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| David Larmour Debates Vladimir Nabokov with Khrushchev's Granddaughter | David Larmour, Horn Professor of Classics in CMLL, gave a paper "Orpheus and the Outwork: Prefacing Nabokov's Early Novels" in a roundtable discussion of Emigration and Literature, with Nina Khrushcheva (The New School, NY) and Masha Rubins (University College, London) at the Amercian Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies conference in Boston. Dr. Khruscheva has accepted an invitation to visit Texas Tech and deliver a lecture in the near future. | November 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Ethan Schmidt Leads Panel Discussion on Documentary | Ethan Schmidt, history, leads public panel discussion on documentary film, November 12, in observance of American Indian Month. | November 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Department Hosts Native American History Symposium | Dr. Ethan Schmidt and the Department of History hosted a symposium on Native American history, Friday, November 6. | November 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Staff Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Poems | Ruben Quesada, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the poems "Last Photograph of My Parents" and "Mornings Before School, Age Four" in Palabra Magazine (Issue 5). | November 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in English to Publish Essay | Andrew Husband, Ph.D. student in the Department of English, will publish the essay "The Environment of the Moment: Non-Places in Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane" in the Texas Theatre Journal. | November 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Short Story | Rachel Furey, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the short story "Machete Maneuvers" on Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, Issue No. 25 (March 2010). | November 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Darren Hick to Speak on Art and Copyright | Darren Hick (Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy) will speak on the topic, "Toward an Ontology of Authored Works," on Friday, November 13, at 4:00 p.m. in Philosophy 264. This event is free and open to the public. | November 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Professor Presents Paper at Southern Historical Association Conference | Dr. Sean P. Cunningham, professor of history, presents paper at the 75th annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, November 6. | November 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Alumni Achievements, Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| History Professor Presents Paper at British Studies Conference | Dr. Abigail Swingen presents paper at the annual North American Conference on British Studies, held in Louisville, Kentucky the weekend of November 5-8. | November 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Physics Faculty and Students Present Papers |
Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Physics presented papers at the Joint Fall 2009 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers, and Society of Physics Students, in San Marcos, October 22-24. |
November 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Financial Stability, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Student Achievements | ||
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| Texas Tech Debate Team Ranked #1 in the Nation | Texas Tech Deabate Team which is housed in the department of communication studies under the direction of Joe Gantt is ranked #1 in the Nation. While the deabte team in the past has won national individual event in the past. It has never been ranked as #1 Team in the Nation | November 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Andreas Schneider Publishes Book |
Andreas Schneider, Sociology, just published his book ⿿Ce-que les féministes pourraient apprendre de l'homme modern (What feminists could learn from modern men) in French with SocioThought (ISBN-13: 978-0979345623). |
November 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Janet and Genaro J. Perez Present Papers |
Janet Perez, Horn Prof and Qualia Chair in CMLL, organized a special session at the SCMLA on Alicia Gimenez Bartlett, one of Spain's most successful contemporary women writers. Janet Perez presented: "Caidos en el Valle, Geriatrics, Social Problems, Politics, and Satire in the Third Novel of Gimenez Bartlett." The paper presented by Genaro Perez, Professor Spanish in CMLL, was, "Nido Vacio de Alicia Gimenez Bartlett: Una nueva imagen de la inspectora Delicado." The third panelist was Professor Jeffrey Oxford, a CMLL Ph. D. graduate. |
November 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Connie L. Scarborough Publishes Book Chapter |
Connie L. Scarborough, professor of Spanish in CMLL, has pubilshed a chapter, "Urban Spaces in the Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea," in a collection entitled "Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age" edited by Albrecht Classen and published in Berlin by Walter de Gruyter press (2009). |
November 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jorge Zamora Presents Paper |
Dr. Zamora, Associate Professor of Spanish in CMLL, presented a paper at the SCMLA Conference in Baton Rouge entitled "Carpe diem / memento mori: la dinamica barroca de El As de Bastos de Francisco Ayala" [Carpe Diem / Memento Mori: The Baroque Dynamic in "The Ace of Spades" by Francisco Ayala]. |
November 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Publishes Articles | Geographer Cynthia Sorrensen recently published 6 articles. | November 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Gives Presentation | Geographer Jeff Lee presented a research seminar at University of Texas El Paso titled "What Really Caused the Dust Bowl." He also was interviewed by the El Paso NPR station for their series "Science Studio." | November 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Publishes Article | Geographer Tina Delahunty published an article in "The Florida Geographer" titled "Arvida and the Planned Sprawl of West Boca." | November 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Francesca di Poppa Presents Paper on Hobbes | Dr. Francesca di Poppa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, presented a paper entitled "Hobbes and the Inscrutable God" to the South Central Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy, University of Texas, San Antonio, October 23-24, 2009. | November 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Kanika Batra to Publish Interview | Kanika Batra, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature in the Department of English, will publish an interview with Jasbir Jain (Indian feminist activist, writer, and cultural critic) titled "Contesting Postcolonialism: Cynthia Leenerts and Kanika Batra in Conversation with Professor Jasbir Jain" in the journal South Asian Review (June 2010). | November 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Publishes Short Story | Rachel Furey, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, has published the short story "When Your Wetsuit Fails" in the online journal Waccamaw (http://www.waccamawjournal.com/pages.html?x=221). | November 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Antonio Ladeira Publishes Article and Gives Two International Presentations |
Antonio Ladeira, Associate Professor of Portuguese at CMLL, has published the article "Brazilian Masculinities in Clarice Lispector's 'The Apple in The Dark'" in the journal "Bulletin of Hispanic Studies" (University of Liverpool). On October 22, he gave a talk in Portugal at the Geographical Society of Lisbon, entitled "The Presence and the Image of the Portuguese in the US." On October 6, he presented the new book by Portuguese poet Jose Tolentino Mendonça, entitled "O Viajante Sem Sono" (The Restless Traveller).On October 22, he gave a talk at the 'Geographical Society of Lisbon,' entitled "The Presence and the Image of the Portuguese in the US." On October 6, he presented the new book by Portuguese poet Jose Tolentino Mendonça, entitled "O Viajante Sem Sono" (The Restless Traveller). |
October 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Narissra Punyanunt-Carter to Publish Article | Dr. Narissra Punyanunt-Carter is an Associate Professor in Communication Studies to publish an article. Punyanunt-Carter, N.M., Corrigan, M., Wrench, J. S., & McCroskey, J.C.(In press). A Quantitative Analysis of Political Affiliation, Religiosity, and Religious-based Communication. Journal of Communication and Religion. | October 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Texas Tech Debate Team Wins Spring Swing Tournament |
Texas Tech debate Team, which is housed in the Department of Communication Studies wins the Spring Swing Tournament. The Springs Swing consists of two debate tournaments in a three-day span. Horton and Testerman were favorites to win both tournaments, but illness prevented them from completing the first tournament despite winning their first three debates. |
October 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Bill Hase Presents Invited Lecture in Tennessee | Bill Hase, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, presented the invited lecture "Simulations of Structures, Energetics, and Heat Transfer Dynamics at Interfaces. A Tribute to Peter Schmidt" at the International Joint Tribology Conference held in Memphis, Tennessee, October 19-21, 2009. | October 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Chemistry Group Publishes Paper | Chemistry graduate students Haley Redmond and Kathy Dial along with their faculty advisor, Dr. Jon Thompson, have recently published a paper entitled "Light scattering and absorption by wind blown dust: Theory, measurement, and recent data." in the Elsevier journal Aeolian Research. | October 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Publishes Book Chapter | Bolanle Olaniran, Professor and Interim Chair in the department of Communication Studies publishes a book chapter with Indi Williams (former graduate student) Olaniran, B. A., & Williams, I. M. (2010). Web 2.0 and Learning: A Closer Look at Transactional Control Model in E-Learning (pp. 23-37). In N. Lambropoulos & M. Romero (Eds.). Educational Social Software for Context-Aware Learning: Collaborative Methods and Human Interaction. Hershey, PA: IGI Global | October 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| D. Paul Johnson Presented Paper at Religious Research Association Annual Meeting |
D. Paul Johnson presented a paper -- entitled ⿿The Gulen Movement in Turkey: Linking Families to Civil Society through Moral Education in a Global Context -- at the annual joint meeting of the Religious Research Association and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion that was held in Denver, CO, October 23-25. The paper was based on research conducted in southeastern Turkey in the summer of 2008. |
October 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Essay | Joey Franklin, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the essay "Language Lust" in the upcoming issue of The Florida Review. | October 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Howard Curzer Appointed to APA Program Committee |
Howard Curzer, Professor of Philosophy, has been appointed to the 2011 Program Committee for the American Philosophical Association's Central Division. |
October 22, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Bruce Clarke Publishes New Collection of Essays | Dr. Bruce Clarke, Professor of Literature and Science in the Department of English, has published a new collection of essays (co-edited with Mark B. N. Hansen, University of Chicago), Emergence and Embodiment: New Essays on Second-Order Systems Theory (Duke University Press, 2009). | October 22, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Marliss Desens and Marjean Purinton Publish Article |
Dr. Marliss Desens and Dr. Marjean Purinton, both of the Department of English, have published the article "Shakespearean Shadows: Parodic Haunting of Thomas Love Peacock's Nightmare Abbey and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey" in Shakespearean Gothic, ed. Christy Desmet and Anne Williams (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2009). |
October 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Connie Scarborough Publishes Article and Elected to Executive Board |
Connie Scarborough, Professor of Spanish in CMLL, has published an article in Spain: "La voz personal de Alfonso X en una Cantiga murciana" in "Alcanate," vol. 6 (2008-2009), pages 297-308. Professor Scarborough was also elected to the Executive Board of the Southeastern Medieval Association. |
October 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Abigail Swingen, History, Presents Paper at Yale University | Abigail Swingen of the Department of History presented a pre-circulated paper at the British Studies Colloquium of Yale University on Thursday, October 15. | October 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Ron Milam, Assistant Professor of History, Publishes Book on Junior Officers in Vietnam. | Dr. Ron Milam, Assistant Professor of History, publishes book on Junior Officers in Vietnam. | October 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Ryan Hoover and Amy Koerber to Publish Article |
Ph.D. candidate Ryan Hoover and Associate Professor Amy Koerber, both specialists in Technical Communication in the Department of English, co-authored the article "Using NVivo to Answer the Challenges of Qualitative Research in Professional Communication: Benefits and Best Practices," which has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. |
October 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bruice Clarke Interviewed in Literary Journal | Dr. Bruce Clarke, Professor of Literature and Science in the Department of English, is interviewed in the October 2009 issue of Wild River Review. | October 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History PhD Candidate to Publish Six Articles | History PhD candidate David C. McDaniel to publish six articles concerning medieval Spain in the forthcoming work: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. | October 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Luis I. Pradanos (Inaki) Presents Paper | Luis I. Pradanos (Inaki), PhD candidate in Spanish in CMLL, presented a paper at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) 63th Annual Convention in Snowbird, Utah (October 8-10). The title of his paper was "La representacion del terrorismo postmoderno en la novela espanola del tercer milenio" (The Representation of Postmodern Terrorism in the Third Milennium Spanish Novel"). | October 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Philosopher to Speak on Happiness and Morality | Peter Railton (Philosophy, University of Michigan) will deliver a talk entitled "Happiness, Satisfaction, and Morality" on Thursday, October, 15, at 8:00 p.m., in English/Philosophy LH-001. This event is free and open to the public. | October 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in English Awarded Scholarship | Leigh Bonds, Ph.D. student in Literary Studies in the Department of English, has been awarded a full-tuition scholarship for a course at Rare Book School. | October 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Publishes Short Stories |
Brandy Yates, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish two short stories: "Walk to the Door and Look Out the Window" in The Mayo Review and "Clear as Glass" in PoemMemoirStory. |
October 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Physics Professors Awarded NIH STEM Grant | Beth Thacker, Associate Professor of Physics, and Kelvin Cheng, Professor of Physics, were awarded a NIH STEM Challenge grant. | October 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Financial Stability, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Ethan Schmidt Delivers Paper at Annual Meeting of American Society for Ethnohistory | Ethan Schmidt delivered a paper in New Orleans the weekend of October 2-4 at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory. | October 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Published an Article | Bolanle Olaniran, Interim Chair & Professor in the Department of Communication Studies published an article. Olaniran, B. A. (2009). Organizational Communication: Assessment of Videoconferencing as a Medium for Meetings in the Workplace. International Journal of Human Technology Interaction.5(2), 63-84. | October 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Punyanunt-Carter & Emilio Hernandez to Publish a Chapter | Narissra Punyanunt-Carter is an Associate Professor and Emilio Hernandez is a graduate student in the Department of Communication Studies. They have a chapter accepted for publication. Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Hernandez, E. (In press). Mentoring in the Virtual World. In Shawn Long (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Virtual Work. IGI Global Press. | October 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Texas Tech Debate Team Wins Tournament in Wyoming | Texas Tech senior Brian Horton (San Angelo, TX) and junior Adam Testerman (Springfield, MO) turned in the best performance by a Texas Tech debate team in two years, winning the University of Wyoming's Top of the Rockies parliamentary debate tournament held October 3-4 in Laramie, WY. | October 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Publishes Paper in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter | Edward Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, published a paper entitled, "Morphology and Intermolecular Dynamics of 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis{(trifluoromethane)sulfonyl}amide Ionic Liquids: Structural and Dynamic Evidence of Nanoscale Segregation," in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. | October 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Gives Invited Talks in El Paso & Prairie View | Edward Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, gave invited talks at UTEP in El Paso & Prairie View A&M in Prairie View, TX. | October 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Gives Talk at North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference | Edward Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, gave a talk entitled, "Probing Nanostructural Organization in Ionic Liquids Using Optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy," at the 37th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, in Lubbock, Texas, on September 20-23, 2009. | October 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| David Stodden Attends Postgraduate Course | David Stodden, Associate Professor from the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, recently completed the Physical Activity and Public Health Research Course in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The 8 day intensive course was sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Arnold School of Public Health Prevention Research Center, University of South Carolina. | October 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Anna Ribeiro Publishes Article on Poetry | Anna Ribeiro (Assistant Prof. of Philosophy) has published her article, "Toward a Philosophy of Poetry," in MIDWEST STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY (2009). This was a special issue on philosophy and poetry. See http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117965365/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 | October 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Rachel A. Branch Presents Paper | Rachel A. Branch, M.A. student of Classics, presented a paper at 'Intersecting Variance: Reading Gender and Gender Identity Politics,' a conference hosted by Texas Tech University's Women Studies Program on October 2, 2009. Her talk was entitled "Masculinity Defined by Sexual Domination: Salvaging Power." | October 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication to Publish Article |
Emil Towner, Ph.D. student in Technical Communication in the Department of English, will publish the article "A (patriotic) Apologia: The Transcendence of the Dixie Chicks" in Rhetoric Review. |
October 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| David Stodden Receives NIH Grant | David Stodden, Associate Professor from the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, with Jackie Goodway from Ohio State University and Stephen Langendorfer from Bowling Green State University, receive an R21 grant from the NIH. The project is titled "Examining the Dynamic Relationship Between Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity." | October 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Sungwon Bae & John Miller Publish Paper | Sungwon Bae, Assistant Professor, and John Miller, Associate Professor, both from the Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, publish paper in the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance journal. The title of the paper is "Consumer decision-making styles for sport apparel: Gender comparisons between college consumers." | October 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Connie Scarborough to Give Two Talks |
Connie Scarborough, Professor of Spanish in CMLL, will be speaking at the following conferences this Fall: "Calisto, A Man of His Words" at the 59th Annual Mountain Language Interstate Foreign Language Conference to be held in Greenville, SC, October 8-10, 2009. "The Desert as Site of Spiritual Reconciliation in the Vida de Santa Maria Egipciaca" at the Southeastern Medieval Association Annual Meeting to be held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Oct. 15-17. |
September 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Mark Stoll Publishes Chapter on Rachel Carson | Mark Stoll, associate professor of history, a chapter entitled, "Rachel Carson: The Presbyterian Genesis of a Nature Writer," in Nicolaas Rupke, ed., Eminent Lives in Twentieth-Century Science and Religion, 2nd rev. and much exp. ed. (New York: Peter Lang, 2009). | September 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Poems |
David Clark, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, has four poems accepted for publication: "Statesboro Nocturne" in Crab Orchard Review, "Reveille with Kazoo" in Quarterly West, "Thinking about Houdini the Week before Easter" in The Literary Review, and "Matches" in Cimarron Review. |
September 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Allyson Hall Recognized as HFES Student Member with Honors |
Allyson Hall, doctoral student in psychology, received recognition by HFES as a Student Member with Honors. This indicates that Allyson has excelled in all aspects of her professional development. |
September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Psychology's Student Chapter of HFES Recognized at Gold Level | The Department of Psychology's Student Chapter of HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society) receives recognition by HFES at the Gold Level. Gold level status recognizes that our chapter is extremely active and contributes substantially to the field and to students' professional development. Keith Jones, Associate Professor of Psychology, is faculty advisor for the chapter. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Stephanie Harter Publishes Article | Stephanie Harter, Associate Professor of Psychology, published an article with Lisa Reynolds, former doctoral student, and Blair Atkinson, undergraduate student, in the journal Sex Roles. The article is entitled, "College students' perceptions of peers' disclosures of histories of child sexual abuse." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Stephanie Harter, Tyne Carrington, and Janine Mayeux Present Poster at APA | Stephanie Harter, Associate Professor of Psychology, and doctoral students Tyne Carrington and Janine Mayeux presented a poster entitled, "Gender, context, and perceptions of child sexual abuse disclosure," at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Toronto, Canada in August. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Keith Jones, Pat DeLucia, Allyson Hall, and Brian Johnson Publish Article | Keith Jones, Associate Professor of Psychology, Pat DeLucia, Professor of Psychology, Allyson Hall, doctoral student, and Brian Johnson, former doctoral student, have published an article in the journal Human Factors. The article is titled, "Can metric feedback training hinder actions involving distance?" | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Pat DeLucia and Tammy Ott Publish Book Chapter | Pat DeLucia, Professor of Psychology, and doctoral student Tammy Ott have published a chapter entitled, "Performance in nursing," in the edited book, Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Vol. 5. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Pat DeLucia and Anand Tharanathan Publish Article | Pat DeLucia, Professor of Psychology, and former doctoral student Anand Tharanathan had an article accepted at the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. The article was titled, "Responses to deceleration during car following: Roles of optic flow, warnings, expectations, and interruptions." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Pat DeLucia Appointed to NIH Challenge Grant Panels and NASA Review Panel | Pat DeLucia, Professor of Psychology, was appointed to two NIH Challenge Grants Editorial Panels and to a Standing Review Panel for the NASA Johnson Space Center Human Research Program, Space Human Factors and Habitability Element, 2009-2012. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Pat DeLucia Elected Fellow of APA and President of APA Division 21 | Pat DeLucia, Professor of Psychology, was elected to Fellow status of the American Psychological Association (Division 21, Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology) and was elected President of Division 21 for 2011. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition, New Appointments | ||
