Saturday, April 30th, 2011
For about a month, more than 20 students vied for the winning “Denim Runway” design. The competition was based on the popular Lifetime reality series, “Project Runway,” where designer hopefuls compete for a spot in the winner’s circle – and a healthy designer’s contract.
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Texas Tech University apparel design students are getting a “field to fashion” look at the cotton industry as they compete in the Denim Runway 2011 design contest.
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Dallas Morning News – “It’s ‘Little California,”‘ said Carlton Britton, professor of fire ecology at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
One reason for the new strength of Texas wildfire lies in the management — or lack of it — of the land.
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
WREG.com Memphis – “I’ve been at this for a while, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Chris Weiss, an associate professor of atmospheric science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
WTOP.com – Chris Weiss, a tornado expert at Texas Tech University, said the storm that spawned that tornado formed in Mississippi and “lasted over 300 miles, and even for a super cell that’s pretty long.”
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Seventeen graduates and their families will attend the commencement ceremony Sunday at the Merket Alumni Center. Five of these students will be receiving their diploma and 12 will participate as summer school graduates.
Friday, April 29th, 2011
My West Texas.com –
“Keeping our voting strength is a huge win for Texas Tech, agriculture, ranching, wind, oil and gas and other industries and interests unique to our area,” Landtroop said.”
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Aberdeen American News – “I’ve been at this for a while, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Chris Weiss, an associate professor of atmospheric science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
Friday, April 29th, 2011
ABC News – Chris Weiss, a tornado expert at Texas Tech University, said the storm that spawned that tornado formed in Mississippi and “lasted over 300 miles, and even for a super cell that’s pretty long.”
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Two Texas Tech biologists are trying to understand the factors causing increased mortality of frogs.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The world’s frogs and other amphibians are disappearing at an alarming rate. Two Texas Tech University biologists are trying to understand why.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Assistant Professor Dylan Schwilk said La Niña has much of the blame for the recent wildfires.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Telegraph – Rob Weiner, a Texas Tech University academic specialising in pop culture, says there is a strong reality show element to the American view of the wedding, in which the girl has landed the prince just as the winning contestant does in the finale of The Bachelor. “It’s like seeing it all evolve before our eyes, the politics, who’s going to be invited, the dress, what kind of security. Americans have both a fascination with royalty and a horror of the idea of it, and all these titled people.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Texas Tech and Texas AgriLife Extension are joint hosts of the course.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The two-year residential summer program targets incoming sophomores from the five high schools in Lea County, N.M., and offers them an opportunity to participate in a realistic college experience.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Southern California Public Radio – Hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, isn’t a household term but the process by which chemicals are injected into wells to free up large supplies of natural gas around the United States.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Vietnam Center Founder James Reckner and the Whitacre College of Engineering.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Southwest Farm Press – “In each one of our meetings this week, people wanted to know if any economic studies had been done on the impact of the draft,” Gibson said. “We know the district has had economic impact studies done by economists at Texas Tech University and that information should be released to the news media and the public before the district holds its public meetings beginning March 23.”
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Axis of Logic – As geoscientist Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University in Lubbock notes, ongoing greenhouse gas emissions have committed the world to at least 1.5 degree Celsius warming from pre-Industrial levels—a number that the Cancun Agreements urge consideration of as a future target “on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge.”
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Easy News – “It is a combination of both an appreciation for the music, but also because it is a way to ‘sell’ their music. There are going to be those who bail out after doing it once, but I also think it gives artists a chance to try something new,” Rob Weiner, Associate Visual and Performing Arts Librarian at Texas Tech University told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “Country music has always been ‘trendy,’ and it seems to be a style that other artists want to exploit for success.”
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