VISTAS MAGAZINE
Winter 2001
Texas Tech research is honored to have earned several prestigious awards recently. The cover for the Fall 1999 issue was selected to appear in Print's Regional Design Annual 2000, Pring, America's Graphic Design Magazine, selected VISTAS as an entry representing best design, illustration and photography being produced throughout the United States and was selected among nearly 32,000 entries.
Our mission is to highlight some of the extremely important research and creative activities conducted by the talented faculty at Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
- VISTAS Editor
Winter 2001 :: Volume 9 :: Number 1
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ILLUMINATING A DEADLY DISEASE A chemist's groundbreaking cancer detection research has the medical world seeing things in a new light. |
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WALK THIS WAY The new Gait/Motion analysis Lab will allow researchers to closely study movement disorders ranging from arthritis to multiple sclerosis. |
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DESCENDANTS OF PRESIDIO Real Presidio de San Saba offers clues to a fascinating history of the clash of cultures on the Texas frontier in the 1700s. |
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HOPWOOD NOW Law School Dean Frank Newton explores how Hopwood v. Texas has changed the way our state looks at education and minority issues. |
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MONEY TO LEARN
Chemistry and physics professors are finding an advantage in the Welch Foundation, which currently supports the research of 24 professors.
A CHANCE TO PLAY
Occupational therapy students from three Tech campuses have examined the importance of disabled children being able to play on accessible playgrounds.
THE MAGIC TOUCH
An artificial finger developed by a Tech researcher could revolutionize the textile industry by changing the way fabric quality is measured.
ANOTHER REASON TO QUIT
New research suggests that smoking cessation may reduce the risk for kidney failure.
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN'S HEALTH
Health issues that affect women's lives differently than men's are the focus of the newly formed Women's Health Research Institute of Amarillo.
THE SELENIUM SOLUTION
Julian Spallholz, Ph.D., is working to solve the problem of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water of Bangladesh by using selenium.
GENIUS
Charles Sanders Peirce was a genius ahead of his time, a man who will continue to affect science into the 21st century.
A DEADLY COMBINATION
The majority of people who use herbal supplements fail to tell their health care providers what they are taking, which could prove to be a deadly mistake.