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| Steven Richards Appointed Director of Assessment and Planning for Psychology | Steven Richards, Professor of Psychology, has been appointed Director of Assessment and Planning for the Department of Psychology, effective September 2009. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Accountability, Financial Stability | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, New Appointments | ||
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| Steven Richards Publishes Article | Steven Richards, Professor of Psychology, published an article in the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science entitled, "An experimental investigation of consistency in female undergraduates' reports of coping efforts for the same vs. different stressful situations." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Steven Richards Publishes Edited Book on Relapse Prevention for Depression | Steven Richards, Professor of Psychology, has an edited book in press entitled, "Relapse Prevention for Depression." The book will be published by the American Psychological Association and is due in print by January 2010. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ken DeMarree Has Article Accepted | Ken DeMarree, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has an article in press in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The article is titled, "Self-esteem accessibility as attitude strength: On the durability and impactfulness of accessible self-esteem." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jennifer Vencill Completes Summer Institute in Amsterdam | Jennifer Vencill, doctoral student in psychology, completed the "Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture, & Society" in the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Jennifer was selected for the institute based on a competitive application process, and received graduate certification for the course. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Michelle Gates Publishes Invited Article | Michelle Gates, doctoral student in psychology, published an invited article in Career Convergence, the web magazine of the National Career Development Association (NCDA). The article was titled, "Maximizing cultural awareness: Possible implications for vocational assessment," and appeared in the August issue. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ben England and Michael Serra Present Poster at Psychonomic Society | Ben England, doctoral student in psychology, and Michael Serra, Assistant Professor of Psychology, will present a poster at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. The poster is titled, "Judgments of forgetting show improved calibration but impaired relative accuracy on a second study-test trial." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Michael Serra Publishes Book Chapter | Michael Serra, Assistant Professor of Psychology, published a book chapter in an edited book, Handbook of Metacognition in Education, by Psychology Press. The title of his chapter is, "Effective implementation of metacognition." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Michael Serra Publishes Article | Michael Serra, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has an article in press at the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review entitled, "Diagrams increase the recall of non-depicted text when understanding is also increased." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Carter has Article Accepted | publication acceptance | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Janet Perez Gives Inaugural Address upon Receiving International Honor | Dr. Janet Perez, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Romance Languages and Qualia Chair of Spanish, will be officially inducted as a Miembro Numerario of Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española and as Miembro Correspondiente of Real Academia Española. She will receive a diploma and give an inaugural address in New York City on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. at the Spanish Cultural Center in the Instituto Cervantes. The title of her inaugural address is "El exilio espanol del 39: Las escritoras." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Jacalyn McComb Publishes Article | Jacalyn McComb, Professor for the Department of Health, Exercise and Sports Science, publishes article in the American College of Sports Medicine Certified News. The article was titled "Yoga: A Modality in Complementary Therapy." | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Gary Elbow Receives the George J. Miller Award | Dr. Gary Elbow, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Geography, attended the annual meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education in San Juan Puerto Rico September 23-28. He delivered a paper titled ⿿Teaching about NAFTA and Other Free Trade Agreements, and received the George J. Miller Award for Distinguished Service to Geographic Education. The Miller award is given annually to an individual who has made significant, long-term contributions to the discipline of geography, to geographic education, and to National Council for Geographic Education. This is the highest award of the NCGE. | September 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Curtis Bauer To Publish Five Translations |
Dr. Curtis Bauer, Assistant Professor of English and Spanish, has had five translated poems accepted for publication by the literary journal THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW. THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose; it is one of the most widely circulated and respected poetry magazines in the nation. Bauer's translations, "NATURAL HAPPINESS," "DESTINED FOR OBLIVION?" "AIKIDO," "GYMNAST," and "THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE LOVE" are from the Spanish poetry collection "Eros es mas" by Juan Antonio Gonzalez Iglesias. These translations will appear in the November/December 2009 issue. |
September 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Publishes Article | Geographer Perry Carter published an article in "The Professional Geographer" titled "Geography, Race, and Quantification." | September 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jeff Williams, Professor of Anthropology to Participate in Federally Funded Comanche Language Revitalization Program | The Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration for Native Americans has funded a two-year project for $215,000 to support the revitalization of the Comanche language. Dr. Jeff Williams, Professor and Chair in Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, will serve as External Evaluator for the project and be directly involved in the work to revitalize the Comanche language. Comanche has less than 25 fluent speakers and the HHS grant will support the development of teaching materials to be implemented in the Comanche language curriculum at Comanche Nation College. Dr. Todd McDaniels, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at CNC, is the Project Director for the project. | September 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Human Resources, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Narissra Carter Awarded Faculty Fellow | Service Learning faculty fellow | September 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in English to Publish Article | Andrew Husband, Ph.D. student in American Literature in the Department of English, will publish "Postcolonial 'Greenery': Surreal Garden Imagery in Nuruddin Farah's Maps" in the journal Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE). | September 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| History Research Grant Put to Good Use | History PhD Candidate, David C. McDaniel, uses grant for 10-week Research Trip to Spain | September 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Student Achievements | ||
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| Sean Grass Publishes Article | Dr. Sean Grass, Associate Professor of Nineteenth Century British Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English, has published the article "Great Expectations, Self-narration, and the Power of the Prison" in the collection Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame, edited by Jan Alber and Frank Lauterbach (University of Toronto Press, 2009), pp. 171-190. | September 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Laura Beard Gives Keynote Address and Inaugurates New Book in Brazil | Dr. Laura Beard, Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese in CMLL, was an invited keynote speaker at I ENCULT, a conference on literature, culture, and translation at the Federal University of Paraiba in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, September 9-11. She presented a talk entitled "Translating Cultures: Ethical Issues in Teaching Life Narratives from Other Cultures." Her new book, "Acts of Narrative Resistance: Women's Autobiographical Writings in the Americas" (University of Virginia Press, 2009), was launched at the "lancamento dos livros" as part of the conference activities. | September 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Hafid Gafaiti Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Prestigious Journal |
As of July 2009, Hafid Gafaiti, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Professor, Horn Professor of Romance Languages and Qualia Professor of French in CMLL, is the new the Editor-in-Chief of "Nouvelles Etudes Francophones," the journal of the Conseil International d'Etudes Francophones (CIEF). The official journal of the CIEF, this is one of the most important publications in the field of French and Francophone Studies in the world publishing two issues annually along with special issues on French language, French and Francophone literatures, social sciences, and cultures of Francophone countries and regions. "Nouvelles Etudes Francophones" is distributed internationally to the members of CIEF, to libraries, private and governmental organizations, learned societies and multidisciplinary journals. The journal is indexed by the MLA Directory of Periodicals and is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ). Since 2001, Hafid Gafaiti has been also been the Director of "Etudes Transnationales, Francophones et Comparées / Transnational, Francophone and Comparative Studies," a book series published by L'Harmattan Press simultaneously in Paris, Budapest, Turin, and several African countries. |
September 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Gary Elbow Appointed to Test Development Committee | Dr. Gary S. Elbow, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Texas Tech University and a professor in the Department of Economics and Geography, has been named to the Test Development Committee responsible for guiding the content and policies of the College Board⿿s College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam in Social Sciences and History. The committee appointment is for one year, renewable for up to four years. | September 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Les Podlog Presents Paper for AAASP | Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, presents paper for the Annual Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 16. The paper was titled "What can I do to help my child? The injured adolescent athlete and the role of parental support." | September 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Klaus Becker Named Interim Chair of Economics and Geography | Professor Klaus Becker has been named as the Interim Chair of Economics and Geography. Dr. Becker received his PhD in Economics from The University of Kansas in 1987 and joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1989. | September 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Kent Pearce Appointed Chair of Mathematics & Statistics | Professor Kent Pearce has been appointed as Chair of Mathematics & Statistics. Dr. Pearce received his Ph.D. in mathematics from State University of New York at Albany in 1980 and joined the faculty at Texas Tech University in that same year. | September 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Gives Invited Talk in Italy | Edward Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, gave an invited talk entitled, "Probing Nanostructural Organization in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids Using Optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy," at the 6th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems in Rome, Italy on August 31-September 5, 2009. | September 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Barbara P. Weinlich Presents Invited Paper | Dr. Barbara P. Weinlich, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of CMLL, presented an invited paper in the colloquium series of the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin on Friday, September 11. The title of her talk was "Geographical Games and Social Constructs: The Rhetoric of Dominion in Propertius 3.13 and 14." | September 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Clyde F. Martin Reappointed Adjunct Professor | Clyde F. Martin, Horn Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was reappointed as an Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston. | September 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| G. Brock Williams Presents a Lecture | On 5 August 2009, G. Brock Williams, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, gave a presentation at the conference "Circle Packing, the Riemann-Hilbert Problem, and Conformal Geometry" held at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. The conference was organized by Technische Universitat Bergakademie Freiberg and Universität Würzburg. Professor Williams's presentation was titled "Gluing Operations on Circle Packings". | September 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Francesca di Poppa Publishes Article on Spinoza | Francesca di Poppa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will publish her article "Abraham Cohen Herrera: A Possible Source for Spinoza⿿s Concept of the Attributes" in the Winter 2010 issue of American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. | September 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Article | Jessicca Daigle Vidrine, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the article "Notions on Marriage: Bisexual Desires and Spinsterhood as Artistic and Intellectual Genius in Louisa May Alcott's Diana and Persis and 'Happy Women'" in Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. | September 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Rhonda Boros Presents Paper at the American Society of Biomechanics | Rhonda Boros, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences, presented a research paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics in University Park, PA. The paper entitled "Impact Forces during Ballet: Implications for Injury" was co-authored with graduate student Lindsey Skelton from the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. | September 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Barbara Hahn Comments at Business History Event in Italy | Barbara Hahn, assistant professor of History, was invited to comment on a panel at the joint meeting of the Business History Conference and the European Business History Association that was held in May in Milano, Italy. | September 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Elected to the Board of Safety and Protective Products | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Safety & Protective Fabrics Division of the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), Roseville, MN. | September 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| History M.A. Graduate Publishes Journal Article | Jonathan B. Crider, a recent M.A. graduate in history at TTU under the direction of Drs. Gretchen Adams, Mark Stoll, and Catherine Miller of that department has a article in the September 2009 volume of the journal American Nineteenth Century History (vol. 10:3, pg. 317-332). The article, "De Bow's Revolution: The Memory of the American Revolution in the Politics of the Sectional Crisis, 1850-1861," was drawn from his TTU thesis research with the assistance of Dr. Adams. Mr. Crider is beginning the doctoral program at Temple University this fall. | September 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Alumni Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Curtis Bauer to Have Translation Published |
Dr. Curtis Bauer, Assistant Professor of English and Spanish, has had a translated poem accepted for publication by the literary magazine CIRCUMFERENCE. CIRCUMFERENCE is devoted to presenting translations of new work being written around the globe, new visions of classical poems, and translations of foreign language poets of the past who have fallen under the radar of American readers. Bauer's translation is "October, Month Without Gods" from the Spanish "Octubre, Mes Sin Dioses" by Juan Antonio Gonzalez Iglesias. |
September 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Laura Beard Publishes Book |
Dr. Laura Beard, Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese in CMLL, has published "Acts of Narrative Resistance: Women's Autobiographical Writings in the Americas," with the University of Virginia Press, in the American Literatures Initiative Series. In her book, she studies three specific genres of life narratives, taking as examples texts written by women writers in Argentina, Brazil, and Indigenous Canada. |
September 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Alberto Julian Perez Publishes Book | Dr. Julian Perez, Professor of Spanish in CMLL, has published a book that is a collection of essays on Spanish American poetry entitled "Revolucion poetica y modernidad periferica: Ensayos de poesia hispanoamericana" [Poetic Revolution and Peripheral Modernity: Essays on Hispanic-American Poetry]. The book is published by Editorial Corregidor of Buenos Aires. The book includes Professor Perez' essays on Romanticism, Modernismo, the Spanish American Avant Garde, Post Modern poetry, and popular poetry. Writers studied in the book are Dario, Vallejo, Neruda, Paz, Parra, Borges, and others. The book is available at Amazon.com. | August 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Featured at India Student Association Annual Event, JASHNN-09 | Texas Tech Provost Bob Smith was the Chief Guest and keynote speaker for JASHNN-09, an annual gala of TTU's India Student Association (ISA) on August 29, 2009, at TTU. Dr. Ronald J. Kendall, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Toxicology, and Director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) gave a presentation on TIEHH's research successes and international outreach, particularly to India. | August 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Other News | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication Wins STAGE Scholarship | Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D. student in Technical Communication in the Department of English, is the recipient of a STAGE (Step Towards Assisting Graduate Education) scholarship, which is funded by the TTU Student Government Association. The award is $1000 and includes a waiver of out-of-state-tuition. | August 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication Wins Helen Hodges Scholarship | Debra Burleson, Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication in the Department of English, is a recipient of a $1250 scholarship from the Helen Hodges Educational Charitable Trust. | August 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jason Wasserman Publishes Article in Qualitative Sociology | Dr. Jason Wasserman, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, published an article in current issue of Qualitative Sociology. The title of the article, "Problematics of grounded theory: innovations for developing an increasingly regorous qualitative method," with Jeffrey Michael Clair and Kenneth L. Wilson. The piece presents Wasserman and colleagues' fractal method for analyzing complex phenomena. | August 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Seiichi Nagihara Works to Restore Data from Apollo Missions | Seiichi Nagihara is taking part in the NASA project to restore and reanalyze the geophysical data from the Apollo missions. | August 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Lynne Fallwell, History, Interviewed by U.S. Holocaust Museum | Dr. Lynne Fallwell, History, interviewed by U.S. Holocaust Museum | August 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Genaro Perez Serves on Textbook Review Panel for the State of Texas |
Professor Genaro J. Perez of CMLL was appointed to the State Textbook Review Panel for Proclamation 2010. He served on the review panel for Literature, Grade 12, which met in Austin during the week of July 6 - 10, 2009. A state review panel member occupies one of the most influential advisory positions in Texas education. He played an important role in determining which instructional materials will be used by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for the next few years. As a member of the State Review Panel, his responsibilities included reviewing and evaluating instructional materials submitted for the November 2009 adoption by the State Board of Education. As a review panelist, he determined the extent to which instructional materials cover the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). He was also charged with identifying factual errors in the assigned materials. |
