Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Researchers Receive $1.45 Million NSF Grant For Science, Math Outreach
The grant will be used to encourage 60 students to pursue and complete degrees in math and biology.
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Researcher Reports Pacific Sperm Whales Exposed to PAHs, Pesticides, Other Pollutants
Biomarkers for contamination are highest in animals near Galapagos Island’s marine reserve.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Fry Construction Selected for High-Profile Medical Imaging Project by Texas Tech University
WAPA – Fry Construction, a leader in medical imaging design and construction, has broken ground on an innovative new facility in the medical imaging arena. The project is the first phase of a medical imaging center for scientific research and development and represents a significant achievement towards cutting edge technology in the West Texas Region. Texas Tech University is building the first research-dedicated Siemens 3T fMRI in the region. The new capability will allow advanced research in imaging with a focus on Neuroimaging related to Autism, Addiction, Brain Development, and a host of other applications.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
New Scholarship Opportunities Provided for Students
Officials at Texas Tech announced the establishment of the Terry Foundation Scholarship program, which will be housed in the Honors College.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Bailey's Travel Tales
Recruiting receptions are hosted by President Bailey across the state and other parts of the Southwest.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Texas Tech Faculty Member Elected to Oldest Higher Education Association
Texas Tech University’s senior vice president for enrollment management & student affairs, Michael D. Shonrock, was elected to a three-year appointment on the Board of Directors for the Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU).
Shonrock also will continue to serve as a representative of the Council on Student Affairs from 2011 to 2013.
He said he is [...]
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Michael Finke, Ph.D. Coordinator of personal financial planning at Texas Tech University
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Scorpion-Spider Bug Hybrid: New Pseudoscorpion Species, Parobisium Yosemite, Documented For First Time By James Cokendolpher (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post – The Parobisium yosemite, commonly known as the Yosemite cave pseudoscorpion, has quite the fearsome appearance. However, coming in at a little under half an inch, the arachnid is not capable of doing much damage to anything larger than an eighth of an inch.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
ODC to vote on Texas Tech wind program
OA online – The board of the Odessa Development Corp. will vote Thursday on spending $100,000 for an agreement with the Texas Tech University System and an affiliated program that is designed to help land wind energy related projects.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Maximum Green in Minimal Space
Texas Tech’s Sustainable Cabin gains recognition in architectural publications.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Maximum Green in Minimal Space
Texas Tech’s Sustainable Cabin gains recognition in architectural publications.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Texas Tech Alumna: Not in Kansas Anymore
Just like Dorothy, twisters in Kansas and Oklahoma carry Tanya Brown down the path to her future.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Texas Tech Researcher Reports Pacific Sperm Whales Exposed to PAHs, Pesticides, Other Pollutants
Biomarkers for contamination highest in animals near Galapagos Island’s marine reserve.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Minority Investors May Offer Huge Potential for Wall Street
CNBC – Even as Wall Street recovers from the financial crisis, it may be missing out of billions of dollars of potential investment from an untapped resource—minority investors.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Galapagos whales hold pollutant mystery
ABC Science – Whales living near the Galapagos Islands appear to have been exposed to higher levels of pollutants than those in other areas of the Pacific, say an international team of researchers.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Fry Construction Selected for High-Profile Medical Imaging Project by Texas Tech University
Market Watch – Fry Construction, a leader in medical imaging design and construction, has broken ground on an innovative new facility in the medical imaging arena. The project is the first phase of a medical imaging center for scientific research and development and represents a significant achievement towards cutting edge technology in the West Texas Region. Texas Tech University is building the first research-dedicated Siemens 3T fMRI in the region. The new capability will allow advanced research in imaging with a focus on Neuroimaging related to Autism, Addiction, Brain Development, and a host of other applications.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Waning Support for College Radio Sets Off a Debate
New York Times – Like many college radio stations across the country, Rice University’s KTRU and Vanderbilt University’s WRVU play a broad swath of music — from undiscovered indie bands and obscure blues acts to ’60s garage rock and ’80s postpunk. It’s a mix largely absent from commercial broadcasts, and students active in radio say their stations add distinct voices to their cities’ broadcast landscape.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Charities go high-tech to make giving easier
Access Atlanta – If charitable donations are an indication of the economy, then this holiday season offers a small bit of cheer: Area charities say people are giving more now than they were 12 months ago.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Researchers Continue Search for Elusive New Particles at CERN
Though sought at much higher energies than before, researchers have not given up finding any possible hints of new physics.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Faculty Member Receives Peace Award
The award was presented by Lubbock’s Institute of Interfaith Dialog.
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