Texas Tech in the News

06/30/2008
Museum of Texas Tech University Receives Exemplary Certification Rating by Texas Historical Commission
The Museum of Texas Tech University received an exemplary certification from the Texas Historical Commission’s Curatorial Facility Certification Program.

06/27/2008
International Textile Center becomes Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute
Texas Tech University’s International Textile Center (ITC) announced Friday its decision to change its name to the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute (FBRI).

06/27/2008
New Texas Tech Grass Made for the Shade

A Texas Tech University plant and soil science professor and a Lubbock nurseryman have characterized a new shade-tolerant grass.

06/27/2008
Museum of Texas Tech University to Announce Major Certification by Texas Historical Commission.
Media Advisory for Monday News Conference.

06/26/2008
Texas Tech Student Regent to take Oath of Office

05/13/2008
Tyler Technologies plans office expansion in Lubbock - The Business Journal
The Dallas-based company has purchased seven acres of land to construct two 75,000 square-feet, three-story office buildings at the southwest corner of Chicago Avenue and 53rd Street. Financial details weren't disclosed.

"A skilled and technically sophisticated workforce, strengthened by the impressive resources available from Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University, make Lubbock an attractive business location for Tyler, and a place where we intend to continue to expand our nationally focused operations," Womble said.

05/13/2008
Midwest twisters bringing high death tolls - AZcentral
The tornadoes that ripped through the American Midwest over the weekend killed about two dozen people, officials said Monday, making 2008 the deadliest year for twisters in a decade.

This year's high death toll might result from many storms having hit at night, said Kishor Mehta, an expert on tornado damage prevention at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Residents have a harder time spotting twisters in the evening and might not get warnings in time.

05/13/2008
Quality DDGS depends on grain type - All About Feed
When it comes to using distiller's grains in finishing rations of High Plains cattle, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist says the type of grain used makes all the difference.

"Our study in feeding sorghum distiller's grain at 25 percent of dry matter, showed the energy value for that product was 73 percent of the value of steam-flaked corn," MacDonald said. "In general, that fits with previously conducted research at Texas Tech and West Texas A&M."

05/13/2008
Tornadoes are 'on a record pace' - Los Angeles Times
With the weekend devastation in Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia, this year to date has seen the most deaths in a decade. The nation has had 654 twisters so far in 2008.

This year's high death toll may result from the fact that many of the storms have hit at night, said Kishor Mehta, an expert on tornado damage prevention at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Residents have a harder time spotting twisters in the dark and may not get warnings in time.

05/13/2008
Texas Tech freeze on tuition, fees well-received - El Paso Times
Parents and lawmakers welcomed news last week that Texas Tech University would become the first Texas school in at least five years not to raise tuition rates.

Parents in El Paso said rising tuition has strained family budgets, and lawmakers said more universities should follow Texas Tech's example.