August 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Wins $25K Rotary Scholarship | Jake Ricafrente, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the recipient of a 2010-11 $25K Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship. | August 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Carmen Pereira-Muro Publishes Article | Dr. Carmen Pereira-Muro, Assistant Professor of Spanish in CMLL, will be publishing an article in the "Hispanic Review," a journal published by the University of Pennsylvania. The article is entitled "Maravillosas supercherias: genero sexual y nacionalismo en los 'Apuntes autobiograficos' de Pardo Bazan y 'Trafalgar' de Galdos" (Wonderful Lies: Gender and Nationalism in Pardo Bazan's "Autobiographical Notes" and in Galdos' "Trafalgar"). The article is scheduled to appear in the Winter Issue of 2010. | August 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Antonio Ladeira Publishes Article | Dr. Antonio Ladeira, Associate Professor of Portuguese in CMLL, has published an article on the Luso-Brazilian writer Jorge de Sena, titled "Alegories and Mythologies of Masculinity in 'Homenagem ao Papagaio Verde,'" which was included in the volume "Jorge de Sena: New Perspectives, 30 years later," published by the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal (2009). | August 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Janet Perez and Genaro Perez Publish Volume | Horn Professor and Qualia Chair Janet Perez and Professor Genaro J. Perez of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures have edited and published "Monographic Review (Volume XXIV) entitled "Pestilence, Catastrophe and Destruction in Hispanic Literature." Volume XXV of the "Monographic Review" will treat the theme of "Kitsch, Cursi, 'High' and 'Low' Fashion in Hispanic Literature." | August 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Patrick M. McLaurin Presents Research Poster at National Meeting | Mr. Patrick M. McLaurin, Graduate Student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry under the supervision of Associate Professor Jorge A. Morales, presented the research poster: "Electron Nuclear Dynamics of H+ + N2O, H+ + CO2 , and H+ + CF4 Collisions (ELab = 30 eV)" at the American Chemical Society's 238th National Meeting in Washington DC, August 19, 2009. | August 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Jorge A. Morales Presents Research Talk at National Meeting | Dr. Jorge A. Morales, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, presented the research talk: "Coherent-States Approach to Chemical Dynamics: From Proton-Molecule Reactions to Quantum/Classical Charge-Equilibration Models" at the American Chemical Society's 238th National Meeting in Washington DC, August 17, 2009. | August 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Professor George Cobb Elected to Lead Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, North America | George Cobb, Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has been elected President-Elect of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America. | August 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Moira Ridley Receives NSF Grant | Dr. Moira Ridley, Department of Geosciences, received an NSF grant to investigate "Ion adsorption on Nanocrystalline Mineral Surfaces: Towards a Fundamental Understanding of Nanoparticles in the Environment". | August 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Kyle Wiens Presents Paper at Workshop | Kyle Wiens, Dept. of Geosciences--Atmospheric Science Group, presented a paper "Are Inverted Polarity Thunderstorms due to Exceptionally Large Liquid Water Contents?" at the Telluride Science Research Center Workshop. | August 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Two Creative Writing Students Win TACWT Awards | Two Ph.D. students in Creative Writing from the Department of English are recipients of the 2009 TACWT (Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers) awards for graduate poetry and graduate nonfiction writing: Jessicca Vidrine (poetry: "Shadows of Winter in the Laundry," nominated by Dr. Jacqueline Kolosov-Wenthe) and Sara Richardson (nonfiction: "Getting into the Business," nominated by Dr. Jill Patterson). | August 25, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Kyle Wiens to Serve on Lightning Sensor Review Panel | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) invited Kyle Wiens, Atmospheric Sciences group, Department of Geosciences, to serve as a member of the GOES-R satellite's Independent Verification and Validation team. | August 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Receives Support from USDA through International Cotton Research Center at Texas Tech | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has received continued funding from USDA through the International Cotton Research Center (ICRC) at Texas Tech. | August 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Receives Two Grants from State Support Program of Cotton Incorporated | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Assocaite Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has had two grants approved from Cotton Incorporated through the Texas State Support Committee. | August 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Ron Milam, to Deliver Keynote Speech to the Graduating Officer Candidate Class at Ft. Benning, GA. | Dr. Ron Milam, assistant professor of history, will deliver the keynote speech at the formal banquet of the graduating Officer Candidate Class at Ft. Benning, GA. | August 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| MATC Graduates Wins $5500 for South Plains Food Bank | Sharba Chowdhury, a Spring 2009 graduate with the M.A. in Technical Communication from the Department of English, has won a $5500 grant for the South Plains Food Bank from Share Our Strength (a national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger). Sharba's grant is the first time that SPFB has been awarded funds from Share Our Strength. | August 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Fundraising Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Bolanle A. Olaniran Named as Interim Chair of Communication Studies | Professor Bolanle Olaniran assumed the position of Interim Chair of the Department of Communication Studies on August 17m 2009. | August 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| National Science Foundation Awards Grant to Support STEM Initiative |
The NSF had announced an award of $977,962 for a project, entitled "ISISP: Integrated STEM Initiative on the South Plains." The PI for his grant is President Guy H. Bailey and Co-PI's are Jaclyn Canas, Jerry Dwyer, Juan Munoz, and Lawrence Schovanec. |
August 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Lightning Research Antenna Installed | In collaboration with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kyle Wiens (Geosciences-Atmospheric Science) has installed a lightning research antenna on the roof of the Business Administration building. | August 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Patrick Hughes Appointed Assistant Dean | Patrick Hughes was recently named the Assistant Dean for College Programs for the College of Outreach and Distance Education (CODE). From 2007 until his move to CODE, he also served as the department chair in Communication Studies. Hughes¹ primary responsibility will be to oversee operations and advising for the Bachelor of General Studies (BGS). He will also work with other colleges to develop additional academic programs. | August 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Geosciences Receives Support for Ogallala Study | Prof. Tom Lehman has received support from the U.S. Geological Survey for a five-year study of the mineralogy of the Ogallala Formation. | August 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Fundraising Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Janet Perez Presents Two Papers and Is Honored at Conference | Horn Professor Janet Perez [Classical & Modern Languages] attended the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese annual meetings in Albuquerque and presented a paper entitled "Al volver la esquina: The Enigmatic final novel of Carmen Laforet in Context." In addition, Dr. Perez participated in a special session organized by Spain's Ministry of Culture featuring contemporary Spanish novelist Clara Sanchez and read the paper, "Tiempo, memoria, vision y emocion: Clara Sanchez y el camino al saber" [Time, Memory, Vision and Emotion: Clara Sanchez and the Road to Knowing]. At this same conference, Professor Perez was presented the first AATSP Outstanding Service Award for her service as Editor of the Association's official journal, Hispania, 2001-2009. | August 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Luis Ignacio (Inaki) Pradanos Makes Two Presentations at Conference | Luis Ignacio Pradanos, doctoral student in Spanish in the Department of Classical & Modern Languages, attended the recent annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese, held in Albuquerque July 8-12. He presented a poster session, "Teaching the History of Contemporary Spain through its Cultural Manifestations," and also presented a paper, "Belen Gopegui y la globalizacion: La re-politizacion de la economia" [Belen Gopegu and Globalization: The Repoliticization of the Economy]. | August 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Mark Webb Appointed as Chair of Philosophy | Dr. Mark Webb assumed the position as Chair of the Department of Philosophy, July 15, 2009. Dr. Webb received the Ph.D. From the University of Syracuse in 1991 and joined the faculty at Texas Tech University in 1994. | August 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Professor Roger Lichti to Serve as Chair of Department of Physics |
Dr. Roger Lichti has accepted the appointment as Chair of Physics, effective September 1, 2009. Professor Lichti received his PhD in solid state Physics from the University of Illinois in 1972 and joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1979. |
August 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Interview with Sung-Won Lee and Richard Wigmans Featured in Lubbock Avalanche Journal |
An interview with TTU High Energy Physicists, Dr. Sung-Won Lee and Dr. Richard Wigmans, were featured in the August 10 issue of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal. The interview covers the recent news on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) and discusses their research on the LHC-CMS experiment at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, Switzerland) entitled "Hadron fix may prove Big Bang". |
August 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Jorge A. Morales Publishes Paper in Honor of Professor Frank Harris | Dr. Jorge A. Morales, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has published the paper: "Dynamics for the Dynamic Frank Harris: Exploring H+ + CF4 at Elab = 20 and 30 eV," in the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 13, 3026⿿3035 (2009). Coauthors include: Buddhadev Maiti, Patrick M. McLaurin, Raymond Sadeghi and S. Ajith Perera. | August 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| John Beusterien Publishes Book Review and Article | John Beusterien, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Classical Modern Languages and Literatures has published an article and book review in the Spring 2009 issue of "Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America." The article "Did Cervantes Stutter?" argues that Miguel de Cervantes was a stutterer. The book review discusses Jose R. Cartagena Calderon's "Masculinidad en obras: El drama de la hombria en la España imperial" [Masculinity in Works: The Drama of Manliness in Imperial Spain]. | August 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Victoria Surliuga Publishes Article |
Dr. Victoria Surliuga, Assistant Professor of Italian in the Department of CMLL, has published an article on the relationship between the cinema of Federico Fellini and the Venetian poetry of Andrea Zanzotto, "Simulation and Ekphrasis: Zanzotto's Poetry in Fellini's Casanova," in "Literature and Film Quarterly" 37.3 (2009): 224-233. |
August 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Les Podlog has Poster Accepted for the APA | Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, has poster accepted for the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual conference in Toronto, Canada in August, 2009. The paper is titled "Adolescent athletes' return to sport from injury: A parental perspective." | August 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Appointed to a Peer-Reviewed Science and Technology Journal Published from India | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been appointed to the Editorial Board of The Indian Journal of Engineering, Science, and Technology (ISSN: 0793-6255), a peer-reviewed journal published in India. | August 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication Publishes Article | Robert Schafer, Ph.D. student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English, has published the article "Introducing Heuristics of Cultural Dimensions into the Service-Level Technical Communication Classroom" in Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 39.3 (2009): 305-319. | August 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Mara Neusel Visits Yale University | Mara Neusel, Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has for Fall 2009 a visiting appointment at Yale University. While there, she will teach (in the mathematics department) a graduate course on Invariant Theory and an undergraduate course on Set Theory. Additionally, she will be engaged in research with members of the Yale faculty and students, including Professor Roger Howe, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. | August 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| MAA PREP Workshop Conducted | On 10-12 July 2009, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosted the workshop, "Mathematical Modeling in Population Biology and Epidemiology", sponsored by the MAA Professional Enhancement Program. Twenty-six professors from universities across the United States attended the workshop. Organizers and lecturers for this workshop included Sophia R-J Jang, Linda J. S. Allen, Lih-Ing W. Roeger, and Edward J. Allen from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Richard E. Strauss from the Department of Biological Sciences. More information about the workshop can be found at the website: http://www.math.ttu.edu/current/MAAPREP/MathematicalModeling/ | August 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Edward Allen Publishes Book on Numerical Analysis | Edward J. Allen, Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, along with co-authors, recently published a lengthy treatise on numerical analysis with CRC press. The book Classical and Modern Numerical Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice, A.S. Ackleh, E.J. Allen, R.B. Kearfott, P. Seshaiyer, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (2009) will serve as both a text and reference guide for the discipline. | August 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Mary Jane Hurst Publishes Essay | Dr. Mary Jane Hurst, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English and 2009-2010 ACE Fellow, has published the essay "Mentor Yourself" in Inside Higher Ed. The essay is available at http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/29/hurst. | August 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Dennis Patterson Appointed Chair of Political Science | Dr. Lawrence Schovanec, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences appointed Dr. Dennis Patterson as Chair of Political Science. | August 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Dr. Melanie Hart named as Interim Chair of Health, Exercise and Sport |
Dr. Lawrence Schovanec, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences appointed Dr. Melanie Hart as Interim Chair of the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences effective August 10, 2009. |
August 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Paul Whitfield Horn Professor Susan S. Hendrick named as Chair of Psychology | Dr. Lawrence Schovanec, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences appointed Dr. Susan Hendrick as the new chair of the Department of Psychology, effective August 3. | August 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Human Resources | ||
| Categories: New Appointments | ||
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| Barbara Weinlich Presents Paper in Wales | Barbara P. Weinlich, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of CMLL, presented a paper at "Asterisks and Obelisks: Classical Receptions in Children⿿s Literature," an international conference hosted by the Department of Classics, University of Wales Lampeter (UK), 6-10 July 2009, in collaboration with the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham. The title of her paper was "Greece! Rome! Monsters! ⿿ Uncanny Encounters in the 21st Century." | August 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Barbara Weinlich Presents Paper in London | Barbara P. Weinlich, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of CMLL, presented a paper at the Pacific Rim Roman Literature Seminar 2009 "Utopia and Dystopia in Roman Literature," hosted by University College London (UK), 7-9 July 2009. The title of her talk was "The Dimension(s) of Utopia in Moralistic Discourse: Mythic Past and Contemporary Rome in Propertius 3.13." | August 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Sara Spurgeon Publishes Article | Dr. Sara Spurgeon, Associate Professor of Literature of the Southwest in the Department of English, has published the article "Miracles in the Desert: Literature, Water, and Public Discourse in the American West" in the Summer 2009 issue of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE). | August 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Les Podlog Presents Poster in Austin | Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, presented a poster in Austin, Texas for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), in June, 2009. The paper was titled "An Examination of Adolescent Athlete Injury Experiences: An Australian Perspective." | August 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Les Podlog Presents Paper in Morocco | Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, presented a paper in Marrakesh, Morocco for the 12th International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) in June, 2009. The paper was titled "Coach perceptions of psychological skills training interventions for assisting injured athletes." | July 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bill Hase Organizes the NSF/PIRE Workshop in Pisa | Bill Hase, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, and Prof. Maurizio Persico, University of Pisa, organized the NSF/PIRE Workshop "Theoretical and Computational Studies of Electronic Non-Adiabatic Dynamics, Charge Transfer, and Molecular-Surface Collisions" held at the University of Pisa, July 21-22, 2009. Dr. George Barnes and Kyoyeon Park, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, presented talks at the Workshop. | July 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition | ||
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| Richard Bartsch Presents Invited Talk in Seoul, South Korea | At the 10th International Conference on Calixarenes in Seoul, South Korea on July 12-17th, Dr. Richard A. Bartsch of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry presented an Invited Talk on "Next Generation Extractants for Separation of Cesium from High-Level Waste." | July 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Richard Bartsch Presents Seminar at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan | Dr. Richard A. Bartsch of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry presented a seminar entitled "New Proton-Ionizable, Calixarene-Based Ligands for Selective Metal Ion Separations" in the Department of Materials and Life Sciences of Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. | July 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Michael Mayer Receives NSF CAREER Award | Assistant Professor Michael Mayer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been awarded a grant from the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation for a project entitled: "Preparation of Materials Composed of Mechanically Interlocked Nanoscale Species." | July 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Les Podlog Presents Paper in Norway | Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, presented a paper in Oslo, Norway for the European Congress of Sport Sciences (ECSS) in June, 2009. The paper was titled "Adolescent Athlete Concerns, Perspective and Experiences in Returning to Sport From Injury." | July 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Seshadri Ramkumar Research Receives CH Foundation Support for TIEHH Nonwoven Research | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has received a grant from The CH Foundation in the amount of $55,000. | July 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Carol Korzeniewski Receives NSF Grant | Professor Carol Korzeniewski from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been awarded a grant from the Chemistry Division at NSF for the project "Elucidating Processes that Limit Energy Transfer in Electrocatalysis". The four year project is in the amount $487,493 and will investigate catalyst and membrane materials that are integral to fuel cells. | July 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Bill Hase Presents Plenary Lecture at IBER 2009 | Bill Hase, the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, presented a Plenary Lecture at the "10th Iberian Joint Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics (IBER 2009)" held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain July 12-15, 2009. | July 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Bill Hase Presents Invited Lecture in Germany | Bill Hase, the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, presented an Invited Lecture at the meeting "Anions - From the Lab to the Stars" held in Bad Honnef, Germany June 7-11, 2009. | July 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Geographer Gets Donations for Project | Tina Delahunty of the Department of Economics and Geography recently received news of donations from Eastman Chemical and JL Darling Corporation for her geoscience curriculum development project in Tennessee. | July 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Delivers Invited Lectures in South India | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health delivered invited lecture to B. Tech students at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, South India on July 17, 2009. | July 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Horn Professor of Physics to Give Opening Talk in St. Petersburg, Russia | Dr. Stefan Estreicher, Horn Professor of Physics, will give the opening plenary talk at the 25th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors. | July 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| TTU High Energy Physicist Receives CMS Achievement Award | Dr. Efe Yazgan has been recognized for his work and received the CMS Achievement Award | July 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Staff Achievements | ||
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| HESS Faculty and Grad Student Publish Paper | Drs. Karen Meaney and Kent Griffin, faculty members in the Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, and former graduate student Heidi Bohler recently published a paper entitled "Service-Learning: A Venue for Enhancing Pre-Service Educators'⿿Knowledge Base for Teaching." The study was published in the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. | July 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Arts and Sciences Students Receive Dissertation Awards | Jennifer Huddleston received the award in Biological and Life Sciences and Jordan Cofer won the award in Humanities/Fine Arts category. | July 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Brian Yost Named Runner-Up for Outstanding Thesis Award | Brian Yost, M.A. recipient in English (May 2009), was named the runner-up in Texas Tech University's 2009 Outstanding Thesis Award in the Humanities/Fine Arts category. The award carries a prize of $500. Mr. Yost's thesis is titled "Globalization, Commercial Culture, and Contemporary U.S. Fiction." | July 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jordan Cofer Receives TTU Outstanding Dissertation Award | Jordan Cofer, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, is the recipient of Texas Tech University's 2009 Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Humanities/Fine Arts category. The award carries a prize of $1,500. The dissertation, "Flannery's Bible: Biblical Recapitulations in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor," will be the Texas Tech nominee to the national competition sponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools. | July 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Kanika Batra to Publish Book |
Dr. Kanika Batra, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature in the Department of English, will publish the book Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama: Community, Kinship, and Citizenship in 2010 in Routledge's series in Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies. |
July 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Texas Tech Hosts Summer Math Academy |
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosted a summer math academy for high school students from June 1 to June 19. Camps ran concurrently on the Texas Tech campus and at Plains High School and Cotton Center High School. A total of 28 students participated. They heard research mathematicians and scientists present their work in a form accessible to the K-12 level. Students worked with faculty on small research projects and the program concluded with a banquet, a career panel and student presentations of their work. The academy is part of the department⿿s mission of mathematical outreach to the south plains community and is funded by the Texas Workforce Commission and the Mathematical Association of America through its TENSOR/SUMMA program for attracting diverse populations into the mathematical sciences. Program directors include Victoria Howle, Brock Williams, and Jerry Dwyer (Mathematics and Statistics) and Tara Stevens (Educational Psychology). A primary lecture series ⿿Illuminating Geometry: The Shape of Reality was delivered by Dr. Jeffrey Lee (Mathematics and Statistics). Further details are on the website http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/jedwyer/ttu-sma.html |
June 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| TIEHH Receives Two Competitive Texas Department of Agriculture Grants | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH)has received two competitive grants from the Food and Fibers Research Grant Program of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). | June 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Financial Stability | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| History Graduate Student John Southard Wins Fellowship from USMC | History grad student John Southard wins fellowship from USMC | June 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Howard Curzer Presents Talks on Confucian Ethics | Howard Curzer, Professor of Philosophy, delivered two talks at a workshop on Confucian Ethics at Montana State University on June 18-19. The titles were, "Philosophical Dialog with China? Shut Up and Eat Your Rice!" and "Take Your Job and Shove It: Mencius on Resigning." | June 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH TO COHOST TECHNICAL TEXTILES WORKSHOP IN INDIA | The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been promoting the growth of technical textiles for the past five years. In particular, TIEHH is actively engaged in INDO-US partnership and has been conducting conferences in this field in India for the past five years. This year, TIEHH is collaborating with Bangalore based TecniTex Nonwovens, Pvt Ltd, and will organize a focused workshop in Coimbatore, India from July 3-4, 2009. | June 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication to Publish Article |
Ryan Hoover, Ph.D. student in Technical Communication in the Department of English, will publish the article "The Impact of NSF and NIH Websites on Researcher Ethics" in a 2010 issue of the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. |
