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Sep 29, 2016
Clinton Porter, a non-traditional first-year student from Florida, is part of the largest enrollment class in Texas Tech history.
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Sep 29, 2016
Crain's - By 2050, there are expected to be a million centenarians in the United States. Better detection of disease and advances in behavioral medicine that help us adopt healthier habits are extending lifespans. Centenarians are not outliers anymore. Many people today can expect to live well into their 90s, as average lifespans continue to increase. "Despite a widespread belief that old-age mortality is intractable, life expectancy is not approaching a limit," wrote demographer James Vaupel and historian Jim Oeppen in a recent issue of Science magazine.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
Sep 29, 2016
Business Insider - At Columbia University, most undergraduate students must pass a swim test in order to graduate. Engineering students at the school’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, however, are not required to complete the test.
tags: Texas Tech in the News