Graduate School honors student theses, dissertations from CASNR programs

Texas Tech University's Graduate School has announced the recipients of this year's awards, which recognize the quality of work shown in graduate students' theses and dissertations. This year those honored included topics in biological and life sciences. Students were nominated by their discipline's faculty members for the cash award donated by the Helen Jones Foundation.

GALLERY: Brick archways take shape on new Bayer Plant Science Building

Global Perspective; Texas International Cotton School set for Aug. 3-13

Texas Tech is once again offering a non-traditional classroom experience for cotton industry professionals from across the globe, known as the Texas International Cotton School. Running from Aug. 3-13, the High Plains program is two weeks of classes, lectures, tours and hands-on interaction in all phases of cotton production, harvesting, ginning, classing, testing, preparation and processing.

Sanjit Deb takes new post with Tech's Department of Plant and Soil Science