Archive for July, 2011
Friday, July 15th, 2011
AmmoLand.com – MISSOULA, Mont. –(Ammoland.com)- Elk and other wildlife in New Mexico need water and foraging areas, and newly announced 2011 grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will help provide both in areas across the state.
Also receiving RMEF funding is a research project measuring impacts of wolf restoration on elk populations in the Gila National Forest.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Viet Nam News – HA NOI — The Esperanto version of Dang Thuy Tram’s Diary – the 2005 Vietnamese best-seller has been presented to the public in Ha Noi yesterday.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
OA online – FORT DAVIS Bob Cottle’s business is one of the few in agriculture that welcomes droughts.
His Brenham-based Pleasant Hill Winery is able to control irrigation on its vineyard near Fort Davis when rain doesn’t fall. The drip irrigation system, which uses well water, allows the winery to determine how much water to use.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Reuters – An Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured, leaking oil into Yellowstone River, may have sometimes carried a heavier and more toxic form of crude than initially thought, federal regulators said on Thursday.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Fox News – Gone are the days when children’s films were just that – children’s films.
In Hollywood today, movies that are animated or kid-orientated are made and marketed as “family films,” meaning they have become increasingly laced with adult jokes and references to appeal to a more mature audience.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Southwest Farm Press – Fibertect nonwoven textile wipe, developed at Texas Tech University (TTU) and invented by Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of TTU, USA, has received additional funding from the U.S. Army.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Your Houston News.com – HOUSTON – High school students are invited to register for the Math-Ready Summer Camp hosted by San Jacinto College (SJC) South, NASA – Johnson Space Center, and Texas Tech University.
Friday, July 15th, 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.
Friday, July 15th, 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.
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The Texas Tech Button Project, created by Jonathan Whitfill, will be utilized as a university recruiting tool.
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Texas Tech forms next-generation alliance for minority students pursuing STEM doctorate degrees.
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Forbes – But with a little planning, you might be able to pass on these and other valuable loyalty program points to your heirs. That’s the conclusion of Texas Tech Law Professor Gerry W. Beyer and rising third year law student Mikela Bryant, who recently studied the fine print, contacted customer service reps and otherwise thoroughly investigated the rules and practices of some of the most popular frequent-flyer and loyalty point programs.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Texas Tech Fashion Camp provides campers the opportunity to learn from fashion experts, Texas Tech students.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
The institute received a $1.1 million research award from the U.S. Army.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
This is the first funding cycle of a new 3-year contract for the program, which was chartered at Texas Tech in 1999.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
In a region growing with minorities, education catering to each specific demographic is of increasing importance.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Inside Higher Ed – The thought of college only ever crossed Wil Young’s mind in the sense that he thought he had no chance of going. He’d been expelled from high school in Texas for using drugs on campus, and never walked at graduation. “After that,” he says, “I was really kind of turned off of the whole education thing and was really down on myself and really shameful. I didn’t think I had a shot of going back to school.”
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Yahoo! Sports – So you want to give your pecs, arms, back, and legs a workout, huh? Few things give you a more natural workout than a good climb up a rock face. You work your muscles, feel the thrill of danger (controlled, hopefully, by a good harness and a trusty belay), and get the feeling of accomplishment of conquering a hard slab of nature.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
The National Jurist – It’s the time for the annual law school dean shuffle. Several schools recently announced new deans, including Texas Tech University and George Washington University.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Market Watch – Students from throughout Texas will compete for science scholarships at the 2011 ExxonMobil-sponsored Texas FFA Agriscience Fair in Lubbock, Texas, on July 13. The competition will be held at the Texas Tech University United Spirit Arena in conjunction with the 83rd Annual Texas FFA Convention taking place July 11-15. As the largest state FFA convention in the nation and the largest youth-led convention in Texas, this year’s meeting is expected to attract more than 10,000 people.