Arts and Sciences News Archive
Tech Receives Nearly $1 Million Grant From NSF
The $978,000 grant will be used to administer the growing number of STEM educational outreach programs at the university.
Debate Returns to Dominance
Debate Returns to Dominance at Wyoming Tournament, debaters Brian Horton and Adam Testerman currently hold the best record in the nation.
Professor Receives National Institutes of Health Grant
A Texas Tech University professor of chemistry and biochemistry received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 grant for new work with painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications.
Climate Change Impacts Americans
Climate change is visible and occurring throughout the U.S., but the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a Texas Tech University climate scientist who served as a lead author on a report released today by the White House..
Graduate Student Receives 2009 Wilks Award
Graduate student Nicté Ordóñez-Garza received the 2009 Wilks Award from the Southwestern Association of Naturalists for her presentation examining complex evolutionary relationships between mice in Guatemala and southern Mexico.
Arts & Sciences Awards Scholarships
The College of Arts and Sciences held its College Scholarship Award Ceremony April 30, 2009 in the Holden Hall Rotunda. Sixty-eight Academic Achievement Awards and twenty-eight H.Y. Price Awards have been made for the coming 2009-2010 school year.
A&S Hosts Geosciences Alumni Reception
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted its first ever Geosciences Alumni Reception in Houston on April 23, 2009. Dean Lawrence Schovanec, Department Chair, Calvin Barnes and new faculty members had an opportunity to meet and greet the alumni.
Dr. Jane Winer and Janie Blount Honored
Jane Winer, Dean Emeritus and Janie Blount, former Manager of Finance and Administration of the College of Arts and Sciences were honored in a reception at the National Ranching and Heritage Center on Friday May 1, 2009.
Jesse Pruitt Guest Lectures
Mr. Jesse Pruitt, a 1969 graduate of Texas Tech University and Partner/Principal at CMC (Commercial Reality Group) in Dallas visited the College of Arts & Sciences to speak with Biology students and faculty.
Tech Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa to Induct Members
Texas Tech University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society, will induct 87 students into the society.
Tech Introduces New Doctoral Fellowship Program
Texas Tech University announced April 8 that it is dedicating $2 million to a new Doctoral Fellowship Initiative intended to increase the number of doctoral students enrolling at the university.
Professor Examines Science Behind Suicide
"Interpersonal Theory of Suicide" co-authored by David Rudd, provides clinical guidelines for crisis intervention and suicide prevention.
Debaters Again Earn First-Round Spot
For the second consecutive year, Texas Tech University's debate team has earned a first-round bid to the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence.
Expert Takes School Students on Adventure
Researcher to beam satellite lessons on Malaysian bats to school children.
Undergraduate Research Keeps Fires Lit
Texas Tech psychology expert and author, Roman Taraban, discusses creating effective undergraduate research programs in science.
Tier-3 Computing Expands Options for Physicists
TTU High-Energy Physicists Featured in International Science Grid This Week and Fermilab Today.
Chancellor's Council Announces Awards
The Chancellor's Council presented its eighth annual awards to professors in the School of Music and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Alumna Space Career a Mission Accomplished
Ginger Kerrick stands at NASA helm as lead station flight director.
International Activities and the US NSF
William Hase, professor of chemistry at Texas Tech University, is the principal investigator for a National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) grant.
Texas Tech Colleges Garner $3 Million from Greater Texas Foundation
Middle School Math and Science master’s program gets a jump start from funding.