick Perry’s been in office too long. I think he’s bad for higher education. I think there is something wrong with applying a corporate model to what is essentially a service body, a service entity. We are not about the bottom line, we are not about profit. But it just feels like there’s more and more of that being put on the model for higher education.” — Susan Tomlinson, a professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Engineer's Children's Book Wins National Recognition

“Engineering Elephants” is geared for children ages 4 to 8.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Texas Tech College of Human Sciences Dedicates Research Suite

Texas Tech College of Human Sciences is dedicating a newly renovated research suite in honor of distinguished alumna, Iva Lea Barton.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Sigma Delta Pi Honors 2010 Nobel Prize Winner

Texas Tech University’s Sigma Delta Pi, a national collegiate Hispanic honor society, is presenting a tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Wind Engineering Speaker Series Hosts Tokyo University Professor

Yukio Tamura, a professor at the Wind Engineering Research Center at Tokyo Polytechnic University, will lead the lecture on Nov. 3.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

College of Human Sciences Honors Distinguished Alumni

Honorees will be recognized at the 28th Annual Distinguished Alumni Luncheon.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

New animal species found in Yosemite

Mercury News – Scientists exploring caves in the tumbled piles of rocks around the sides of Yosemite Valley have discovered a new predatory arachnid species with scary, scorpion-style pinchers but no stinger and no eyes, according to a paper published Sept. 30 by the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Local agencies cast eyes toward Austin

Fort Bend Sun – But Brian Shannon, a Texas Tech law professor who has served on the boards of the Texas Council of Community Mental Health & Mental Retardation Centers and the National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas chapter, hopes state lawmakers will take an in-depth look at how it allocates its dollars, especially when it comes to mental health care.

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Grad Student Describes Toothy Microfossils at Geological Society of America Meeting

Though scientists have long known about conodonts, Nicole Peavey said only recently have scientists begun to understand these enigmatic and relatively successful creatures.

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Wind and Engineering Speaker Series Hosts Tokyo University Professor

Texas Tech University’s Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (WISE) presents the first event in its McDonald-Mehta Lecture Series on Nov. 3.

Yukio Tamura, a professor at the Wind Engineering Research Center at Tokyo Polytechnic University, will lead the lecture at 3:30 p.m. in Room 217 in the Electrical Engineering Building on the Texas Tech campus.

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