More than 3,600 Texas Tech students, including 161 from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, received diplomas at the university’s commencement ceremonies Saturday (May 19) at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock. (more…)
Cotton output in West Texas, the top producing U.S. region, will jump at least 40 percent this year and may double if precipitation increases, said Darren Hudson, director of Texas Tech University’s Cotton Economics Research Institute. (more…)
A noted professor of agricultural and applied economics has been asked to join a new faculty-led Investigator Financial Disclosure Committee at Texas Tech. Thomas Knight, a Horn Professor and Emabeth Thompson Professor of Risk Management with the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, joins eight other campus experts who’ll provide guidance about policy to manage Texas Tech institutional conflicts of interest and develop and monitor management plans when a potential conflict is identified. (more…)
Texas Tech received official notice today (May 25) from the State Auditor’s Office that it has met the necessary criteria and is now eligible to receive a share of the state’s National Research University Fund. Inclusion to the fund moves the university a step closer toward its ultimate goal of becoming a nationally competitive research university. (more…)
A meat science and muscle biology graduate student from Texas Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences has been awarded first place honors for his research poster at the International Association for Food Protection European Symposium on Food Safety in Warsaw, Poland. (more…)
For the first time, the 2012 Texas 4-H Roundup was held in Lubbock on the Texas Tech University campus. Running from June 11-15, the meeting was the pinnacle event for Texas 4-H, drawing more than 4,000 youth and adults each year. (more…)
How do you get two Red Raiders to do at least $10,000 of work for free? This is no joke. Fort Worth is reaping the rewards of a life lesson for two recent Texas Tech graduates. Zach Gilbert and David Janks used their senior project to realize the potential for Marine Creek Lake Park. (more…)