June 25, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Punyanunt Carter Publishes Two Articles |
Dr. Narissra Punyanunt-Carter published two articles: (1) Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., & Carter, S. L. (In press). What Do Children Learn About Prosocial Behavior From the Media? American Academy of Special Education Professionals. October 1 -Fall Edition. (2) Punyanunt-Carter, N. M. (In Press). Understanding Communication Motives. Texas Speech Communication Journal. |
June 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Students Chosen for ARCS Scholarships | Richie Erickson, Les McDaniel, and Kathryn Brausch, all graduate students in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), have received ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) scholarships for 2009-2010 from the ARCS Foundation. | June 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Jorge A. Morales Directs the Summer Research Academy for Theoretical & Computational Chemistry 2009 | The Summer Research Academy for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (SRATCC) 2009 is running from June 15 to July 9 under the direction of Dr. Jorge A. Morales, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Chemistry professors David Birney, Greg Gellene, Bill Hase, Bill Poirier, and Ed Quitevis are collaborators for the program. SRATCC 2009 encourages broadening participation in theoretical and computational chemistry research of local high school students and teachers | June 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| TIEHH Personnel Serve as Elected Members of ISA | Mr. Appachi Arunachalman, a visiting scholar at TIEHH and a TTU graduate student, has been elected as President of the India Student Association (ISA). Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at TIEHH, has been elected a faculty advisor of ISA. | June 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Student Access and Diversity, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Gary Harris Elected as Director | Gary Harris, Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been elected as Level III Director on the Board of Directors of the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The Level-III Director represents those members of the Texas Section whose teaching and/or interests encompass a full range mathematics programs extending to the doctoral level. | June 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Biological Sciences Graduate student Receives ARSCS Scholarship | Natasja van Gestel, a PhD graduate student working with Dr. John Zak and Dr. David Tissue, was awarded an ARCS Scholarship for the 2010 academic year. Natasja is examining the relationships among soil temperatures, soil microbial dynamics, and plant growth and physiology as they control ecosystem dynamics in a shrub dominated area in the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend National Park. | June 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Students Receive TWRI Grants | Deborah Carr and Adcharee Karnjanapiboonwong, both graduate students in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) have each received a grant from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Texas A&M University, to support their research. | June 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Presents Poster in Cairns, Australia | Ed Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, presented a poster on "Intermolecular Vibrational Motions of Solute Molecules Confined in Nonpolar Domains of Ionic Liquids" at the 3rd Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-3) in Cairns, Australia on May 31-June 4, 2009. | June 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Lourdes Juan Presents Lecture at Workshop | On 13 May, Lourdes Juan, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, gave a presentation "Picard-Vessiot extensions with specified Galois group" at the satellite workshop "Algebraic Theory of Difference Equations" in Leeds. This workshop was in association with a semester long program on "Discrete Integrable Systems" at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge. | June 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Texas Tech Student on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | First student from Texas Tech to serve on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | June 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jorge A. Morales Publishes Paper in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A | Dr. Jorge A. Morales, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has recently published as a sole author the research article: "Valence-Bond/Coherent-States Approach to the Charge Equilibration Model: I. Valence-Bond Models for Diatomic Molecules", Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113, 6004-6015 (2009). This paper is the first in a series of coming papers dealing with a novel coherent-states approach to quantum/classical models that describes electron-transfer reactions. | June 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Jorge A. Morales Presents an Invited Research Talk | Dr. Jorge A. Morales, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, presented the invited research talk: "Coherent-States Approach to Chemical Dynamics: From Proton-Molecule Reactions to Quantum/Classical Charge-Equilibration Models", in the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina, May 20, 2009. | June 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Chemist Dimitri Pappas Serves on NIH Study Section | Dimitri Pappas, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been invited to served on an NIH study section panel entitled "Bioanalytical Chemistry and Biophysics" this summer. | June 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Wins Poetry Prize | Brent Newsom, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the recipient of the Foley Poetry Award, which includes a prize of $1000 and publication in America: The National Catholic Weekly. | June 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Graduate Student Receives Award | JJ Griffin, a graduate student in the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, was recently honored at the 1st Annual TECHspy Awards Ceremony held at the United Spirit Arena and hosted by the Athletics Department. Griffin received "Top Graduating Senior" for academic achievements while a member of the football team. Dr. Jim Williams of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences attended the awards ceremony as Griffin⿿s "Favorite Professor." | June 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Graduate Student Presents at National Meeting | Shannon Jordan, a recent graduate of the Exercise Physiology program (Department of Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences), presented her thesis data at the 56th Annual American College of Sports Medicine Meeting in Seattle, WA. The presentation was entitled "The Effects of Green Tea Extract Supplementation on Markers of Muscle Injury and Oxidative Stress." Co-authors include Drs. Robert Sawyer (thesis chair), Jim Williams, and Jacalyn McComb. Jordan is currently a doctoral student in the Exercise Physiology program at Texas Woman's University. | June 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Graduate Student Presents at National Meeting | Derek Pugh, a recent graduate of the Exercise Physiology program (Department of Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences), presented his thesis data at the 56th Annual American College of Sports Medicine Meeting in Seattle, WA. The presentation was entitled "Green Tea Extract Improves Cycling Time-Trial Performance at Simulated Altitude." Co-authors include Drs. Jim Williams (thesis chair), Robert Sawyer and Rick Carter and graduate students Charles Gremillion and Dustin Loftis. Pugh is currently a doctoral student in the Integrative Biology program at UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas. | June 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Jim Williams Publishes Article | Dr. Jim Williams, Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, has published an article in Sleep Review. The article is entitled "The State of Obesity." Co-authors include Drs. Rick Carter and Anna Tacon, also of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences. | June 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Online Ph.D. Students Create Science Spectrum Computer Exhibit | The TTU Department of English Technical Communication and Rhetoric Online Ph.D. Program, with support from the College of Outreach and Distance Education, created a computer installation called "iPLAY" for the Science Spectrum. The installation, incorporating XO Laptops from the One Laptop Per Child initiative, fosters play with computers while teaching others about the history of computers. A "making of" video is available at http://media.english.ttu.edu/faculty/rice/5365/sciencespectruminstallation.wmv. | June 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Sara Spurgeon Publishes Article | Dr. Sara Spurgeon, Associate Professor of Literature of the Southwest in the Department of English, has published the article "The Cyborg Coyote: Generating Theory in the Borderlands" in the Spring 2009 issue of Southwestern American Literature. | June 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Guigen Li Receives NIH Grant | Dr. Guigen Li, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry has received an NIH R03 grant entitled "Searching for Novel Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Agents." The grant is for the amount of $395,400 for two years. The purpose of the grant is to design and synthesize novel analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents by using new synthetic methods developed by Dr. Li⿿s research group. | June 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Geography and Education Professors Conduct Workshop for Tennessee Teachers | Tina Delahunty of the Dept. of Economics and Geography and Reese Todd of the College of Education held a professional development workshop in May for teachers in Tennessee. | May 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Mara Neusel Visits Hacettepe University | During the month of June 2009, Mara Neusel, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will visit Hacettepe University at Ankara, Turkey. During her visit, she will give a short course on "Invariant Theory" and consult with the faculty on common research interests. The visit is paid for by TUBITAK (the turkish equivalent of NSF). | May 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Alexander Solynin Gave an Invited Talk at the International Conference in Israel | On 19 May 2009, Alexander Solynin, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, gave an invited talk on "Some recent results in classical complex analysis" at the International Conference "Complex Analysis and Dynamical Systems IV" held on 18-22 May 2009 in Nahariya, Israel. Dr. Solynin also chaired a session at this conference. | May 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Receives Environmental Award | The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University was selected to receive the 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Award in Education by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Governor Rick Perry. | May 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News, Staff Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| "Fibertect" Wipe Makes Its Exposition Debut in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 2009 Trade Fair | "Fibertect" wipe technology make its marketing showcase debut at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 2009 Trade Fair in Austin May 12-14, 2009. | May 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Other News | ||
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| Rich Rice Appointed to State Textbook Review Panel | Dr. Rich Rice, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the Department of English, has been appointed to the State Textbook Review Panel for Proclamation 2010, to serve specifically on the review panel for AP English Language. | May 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Katie Langford's Service Learning Class Raises Money for Breedlove | Dr. Katie Langford, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, taught a service learning based course in which student raised money and planned a volunteer recruitment initiative for Breedlove Foods, Inc. | May 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Anna Ribeiro Publishes Essay on Poetry | Anna Christina Ribeiro, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, has published the "Poetry" entry in the BLACKWELL COMPANION TO AESTHETICS, Second Edition, edited by Stephen Davies, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Robert Hopkins, Robert Stecker, and David E. Cooper | May 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Jane Winer Receives the Honors College Award | Dr. Jane Winer, Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences was given the "Extraordinary Service to the Honors College" award at the spring 2009 graduation banquet of the Honors College. The award was presented by Dr. Gary Bell, Dean of the Honors College. Please follow the link to read the complete text of Dean Bell's presentation. | May 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bill Hase and George Barnes' Invited Article Published in Nature Chemistry | Nature Chemistry, a new publication by Nature, recently published the invited News&Views article "Transition State Analysis. Bent Out of Shape", vol.1, page 103 (2009), by George L. Barnes and William L. Hase, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. | May 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Antonio Ladeira Publishes Poems in 'Prairie Schooner' |
Antonio Ladeira, Associate Professor of Portuguese in CMLL, published four of his poems in English translation in the latest issue of the literary journal "Prairie Schooner" (University of Nebraska, Lincoln). Dr. Ladeira also served as translator and co-editor of the Portuguese and Portuguese-American poetry section that was included in this edition of the journal. |
May 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| 7th Emmy Noether Mathematics High School Day | The 7th Emmy Noether Mathematics High School Day was hosted on 6 May 2009 by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech University. | May 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Arne Ledet Presents Lecture | On 4 April 2009, Arne Ledet, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, gave a presentation at a Special Session on Brauer Groups, Quadratic Forms, Algebraic Groups and Lie Algebras. The special session was held at a sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society (which was held at North Carolina State University) and Professor Ledet's presentation was titled "Spin_7 as a differential Galois group". | May 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Kanika Batra to Publish Article | Dr. Kanika Batra, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature in the Department of English, will publish the article "The Home, the Veil and the World: Reading Ismat Chughtai towards a 'Progressive' History of the Indian Women's Movement" in the journal Feminist Review. | May 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Political Science Graduate Students Receive Research Awards | 2009 Summer Dissertation/Thesis Research Awards | May 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Graduate in Technical Communication to Publish Articles | Kevin Garrison, new Ph.D. graduate in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from the Department of English, has two articles accepted for publication: "An Empirical Analysis of Using Text-to-Speech Software to Revise First-Year College Students' Essays" in Computers and Composition and "Perpetuating the Technological Ideology: An Ellulian Critique of Feenberg's Democratized Rationalization" in Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Katie Smith Takes 2nd at Poster Competition | Katie Smith, doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, took second place in the multi-disciplinary category at the 8th Annual Graduate School Research Poster competition at TTU. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jennifer Green Wins Graduate School Poster Competition | Jennifer Green, doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, took first place in the multi-disciplinary category of the 8th Annual Gradaute School Research poster competition at TTU. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Psychology Graduate Students Present at Conferences | A number of doctoral students in the Department of Psychology presented posters and papers at conferences this past month. Diane Hooten presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Conference in Austin. Phil Smith Erin Schlegel and Danielle Jahn all presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference in San Francisco and John Morris presented at the Sixth Annual One-Day Symposium on Human Factors in Houston. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Chris Robitschek Publishes Paper | Dr. Chris Robitschek, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "Keyes's model of mental health with personal growth initiative as a parsimonious predictor" in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 321-329. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Jessecae Marsh Publishes Paper | Dr. Jessecae Marsh, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "Spontaneous assimilation of continuous values and temporal information in causal induction" in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 25, 334-352. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Erin Hardin Publishes Paper | Dr. Erin Hardin, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, had a paper entitled "The integrated self-discrepancy index: A reliable and valid measure of self-discrepances" published in the Journal of Personality Assessment, 91, 245-253. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Roman Taraban Receives Fulbright Award to India | Dr. Roman Taraban, professor in the Department of Psychology, has received a Fulbright award to India for the 2009-2010 academic year. | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Students Participate in Tox Expo | The Llano Estacado Student Chapter for the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (LE-SETAC) sponsored the 9th Annual Toxicology Expose⿿ Symposium on April 15, 2009, at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH). | May 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jane Winer and Janie Blount Honored |
Jane Winer, Dean Emeritus and Janie Blount, former Manager of Finance and Administration of the College of Arts and Sciences were honored in a reception at the National Ranching and Heritage Center on Friday May 5. The event, which was well attended by colleagues and friends from across the campus and the community, provided a fitting tribute to Jane and Janie for their many years of distinguished service. President Guy Bailey and Provost Bob Smith paid tribute to Dean Winer. Other speakers paying tribute to Jane and Janie included Otto Nelson, former Associate Dean, Susan Hendrick, Horn Professor of Psychology, and Rob Stewart, Interim Senior Vice Provost. |
May 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Other News | ||
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| Arts and Sciences Spring Commencement |
The spring commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences is scheduled for this Saturday, May 9 in the United Spirit Arena at 9:00 a.m. The graduation ceremony is one of the high points of our students¹ experiences at Texas Tech. Your attendance supports our students, their families, and the university. In addition to A&S graduates, only those from the Honors College and University Studies will be recognized. Because this is basically a ceremony for A&S graduates, your participation is especially appreciated. You are also invited to attend the A&S reception immediately following the graduation ceremony in the foyer area of Room 104 in Holden Hall. |
May 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Other News | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Receives U.S. Patent | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology and a scientist at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) recently obtained U.S. Patent 7616525 titled, ⿿Process for Making Chemical Wipes and Such Wipes. | May 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Geosciences Research Day Held | The third annual Geosciences Research Day was held on April 29. | April 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Student Access and Diversity, Technology | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Student Achievements | ||
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| HESS Students Receive Arts & Sciences Scholarship | Congratulations to the following HESS students for receiving the Arts & Sciences Academic Achievement Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year: Chelsea Bradford, Druary Shadrick, Logan Plumlee and Anna Craig. | April 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students Well Represented at Three Recent Professional Conferences | Eight sociology faculty members, 5 graduate students, and 1 undergraduate student in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work were participants at three different professional conferences this semester. Most of the 16 presentations were at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting. Other annual conferences included the Southwestern Social Science Association and the Western Social Science Association. | April 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| HESS Student Receives Award |
Chris Hearon, undergraduate student of the Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences Department, was selected as Undergraduate Scholar of the Year by the Texas chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM). The annual meeting was held February 27th in Tyler, Texas. |
April 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Amy Heuman Receives TLTC Service Learning Faculty Fellowship | Dr. Amy Heuman, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, received TLTC Service Learning Faculty Fellowship for the 09-10 academic year. "The fellowship is designed to provide support and mentorship for faculty members engaging with this very transformative pedagogy" (From award, April 10, 2009). | April 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Katie Langford Receives TLTC Service Learning Faculty Mentor Fellowship | Dr. Katie Langford, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, received TLTC Service Learning Faculty Mentor Fellowship for the 09-10 academic year. "The fellowship is designed to provide support and mentorship for faculty members engaging with this very transformative pedagogy" (From award, April 10, 2009). | April 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Receives TLTC Service Learning Faculty Mentor Fellowship | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, received TLTC Service Learning Faculty Mentor Fellowship for the 09-10 academic year. "The fellowship is designed to provide support and mentorship for faculty members engaging with this very transformative pedagogy" (From award, April 10, 2009). | April 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Appointed to Editorial Board | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar has been appointed to the Editorial Board of an India-based journal. | April 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Wendell Aycock is Honors College Faculty Member of the Year | Dr. Wendell Aycock, Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of English and Associate Dean of the Graduate School, is the Honors College Faculty Member of the Year. Dr. Aycock will be given the award at the Honors College Banquet on May 8 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. | April 22, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Serves on NSF Panel | Ed Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Joint Professor in the Department Physics, participated in the National Science Foundation Experimental Physical Chemistry Panel on April 6-7, 2009. | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Publishes Article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B | Ed Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Joint Professor in the Department Physics, published his paper entitled, "Effect of Cation Symmetry and Alkyl Chain Length on the Structure and Intermolecular Dynamics of 1,3-Dialkylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide Ionic Liquids," as an Article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, which has the highest impact factor of all the journals in physical chemistry. | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Nine Ph.D. Candidates Awarded Summer Dissertation Award | Nine Ph.D. candidates in the Department of English were awarded 2009 Summer Dissertation Awards by the Graduate School: specializing in creative writing are Ruben Quesada and Brian Thornton; in literary studies are Jeremy Bailey, Shital Dahal, Stephanie Eckroth, Quan Ha, and Ayanna Jackson; in technical communication and rhetoric are Ryan Hoover and Melonie McMichael. | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Wins Fulbright |
