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Latest Texas Tech Discoveries Research Magazine Now Available

Latest Texas Tech Discoveries Research Magazine Now Available

From obesity research to the latest book releases, the spring 2012 issue features outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity.

Proposals for Internal Competitive Funding Opportunity Now Being Accepted
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Proposals for Internal Competitive Funding Opportunity Now Being Accepted

About $600,000 will be awarded to advance scholarship in the Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Undergraduate research report
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Undergraduate Research Task Force Releases Report

Team was charged with examining the state of undergraduate research and recommending improvements.

OVPR Strategic Action Plan
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Office of the Vice President for Research Aims to Improve Services

New Strategic Action Plan supports research, scholarship and creative activity in every discipline.

Interim waste storage best practices in laboratories and studios
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Interim Waste Storage Best Practices in Laboratories and Studios

All personnel associated with managing or directing lab or studio activities at TTU are asked to review the interim guidance material.

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Headlines

Ask The Experts: Spring Gardening Tips

Landscape architecture instructor Chris Casanova answers your gardening questions.

Latest Texas Tech Discoveries Research Magazine Now Available

From obesity research to the latest book releases, the spring 2012 issue features outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity.

Neuroimaging Institute Researches Natural Image Impact

The university will partner with The Sky Factory to study the effects of virtual skylights on hospital patients.

Proposals for Internal Competitive Funding Opportunity Now Being Accepted

About $600,000 will be awarded to advance scholarship in the Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

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News Buzz

Officer: Military could learn from civilian courts

Huffington Post-"It really doesn't generally rise to the legal definition of insanity," says Huffman, now dean emeritus of the law school at Texas Tech University. "So there's no way to account for it in the guilt or innocence phase of the trial."

Masonry Council Urges Action to Prevent Storm, Fire Deaths, Injuries; Calls on Texas Cities to Enact Stronger Building Standards

Yahoo News-“Research at Texas Tech University and elsewhere has shown that only masonry or reinforced concrete walls can protect against lethal flying debris that might be encountered during a tornado with wind speeds up to 130mph,” said Mukaddes Darwish, PH.D., associate professor, Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology, at Texas Tech.

Following Science into the Eye of the Storm

Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety-Tornado field research is extremely difficult and can be dangerous, notes Dr. Tanya Brown, IBHS research engineer, who led a VORTEX2 (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment) team for Texas Tech University in 2009 and 2010.

Renewable energy expert: Answer blowin’ in wind

Rocket News-“This is engaging the community, private sector and academia; this is what’s needed to fix the economy,” said Castillo, who is executive director and president of the National Wind Resource Center at Texas Tech.

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