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Researcher Seeks To Understand Happiness

wbur.org – But when psychologist Jeff Larsen went to find out the real story behind happiness, he found that it may not be a bad idea to go out and get the things you want — they might make you happier. Larsen teaches at Texas Tech University.

Texas Tech Hosts Off-Campus Housing Fair

The fair will present a safe environment to ask questions without the pressure to sign a lease.

Texas Tech Museum Celebrates 75 Years of Lubbock Lake Landmark, Largest Hunter-Gatherer Site in the New World

To celebrate 75 years of discovery, organizers at the Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark will host several events each month during 2011.

Behavior change slow or impossible if process is too difficult

PhysOrg.com – (PhysOrg.com) — Texas Tech professor, nation’s expert on Social Validity, says interventions or processes must have buy-in from consumer to be effective.

TEXAS READS: Farm woman's essays recall simpler times

San Angelo Standard Times – For more than 20 years, Nellie Witt Spikes wrote a newspaper column, “As a Farm Woman Thinks,” for several West Texas weeklies in and around Crosby County, east of Lubbock — starting in 1937, when she was 49, until 1960.

'Great-grandmother' of crocodiles that lived 225mn yrs ago found

oneindia – Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Paleontologists have discovered the world’s oldest known crocodile ancestor that lived in what is now West Texas 225 million years ago.

Texas Tech School of Music to Perform “Godspell”

A Winter Dinner Theatre production of the Broadway musical, “Godspell,” will be presented by the Texas Tech Music Theatre at 7 p.m. Jan. 21-22 at the Lubbockview Christian Church (3301 34th St.).

Behavior Change Slow or Impossible if Process is too Difficult

Texas Tech professor says interventions or processes must have buy-in from consumer to be effective.

Texas Tech to Host 27th Annual Conference on Advancement of Women in Higher Education

Shelby Knox will serve on a keynote panel at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4.

Researchers Discover 'Great-Grandmother' of Crocodiles

The newly discovered crocodile came on the scene about the same time as dinosaurs began evolving.

Texas Tech to Host 27th Annual Conference on Advancement of Women in Higher Education

Texas Tech University is set to host the 27th Annual All-University Conference on the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Feb. 3-4 in the Student Union Building (SUB) at Texas Tech.

Behavior Change Slow or Impossible if Process is too Difficult

Texas Tech professor, nation’s expert on Social Validity, says interventions or processes must have buy-in from consumer to be effective.

Gebisa Eleta will speak on "Feeding More with Less: Humanity's Grand Challenge of the 21st Century" at 3 p.m. Jan. 31.

Media-Newswire – With a clear focus on world hunger issues, an internationally recognized plant breeder from Purdue University will highlight the latest installment of the Texas Tech Department of Plant and Soil Science’s newly launched Distinguished Lecture Series.

Can 'American Idol' get the buzz back?

AZcentral – You will see lot of big changes during the 10th season of “American Idol,” which starts next week, with new judges and regulations among them.

Alumna Elected President of Science and Engineering Honor Society

Media-Newswire – Sigma Xi has announced Texas Tech alumna Kelly Sullivan as the next president of the international science and engineering honor society. She was elected president of the 125-year-old society at Sigma Xi’s annual meeting in Raleigh, N.C.

School of Art Galleries to Present Georgia State MFA Exchange Exhibition

Media-Newswire – (Media-Newswire.com) – The Texas Tech School of Art galleries will host an exhibit reception in conjunction with its Bring It: Georgia State MFA Exchange Exhibition.

Texas Tech Researchers Discover ‘Great-Grandmother’ of Crocodiles

In the tropical rainforests of West Texas, it hunted by chasing and wrapping its tooth-filled jaws around its prey.

First Baby Boomers Enter Retirement Age, Ready or Not

The first baby boomers will turn 65 in 2011, but is this generation truly ready to leave the workforce?

Student Awarded DEIS Graduate Fellowship

$5,000 fellowship was awarded to George Laity from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Researchers Discover ‘Great-Grandmother’ of Crocodiles

Newswise – Newswise — In the tropical rainforests of West Texas, which looked more like Costa Rica some 225 million years before cattle ranches and cotton fields would dot the landscape, it hunted by chasing and wrapping its tooth-filled jaws around its prey.