Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Winter Break
Texas Tech University will be closed from Dec. 24, 2010 through Jan. 2, 2011.
Archive for December, 2010
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Texas Tech Announces New Dean of College of Education
Scott Ridley will become the next dean of the college effective June 1, 2011.
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Texas Tech Announces New Dean of College of Education
Officials at Texas Tech University announced today (Dec. 21) that Scott Ridley will become the next dean of the College of Education effective June 1, 2011.
The announcement came from Provost Bob Smith.
Ridley comes to Texas Tech after 20 years in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. As an associate professor of [...]
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Texas Tech Food Safety Experts Host Food Network Star’s Educational Tour
Food safety and humane beef production were highlights of the tour.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Meet the Next Great Meat Scientist
Texas Tech graduate student Rebecca Tokach has a passion for improving the global meat industry.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Bailey Appoints Athletic Director Screening Committee
President Guy Bailey appointed seven individuals to screen candidates for the university’s next director of athletics.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Taken for a Spin
Brain, Child – Let’s say a study finds that teenagers who watch a lot of television also tend to score poorly on the verbal sections of their SAT exams, an example that Alan Reifman, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University, uses hypothetically to illustrate the logical fallacy. Can you conclude that watching TV causes weak language skills? No. A correlation does not point to a cause, even if—and here’s where it gets tricky—it makes perfect sense that rotting your brain in front of Jersey Shore would erode your ability to get through Moby Dick.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Reese Technology Center: Research powerhouse in Lubbock
U.S. Air Force – Reese has a few things you don’t find most places, such as the world’s largest tornado simulator, part of the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center operated by researchers at Texas Tech University. It is used to test “safe rooms” and other products marketed to protect consumers during hurricanes and tornados.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
UAF to study genetics of endangered species
KTUU – Collaborators on the project include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Texas Tech University, the University of California Davis and Purdue University.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
T3 Technology Conference to Offer Expert Commentary
News Blaze – In addition to the industry influentials named above, many other high profile industry experts will be contributing to the conference, including Deena Katz, a Texas Tech University faculty member (http://www.depts.ttu.edu/pfp), who will lead a session on advisor technology platforms, and Marie Swift, President of Impact Communications, Inc. (www.marieswift.com), who will be providing insights on managing and leveraging social media.
Monday, December 20th, 2010
An Inside Look at Beef Processing
The Huffington Post – Later that afternoon I went to the Texas Tech Department of Animal and Food Science meat lab for a 3 hour private butchering lesson with Professor J Chance Brooks and the National Cattleman’s Beef Association’s Bridget Wasser. I thank them tremendously for an invaluable hands-on education on the various cuts of meat and exactly how they are derived.
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Extinctions, loss of habitat harm evolutionary diversity
Innovations Report – Study co-authors with Morlon and Green, who was named Dec. 15 as a 2011 TED Senior Fellow, were: Dylan W. Schwilk of Texas Tech University; Jessica A. Bryant of the UO CEEB and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pablo A. Marquet of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity in Santiago, Chile, and the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico; Anthony G. Rebelo of the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Kirstenbosch, South Africa; Catherine Tauss of University of Western Australia in Perth; and Brendan Bohannan of the UO CEEB.
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Sperm Whales Show Signs of Toxic Contamination
Yahoo! News “This is the first time this kind of pollution study has been done on a whole ocean level using a threatened species as a sentinel species,” said Celine Godard-Codding, the lead researcher and an environmental toxicologist at Texas Tech University.
Friday, December 17th, 2010
Texas Tech Makes Forbes’ Top 10 for Minority Outreach in STEM Education
Texas Tech ranked No. 7 out of 20 institutions in the “Best Colleges for Women and Minorities in STEM” survey.
Friday, December 17th, 2010
Texas Tech Makes Progress on Tier One Funding
A presentation to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents shows Texas Tech’s progress toward receiving funding from the National Research University Fund (NRUF).
Friday, December 17th, 2010
10 From 2010: Stories You Shouldn't Have Missed
As we look forward to a new year, join us in reflecting on just a few of our amazing accomplishments.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Texas Tech Participates in “Economics of Loyalty” Survey
A research team from the Personal Financial Planning division recently revealed results from the 2010 survey.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Texas Tech Makes Forbes’ Top 10 for Minority Outreach in STEM Education
Texas Tech ranked No. 7 out of 20 institutions ranked for minority outreach, beating Texas A&M, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which stood at No. 14 and No. 18 respectively.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Regent to Speak at Texas Tech School of Law Hooding Ceremony
A member of the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System, John Huffaker, will deliver the main address at the December Hooding Ceremony of the Texas Tech University School of Law. The ceremony will be at 5 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 18) in the Allen Theatre at the Student Union Building and will honor [...]
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Texas Tech Names Petroleum Engineering Department Chair
Mohamed Y. Soliman will take the position effective Jan. 10.
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