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Texas Medieval Association Conference begins today

Oct 25, 2018

Medievalists.net - Texas Tech University’s Medieval & Renaissance Studies Center is hosting the 28th annual conference of the Texas Medieval Association. The festivities begin today with a Pre-Modern Bible Symposium, hosted in conjunction with “Pre-Modern Bibles; From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Complutensian Polygot Bible,” an exhibition of original manuscripts and facsimiles displayed at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

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Why an enduring U.S. oil spill can't be stopped

Oct 25, 2018

When the Taylor Energy oil drilling platform toppled over in September 2004, its 500-foot-tall metal legs twisted and bent as the looming structure sank to the seafloor. Hurricane Ivan's pummeling waves had unsettled the muddy ground, which spelled doom for the 20-year-old rig. It lay in a mangled, chaotic heap.

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Wisdom from a climate champion: A conversation with Katharine Hayhoe

Oct 25, 2018

Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist, professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. She is also an award-winning climate communicator and (among many other honors) has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers, and an American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize winner.

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