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College of Human Sciences Honors Distinguished Alumni

Oct 10, 2012

Honorees will be recognized at the 30th Annual Distinguished Alumni Luncheon.

4 Indian Americans Receive 2012 New Innovator Awards

Oct 9, 2012

IndiaWest.com - The four Indian Americans and their respective projects are Harvinder Singh Gill, of Texas Tech University, for “Pollen Grains as Trojan Horses for Oral Vaccination”; Rahul M. Kohli, of the University of Pennsylvania, for “Combating Bacterial Drug Resistance by Targeting the Enzymes of Evolution”; Rajat Rohatgi, of Stanford University, for “Reconstructing Primary Cilia”; and Vikaas S. Sohal, of the University of California-San Francisco, for “Reverse Engineering the Prefrontal Microcircuit.”

tags: Texas Tech in the News

Do you believe?

Oct 9, 2012

Label and Narrow Web - My anxiety and frustration grows and I find myself arguing. The ongoing debates don’t bring solutions, they merely bring confrontation. This isn’t the right approach. The right approach is to persuade change with patience, facts and respect for the other opinion. A great example of this is the story of Katharine Hayhoe, a renowned Texas Tech University climate scientist, who is also a deeply religious Christian, and her husband, an evangelical minister who just plain didn’t believe in climate change. The encounter led Hayhoe into a sort of “scientific ministry.” Hayhoe’s story demonstrates that even the most cynical non-believers can be persuaded by clear facts, deep patience and genuine respect. Ultimately, these characteristics of listening and humility gain the day.

tags: Texas Tech in the News

Law Professor Opens a Crypt Full of Halloween Legal Cases

Oct 9, 2012

Victoria Sutton's book exhumes cases that illustrate subjects first-year law students are expected to master.

tags: Academics, Provost, School of Law, Stories