Brad Johnson has been named the new Texas Tech University’s Gordon W. Davis Regent’s Chair in Meat Science and Muscle Biology and a professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Johnson stepped into his new position from Kansas State University on June 1. (more…)
Dale Swinburn of Tulia (B.S. in agronomy ’65) has been selected to receive one of three 2008 Texas Tech distinguished alumni awards by the Texas Tech University Alumni Association. The recipients will be honored Nov. 7 at a special recognition reception at the Merket Alumni Center. (more…)
In a move to better reflect the increasingly sophisticated molecular cotton and fiber research conducted through its facilities, Texas Tech University’s International Textile Center announced today (June 26) its decision to change its name to the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute (FBRI). (more…)
Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences are predicting world cotton demand will jump a robust 50 percent in the next decade, most of which will come from China. The work, led by researchers with Texas Tech’s Cotton Economics Research Institute, is described in the recent release of the group’s annual world cotton outlook. (more…)
Texas Tech University women reined in an eighth place team finish Saturday (June 21), accumulating 235 points in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association 2008 women’s team title race at Wyoming’s Casper Events Center. (more…)
A special group of 4-H and FFA students that were interested in swine projects and wanted to know more about the pork industry this summer got a firsthand look some of the state’s best practices June 17 during a portion of the 2008 Texas Pork Leadership Camp held at Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (more…)
The latest crop and livestock research, along with potential cutting-edge efforts to conserve water, will highlight a July 14 ‘Water and the AgriScience Fair’ at Texas Tech University’s Merket Alumni Center. (more…)
By Adam Young | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Preparations are under way for a rodeo, award ceremonies and demonstrations scheduled for the 80th annual Texas Future Farmers of America Convention in Lubbock next month. The city’s largest convention of the year - with an expected 10,000 visitors coming to the city - is scheduled July 15 through 18 at multiple locations on the Texas Tech campus. (more…)
By Brett Hoffman / Fort Worth Star-Telegram Staff Writer / Saturday, June 14, 2008
When I first met Texas Tech rodeo coach Chris Guay, he busted a tough bronc at the 1986 College National Finals Rodeo in Bozeman, Mont. At the time, he was competing for Tarleton State, and since then, I’ve followed Guay’s career as a competitor and as a college rodeo coach. (more…)
Shaped by a willingness to serve and a desire for international experience, two Dallas-area women, who just graduated from Texas Tech University last month, have been selected as academic pioneers of sorts. Erin Hoelting of Lone Oak and Jackie Forbus of Plano are the first in Texas to enter into the university’s new Peace Corps Master’s International Program within the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. (more…)
