Monday, June 6th, 2011
Tulsa World-Fujita-scale forum: In 1999, Texas Tech University’s Wind Science and Engineering Research Center proposed an official examination of the problem that could be used to create an enhanced F-scale meeting the needs of the “meteorological and engineering communities.”
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Investment News-Deena Katz, an associate professor of personal financial planning at Texas Tech University, said that while she sees the market for entry-level planners picking up, advisers are more cautious than in the past and are taking more time to make their decisions.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Daily Kos -It’s just another example of what Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe describes as “global weirding”.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
The Tennessean – Ernst Kiesling, executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association and a professor of engineering at Texas Tech University, said the construction of professionally engineered and tested storm shelters was first proposed in an academic publication in 1974 but didn’t enter public consciousness for decades.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Amarillo Globe-News – He’s a Texas Tech senior English major and a prize-winning bronc rider in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Sophisticated procedures are in place to reduce the likelihood of consumer exposure.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Texas Tech alumnus Scott Pelley will take over the anchor desk of the CBS Evening News June 6.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Alex’s Lemonade Stand –
Wynnewood, PA (May 2011) – Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for all kids with cancer, today announced the awarding of nearly $4 million in new medical research grants. The medical grants will extend to 29 institutions and universities in 16 states across the country, totaling 40 new grants. In addition to awarding grants to doctors and researchers at leading hospitals and institutions nationwide, the foundation will also release grants to medical and graduate students for the first time in 2011.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
My Plainview.com – After 12 missions to the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavour has returned to Earth. This mission’s conclusion is bittersweet for Texas Tech University graduate Joel Tumbiolo.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Smart Planet – Experts told him he was out of mind to even try it. It would never work, for so many reasons, they said. But Josh Wurman, who was then a young and reckless meteorologist just out of MIT, did it anyway. And in the process he wound up revolutionizing the way scientists study deadly tornadoes.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
NanoTech Web – The use of TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) and nanoparticles (NPs) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has been widely investigated on an individual basis. Typically, NTs offer a more direct path for electron collection, while NPs provide a larger surface area and higher dye-loading capacity. By combining the merits of NTs and NPs, researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to boost the overall light conversion efficiency of DSSCs by factors of more than 100% when directly compared with bare NT-based devices.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
The Seattle Times – The wind in West Texas is famously powerful and incessant. But more big blows than anyone can remember have roared through this year, stripping away precious topsoil and carrying off another season of hope for farmers and ranchers.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Psychology Today – With the regular academic year over at most American universities and students either taking a summer vacation or attending summer school, I thought I’d turn to some lighter subjects. This month, I discuss the cultural impact of the British youth novel and film series Harry Potter (written by J.K. Rowling) on the contemporary U.S. college campus. As we’ll see, Harry Potter has exerted its influence both inside and outside the classroom.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Aretha Faye Marbley interviewed individuals and used their stories to gain insight into issues in counseling services provided to people of color.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Prospectus News – The deadliest tornadoes in decades. Severe flooding on the Mississippi River. Drought in Texas, and heavy rains in Tennessee.
What’s up with the weather?
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Racing West – Eighteen students from across the United States have been selected to participate in the 2011 NASCAR Diversity Internship Program that starts today and gives minority college students the opportunity to complete 10-week, paid summer internships within the NASCAR industry.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
PhysOrg.com – After 12 missions to the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavour has returned to Earth. This mission’s conclusion is bittersweet for Texas Tech University graduate Joel Tumbiolo.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The Chronicle – I couldn’t understand the thing he told me.
He said he couldn’t make it any clearer:
I’d rather die of thirst than have you hold me.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Texas Tech University has a number of researchers with extensive experience researching hurricanes such as Rita, Katrina and Ike, and can speak as experts about various aspects of these devastating storms.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Watertown Daily Times – Powerful tornadoes have killed hundreds of people and injured many others in the South and Midwest this spring.
That has started several communities talking about storm shelters, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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