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Sep 3, 2020
Cotton Grower - From agriculture through to the fashion industry, the cotton supply chain is a vital job-creating sector. Yet with COVID-19 creating a dent in the economy with about 30 million people on unemployment benefits in the United States, figuring out how to grow the economy is a serious challenge.
tags: Texas Tech in the News, Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Sep 3, 2020
The Washington Post - Graduate students have faced disruptions in their research and had their stipends stretched thin during the coronavirus crisis. They are tasked with running courses and guiding undergrads through the uncertainty of this semester, while navigating their own classes, worrying about future funding and a dismal academic job market. Add the ever-present threat of an outbreak and the stress can become unbearable.
tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech in the News, Graduate School
Aug 30, 2020
NPR - NPR's Michel Martin speaks with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about how climate change can make natural disasters, including Hurricane Laura and the wildfires in California, more severe.
Aug 26, 2020
Dallas Morning News - Texas college students have formed a group to raise student awareness and help combat campus spread of COVID-19. The College Health Alliance of Texas, or CHAT, will try to educate about safe practices and activities during the coronavirus pandemic, which is reshaping college classes and student life.
tags: Students, COVID-19, Texas Tech in the News