Jessica Starkey has been named an assistant professor of meat and muscle biology in Texas Tech University’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences, according to officials with the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. She began her teaching and research duties on Jan. 1. (more…)

As we continue to hunker down for the long haul of winter here on the High Plains, a select group of Texas Tech University graduate students are already warming up to the idea of spending part of their summer traveling through Nevada, California and Arizona studying the ecology of the nation’s critical grazing lands systems. (more…)

Texas Tech University’s Wool Judging Team took champion and reserve champion honors Jan. 17 at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Texas Tech narrowly defeated the competition; winning by two points to claim the Denver competition for the first time since 1986. (more…)

Texas Tech University’s meat judging team placed first on Jan. 19 at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, winning by an 80-point margin. The National Western officially began in 1906 and is one of the nation’s oldest and largest shows. (more…)

Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources will host its annual Spring Career Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. This year’s Expo features company representatives from more than 30 agriculture-related businesses eager to meet and schedule Tech students for potential interviews. (more…)

Texas Tech University awarded diplomas to more than 2,500 students during December graduation exercises at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, including 88 from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. (more…)

Four outstanding Texas Tech University students are interning this spring in congressional offices in Washington D.C. as part of a College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ congressional internship program. (more…)

Formally recognizing Texas Tech University’s national pre-eminence in cotton research, officials here recently announced that the International Cotton Research Center in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has been designated an official Texas Tech University Center (more…)

Here on the wind-swept plains it turns out that Mike Leach, the offensive guru who built Texas Tech into a national football contender, isn’t the only championship caliber coach on campus. Just a mile away from the Red Raiders’ upgraded stadium, is the office of Ryan Rathmann, coach of Tech’s premier livestock judging team. (more…)