Friday, March 18th, 2011
Pulitzer Prize Winner to Speak About Career in Journalism
Tod Robberson, a journalism alumnus, will discuss pitfalls during his path to the Pulitzer.
Archive for March, 2011
Friday, March 18th, 2011
Tech professors: 'Too soon to see' what Japan disaster brings
Amarillo Globe-News – An intense battle in Japan to prevent a nuclear disaster should not chill the domestic nuclear industry or training programs that include Texas Tech University.
Friday, March 18th, 2011
As Tornado Alley Debuts in Theaters, Researcher Available to Speak on Texas Tech Involvement in VORTEX2
Film documenting NSF-funded project is now showing at Science Spectrum’s Omni Theater.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Hispanic Honor Society Hosts Third Annual Peace and Security Forum
The forum will be 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday (March 21) in room 001 of the Education Building.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Engineering Grad Programs Among Best
Engineering overall graduate engineering program and six individual degree programs are ranked by U.S.News and World Report.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Graduates Pucker Up for Word Power
This Texas Tech Tradition gives “kiss me, I’m Irish,” a whole new meaning.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Granddaughter of Winston Churchill to Speak
A piece of living history, Celia Sandys combined intensive historical research with personal anecdotes to publish books on her grandfather’s life.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Buy? Nah, Rent. Nah, Buy.
National Journal – The comparative advantages of buying versus renting aren’t easy to figure. Russell James, who teaches personal finance at Texas Tech University, has researched online tools and found them unreliable. When he plugged the same information into the top 10 online calculators, eight advised him to buy and two told him to rent.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
The 1966 ‘Batman’ film ... and why it matters.
San Marcos Daily Record – It was the movie to see that summer, and a milestone in super-hero and sequential art films, according to Texas Tech associate librarian and pop culture expert Rob Weiner.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Hispanic Honor Society Hosts Third Annual Peace and Security Forum
The forum will explore the drastic political changes occurring in the Middle East.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
College of Mass Communications to Hold Annual Buesseler Lecture
The College of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University will host the annual Cathryn Anne Hansen Buesseler Distinguished Lectureship in Print Media at 6 p.m. March 24 in the Merket Alumni Center.
The lectureship gives students, faculty and guests the chance to meet nationally recognized print media professionals and to engage them in discussions about current [...]
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Chernobyl's Hot Zone Holds Some Surprises
NPR – Robert Baker, a biologist at Texas Tech, who co-directs the Chernobyl Project, has been studying mammals in Chernobyl for two decades. Baker tells Linda Wertheimer his group has found next to no signs of radiation poisoning or cancer in subsequent animal generations there.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Law school rankings released
Texas Lawyer – Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock comes in at the 117th place.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Agriculture Scientists Building Better Beef
Innovations Report – Research team members include OSU’s Clint Krehbiel, Phillip Lancaster, Udaya DeSilva, Gretchen Hilton, Evin Sharman and Texas Tech University’s Jessica Starkey.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Home Ownership May Be for the Few, Not the Many
CNBC – The vast majority of rent-vs.-buy calculators available online never consider whether you’re going to use the deduction. Hidden costs also impact your long-term return on investment, says Russell James, an associate professor at Texas Tech University, who co-authored a study comparing buy versus rent scenarios.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Tea party eyes city elections
Amarillo Globe-News – Larry Mayer, political scientist at Texas Tech University and an author of a book on emerging populist politics, said local political involvement by the nearly 2,400 Tea Party Patriot chapters nationally will vary by community.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Survey of prairie-chicken habitat ongoing
Amarillo Globe-News – Texas Parks & Wildlife and Texas Tech University helicopters will conduct the surveys in the southwestern portion of the bird’s habitat, flying about 50 feet above the ground.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Tech wins title in Abilene stock horse competition
Abilene Reporter-News – The team from Cheyenne got the look its members wanted, Texas Tech repeated its win of last year and the Shot Horse of Texas Association enjoyed the largest show in the association’s history.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Texas Tech Engineering Grad Programs Among Best in U.S. News Media Group’s 2012 Edition of Best Graduate Schools
The Texas Tech University Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering overall graduate engineering program and six individual degree programs are ranked in the 2012 edition of Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News Media Group.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Second Explosion at Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant; Radiation Risk Is Low
Medscape Daily – “Reactors are not like your car that you can turn off and walk away. They’re going to continue generating a great amount of heat until the core is disassembled,” explained Ron Chesser, PhD, director of the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
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