Archive for July, 2011
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
New York Times Richard Rosen, an expert in military law and the director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at the Texas Tech University School of Law, said Mr. Galligan’s departure would not pose a major problem for Major Hasan’s defense. “It’s not unusual to change counsel,” Professor Rosen said. “It’s like any other case. They may have had disagreements about what the defense would be. With almost eight months to go before trial, Hasan has more than enough time to prepare.”
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Huffington Post Katharine Hayhoe, a climate change expert at Texas Tech University, agreed, pointing to a 2004 study which concluded that heat watch warning systems saved lives in Philadelphia.
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Hendersonville Times News Richard Rosen, an expert in military law and the director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at the Texas Tech University School of Law, said Mr. Galligan’s departure would not pose a major problem for Major Hasan’s defense. “It’s not unusual to change counsel,” Professor Rosen said. “It’s like any other case. They may have had disagreements about what the defense would be. With almost eight months to go before trial, Hasan has more than enough time to prepare.”
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Gulf Port Patch According to a news release on the university’s website, Darby Dickerson, Stetson University College of Law Vice President and Dean, is leaving Stetson this July. Dickerson will become Dean of Texas Tech University School of Law. She will also hold the W. Frank Newton Endowed Professorship.
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Food Online In independent testing conducted by Texas Tech University, the efficacy of Chicxide applied as either a spray or dip intervention for Salmonella was verified. Spray application resulted in a 1.3-log reduction, while immersion yielded a 2.3-log reduction. The study also concluded that when applied at a level of 2.5% or less, Chicxide did not produce any quality defects in broiler carcasses.
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Austin American-Statesman “I think (Hasan) will miss that experience that (Galligan) would bring to the table, certainly,” said Richard Rosen, a Texas Tech law professor and former staff judge advocate at Fort Hood. “But he will get effective military counsel.”
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Only 8 to 9 percent oil/Corexit coverage on the shells of fertilized mallard duck eggs resulted in a 50 percent mortality rate.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Researchers studied effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on mallard duck eggs.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Textile World The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Lubbock, Texas-based Texas Tech University (TTU) has received a $1.1 million research award from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command to continue funding the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats. The funding enables researchers at TIEHH, TTU and the TTU Health Sciences Center to further enhance and leverage technologies that Zumwalt researchers have developed, including the Fibertect® nonwoven decontamination wipe, which has received $90,000 for one year.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
El Paso Times Texas Tech University College of Architecture at El Paso has hired Robert Alexander González to be its director and an associate professor.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Renewable Energy Access In the first phase of the field and modeling program, AWS Truepower’s team will provide real-time sub-hourly data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from four sonic detection and ranging units (sodar), one wind profiling radar, and one 200-meter tower at the Texas Tech University Reese Center,” stated Jeff Freedman, Senior Research Scientist at AWS Truepower and Principal Investigator for the project.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
San Angelo Standard-Times The Texas Tech University System, of which Angelo State is a member institution, named Tim Hudson as a vice chancellor with a primary focus on distance education and academic affairs. He will begin his duties on Aug. 1.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Daytona Beach News-Journal Stetson University College of Law Vice President and Dean Darby Dickerson announced plans to leave Stetson in early July to join Texas Tech University School of Law as Dean and will hold the W. Frank Newton Endowed Professorship. Dickerson has been dean of Stetson Law since February 2004, after serving as interim dean in 2003 following the death of Dean Gary Vause.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
The 2011 International Textile Conference will connect leading scientists and industrialists on one platform.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Former Ft. Hood JAG is the Army’s appointed expert on military process in this case.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The annual clinic will be 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday (July 20).
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Fifty high school juniors were chosen to attend the pilot program for young leaders.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
“Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens and Technical Textiles” (ATNT 2011) will take place from Dec. 15-17 in Coimbatore, India.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
David Nanigian’s research, titled “The Impact of Passive Investing on Corporate Valuations,” finds that periods of high investment into S&P 500 index mutual funds led to temporary increases in the prices of stock in the index.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Graduate David Nanigian’s research study argues S&P 500 index companies could become overvalued.
