TTU Faculty Honored at Professing Excellence Awards

Texas Tech University Student Housing hosted the 11th Annual Professing Excellence awards ceremony Tuesday (March 20) to recognize faculty members for their impact on the academic success of students living in the residence halls.

Global Lens Film Series at Texas Tech Continues

The Global Lens 2013 film series continues during March, April and May 2013. Admission is free.

“The Big Bang Theory” Star to Speak at Texas Tech

Texas Tech University will host actress Mayim Bialik at 8 p.m. March 28 in the Student Union Building’s (SUB) Allen Theater. Bialik is known for her current role as Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” as well as her former role as the title character on NBC’s “Blossom.”

TTU Professor Appointed to National Committee on Food Safety

The Secretary of Agriculture has appointed a Texas Tech University professor to a national committee that will provide recommendations on microbial criteria of food.

TTU Changes Date of Celebrate Diversity Banquet Featuring Soledad O’Brien

Texas Tech’s Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement has moved the date of the Celebrate Diversity Scholarship Banquet, which was originally scheduled for April 6.

TTU Celebrates Women’s History Month

The Women’s Studies Program will host two events to commemorate Women’s History Month.

TTU Sweeps Houston Livestock Show’s Three Judging Categories

Texas Tech University’s meat judging team had already walked away with first place honors March 3 at the Houston Livestock Show’s Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest, the ninth consecutive year the Red Raiders have won the competition in Houston.

TTU Researcher Discovers Plankton Adjusts to Changing Ocean Temperatures

Imagine trying to swim through a pool of honey. Because of their small size, this is what swimming in water is like for tiny marine plankton. So, it was often assumed they would be easy prey, especially in the dense viscosity of colder waters, but that is not necessarily so.

TTU Associate Professor elected Sigma Delta Pi Vice President of the Southwest

Texas Tech University College of Education’s associate professor has been elected to serve as the Regional Vice President of the Southwest for Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, for the 2013-16 triennium beginning in July.

TTU Personal Financial Planning Welcomes Gift from Schwab Foundation

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 2013 — Charles Schwab and Texas Tech University celebrated the opening last week of the newly renovated Charles Schwab Personal Financial Planning Technology Complex1 at a ribbon cutting event attended by university faculty, students and financial professionals currently
studying at Texas Tech for CE credits.