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Research fund breaking ground on variety fronts

Sep 30, 2010

My San Antonio - The emerging technologies supported in this effort include medicine (targeting cancer, heart disease and trauma procedures), renewable energy (including the Renewable Energy Institute at Texas Tech, which is pioneering new discoveries in wind power) and computation (featuring cyber security and robotics), to name a few. When this research hits the marketplace, lives will be improved.

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Why So Many People Can't Make Decisions

Sep 28, 2010

Wall Street Journal Online - Now, researchers have been investigating how ambivalence, or lack of it, affects people's lives, and how they might be able to make better decisions. Overall, thinking in shades of gray is a sign of maturity, enabling people to see the world as it really is. It's a 'coming to grips with the complexity of the world,' says Jeff Larsen, a psychology professor who studies ambivalence at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

tags: Academics, College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech in the News

Whitacre to get chamber award

Sep 28, 2010

My San Antonio - The chamber will present a video tribute to Whitacre during the Oct. 13 luncheon. The video will feature comments from AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson of Dallas, who succeeded Whitacre in 2007, Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance of Lubbock and former AT&T executive John Montford.

tags: Administration, Alumni, Texas Tech in the News

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