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Texas House tentatively approves billions in campus construction bonds

May 22, 2013

Austin Business Journal - The new version of Senate Bill 16 includes about $250 million for the University of Houston System. It also includes about $930 million for the University of Texas System, about $625 million for the Texas A&M System, about $250 million for the University of North Texas System, about $215 million for the Texas Tech University System and about $210 million for the Texas State University System.

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Texas House Close to Passing Billions in Campus Construction Bonds

May 22, 2013

Austin Business Journal - The version of Senate Bill 16 by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, considered by the House on Monday allocated bonds to institutions as follows: University of Texas System: $930 million Texas A&M System: $625 million University of Houston System: $250 million University of North Texas System: $250 million Texas Tech University System: $215 million Texas State University System: $210 million

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Low-Grade Cotton Brings Top Value in Oil Spill Cleanup

May 22, 2013

Lab Manager - Seshadri Ramkumar, lead author of the study and manager of the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), said he and his colleagues found that low-micronaire cotton – one of the lowest-quality types of cotton – is most effective at picking up oil. A pound of the low-micronaire cotton can pick up more than 30 pounds of crude oil, and its natural waxiness helps to repel water.

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Why Aren't There More Storm Cellars in Oklahoma?

May 22, 2013

The Atlantic - Larry Tanner is the manager of the Debris Impact Test Facility for the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University. In that capacity, he focuses on the (relatively) optimistic side of devastating storms: sheltering people from them. One of Tanner's jobs is to test shelters and their components in his lab, creating several-hundred-mph winds and debris storms -- which can't be mathematically simulated -- to analyze those shelters' ability to withstand a natural storm. Another of his jobs is to work with FEMA to assess the performance of storm shelters after tragedies like the Oklahoma tornadoes of 1999. Or the Missouri tornado of 2011. Or, now the Oklahoma tornado of 2013.

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