Brent Newsom, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the recipient of a 10-month Fulbright Award to the People's Republic of China starting in Spring 2010. |
April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in English Awarded UTA Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
Ayanna D. Jackson, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, has received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas at Arlington. She will begin this position in Fall 2009, following her graduation in August. |
April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| HESS Receives TTU Excellence in Teaching Award | The HESS Department has received the Teaching Academy's Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is presented in recognition of a department or comparable academic unit that has made unique and significant contributions to the teaching mission of the university and has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the education of students at the undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional level. The award includes $25,000 to support teaching activities/resources in the department. HESS is the 10th department to receive this award at TTU since its inception in 2000. | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| HESS Receives Play Golf America Donation | Ryder Cup team member Chad Campbell has continued his contributions to Texas Tech University through the PGA's Play Golf America University Program. This is the second time that Campbell has designed funds to Texas Tech through the Ryder Cup Outreach Program. With this year's contribution, the total donated by Campbell is $55,000. The funds will go towards the Personal Fitness & Wellness program's new golf class "Play Golf America University." | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| HESS Graduate Student Receives Award | Sport Management graduate student, Mike Black, was awarded third place in the Multi-Disciplinary 2 category at the Eighth Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition last week. The name of his topic was Documentation and Forwarding of Football Concussions Interscholastically in Texas. | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| HESS Graduate Student Receives Award | Sport Management graduate student, Nick Potter, was awarded first place in the Multi-Disciplinary 2 category at the Eighth Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition last week. The name of his topic was An Analysis of Concussion Management and Return-to-Play Protocols in Intercollegiate Football. | April 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| History Professor Featured in Texas Tech Today | Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor in the Department of History was recently featured in Texas Tech Today. | April 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Graduate Student Kenna Archer Wins Cash Family Fellowship | History PhD Student Kenna Archer was recently notified that she is the recipient of a $3000 Cash Family Fellowship from the Graduate School. | April 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| History Graduate Students Present Papers at Western Social Sciences Conference | History PhD students Kenna Archer and Jon Crider presented papers at the annual Western Social Sciences Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico April 15-18. | April 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Selected as Technology Award Recipient | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology, and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been awarded the 2009 Innovation in Technology Award, in the non-profit category, by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. | April 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Helen Morrow Presents Paper at Midwest Political Science Association Meeting |
Dr. Helen Morrow, Director of the Social Work Program, presented a paper entitled "Health Care in the Balance: A Comparison of Two Proposals for Reform" at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago on April 4th. |
April 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Robert Paine Co-authors Three Presentations |
Dr. Robert Paine, Professor of Anthropology in SASW, co-authored three presentations at the annual meeting of the Association of Physical Anthropologists held in Chicago, IL on April 1-4. His papers are listed as follows: ⿿Slow bone turnover rates in prehistoric skeletal samples: Supporting evidence for the impact of pellagra and malnutrition on maize-dependent populations. ⿿The state of health of Roman Republic to Imperial Roman period burials from the necropolis of Aquinum, Italy." ⿿Injuries in Classical ballerinas relate to behavior and biomechanics. |
April 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Geosciences Ph.D. Student Receives ExxonMobil Award | Geosciences Ph.D. student Fan Jiang has received a $7500 award to support his research in geophysics from ExxonMobil's Global Geoscience Recruiting organization. | April 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources, Student Access and Diversity, Technology | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Texas Tech to Participate in Federal Field Project Uncovering the Secrets of Tornadoes | Dr. Christopher Weiss, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science at Texas Tech University, will lead a team of 18 faculty and students into the field for the Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2). | April 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Lourdes Juan presents Karcher Special Lecture at University of Oklahoma | On 14 April, Lourdes Juan, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics gave a Karcher Special Lecture at the University of Oklahoma on "Picard-Vessiot extensions with specified Galois group". Her presentation was based on joint work with Andy Magid (University of Oklahoma) and Ted Chinburg (University of Pennsylvania) and has been accepted for publication in the Pacific Journal of Mathematics. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Sean Zdenek Publishes Article | Dr. Sean Zdenek, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication in the Department of English, has published the article "Charting a Course Between Methodological Formalism and Eclecticism: Pedagogical Tensions in Three Rhetorical Analysis Textbooks" in the April 2009 issue of The Review of Communication 9(2): 188-211 (http://is.gd/sqxz). | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| John Miller Receives Award | John Miller, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, received the Charles Peter Yost Professional Service Award from the National Safety and Risk Management Council of the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Janet Perez Joins North American Academy of the Spanish Language |
Janet Perez, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Romance Languages and Qualia Chair of Spanish, has joined a prestigious group of select scholars by being elected to full membership in the North American Academy of the Spanish Language. She will receive a corresponding membership in the Royal Spanish Academy. This is a corrected version of a previous announcement. |
April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Wendell Aycock Wins CEA Professional Achievement Award | Dr. Wendell Aycock, Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of English and Associate Dean of the Graduate School, is the recipient of the College English Association's highest award, the CEA Professional Achievement Award. The award was given to Wendell at the CEA's 40th Annual Conference, March 28, in Pittsburgh. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Biology Alumni, Mr. Jesse Pruitt, to Give Special Presentation in Biological Sciences | Mr. Jesse Pruitt, B.S. in Biology, 1969, former football player, past President of the Tech Alumni Association, Ex-Board members of the Texas Tech Red Raider Club, and 20 year Board member of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, will be presenting a special talk to students and faculty in Biological Sciences on Thursday, April 16 at 10:00 in room 101. Mr. Pruitt will be talking about the value of his TTU education and his life experiences. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Alumni Achievements, Distinguished Visitors, Student Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Professor Elected Treasurer of ACS ENVR | Dr. George Cobb, Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been elected as Treasurer of the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Dr. Cobb also provided the keynote address for the ACS Local Section Meeting at Angelo State University. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Biology Alumni, Dr. Michael Henne, to Give Departmental Seminar | Dr. Michael Henne, a Cell and Molecular Biology undergraduate, HHMI Research Fellow, and a recipient of the Earl Camp Award in 2005 will give the Department of Biological Sciences weekly seminar, April 15th at 4:00 pm in room 101. Michael's seminar is entitled: "How Cells Sculpt their Membranes". Mike earned his PhD from Cambridge University in November 2008. Michael was supported by a MRC laboratory of Molecular Biology Scholarship, a NSF Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, and a Gates-Cambridge Scholarship to Cambridge. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Alumni Achievements, Distinguished Visitors, Student Achievements | ||
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| John Miller Selected as National Chair | John Miller, associate professor in the Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences was selected as national chair of the Sport Management/Athletic Administrator committee of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Karen Meaney and John Miller Invited to Present | Karen Meaney and John Miller, both associate professors in the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, were invited to present "Applying Service-Learning to Sport Management" at the national American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance conference. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jane Winer and Janie Blount Honored |
The April chairs meeting of the College of Arts and Sciences was held as a reception in honor of Dean Emeritus Jane Winer and Janie Blount, the former Manager of Finance and Administration for the College. The reception was held at the Arts and Sciences Recognition Garden where Dean Winer's years of service are engraved on the Dean's Bench. The reception reached its climax when three longest serving chairs shared their experiences of working with Dean Winer and Janie Blount with the audience. A university-wide reception is planned for May 1 at the National Ranching Heritage Center. |
April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Other News | ||
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| Luis I Prádanos (Iñaki) and Mario Morera Present Papers |
Luis I Prádanos (Iñaki) and Mario Morera, PhD graduate students at CMLL, presented papers in the Latin American Studies Conference at Stephen F. Austin State University at Nacogdoches. Luis I. Pradanos presented "El multiperspectivismo narrativo de Saer: una lectura sistemica de Cicatrices" [Saer's Multi-Perspective Narrative: A Systemic Reading of 'Wounds.'" Mario Morera presented "Que todo es imposible de Paco Ignacio Taibo II: Olga Lavanderos, Working Class Detective en los 80s del DF." |
April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Barbara Weinlich Reinitiates the Local Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America | Barbara Weinlich, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Dept. of CMLL, has revived the local chapter of the Archeological Institute of America in Lubbock in association with Texas Tech University. The Archeological Institute of America is North America's oldest and largest archeological organization. It educates teachers, students, and enthusiasts through online resources, archeology fairs, and events. In addition, the AIA sponsors an extraordinary series of over 300 public lectures by the world's leading archeologists in the organization's local chapters. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Barbara Weinlich Awarded Visiting Fellowship at Cambridge | The Governing Body of Corpus Christi College (Cambridge, UK) has agreed to offer Barbara Weinlich, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of CMLL, a Visiting Fellowship for April - June, 2010. As a Visiting Fellow she will become a member of the University of Cambridge during her stay and enjoy many of the benefits of working in an international center for research and cultural activities. | April 14, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition | ||
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| Curzer Delivers Talk on Confucian Rituals | Howard Curzer, Professor in Philosophy Department, presented a paper on "A Constructive Critique of Confucian Rituals" at a meeting of the International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy on April 9, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia. | April 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Di Poppa Presents Paper on Spinoza | Francesca di Poppa, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department,gave a talk at the North Texas Philosophical Association 2009 meeting (Denton, TX, March 26-28). The title of her paper was "Causation as Emanation in Spinoza's Philosophy: An Alternative to the 'Conceptual Relation' Model of Causation." | April 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ann Hawkins Wins Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award | Dr. Ann Hawkins, Associate Professor of Book History in the Department of English, is a recipient of a 2009 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. Dr. Hawkins and all the recipients will be honored at the Center for Undergraduate Research spring banquet on Thursday, April 16. | April 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Publishes Workplace Video Conferencing Article | Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, published "Organizational Communication: Assessment of Videoconferencing as a Medium for Meetings in the Workplace" in International Journal of Human Technology Interaction, 5(2), 63-84. | April 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication Publishes Article | Rebecca Johnston, online Ph.D. student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English, has published the article "Salvation or Destruction: Metaphors of the Internet" in the April 2009 issue (Vol. 14, No. 4-6) of First Monday, one of the first online peer-reviewed journals dedicated to Internet issues. | April 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Marco Sioli to Speak on European Scholarship in American Studies | On Thursday, April, 16, 2009 at 3:00 pm at the Escondido Theater, Dr. Marco Sioli of the University of Milan will be giving a public talk. ⿿Looking at the New World from the Old World: Teaching and Studying U.S. History in Italy and Europe will provide an historical overview of the development of American History and American Studies in the European countries and Italy in particular, together with a discussion of the perceptions and analyses of current activities and research groups. It will contribute towards a better understanding of the many ways in which European historians of the United States have explored the different demands and opportunities within widely varying academic paradigms and systems of higher education in the European countries. | April 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Rick Carter Publishes Paper | Rick Carter, Professor in the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and colleague Brian Tiep from the Western School of Medicine and City of Hope National Medical Center in California published a paper entitled "Patients with Alpha-1 Deficiency: Disease Management Considerations' in Disease Management and Health Outcomes," Wolters Kluwer/Adis Publishing Vol. 16, No. 5. | April 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Unveils State-of-the-Art Nonwovens Laboratory | The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) unveiled a 4,000 square foot nonwovens laboratory on April 6, 2009. The press conference was addressed by TTU System Chancellor Kent Hance, TTU President Guy Bailey, TIEHH Director Ronald J. Kendall, and Rory Holmes, President of Care, NC, based Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA). | April 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Geographer Conducts Workshop for Future Teachers | Tina Delahunty of the Dept. of Economics and Geography held an 'Introduction to Remote Sensing for Elementary Education' workshop this week for graduate students and pre-service teachers from the College of Education. | April 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Kelly Crager Gives Presentation at Texas Heritage Museum Symposium | Dr. Kelly Crager, Head of the Oral History Project at the Vietnam Center and Archive, participated in the 29th Annual Symposium held by the Texas Heritage Museum in Hillsboro, Texas, on April 4, 2009. | April 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Mary Jane Hurst Awarded ACE Fellowship | Dr. Mary Jane Hurst, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English, is the recipient of a 2009-2010 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship. During the fellowship year, Dr. Hurst will be at a participating university (to be named later), working with its president and key administrators to develop greater abilities in addressing and managing issues in higher education. | April 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Outstanding Faculty Named by Phi Beta Kappa Students: All Are Welcome at Ceremony on April 17 | If you would like to wear regalia and join the processional for the Phi Beta Kappa ceremony on Friday, April 17, at 4 pm in the Lanier Center of the Law School, please let Mary Jane Hurst know so that a seat will be saved for you in the reserved section of the auditorium. All are invited to attend, with or without regalia. Click on the headline link for the list of faculty named by the 2009 PBK inductees as outstanding professors. | April 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| History Professor Wins Meyerson Fellowship | Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor in the Department of History recently received the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Fellowship from the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. | April 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| David Rudd Inducted into National Academies of Practice | David Rudd, Chair of the Department of Psychology, was recently inducted into the National Academies of Practice (in Psychology) in Washington, DC. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Joe VanderVeen Receives 2009 Horn Professor's Graduate Achievement Award | Joe VanderVeen, doctoral student in clinical psychology, is the recipient of the 2009 Horn Professor's Graduate Achievement Award. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Kelly Cukrowicz Appointed Associate Editor | Dr. Kelly Cukrowicz, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, was appointed an associate editor of the journal Suicide & Life-Threatening Behaivor. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| David Rudd Has Grant Funded. | Dr. David Rudd, Chair of the Department of Psychology, received $1.97 million in funding from the Department of Defense (Military Operational Medicine Research Program) for a randomized clinical trial entitled "Brief CBT for Military Populations". The treatment study will be conducted at Fort Carson in Colorado. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Psychology Doctoral Students Present at Conferences | A number of doctoral students presented papers and posters at various conferences across the country this past month. Marshall Bewley presented at the American Psychology-Law Society meeting in San Antonio. Erin McCrory presented at the All-University Conference on teh Advancement of Women in Higher Education Conference in Lubbock, and Joe VanderVeen presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in San Diego, California. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Kelly Cukrowicz Publishes Paper | Dr. Kelly Cukrowicz, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "Moderating influence of suicidality on preventive intervention for anxiety and depression" in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 337-351. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Rosemary Cogan Publishes Paper | Dr. Rosemary Cogan, professor in the Department of Psychology and Chair of the TTU IRB, published a paper entitled "Diagnosis of ovarian cancer and object relationships in early memories: A pilot study" in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 196-199. | April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Cathy Epkins and Tabatha Blount Publish Article |
Dr. Cathy Epkins, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, and Tabatha Blount, a doctoral student in clinical psychology, published a paper entitled "Exploring modeling-based hypotheses in preadolescent girls' and boys' cognitive vulnerabilty to depression" the the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33, 110-125. |
April 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Texas Tech Debate and Communication Studies to Host the Irish Times National Debate Champions |
Debaters from Texas Tech's nationally prominent debate team will face the Irish Times national champions on the TTU campus Monday evening. Representing the Irish on their tour of the United States will be Jeremy Kinsella of the University College of Dublin, and Andrea Mulligan and David Hopkins of Trinity College in Dublin. They will face three debaters from Texas Tech's debate team which had two teams out of the top twenty five in the nation at last weekend's National Parliamentary Debate Association's Championship Tournament in Stockton, California. The debate will be held in Room 101 of the Mass Communication building, Monday evening, April 6 at 7:00 PM. The topic will be released to the debaters on Sunday evening and announced at the beginning of the public presentation. All are invited to attend. For more information, please contact Joe Gantt at joe.gantt@ttu.edu. |
