Chairman / Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
ALTHOUGH HE APPEARS calm and collected, Eduardo Segarra says that whenever he thinks about the future it’s difficult to shake the feeling that it’s time to get busy. The chairman of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Department is a man on the move. (more…)
By Elliott Blackburn; Avalanche-Journal
A Texas Tech researcher hopes nanotechnology will help keep cotton a high-demand fiber. Seshadri Ramkumar, an associate professor for the university’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health, and two other researchers found an ultra-fine mesh of nanofibers that could create better filters or protective garments. (more…)
One of the South Plains’ major summer lamb shows will be held Aug. 27 at the Texas Tech University Livestock Arena. Featuring lambs from 4-H and FFA members, show coordinators expect 150 to 200 entries from across the state. (more…)
Seven faculty and staff members were honored for service and support of Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) during a special ceremony Aug. 23 at the Lubbock Country Club. (more…)
Austin American-Statesman
No fabric comes with a more wholesome reputation than cotton. It’s natural. It’s washable. It’s the fabric of our lives. Bleached white cotton evokes childhood, summer, lightness and purity. (more…)
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY researchers are pushing toward development of genetically improved cotton varieties with enhanced fiber maturity, while retaining all other valuable quality characteristics important for entering profitable high-end clothing markets. (more…)
Attorney / Cheyenne, Wyoming; 2002 Graduate / Animal Science
WYOMING ATTORNEY Mandy Gundlach didn’t have to look far when asked to locate the source of her confident courtroom voice. The spring graduate of Texas Tech University’s Law School simply pointed to her long running participation in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ judging teams. (more…)
BY D. Lance Lunsford - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
There’s not much hanging on grapevines across West Texas. But the juice waiting to burst from the fruit’s purple skins in the hot TransPecos and South Plains areas of West Texas has Patrick Prendergast giddy with excitement. (more…)
Joseph S. Stroud, San Antonio Express-News Staff Writer
DUMAS — Harold Grall plans to save water by selling it — 16.9 ounces at a time. He has set up a bottled water factory in a white Quonset barn in the middle of his farm in the Texas Panhandle, and he hopes to sell enough Pure Element Premier Water to allow him to stop irrigating corn someday. (more…)
Competing against more than 350 entries from across the nation, four Texas Tech University students won top honors in July at the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) Convention in Portland. (more…)
