The latest edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities” includes a dozen students from Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The students were honored at a special recognition reception Oct. 28 at the Merket Alumni Center on the Tech campus. (more…)

Brent Trela has joined Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil Science as assistant professor of enology, the study of wine and winemaking. He will hold a joint appointment with Texas A&M University as an Extension specialist, as well. (more…)

Dow Jones Newswire / Oct. 23, 2007
KANSAS CITY — Imagine grocery stores stocked with meat products virtually free of harmful pathogens such as E.coli or salmonella, eliminating the need for massive recalls like the recent Topps Food Co. recall of nearly 22 million pounds of ground beef. (more…)

Lubbock Avalanche Journal / Community service briefly / Oct. 7, 2007
Alex Torres, a junior at Texas Tech, is interning this fall in Washington, D.C., in the office of Sen. Tom Harkin as part of a College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Congressional Internship Program. Torres is a conservation of natural resources major. She is the daughter of Arturo and Carrie Torres.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal / Sept. 10, 2007
A new educational partnership between Texas Tech University and the Peace Corps promises to enhance and strengthen the reputation and mission of both organizations. Last week, Peace Corps representatives were here helping Tech launch its new Master’s International program allowing students to earn graduate degrees while serving as Peace Corps volunteers abroad. (more…)

Flowers for the fall season are for sale by the Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant & Soil Science at the university’s Greenhouse located on the corner of Main and Hartford, north of the United Spirit Arena. (more…)

Texas Tech University’s Food Science Club is spicing up its annual cheese sale. The sale begins Nov. 5 and will continue through the holidays in COWamongus! Creamery & Meat Company, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ small café and shop in the animal sciences building. (more…)

Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources kicks off its annual Agriculture and Natural Resources Awareness Week starting, Monday, Oct. 15. The events are planned to promote the awareness of agriculture and natural resources as well as the activities within the college. (more…)

Texas Farm Bureau / Ag Headlines / Oct. 8, 2007
Now using nearly $600,000 from the USDA, an International Center for Food Industry Excellence (ICFIE) team will train feedlot personnel to implement intervention strategies for E. coli  0157 and Salmonella in feedyards. (more…)

USDA Grant Will Help Implement Pathogen Prevention Methods at Feed Yards
Ah, beef, it’s what’s for dinner – and that much safer for the dinner plate, thanks to methods developed at Texas Tech University to curtail such harmful pathogens as E. coli O157 and Salmonella in feed yards. (more…)