April 1, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, International Recognition, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| TTU Plagiarism Researchers Gain National Attention Again | TTU plagiarism researchers Dr. Susan Lang, Dr. Kathleen Gillis, and Dr. Monica Norris are in the national news again. In addition to articles on Inside Higher Ed (www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/03/13/detect) and Dallas Morning News (www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/032409dnmetplagiarize.4a81b6b.html) as well as radio and television interviews, is the April 1 lead article on eCampus News (www.ecampusnews.com/. Their article "Electronic Plagiarism Checkers: Barriers to Developing an Academic Voice," has been accepted for publication in the August issue of The WAC Journal, a national peer-reviewed journal on writing across the curriculum. | April 1, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Lars Christensen Presents Lecture | On 17 March, Lars Christensen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, gave a public lecture at Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) on "The Ultra Secret - Mathematics, World History, and Early Computers". There were more than 100 people in the audience and there was a lengthy follow up in the local paper, Fairfield Minuteman. | March 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Bill Hase Co-Authors the Centennial Feature Article for Journal of Physical Chemistry A | Bill Hase, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, co-authored with his post-doctoral associate Dr. U. Lourderaj the Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113, 2236-2253 (2009) Centennial Feature Article entitled "Theoretical and Computational Studies of Non-RRKM Unimolecular Dynamics". | March 31, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Geographers Attend Conference | Undergraduate student Dezira`e Hood (assisted by the Women's Studies Program) and faculty members Perry Carter, Kevin Mulligan and Jeff Lee each presented papers at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting last week in Las Vegas. | March 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bill Hase Presents Seminar at Case Western Reserve University | Bill Hase, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, presented the seminar "Dynamics and Kinetics of Heat Transfer at Nano-Scale Interfaces" to the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, February 10 and Case Western Reserve University, March 26. | March 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Presents Poster at Americal Chemical Society National Meeting | Ed Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Joint Professor in the Department of Physics, presented a poster entitled "Effect of Cation Symmetry and Alkyl Chain Length on the Structure and Intermolecular Dynamics of 1,3-Dialkylimidazolium Bis(fluoromethanesulfonyl)amide Ionic Liquids" at the 237th American Chemistry Society National Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 22-26, 2009. | March 30, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| History Professor Miguel Levario is Guest on Radio Show | Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor in the Department of History has been featured twice recently on Palms Springs⿿ KPSI AM Newstalk radio ⿿Morning Show with Stan Layne to discuss the drug violence along the northern Mexican border. | March 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Named: All Are Invited to Ceremonies on April 17 | Click on the headline link to view the names of the 87 outstanding students who will be inducted into lifetime Phi Beta Kappa membership on April 17. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the formal academic ceremonies of induction at 4 pm in the Lanier Center on the 17th. | March 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Geoscience Faculty Receive NSF Grant | Aaron Yoshinobu and Cal Barnes received a $292,000 award from the National Science Foundation for research on magma chamber construction. | March 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Janet Perez Elected to the Spanish Royal Academy | Janet Perez, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Romance Languages and Qualia Chair of Spanish in CMLL, has been eleted a member of the Real Academia Espanola's (the Royal Spanish Academy's) North American chapter, the North American Academy of the Spanish Language. Profesor Perez has also been elected to be the President of the Chapter's Education Commission. Her election also means that she will be a Corresponding Member of Spain's Royal Academy. She will deliver a speech in New York in September in acceptance of this prestigious honor. | March 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Lara Crowley and Tim Crowley Awarded NEH Summer Seminar Stipends | Dr. Lara Crowley and Dr. Tim Crowley, both of the Department of English, are each recipients of NEH summer stipends of $3800 to participate in the seminar on "The Reformation of the Book: 1450-1650." The June 22-July 24 seminar will focus on the relationship of developing print culture in Renaissance Europe, particularly England, to the religious reformations of the time. | March 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Geosciences Student Receives ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholarship | Michael Muncy, an MS candidate in the Department of Geosciences, will receive a ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholarship for the 2010 academic year. | March 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| John Poch to Publish Two Poems in Leading Journal | Dr. John Poch, Associate Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, will have two poems published soon in Poetry: "Where the Earth Grinds on its Axis" and "A River." Founded in 1912 by Harriet Monroe, Poetry has a circulation of 30,000 and each year publishes 300 poems out of roughly 90,000 submissions. | March 25, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Poems | Brent Newsom, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will have two poems published in New Delta Review: "Floyd Fontenot's Friday Night" and "Needing a Day away from Smyrna, Floyd Fontenot Winds Up in Baton Rouge, on the East Bank of the Mississippi." | March 25, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Richard Bartsch Presents Seminar at Texas Christian University | Richard A. Bartsch, Horn Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, presented a seminar on "Complexation and Separation of Metal Ions with Calix[4]arene Compounds" at the Department of Chemistry of Texas Christian University. | March 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Chemistry Student Sean Burrows Receives Horn Professors Graduate Achievement Award | Sean Burrows, a doctoral student in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a Horn Professors Graduate Achievement Award. The award recognizes Sean's strong publication record and achievements in the lab of Dimitri Pappas. This is the second consecutive year that a student from Dr. Pappas's lab has received the award. Sean will receive the award at the Faculty Honors Convocation in April. | March 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Brian Still Wins IEEE Award. | Dr. Brian Still, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication in the Department of English, is the recipient of the 2009 Emily K. Schlesinger Award for outstanding service to IEEE's Professional Communication Society. | March 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Lara Crowley Made Assistant Editor on Donne Projects | Dr. Lara Crowley, Assistant Professor of 17th Century British Literature in the Department of English, has been invited to serve as Assistant Editor on two major projects in Donne studies: The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne: Songs and Sonnets (Indiana University Press) and The John Donne Letters (Oxford University Press), the first scholarly edition of his letters. | March 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist to Receive 2009 Scientist of the Year Award from ARCS, Lubbock | The Lubbock Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) is honoring Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), with the 2009 Scientist of the Year Award. The award highlights the nonwoven wipe work at TIEHH that has brought national and international recognition to Texas Tech. | March 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Kim Publishes Article on Metaphysics | Sungsu Kim, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, has had his article, "Multiple Realizations, Diverse Implementations, and Antireductionism," accepted for publication in THEORIA. | March 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Jorge Iber to Appear on ESPN | An interview with Dr. Jorge Iber, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor in the Department of History, is scheduled to appear on March 27th on a program entitled "Her Story" on ESPN and ESPNHD. The interview discusses some of the findings based Dr. Iber's research on the history of Latino/a athletes in the US. The program will air at 7:00 P.M. | March 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| David Stodden Invited to Present at International Conference |
David Stodden, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences has been invited to present at the 1st International Symposium in Physical Activity, Health and Quality of Life in association with the Sport Sciences School at the National University in Heredia, Costa Rica in April 2009. The presentation is titled "Predicting Lifetime Physical Activity Through Motor Skills: Physical Activity and Health Needs of Children and Youth." |
March 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| David Stodden Presents at Conference |
David Stodden, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences presented at the 27th Annual Injuries in Baseball Conference, American Sports Medicine Institute in Houston, Texas in January 2009. The presentation was titled "Biomechanics of the lower extremities in baseball pitching." |
March 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Les Podlog Has Abstract Accepted | Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, has an abstract accepted at the conference for the American Psychological Association (APA) in Toronto, Canada in August. The title of the abstract is "Adolescent Athletes⿿ Return to Sport From Injury: A Parental Perspective. | March 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ed Quitevis Has Paper Published in Journal of Physical Chemistry B | Ed Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Joint Professor in the Department Physics, published his paper, Intermolecular Vibrational Motions of Solute Molecules Confined in Nonpolar Domains of Ionic Liquids, as a Letter in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, which has the highest impact factor of all the journals in physical chemistry. | March 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Chemist Dimitri Pappas Organizes and Presents at Symposium | Dimitri Pappas, Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry, co-organized a symposium entitled "Cellular and Sub-cellular Separations" at the annual Pittsburg Conference on Analytical Chemistry, in Chicago, IL. At that symposium, Dr. Pappas presented an invited lecture entitled "Differential Mobility Cytometry." Dr. Pappas gave a second invited talk at a second session, "Analytical Diagnostics of Disease from Cellular Signals" at the conference as well. | March 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TTU Plagiarism Researchers Gain National Attention | A panel presentation on plagiarism by TTU researchers Dr. Susan Lang, Dr. Monica Norris, and Dr. Kathleen Gillis at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in San Francisco was the subject of a March 13 article, "False Positives on Plagiarism," on Inside Higher Ed (www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/03/13/detect). | March 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Wins Poetry Prize | Carrie Jerrell, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the recipient of the Anthony Hecht Prize in Poetry. The award includes $3,000 and publication of the winning manuscript, After the Revival, by Waywiser Press both in the United States and in the United Kingdom later this year. | March 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran's Co-Authored Web-Assisted Instruction Article is Reprinted |
Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, reprinted his co-authored article (with Kathy Austin) entitled, "Web-Assisted Instruction in Upper Division Communication Studies Curriculum: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis". In Campus Wide Information Systems: The International Journal of Information & Learning Technology, 26(1), 43-53. |
March 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran's Article on Computer-Enhanced Language Learning is Reprinted | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, recieved a reprint of his article "Culture and Language Learning in Computer-Enhanced or Assisted Language Learning with IGI Global Publishers. | March 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Angela Eaton Wins $3K for Lubboock Animal Services | Dr. Angela Eaton, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication in the Department of English, is the author of a grant proposal funded for $3,351 for Lubbock Animal Services to advertise animals up for adoption in Lubbock's Avalanche Journal and TTU's Daily Toreador. | March 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Fundraising Achievements | ||
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| MATC Student Wins $25K for Historic Preservation | Adrian Jackson, student in the online M.A. in Technical Communication program in the Department of English, is the author of a proposal funded for $25,000 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation for a roof replacement for Coastal Bend College's Lott-Canada Facility. The historic building is a Rosenwald School (www.rosenwaldschools.com), designed originally for the education of rural African-Americans in the early 1900s. | March 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Fundraising Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Co-Authors Technology Article | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication, co-authored (with Dr. Kathy Austin), 'Web-Assisted Instruction in Upper Division Communication Studies Curriculum: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis'. In The International Journal of Information & Learning Technology, 26(1), 43-53. | March 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Punyanunt-Carter Authors Article on Touch Deprivation | Dr. Narissra Punyanunt-Carter, Professor of Communication Studies, published 'Development and Validity of a Measure of Touch Deprivation' in Human Communication, a Journal of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. | March 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Punyanunt-Carter Co-authors Article | Dr. Narissra Punyanunt-Carter, Associate Professor of Communication Studies co-authored 'An Acceptable Way to Deal With Disruptive Talking in the College Classroom' published in College Student Journal 43(1). | March 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Receives Teaching Ethics Honor | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, was selected as this year's recipient of the IS 1100 Freshman Seminar Teaching Ethics Competition. | March 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Co-Authors Article on Multicultural Education | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, co-authored 'Afghanistan and Multiculturalism in Khaled Hosseini's Novels: Study of Place and Diversity' in the Multicultural Education and Technology Journal. | March 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| HESS Graduate Students Present at Conference | Meghan Reid and Adam Dunn, graduate students in the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences' Sport Management, presented, "Flying the friendly skies?: A risk management analysis of potential air attacks on intercollegiate football stadiums" at the Sport and Recreation Law Association national conference in San Antonio, TX. John Miller, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, served as advisor. | March 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| John Miller Presents at Conference | John Miller, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, presented a research topic at the Sport and Recreation Law Association national conference titled, "Risk management and the Fourth Amendment at sports events: Like water and oil?" | March 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| John Miller Presents at Conference | John Miller, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, presented a research topic in San Antonio, TX at the Sport and Recreation Law Association national conference titled, "An examination of safety issues at university recreation sport camps" with Dr. Frank Veltri, Colorado State University. | March 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Graduate Student Sarah Barwinkel Quoted in Avalance-Journal | Sarah Barwinkel, a graduate student in the Department of History was recently quoted in an article in the Lubbock-Avalanche Journal over the effects of the New Deal in West Texas. Sarah is currently finishing her MA and her thesis examines New Deal programs and their impact on the Lubbock area. | March 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Luis I. Prádanos (Inaki) to Publish Article |
Luis I. Prádanos (Inaki), a graduate student in Spanish in CMLL, has published an article entitled "Disfunciones de la memoria en 'Funes el memorioso' y Memento: una lectura neurocultural" [Disfunctions in Memory in "Funes el memorioso" and "Memento": A Neurocultural Reading] in Ometeca Journal, a refereed scholarly publication devoted to the study of literature and science. |
March 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Social Psychologists Present in Florida | Darcy Reich, Jeff Larsen, and Ken DeMarree, faculty members for the doctoral program in social psychology presented posters at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. Graduate students Brandon Randolph-Seng, Brad Stastny, and Mario Casa de Calvo were also involved. | March 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Chris Robitschek Publishes Encyclopedia Entry | Chris Robitschek, associate professor, and Cynthia Spering, doctoral student, both in the Department of Psychology published an entry entitled "Personal growth initiative" in the Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology. | March 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Psychology Doctoral Students Publish Paper | Valerie Hobson, Cynthia Spering and Joy Humphreys, all doctoral students in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "An evaluation of the age and education adjusted MMSE scores among rural dwelling Mexican-American elders: The Cochran County Aging Study in the journal Texas Public Health Journal, 61, 22-24. | March 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jim Clopton and Susan Hendrick Publish Paper | Jim Clopton, Professor, and Susan Hendrick, Horn Professor, both in the Department of Psychology published a paper entitled "Parenting children with developmental disabilities: The couples' relationship" in the journal Focus on Austism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 24, 38-49. | March 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| David Stodden Invited to Present | David Stodden, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences has been invited to present at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance in Tampa Florida in April 2009. The presentation is titled "The Dynamic Relationship between Motor Skill Competence and Physical Fitness." | March 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| David Stodden to Publish Article | David Stodden, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and colleagues B.M. Campbell and M.K. Nixon will publish an article titled "Lower Extremity Muscle Activation During Baseball Pitching" in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. | March 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| David Stodden to Publish Article | David Stodden, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and colleagues S.J. Langendorfer and M.A. Robertson will publish an article titled "Associations amoung motor skill compentence and physical fitness in young adults" in the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. | March 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH's Nonwoven Wipe Becomes a Part of Next Generation Prototype Decontamination Kit | The nonwoven dry wipe developed at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been recommended to be a part of next generation model Low-cost Personal Decontamination System. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced this officially in its Science & Technology Review periodical, on March 9, 2009. | March 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Bill Hase and Rajesh Khare Receive Grant from the Office of Naval Research | Dr. Bill Hase, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is PI and Dr. Rajesh Khare, Department of Chemical Engineering, is co-PI of a grant from the Office of Naval Research entitled "Molecular Mechanisms of Enhanced Flame Resistance of Layered Double Hydroxide-Epoxy Nanocomposites". The grant is for $121,000 and for the period 3/1/2009-2/28/2010. | March 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Horn Professor of Physics to Give Keynote Talk in South Africa | Stefan K. Estreicher will give a keynote talk at the 3rd South African Conference on Photonics Materials in Mabula. | March 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Financial Stability, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Chemistry Graduate Student Gives Invited "Hot Topic" Talk | Kyoyeon Park, a Ph.D. graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, gave an invited "Hot Topic" talk at the 2009 Gaseous Ions Gordon Research Conference held in Galveston, Texas, March 1-6. | March 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Mark Webb Presents Paper at Louisiana State University on "Incremental Hope: the Gülen Movement in Dıyarbakır, Elazıg, and Malatya as a Model for Social Reform." | Mark Webb, Associate Professor in Philosophy, presented a paper entitled "Incremental Hope: the Gülen Movement in Dıyarbakır, Elazıg, and Malatya as a Model for Social Reform" at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, on March 5, 2009. | March 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| William Wenthe Wins Literary Award | Dr. William Wenthe, Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the recipient of the Everett Southwest Literary Award from the University of Central Oklahoma for his poetry manuscript-in-progress, Words Before Dawn. The award includes a prize of $5,000. | March 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| History Professor Ethan Schmidt Wins Teaching Award | Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor in the Department of History is one of two recipients of the IS 1100-Freshman Seminar Innovative Teaching Award. | March 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Professor Ron Milam Contributes Column to US News and World Report | Ron Milam, Assistant Professor of History and Interim Director of the Center for War and Diplomacy in the Post-Vietnam War Era, recently authored a column for the magazine US News and World Report. | March 4, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Rick Carter to Chair Review Panel | Rick Carter, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences was invited to chair a scientific review panel at the Texas American College of Sports Medicine meeting on February 27 and 28 in Tyler, Texas. | March 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| David Knaff"s Lab Has an Article Chosen as Featured Cover Article | David Knaff, Horn Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been informed that one of his group's articles has been chosen to be the featured cover article in a new journal produced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. | March 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Chemist Dimitri Pappas Receives New Faculty Award | Dimitri Pappas, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, received a New Faculty Award from the Texas Tech Alumni Association. The award is based in part on letters of recommendation from both faculty and students. | March 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jason Adam Wasserman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Publishes Article in the Journal of Music and Meaning |
Jason Adam Wasserman coauthored an article recently published in the Journal of Music and Meaning (Vol. 7) entitled, "Saving Society from Instrumental Rationality: A Study of Mahler and Homeless Research in the Spirit of Adorno's Critical Musicology." |
March 1, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Sport Management Graduate Program Selected as Associate Host |
Texas Tech University Sport Management graduate program has been selected, along with Baylor University, to be an associate host for the Sport and Recreation Law Association national conference. Texas A & M has been designated as the title host. Graduate students who will be assisting at the conference include Trenton Boales, Adam Dunn, and James Jeannes as well as Dr. John Miller, President-elect of the Association. The conference will take place from March 4-7 in San Antonio, TX. |
February 25, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH⿿s Nonwoven Paper Receives Best Paper Award | The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and the Technical Association of Pulp, Paper, Packaging and Converting Industries (TAPPI) jointly conducts a leading scientific conference for the nonwovens field called, International Nonwoven Technical Conference (INTC). | February 25, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Other News, Staff Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Arts and Sciences Faculty Help Tech Earn Spot on President's Honor Roll |
For the second consecutive year, Texas Tech University earned a spot on the 2008 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor roll recognition was announced Feb. 9 at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. Five Texas Tech professors including three from the College of Arts and Sciences and their classes completed projects to earn this ensemble award. The Arts and Sciences professors who participated in this effort are: Dr. Laura Lowe, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Dr. Joaquin Borrego, associate professor in the Department of Psychology Dr. Karen Meaney, associate professor in the Department of Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences |
February 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Rick Carter Publishes Paper | Rick Carter a Professor in Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and colleagues B. L. Tiep and R. E. Tiep from Western University School of Medicine in California published a paper entitled "The Emerging Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Epidemic: Clinical Impact, Economic Burden, and Opportunities for Disease Management" in Disease Management and Health Outcomes, published by Wolters Kluwer Heath. | February 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bob Blake Gives Talk at University of Texas, San Antonio | Bob Blake, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, gave a seminar ⿿The Chemistry Scholars Program: Increased Performance of Chemistry Students at the University of Texas San Antonio on February 19th. | February 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Luis I. Pradanos Presented Paper | Luis I. Pradanos (Inaki) presented a paper at the First International Conference on Literature, Culture and Religion in the Hispanic World held at the University of Texas at San Antonio, February 19-21, 2009. The title of Inaki´s paper was "Belen Gopegui: la posibilidad de criticar el fundamentalismo del nuevo capitalismo" [Belen Gopegui: The Possibility of Criticizing New Capitalism´s Fundamentalism]. | February 24, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Geographers Publish Article | Geographers Jeff Lee and Kevin Mulligan, have an article on dust storms published in the journal "Geomorphology." | February 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Interview with Bill VanPatten Featured in On-Line Journal |
