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Researchers Help Iraqi Officials Rebuild Science and Technology

Texas Tech researchers hosted a delegation of Iraqi officials seeking research-funding knowledge.

Library to Host Two-Day Services Fair

Event starts Tuesday and will feature popcorn, prizes, games and giveaways.

Library Services Fair to Feature Popcorn, Prizes, Games and Giveaways

The library offers much more than book check-out and quiet study.

College of Business Dean Announces Retirement Plans

Allen T. McInnes will continue serving as dean through the academic year.

Beyond the Patriot Act: 9/11's effect on local courts

PhillyBurbs-Walter Huffman, dean emeritus and a professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law, is a retired U.S. Army major general and former judge advocate general. He explains that the Patriot Act provisions to encourage law enforcement agencies to share information resulted because, before 9/11, intelligence agencies like the CIA routinely refused to share information with law enforcement agencies like the FBI.

Ignoring voters, lame-duck Congress charts own course

TriValley Central - “These are red-meat Republican issues,” said Timothy Nokken, a political science
professor at Texas Tech University who studies Congress.

Texas Tech Business Dean Announces Retirement Plans

Rawls College of Business head Allen T. McInnes will stay through the academic year.

Texas Tech Panel to Discuss Immigration and the Constitution for ‘Constitution Day’

To honor of the week when the Constitution was signed more than 200 years ago, the Texas Tech University School of Law and the Department of Political Science are sponsoring a panel of experts to discuss constitutional issues in immigration.

Experts: Texas Tech Toxicologists Warn of Toxic Chemicals in Water from Northeastern Flooding

Texas Tech University toxicologists warns people to stay out of floodwaters.

Panel to Discuss Immigration, Constitution for 'Constitution Day'

The event runs from 4-5:30 p.m. on Monday (Sept. 12) in the Lanier Auditorium.

Sept. 11 Memories: Lou Ortiz

Assistant vice president and retired Air Force colonel shares his experience of being inside the Pentagon when the attacks occurred.

Upcoming Event to Help Troops Call Home

Donate old phones to “Cell Phones for Soldiers” Sept. 12-16 at the Student Union Building.

TechAlert! Test Schedule Announced

The emergency communications system will be tested at 10:50 a.m. on Sept. 15.

Help Our Troops Call Home: Cell Phones for Soldiers

Next week, students, faculty and staff at Texas Tech University can help create more of these moments by donating old cell phones to Cell Phones for Soldiers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday (Sept.12-16) outside the Student Union Building.

Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year

Baltimore Sun-Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, said policy is not black and white, and there has to be debate over policies to address climate change.

Vietnamese re-education camp prisoner kept promise

Albany Times Union – “Re-education camps are certainly a very sensitive issue in Vietnam, but everyone already knows that the camps existed and that people died in them,” said Stephen Maxner, director of the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. “That cat is out of the bag.”

TechAlert! Test Scheduled

Texas Tech University will test its TechAlert! emergency communications system at 10:50 a.m. on Thursday (Sept. 15).

Women’s Studies Program Presents Multiple Feminist Forums This Fall

The forums will examine cultural and social construction of gender by studying the history, experience and contributions of women to society.

Sept. 11 Memories: Alberto Gonzales

Political science professor and former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says we live in a different America because of the attacks.

Weather disasters costing U.S. billions

The Expositor -Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, said policy is not black and white, and there has to be debate over policies to address climate change.