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Feb 5, 2019
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism- Yesterday we published an investigation into the strange vanishing act of private security firm Sabre International Security - once one of the biggest contractors in US-occupied Iraq - and what happened to its Nepalese and Indian workforce when tragedy struck in Kabul in 2016.
Jan 31, 2019
Planet Forward- In the South Plains of West Texas, where one-quarter of U.S. cotton is grown, weather and the availability of water have major effects on the cotton market, making environmental concerns directly connected to economic ones.
tags: College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech in the News
Jan 31, 2019
Politico- President Donald Trump has long been faulted for his use of English, with the Flesch-Kincaid readability test once scoring the president at a fourth-grade level. Despite all the criticism, however, it’s hard to deny his success in communicating to a strong base of supporters, who seem to stick with him no matter what.
tags: College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech in the News
Jan 29, 2019
Science Trends- Ogallala aquifer, which stretches across eight states in the US, provides supplemental irrigation for agriculture and livestock production in the Southern High Plains of Texas. However, the vitality of the Ogallala Aquifer is threatened due to water withdrawn rates far exceed the annual estimated recharge rate.
tags: College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Research, Texas Tech in the News