Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Miami Herald – WASHINGTON — Several lawmakers on Tuesday formally requested that the late Hmong leader Vang Pao be granted a treasured burial spot at Arlington National Cemetery.
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
KIIItv – CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – Dan Deleon joins Katy Kiser on 3 News First Edition to discuss a University Interscholastic League (UIL) chess event.
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Fox News – Just last year, Western movie veteran Robert Duvall complained to FOX411’s Pop Tarts that no matter how hard he pushed, he simply couldn’t get any of his beloved Western movies made.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
tveyes – JKTV (FOX) – Lubbock, TX An assistant professor of political science at texas tech says heated political discourse is nothing new… but technology has changed things.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
George Laity was awarded a $5000 fellowship for his research regarding vacuum ultraviolet light.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
El Paso Inc. – The family that was one of the main opponents of the Downtown Plan is working on a project that echoes the plan – sort of.
The Rosenbaums, who own the parking lots that turn into daily flea markets at Paisano and Oregon streets in South El Paso, received unanimous approval from City Council on Thursday to build a “mercado,” or market, where they now operate one flea market.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
New York Times – Scientists have reported finding the oldest known winemaking operation, about 6,100 years old, complete with a vat for fermenting, a press, storage jars, a clay bowl and a drinking cup made from an animal horn. Grape seeds, dried pressed grapes, stems, shriveled grapevines and residue were also found, and chemical analyses indicate red wine was produced there.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The exhibit will be on display from Jan. 18 to Feb. 27.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
The Star Online – CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have developed a way to harness the immune system to test for Alzheimer’s, an approach they say could lead to a blood test for the disease within months.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
American Psychological Association – WASHINGTON – The American Psychological Association is seeking nominations for the 2011 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award, to be presented at the Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Research Forum at the June 2011 American Library Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
OA online – The Odessa City Council plans to hold the second and final approval vote on the annexation of 1,700 acres in the area north and east of Faudree and Yukon roads at its Tuesday meeting, which starts at 6:00 p.m. at Odessa City Hall.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Non-Clinical Medical Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities – Many people have asked me why I chose to do the MD/MBA program. Honestly, I applied to the program somewhat on a whim. I didn’t have aspirations of being a hospital CMO or starting up my own biotech company; I simply wanted to learn more about the business aspect of medicine. In the past century, healthcare has transformed into a major complex industry, but medical school fails to teach us thoroughly about this component. Fortunately, schools have responded to this problem, and there are now more than fifty MD/MBA programs in the United States.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Gebisa Eleta will speak on “Feeding More with Less: Humanity’s Grand Challenge of the 21st Century” at 3 p.m. Jan. 31.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
New York Times – A couple of years ago, college chess could be divided into two tiers. The elite included the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of Texas, Dallas. The second tier was made up of everyone else.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
The exhibit will be on display Jan. 12-Feb. 20 in the Studio Gallery at the School of Art.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Kelly Sullivan, a chemistry alumna, will begin her president-elect term July 1.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Plant and Soil Science Department inaugurates lecture series with global food expert.
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Beef Magaine – Additionally, researchers at Texas Tech University and Elanco Animal Health teamed up to answer the potential effect of Rumensin to potentiate polioencephalomalacia (PEM) in cattle fed WDGS. Two studies were conducted that evaluated three levels of dietary sulfur and three levels of Rumensin in steam-flaked finishing rations with and without WDGS.
Friday, January 7th, 2011
San Angelo Standard-Times – Anthony Brittin, professor emeritus of music at Texas Tech University, has written a memoir about his summer adventures working with the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho as a college student and primarily about hitchhiking across the country to get to and from his job, which was more common back then than it is today.
Friday, January 7th, 2011
The Seattle Times – Texas Tech atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe is an evangelical Christian who travels widely to speak to conservative audiences and wrote a book with her husband, a pastor and former climate-change denier, explaining climate change.
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