Dr. Bill VanPatten, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies in CMLL, has been featured in the most recent number (January-June, 2009) of "marcoELE: Revista de didactica espanol como lengua extranjera" [marcoELE: The Journal of Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language], an internationally, peer-reviewed on-line publication. The interview is published in Spanish and can be found at the following webpage: http://marcoele.com/entrevista-a-bill-vanpatten/. |
February 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Publsihes Article on E-Learning in a Global Workplace | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, published his article, Discerning Culture in E-Learning and the Global Workplace, in the journal Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL). | February 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Short Story |
Jonathan Heinen, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the short story "Boys Take Care of Their Mothers" in the spring 2009 issue of The Florida Review. |
February 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| American Chemical Society Recognizes TIEHH's Nonwoven Wipe Research | The research on the nonwoven decontamination wipe carried out at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) was recognized as a success story for federal funding by the world's largest professional scientific society, the American Chemical Society (ACS). | February 19, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Mara Neusel Gives Presentations at University of Louisiana, Lafayette | On Thursday, 12 February, Mara Neusel, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, a colloquium on "Degree Bounds in Invariant Theory". The following day, she presented a talk at the Topology Seminar on "Regular Sequences in unstable Algebras over the Steenrod Algebra". | February 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Lars Christensen Presents Seminar | On 13 February, Lars Christensen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented at the Algebra Seminar at the City University of New York a seminar on "Auslander's condition on vanishing of cohomology". | February 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Marjean Purinton Publishes Article |
Dr. Marjean Purinton, Professor of British Romantic Literature in the Department of English and Associate Dean of the Honors College, has published the article "Cross-Dressing and the Performance of Gender in Romantic-Period Comic Plays by Women" in the new collection Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture, edited by Alexander Dick and Angela Esterhammer (U of Toronto P, 2009: pp. 178-193). |
February 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Carter Provides Interview | Dr. Narissra Carter, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, provided an interview for the radio program "Let's Talk" with Dr. Stan Frager, on every Sunday night 8 p.m.- 10 p.m., which broacasts regionally from Louisville, Ky. | February 16, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Other News | ||
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| Anna Ribeiro Awarded Mellon/Woodrow Wilson Fellowship | Anna Ribeiro, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, has been named as a recipient of the Mellon/Woodrow Wilson Foundations Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty. This fellowship will allow her to take a year's leave from her teaching duties to work on a monograph entitled "Poetry among the Arts." The fellowship runs from June 2009 to June 2010. Congratulations to Anna. | February 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Andreas Schneider, Has Article Accepted for Publication | Dr. Andreas Schneider, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work has an article accepted for publication in the journal Sociological Methods and Research. The title of Dr. Schneider's paper is, ⿿Critiquing models of emotions: Need for Three Dimensions | February 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Professor of Sociology, Dr. Yung-mei Tsai, to Deliver Lecture at Academia Sinica, Taiwan | Dr. Yung-mei Tsai, Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work has been invited to deliver a lecture at the Institute of European and American Studies at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Professor Tsai will present his paper, "Transport Network Infrastructure and Urban and Regional Development in Taiwan" on February 24th. | February 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in English to Publish Article | Quan Ha, Ph.D. student in the Department of English, will publish the article "Vietnamese American Non-Fiction and the Vietnamese Government's Sanctioned View of History" in Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. | February 13, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Lars Christensen Presents Seminar | On 9 February, Lars Christensen, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented a talk in the Texas A&M geometry seminar on "Simple hypersurface singularities via totally reflexive modules". | February 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Alexander Solynin Presents a UNM-PNM Statewide Mathematics Contest Lecture | On 7 February, Alexander Solynin, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented the 2008/2009 UNM-PNM Statewide Mathematics Contest Lecture at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. The lecture on "Symmetry and Isoperimetric Inequalities" was delivered for school students who participated in the second round of the 2008/2009 UNM-PNM New Mexico Mathematics Contest, as well as for math teachers and UNM faculty. | February 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Scientist Receives Outstanding Faculty Award | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology and research scientist at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) received an "Oustanding Faculty" award from the Texas Tech University Federal Credit Union. | February 12, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| ACS Student Affliates Awarded Honorable Mention for 2007-2008 |
The Texas Tech University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society were awarded an Honorable Mention Award for their noteworthy activities in the 2007-2008 academic year. They also have been awarded a travel grant by the American Chemical Society so that club officers: Sean Lee, Darshana Patel, Bryan Carlson and Kheim Tran and club advisor Dr. Bob Blake can attend the National ACS meeting in Salt Lake City Utah, receive the award on March 22nd and present demonstrations for student affiliate groups from other universities. |
February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Jeff Key Contributor for Guide | Jeff Key, coordinator for the Personal Fitness & Wellness program for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, was contributor and cited in the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance's; "Adapted Physical Education Activity Manual for Students with Severe Disabilities." It is a guide for teachers working with students that have multiple handicaps. | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Pat DeLucia Appointed Associate Editor | Pat DeLucia, professor in the Department of Psychology has been appointed an associate editor for the journal, Human Factors, the leading journal in its field. | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| David Rudd Publishes Book | David Rudd, chair of the Department of Psychology, recently published a book entitled "The interpersonal theory of suicide: Guidance for working with suicidal clients, from the American Psychological Association Press. The book was published with fellow authors from Florida State University | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Bob Morgan Published Third Edition of Book | Bob Morgan, associate professor in the Department of Psychology recently published the third editin of his text, Careers in Psychology, from Wadsworth/Thomas Learning. | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Alice Young Publishes in Nature | Alice Young, a professor in the Department of Psychology recently published a letter entitled "Recal of learned information may rely on taking drug again" in Nature, 457, 533. | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Lee Cohen Publishes Article | Lee Cohen, associate professor in the Department of Psychology recently published an article entitled "The relation between alcohol and tobacco use and cognitive function in the Cochran County Aging Study" in the Texas Public Health Journal, 61, 25-28. | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Kelly Cukrowicz Publishes Article | Kelly Cukrowicz, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology recently published an article entitled "Course of suicide ideation and predictors of change in depressed older adults" in the Journal of Affective Disorders, 113, 30-36. | February 11, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Alexander Solynin Presents a Colloquium Talk at the University of New Mexico |
On February 6, Alexander Solynin, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, delivered a colloquium talk at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, on "Recent results in classical complex analysis". |
February 10, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Anna Ribeiro to Present Paper on Poetry at Trinity University | Dr. Anna Ribeiro, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will be presenting a paper entitled "Toward a Philosophy of Poetry," at Trinity University in San Antonio on February 12, 2009. | February 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Partners with Enercon Industries Corporation to Advance Nonwoven Technology |
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) is partnering with Enercon Industries Corp. of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, that will combine each organization⿿s expertise to develop technology to advance the functionality of nonwovens and technical textiles using atmospheric plasma process. This was announced officially on February 9, 2009. |
February 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Partnerships, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Presents Research Paper | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, presented a co-authored research paper (with Stephen Furlich) entitled, "The Global E-Learning: A Cultural View", at the annual e-learning conference, Las Vegas, NV. | February 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bob Blake Gave Two Talks at Univeristy of Northern Iowa | Bob Blake, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, gave two talks at the University of Northern Iowa. One was on January 15th, titled "Undergraduate Teaching is Learning: Effects of undergraduate-led discussion sections on student learning". The other was a teaching presentation on January 16th, titled "Introduction to Equilibrium" to demonstrate the integration of active learning techniques into General Chemistry lectures. | February 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| David Birney Returns From Developmental Leave | In the fall of 2008, Professor David M. Birney of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, was on development leave at the in the laboratory of Professor Peter Chen at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also invited to give seminars in Spain and Germany. | February 3, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| History Professor Julie Willett Publishes Article | Julie Willett, an Associate Professor in the Department of History, has published an article in the most recent edition of the journal Sexuality and Culture. | February 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | Dr. Karen Meaney, Associate Professor for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences/Associate Director of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center and her Graduate Students Heidi Bohler, Kelcie Kopf, Lesley Hernandez and LaTosha Scott published a paper entitled "Service-learning and pre-service educators' cultural competence for teaching: An exploratory study." The paper was recently published in the Journal of Experiential Education. | February 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Student Receives American Chemical Society Award | Monique Long, a Master⿿s student under the advisement of Dr. Jaclyn Cañas, has been awarded an Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award from the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. | February 2, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Lars Christensen Presents Seminar | On 26 January 2009, Lars Christensen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented at the Discrete Mathematics Seminar at the University of Colorado, Denver, a seminar on "Curve singularities and representation theory". | January 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Horn Professor Appointed as an Associate Editor | Clyde Martin, Horn Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been appointed as an associated editor of the Electronic Journal of Statistics. | January 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Graduate Students from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics to Publish Journal Article |
Mervyn.P.B. Ekanayake, Bo He, Lin Huo, Krishna Kaphle, graduate students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, are co-authors with Prof. Clyde Martin, Horn Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, of a paper to appear in Communications in Information and Systems. The paper, "Control Theory and the Numerical Solution of ODEs", will appear in special issue of Communications in Information and Systems dedicated to the 70th birthday of Roger Brockett, Wang Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Harvard University. |
January 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Masters Student from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics to Publish Journal Article |
Bo He, a masters student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is co-author with Prof. Clyde Martin, Horn Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, of a paper to appear in the Journal of Applied Statistics. The paper, "Statistical analysis of error for fourth-order ordinary differential equation solvers", represents results of the authors arising from a graduate course recently developed by Professor Martin. |
January 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Rick Carter Publishes Medical Update | Rick Carter, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and Brian Tiep Professor of Medicine at Western University School of Medicine and City of Hope National Medical Center have completed a revision to "Oxygen Conserving Devices" published in UpToDate an evidence based, peer reviewed information resource for Medicine and Allied Health focusing on patient care. | January 29, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| History Graduate Student Receives Research Travel Award | Kenna Archer, a doctoral student in the Department of History recently received the William and Madeline Smith Research Travel Award. | January 28, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Student Achievements | ||
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| Peder Christiansen Publishes Article on Pagan Poet | Peder G. Christiansen, Chair of Philosophy, has had an article, "The Last Great Pagan Poet," accepted by L'Antiquite Classique, to be published in volume 78 (2009). The article is co-authored by David J. Christiansen, Academic Dean at Penn State University (Behrend College). David is a 1984 Texas Tech University Honors Program Graduate who majored in History and in Latin. | January 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Jacalyn McComb and Anna Tacon Co-Recipients of Award | Jacalyn McComb, Professor in the HESS Department and Anna Tacon, associate professor in the HESS Department, were co-recipients of an award entitled "Improved Quality of Life through Evidence Based Complementary Medicine". They were part of an interdisciplinary research team that included Reid Norman, Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at TTUHSC, John McGlone, Professor in Animal Science, and Mhairi Sutherland, Assistant Professor in Animal Science. The award from the University Medical Center Foundation for Women's Health was based on the potential for future funding, scientific merit, and the contribution to women's health issues. The mission of the foundation is closely aligned with the TTUHSC Center for Women's Health at TTU and the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health in Amarillo which is promoting the well-being of women through research, education, and community outreach. | January 27, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Amy Heuman Presents at TTU HSC Diversity Lecture Series |
Dr. Amy Heuman, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Co-Presented Her Research, "Using Multi-Method Communication Research to Combat Diabetes and Obesity Among Rural Hispanics in West Texas" as Part of the Diversity Lecture Series of the Center for International and Multicultural Affairs, TTU Health Sciences Center. |
January 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Laura Beard Presents Papers and to Publish Book |
Laura Beard, Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, presented a paper, entitled "Trying to Move Three Mountains: Gender and the Indian Residential School Experience" in a panel sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, on "Gender in Indigenous Native America" at the Modern Languages Association, in San Francisco, California, in December 2008. In January 2009, she will be doing two hour-long presentations on "How Autobiographical Texts Contribute to Truth and Reconciliation" as part of the "Truth and Reconciliation: Healing of the Indian Residential School Legacy" conference at King's University College, in Edmonton, Alberta. She has a book, "Acts of Narrative Resistance: Women's Autobiographical Writings in the Americas," due out with the University of Virginia Press in 2009. |
January 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition | ||
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| Rick Carter Publishes Paper | Rick Carter, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and Brian Tiep Professor of Medicine at Western University School of Medicine and City of Hope National Medical Center have published an Atlas entitled "Oxygen Therapy" in the Atlas of COPD edited by James Crapo, Current Medical Group, Philadelphia, PA. | January 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Visiting Faculty Member to the HESS Department | Dr. James Dimmock, assistant professor at the University of Western Australia, will be taking part of his sabbatical in the Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences department from February 3rd-24th. Dr. Dimmock teaches classes in Sport Marketing and Sport Psychology and has research interests in the influence of implicit cognitive processes on exercise behavior, self-determination theory in relation to exercise behavior, and the psychology of spectator attachment to sport teams. | January 26, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors | ||
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| Texas Tech Debate Earns First-Round Bid to the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence | For the second consecutive year, Texas Tech's debate team has earned a first-round bid to the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence to be held at the University of California-Berkeley in March. Tech's team of junior Brian Horton (San Angelo, TX) and senior Mike Mitchell (Lamesa, TX) is ranked 11th in the nation (rankings available at npte.debateaddict.com), earning them an invitation to the prestigious tournament. | January 23, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| TTU High-Energy Physicists Featured in International Science Grid This Week and Fermilab Today. |
TTU High Energy Physicists, Dr. Nural Akchurin, Dr. Sung-Won Lee, Dr. Alan Sill and graduate student Vanalet Rusuriye, were featured in a top news story in the January 14th edition of the International Science Grid and in the Fermilab Today |
January 22, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Financial Stability, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| TTU Authors Dominate Again in Technical Communication Journal |
The new issue of the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication has been published (39.1: 2009) with three of the five articles authored by students and graduates of TTU's Ph.D. program in Technical Communication and Rhetoric: The Public Presentation of a Hybrid Science: Scientific and Technical Communication in "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government", pp. 3-23, by Keisha McKenzie, TCR Ph.D. student Ars Dictaminis Perverted: The Personal Solicitation E-mail as a Genre, pp. 25-41, Derek G. Ross, TCR Ph.D., 2008 Language Problems to be Coped with in Web Localization, pp. 57-78, Pinfan Zhu, TCR Ph.D., 2004 |
January 21, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Alumni Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Chris Hom Publishes Article on Racial Epithets | Chris Hom, Assistant Professor Philosophy, published "The Semantics of Racial Epithets" in THE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY (2008). | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Francesca di Poppa Presents Two Papers at Conference |
Francesca di Poppa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, gave two presentations at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and the Humanities (Honolulu, January 9-12 2009): "Causation as Emanation in Spinoza's Philosophy: An Alternative to the Conceptual Relation Model of Causation," and "Freedom Without Indifference: Descartes on Human Free Will." |
January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| PhD Student from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics to Publish Journal Article | Alexander Williams, a PhD student at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is co-author, with Dr. Alexander Solynin, of a paper to appear in the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Lars Christensen Presents Seminar | Lars Christensen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented at the Commutative Algebra Seminar at the University of Utah a seminar on Injective modules and co-base change: | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ram Iyer Guest Edits IEEE Control Systems Magazine | A special issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Februrary 2009, on Soil-Water Hysteresis just appeared in print. The special issue was guest edited by Ram Iyer, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Xiaobo Tan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Michigan State University. | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Bob Blake Has Paper Accepted for Publication | Dr. Robert Blake, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has recently been informed that his paper, "A Conversation about Content vs. Pedagogy: What is 'Highly Qualified?' and What is Best for Students in the Age of No Child Left Behind?," will be published in Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, the journal of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum. | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Raegan Higgins Presents Paper Washington Conference | Raegan Higgins, a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented research at the National Association of Mathematics (NAM) Granville-Browne-Haynes Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences. The title of her talk was "Oscillation Theory of Dynamic Equations on Time Scales Scales." She also served on a panel entitled "What I wish I had known or studied before going to graduate school." The panel was sponsored by the American Mathematical Society. | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran to Present Paper at International Communication Meeting | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, will present his paper entitled, Internal Communication in Organizations: Virtual Teams and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association in Chicago, May, 2009. | January 20, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Scott Baugh's Edited Collection on Chicana/o Culture to be Published in Second Edition |
Dr. Scott Baugh, Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Department of English, has a second edition of his 2006 edited collection Mediating Chicana/o Culture: Multicultural American Vernacular forthcoming from Cambridge Scholars Press. The collection now includes an afterword by Dr. Baugh, "Aquí y Ahora on Teaching Chicana/o Cultural Studies" (pp. 174-93). |
