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Jun 21, 2011
Azonano.com-Dust-size dragonfly and a high-sensitivity micro-valve won this year’s student design competition for very small equipments at Sandia National Laboratories. Texas Tech University won the contest for its innovative insect and Carnegie Mellon University for the valve.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
Jun 20, 2011
q13Fox.com-The Collegiate Recovery Communities emerged from a program at Texas Tech University and now has spin-offs at several U.S. universities. The program is a peer-based, on-campus model that aims to promote a culture of recovery. Little is known about how these programs can help students, but data so far suggest students benefit from the support. After six months, students reported feeling strong levels of support for their recovery and satisfaction with their lives, according to the first study to assess collegiate recovery programs.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
Jun 20, 2011
Birmingham News -Ernst Kiesling, a civil engineering professor at Texas Tech University and executive director of the NSSA, has said this year's record-setting number of tornadoes has caused interest in shelters to spike. Schurmann of Plaswall is not surprised, in the wake of killer twisters that shook the sense of security many Alabama homeowners had before the storms.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
Jun 20, 2011
Abilene Reporter-News-'I'll point out the map to them and how it reads and how you're supposed to look at it,' said Altman, assistant director of the Texas Tech University Small Business Development Center in Abilene, which offers free counseling to local entrepreneurs. 'I'll actually give them the map.'
tags: Texas Tech in the News