Texas Tech Sets Another Summer Enrollment Record
This year's record exceeds the numbers set in 2014. [more]
Team from Texas Tech Wins Tibetan Innovation Challenge
The five students will have a chance to travel to India to see their business plan implemented for more than 105,000 Tibetan refugees living in India and Nepal. [more]
Texas Tech One of Four Finalists for APLU's Community Engagement Award
The four universities will compete for the $20,000 prize, and the winner will be announced during APLU’s annual meeting. [more]
Texas Tech, Lubbock Community Show Support for Charleston
The Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center hosted a candlelight vigil to honor lives lost. [more]
Former Professor Receives High Honor for Work With Blind Children
Alan Koenig, who died of cancer a decade ago, joins Helen Keller and other outstanding educators in the Hall of Fame. [more]
Llano River Field Station Receives UCOWR Education and Public Service Award
The station is a part of the Texas Tech University Center at Junction, a dedicated research and educational facility on the banks of the South Llano River. [more]
Rawls College STEM MBA Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship
Nick Burns was awarded the scholarship based on his leadership, business and entrepreneurial skills. [more]
Texas Tech Police Chief Retires After 45 Years of Service
Ronald Seacrist served as the Texas Tech police chief for more than 10 years. [more]
Law Professor Donates Time, Effort for Book
The National Alliance on Mental Illness-Texas received a grant from the Texas Bar Foundation for a book Brian Shannon will draft. [more]
Karp, Ponnusamy Receive Prestigious 100 Inspiring Women in STEM Award
The award, presented by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, recognizes the work by individuals in STEM and who serve as inspirations to others. [more]
Texas Tech Shares Its Magna Carta on 800th Anniversary
(VIDEO) The document is part of The Remnant Trust housed at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. [more]
Texas Flooding Puts Layers of Climate, Economy on Display
From infrastructure to climate change, the disaster impacts areas of daily life. [more]
Housing Collects Donation Items for Flood Relief in Texas
The items were donated to the Salvation Army. [more]
School of Law Alumni Honored at State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting
The moot court team reached the finals of the TYLA State Competition. [more]
Texas Tech Marketing Staff Participates in 24-Hour Create-A-Thon
The staff members created pro bono marketing and advertising for local nonprofit organizations all in a day’s work. [more]
Texas Tech Nationally Ranked for Social Media Presence
The university is ranked No. 24 for its performance on Facebook. [more]
New Leadership for Texas Tech Public Media
Chris Cook will be the new managing director in addition to his current role. [more]
Chair of Psychological Sciences Selected as Dean at Mississippi
Lee Cohen leaves after 15-year career at Texas Tech. [more]
Researcher and Team Confirm Supernovae in 'Empty Space'
Study provides clues about the formation and evolution of structures in the universe. [more]
ELATE at Drexel® Names Two Fellows at Texas Tech
The program uses online instruction and classroom lessons to foster leadership effectiveness and initiative changes for women at various institutions. [more] The Mechanical Engineering machine shop will be renamed and outfitted with the latest technologies in additive manufacturing. [more]
Individuals participated in discussion panels in 16 Eastern European countries. [more]
Student-led team successfully deployed twelve StickNet probes. [more]
CB&I Donates $1.6 Million Gift for Additive Manufacturing Lab
Free Market Institute Faculty Spread Ideas of Economic Freedom
Texas Tech Deploys Team to Intercept Tropical Storm Bill
Texas Tech Newest Member of NSF's I-Corps Node
The program fosters entrepreneurship that will lead to the commercialization of technology previously supported by National Science Foundation-funded research. [more]
Reasons Behind Alcohol Abuse in Non-Heterosexual Women
Amelia E. Talley’s study appears in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. [more]
Texas Tech, Kansas State Enter into Beef Industry Agreement
The Beef Cattle Institute is a widely respected educational and research organization. [more]
Design Professors Create Sensory Clothing for Children with Autism
Kristi Gaines and Su Shin found a gap in research related to clothing designed specifically to help children with autism cope with their environments. [more]
Investigation Closed After 2010 Laboratory Explosion
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board accepts Texas Tech’s changes to improve lab safety. [more]
Bottle or Box? Student Wins Grant to Study Wine Packaging
Nicholas Johnston will research how millennials respond to traditional and less traditional wine containers. [more]
Student Becomes Advocate for West Nile Prevention
Kylie Boyd was the first minor in Texas to contract the disease in 2011. [more]
Michael Peterson’s work helped turn the Tampa Bay Lightning into a Stanley Cup finalist. [more] Barclay White, who starts law school in the fall, was undergoing treatment for cancer when he started his freshman year at Texas Tech. [more] The course, taught by humanities librarian Rob Weiner, begins in August. [more] (VIDEO) Both father and son have taught business at Texas Tech, but their relationship goes way beyond their profession. [more] It’s a sea of purple, staff members say, that is worth a visit. [more] (VIDEO) June 29 was International Mud Day. [more] (VIDEO) High school students attend week long mariachi camp. [more] (VIDEO) June is National Dairy Month, revisit the university's iconic landmark at the height of its operation. [more]
Graduate on Front Line of Statistical Analysis in Hockey
Fourth Generation Red Raider: President's Select, SGA, Cancer Survivor
Honors College to Offer James Bond Pop Culture Class
The Pasewarks: Legacy of Teaching Passed from Father to Son
Wildflowers in Full Bloom at Lubbock Lake Landmark
Tiny Tots Have Muddy Fun on Campus
Students Get Hands On For Mariachi
National Dairy Month: Inside Texas Tech's Old Dairy Barn
95 Percent of Architecture Students Study Abroad
Organizers say the experience broadens their horizons with worldwide perspective. [more]
Alumna Writes Book, Designs Ideal Life
Becky Smith graduated from the Rawls College of Business in 1990. [more]
Two Human Sciences Students Represent Texas Tech at Leadership Camp
The camp is geared toward cultivating leaders in the family and consumer science professions. [more]
Stories of Old Glory
(VIDEO) On Flag Day, Walter Huffman explains the honorable history behind his two U.S. flags. [more]
Leisure Pool Ranked as One of the Nation's Best
This is the second time this year the $8.4 million facility has been nationally recognized. [more]
150th Anniversary of Juneteenth an Opportunity for Reflection
The observance celebrates the day slaves were freed after the Civil War. [more]
Raider Red Meats Schedules BBQ and Ribeye Championship
The annual event will be held Aug. 28-29, on the southwest side of the Department of Animal and Food Sciences building. [more]
Hays Inducted Into National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Texas Tech head coach Larry Hays was inducted during a ceremony in Lubbock. [more]
Texas Tech Tennis Coach Tim Siegel Announces His Retirement
Siegel will retire from collegiate coaching after guiding the Texas Tech men’s tennis program for the past 23 seasons. [more]