January 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Rebecca Rickly Publishes Article | Dr. Rebecca Rickly, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the Department of English, has published the article "The Importance of Harmony: An Ecological Metaphor for Writing Research" (co-authored with Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Clay Spinuzzi, and Carole Clark Papper) in the December 2008 issue of College Composition and Communication (pp. 388-419). | January 18, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ken Baake and Joyce Carter Publish on Rhetoric of Economics | Dr. Ken Baake and Dr. Joyce Locke Carter, both Associate Professors of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English, have essays in 2008's How Language is Used to Do Business: Essays on the Rhetoric of Economics, edited by Edward Clift (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.) | January 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jill Patterson Wins Poetry Prize | Dr. Jill Patterson, Associate Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, has won the Postcard Prize sponsored by Meridian, a semi-annual literary journal published by the University of Virginia, for her poem "He Travels On Business." The poem will be distributed on postcards at the annual Associated Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair in Chicago. | January 17, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Phi Beta Kappa Review Will Begin Soon | Click on the headline link for details about how to make sure all eligible students' materials are given full consideration for Phi Beta Kappa membership in Spring 2009. | January 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Chuck Cannon to Co-Organizie Tropical Conservation Symposium | Dr. Chuck Cannon, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences is co-organizing a symposium with Dr. Jin Chen, director of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, in southwest China on "The Conservation Endgame: Which Strategy will Lead to Success?". Jeff McNeely, Chief Scientist for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, will be a keynote speaker in this symposium. | January 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Chuck Cannon to Give Plenary Lecture on Tropical Forest Conservation | Dr. Chuck Cannon, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences has been invited to give a plenary lecture at the 3rd annual meeting of the Asia/Pacific chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Feb 12-15, 2009). Dr. Cannon's lecture will be entitled "Genomics and Tropical Biology: Diving into the Deep End" and will explore the application of next-generation of sequencing in tropical ecology and conservation. | January 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Nathan Collie and Mr. Arup Chakraborty Attend National Cancer Institute Meeting | Dr. Nathan Collie, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, and Mr. Arup Chakraborty, PhD graduate student with Dr. Collie recently attended a meeting in Baltimore, MD on the topic of Multidrug Resistance and ABC Transporters. The meeting was organized by the National Cancer Institute (NIH) and the biotechnology firm Abcam, Inc., and addressed the role these transporter proteins play as a major factor limiting the success of chemotherapy. Arup and Mr. Jacob Gonzales, a TTU/HHMI Scholar working in Dr. Collie⿿s lab, presented a poster at the meeting entitled, "Effects of Normal and Tumor Cell Interactions in the Expression of Multidrug Resistance Transporters in a Breast Tumor Cell Line TTU-1." Co-authors on the poster were Lauren Gollahon (Associate Professor, Biological Sciences), her doctoral student Nayoung Kim, and Dr. Collie. | January 15, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Brian Still Publishes Book | Dr. Brian Still, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication in the Department of English, has published the book Online Intersex Communities: Virtual Neighborhoods of Support and Activism (Cambria Press, 2009). | January 9, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Carter Publishes Father-Daughter Communication Research | Dr. Narissra Carter, Asssociate Professor of Communication Studies, Published "Father-Daughter Communication: Relationship Maintenance, Attachment Styles, Interpersonal Communication Motives, and Satisfaction" with Verlag. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Juliann Scholl and Patrick Hughes to Present Conference Paper | Dr. Juliann Scholl and Dr. Patrick Hughes, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, will present their paper "Expression of Patients⿿ and Providers⿿ Identities during the Medical Interview" at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Norfolk, VA. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Narissra Carter to Present Conference Paper | Dr. Narissra Carter, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, will present her paper, "Development and Validity Testing of a Measure of Touch Deprivation" to the 100th annual Eastern Communication Association convention. The convention will run from April 23-26th at the Sheraton Society Hill in Philadelphia, PA. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Garos Sexual Behavior Index Selected to be Included in Handbook | The Garos Sexual Behavior Index, developed by Sheila Garos, an associate professor and counseling psychology program director in the Department of Psychology, has been selected for inclusion in the third edition of the Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures, published by Taylor & Francis. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Stephen Cook Appointed to APA Committee | Stephen Cook, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Continuing Education Committee for the American Psychological Association. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Joaquin Borrego Appointed to Editorial Board | Joaquin Borrego, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, was appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Kelly Cukrowicz Publishes Paper | Kelly Cukrowicz, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, recently published a paper entitled "Core competencies in suicide risk assessment and management: Implications for supervision" in the Journal Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 2, 219-228. | January 8, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Kanika Batra Publishes Two Articles |
Dr. Kanika Batra, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial British Literature in the Department of English, has published two articles: "Pulling the Coat: Postcolonial Performativity in Black British Women's Drama" in the January 2009 issue of African and Black Diaspora (Routledge) "Bread, Blood, and Bones: Democratic Socialism and Jamaican Drama" in the collection Southern Postcolonialisms (Routledge) |
January 7, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jeff Key Elected Chair-Elect for Adapted Physical Education | Jeff Key, coordinator for the Personal Fitness & Wellness program for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences was elected Chair Elect for Adapted Physical Education at the Texas Health, Physical Education, and Dance State (TAHPERD) convention in Corpus Christi on December 5, 2008. Jeff gave a presentation entitled, "Help, I am an Adapted PE teacher for the first time." Jeff has been a member of TAHPERD for several years and this was his second year to present. | January 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Researcher Joins International Journal as Editorial Board Member | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, has accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board of the Colourage Magazine and Journal, published by Colour Publications in Mumbai, India. | January 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Retirement Ceremony for James R. Reckner, Ph.D. | Please join us for a retirement ceremony honoring James R. Reckner, Ph.D. on Friday, January 9th, from 3:00-5:00 at the Merket Alumni Center. Dr. Reckner has served Texas Tech for over 20 years as both a professor in the Department of History and as founding director of the Vietnam Center and Archive. | January 6, 2009 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Marta Kvande to Publish Article | Dr. Marta Kvande, Assistant Professor of 18th Century British Literature in the Department of English, will publish the article "Reading Female Readers: The Female Quixote and Female Quixotism" in the collection British Women Novelists of the 1750s (forthcoming from Lehigh University Press). | January 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Student Receives Society of Toxicology Award | Jennifer Cole, a graduate student in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has received a ⿿Colgate-Palmolive-Society of Toxicology Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods from the Society of Toxicology (SOT). She will be recognized for this achievement on March 15, 2009, during the Awards Ceremony of the annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology in Baltimore, MD. | January 5, 2009 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Lynne Fallwell to Present at American Historical Association |
Dr. Lynee Fallwell, Assistant Professor in the Department of History is scheduled to present a paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. |
December 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Faculty and Students Attend Scientific Conference | Faculty members and students of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) attended the annual meeting of the global Society of Environmental Toxicology (SETAC) in Tampa, FL, November 16-20, 2008. These attendees presented a combined 11 research posters, four scientific presentations, and one chaired session. | December 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| TIEHH Student Receives Prestigious Award | Shawna Nations, a Master⿿s student under the advisement of Dr. George Cobb in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), received the prestigious 2008 SETAC/EA Engineering Jeff Black Award at the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in Tampa, Florida, November 16-20, 2008. This award is in recognition of Ms. Nations⿿ work in environmental science and her contributions to SETAC. | December 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Brian McFadden Publishes Article | Dr. Brian McFadden, Associate Professor Of Old English Language and Literature in the Department of English, has published the article "Raiding, Reform, and Reaction: Wondrous Creatures in the Exeter Book Riddles" in Texas Studies in Literature and Language (50.4: 329-51). | December 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Lara Crowley to Publish Article | Dr. Lara Crowley, Assistant Professor of 17th Century British Literature in the Department of English, will publish the article "Was Shakespeare's Dedicatee a Poet?: Authorship Questions and Manuscript Context for 'The Earle of Southampton prisoner, and condemned. to Queen Elizabeth'" in the journal English Literary Renaissance (ELR). | December 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Three Poems |
Curtis Bauer, Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, has three poems ("Two Studies of a Dust Speck that Used to Be a Man," "Hydrangeas Falling," and "El Ejido") forthcoming in Fulcrum: An Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics. |
December 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Nanofiber Paper Receives Recognitino as Most Accessed | The paper titled, "Electrospinning of Nanofibers," published in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science recently crossed a milestone of over 100 non-self citations. | December 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Fibertect Technology Commercialization Recognized | U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, TTU Chancellor Kent Hance, TTU President Guy Bailey, TIEHH Director Ron Kendall and Lubbock city leaders participated in the technology commercialization of the nonwoven decontamination, "Fibertect" that came our of Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar's research at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) in a press conference followed by a luncheon on December 3rd. Fibertect will be manufactured by Hobbs Bonded Fibers of Waco, TX. | December 9, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| TIEHH Scientists and Collaborators Publish Research on Chemical Decontamination Wipe in an ACS Journal | A team of scientists involving researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command have published a paper entitled, "Next Generation Non-particulate Dry Nonwoven Pad for Chemical Warfare Agent Decontamination," online on December 3rd in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research journal of American Chemical Society. ACS recognized this work as newsworthy. | December 9, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Cassondra Hoskinson Receives TPA Award | Cassondra Hoskinson, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, received the Family Psychology Student Merit Research Award by the Texas Psychological Association at their recent meeting in Austin, Texas. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Stephen Cook Elected to TPA Board | Stephen Cook, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Texas Psychological Association for 2009-2011. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Other News | ||
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| Alice Young Participates in Invited Panel | Alice Young, professor in the Department of Psychology, participated in an invited panel discussion entitled "National intelligence and neuroscience" at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Neuroethics Society in Washington, DC on November 13-14. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| David Rudd Provides Keynote Address | David Rudd, chair of the Department of Psychology, provided a keynote address at the Pacific Rim Conference on Suicide Prevention in Honolulu, Hawaii. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Rosemary Cogan Presents at National Meeting | Dr. Rosemary Cogan, professor in the Department of Psychology, presented a poster and paper entitled "Retention of information on social-behavioral consent forms: Readability and critical thinking" at the meeting of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research in Orlando, Florida. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Susan Hendrick and Graduate Students Present Grand Rounds at School of Medicine | Susan Hendrick, Horn Professor in the Department of Psychology, and a number of graduate students including Erin Buck, Ali DeFinis, Kasi Howard, Charlene Key, Adriane Sloan, and Cynthia Willmon presented a grand rounds entitled "Effective patient-physician communication as an ethical standard of care" in the Department of Internal Medicine at the TTU School of Medicine. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Department of Psychology Faculty and Graduate Students Present 23 Posters and Papers at ACBT | Department of psychology faculty and graduate students presented a total of 23 posters and papers at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies in Orlando, Florida. Among the faculty involved were: Joaquin Borrego, Cathy Epkins, Kelly Cukrowicz, and Greg Mumma. Among the graduate students presenting were: Chikira Barker, Lindsey Burrell, Tabatha Blount, Simone Sherman, Katrina Cook, Stuart Spendlove, Erin Schlegal, Suzy Hutcherson, David Heckler, Leslie Romero, Kelly Davis, Jonathan Fluck, Ryan Graham, Kelly Katuls, Meghan Goodrich, Cassie Hoskinson, Jeremy Riggins, Joy Pemberton, Phil Smith, and Rocio Villareal. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Pat DeLucia Publishes Paper | Dr. Pat DeLucia, professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "critical roles for distance, task, and motion in space perception: Initial conceptual framework and practical implications", in the journal Human Factors, 50, 811-820. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Joaquin Borrego Publishes Paper | Dr. Joaquin Borrego, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "Parent-child interaction therapy with domestic violence populations" in the Journal of Family Violence, 23, 495-505. | December 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Edward Quitevis Honored by the Journal of Physical Chemistry B | Dr. Edward Quitevis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was honored by The Journal of Physical Chemistry B by having his paper entitled ⿿Nanostructural Organization and Anion Effects in the Optical Kerr Effect Spectra of Binary Ionic Liquid Mixtures as one of six papers featured on the journal⿿s homepage. | December 5, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| TTU Biochemist Receives U.S. Patent | The United States Patent Office has issued a patent (U.S. Patent Number 7456274) to Dr. Robert W. Shaw and Dr. Sung-Kun Kim of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry entitled "Inhibition of Metallo-Y-lactamase". | December 5, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Chemistry Postdoc Jeremy Maddox Pictured in C&E News | Dr. Bill Poirier's postdoc, Jeremy Maddox of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is pictured with a group in Chemistry and Engineering News (November 10, 2008, p. 55). The picture is for an article on the First ACS Workshop for Postdoctoral Scholars Planning an Academic Career in Chemistry, which Jeremy attended at Clemson University in early October. | December 5, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Technical Communication to Publish Article | Lora Arduser, a Ph.D. student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English, will publish the article "Designing a Successful Group-Report Experience" (with Kathryn Rentz, Lisa Meloncon, and Mary Beth Debs) in the March 2009 issue of Business Communication Quarterly. | December 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| David Rudd to Receive National Lifetime Achievement Award | David Rudd, chair of the Department of Psychology, will receive the Louis I. Dublin Award from the American Association of Suicidology in April, 2008 at the AAS Annual Convention. The award recognizes "a career of outstanding service and contributions to the field of suicide prevention as evidenced by leadership, devotion, and creativity". | December 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Anna Ribeiro Presents Paper in Lisbon | Dr. Anna Ribeiro (Assistant Professor, Philosophy) presented a paper entitled "Aesthetic Luck" at the First Luso-Brazilian Workshop in Analytic Philosophy at the University of Lisbon, Portugal,on November 21. | December 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Mark Calendars Now for Spring Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony | The 2008-2009 Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, April 17, at 4 pm in the Lanier Center of the Law School. Dr. Steven Berk, Dean of the School of Medicine at TTUHSC, will speak. All are welcome to attend. Click on the headline link for more information about Phi Beta Kappa. | December 1, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Carmen Pereira-Muro and John Beusterien Present Papers | Dr. Carmen Pereira-Muro and Dr. John Beusterien, assistant and associate professor of Spanish in CMLL, presented papers at "Death in Words and Images: The Case of Early Modern Hispanic World." The conference was held at Texas Tech from October 23- 25, 2008. Pereira-Muro presented "Death in Words and Images in Francisco de Quevedo and Hieronymus Bosch." Beusterien presented "As Death Approaches: The Turn to the Dog in Diego de Velazquez." | November 29, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Jason Wasserman Delivers Keynote Address at Middle Tennessee State University Social Science Symposium | Dr. Jason Wasserman of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work delivered the keynote address at the 17th Annual Social Science Symposium at Middle Tennessee State University, Tuesday November 18th. | November 25, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| TIEHH Graduate Student Receives AATCC Foundation Student Research Grant | Arvind Purushothaman, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Environmental Toxicology/The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has received the highly competitive American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists' AATCC Foundation Student Research Award for his research on quality evaluation of fibrous materials. | November 24, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Seshadri Ramkumar Elected to AATCC Publications Committee | Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, has been elected as the voting member of the Publications Committee of the American Associaton of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC). | November 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Bill Poirier Receives the Chancellor's Council Distinguished Research Award | Bill Poirier, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Joint Professor in the Department of Physics, will be the 2008 recipient of the Texas Tech University System Chancellor's Council Distinguished Research Award. Bill will receive a plaque and a $10,000 cash award. | November 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Richard Bartsch Awarded Renewal Grant from the U. S. Department of Energy | Dr. Richard A. Bartsch, Horn Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been awarded a $375,000, three-year renewal grant by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy for continued studies of ⿿New Proton-Ionizable Calixarene-Based Ligands for Selective Metal Ion Separations. | November 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Jason Stewart Publishes Book on the Vietnam War | Jason Stewart, Oral Historian for the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech, has co-authored a book with retired Army Colonel and University of Southern Mississippi history professor Kevin Dougherty titled "Timeline of the Vietnam War: The Ultimate Guide to this Divisive Conflict in American History". | November 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Geographer Presents at Conferences | Dr. Tina Delahunty of Economics and Geography presented separate papers at North Carolina Geographic Alliance's GeoSaturday Event in Greensboro, N.C. and at the Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers Conference, also in Greensboro. | November 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Inaki Pradanos Presents at International Conference |
Luis I. Pradanos (Inaki), PhD candidate in Spanish in CMLL, presented the paper "La deconstrucción del mito del sujeto moderno en El padre de Blancanieves" [The Deconstruction of the Myth of the Modern Subject in 'Snow White's Father'"] at the 9th International Conference of Contemporary Spanish Literature hosted by A Coruña University (Spain). |
November 18, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Five CMLL Graduate Students to Give Talks on Animals at Southwest Collections |
As part of the American Indian Events held this month, on Wednesday, November 19, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. in the Formby Room in the Southwest Collections five graduate students studying Spanish in CMLL will give a public lecture. The following talks are scheduled: 1. Becky Nabors: "Native American Perspectives on the Dog from the Early Southwest Frontier" 2. Erin Phillips: "The First Written Descriptions of the American Bison" 3. Esteban Valle-Garcia: "When Christ First Arrived to the Texan Natives: 'Naufragios' as an Evangelical Tool for 16th Century Missionaries" 4. Valerie Wehmeyer: "Deer in Native New Mexico" 5. Magdalena Pando: "Native Representations of Animals in the Architecture of the Colonial Spanish Southwest" Each talk will be in English and last approximately 15 minutes. |
November 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Janet Perez Receives SCMLA Life Member Award |
Horn Professor and Qualia Chair Janet Pérez received SCMLA Life Member Award at the 65th Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The award is given to those members who have distinguished themselves in the profession on the regional, national and international stage. |
November 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| A Graduate Student and Five Professors from Spanish Present at the South Central Modern Language Association Convention |
Five professors and one graduate student in Spanish from CMLL participated in the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the South Central Modern Language Association held in San Antonio, November 8, 2008. Horn Professor and Qualia Chair Janet Perez, Professor Genaro Perez and PhD candidate Aracely Esparza presented papers in a panel on "The Gerontological / Geriatric Novel in Spain and Latin America." Assistant Professor Carmen Pereira-Muro presented "Transgressive Women: Ideology, Society and Literature in Emilia Pardo Bazan's Short Stories." Associate Professor John Beusterien presented "Ethics, the Animal-Human Divide, and Cervantes' "The Dogs' Conversation.'" Associate Professor Jorge Zamora chaired the panel "Spanish Literature after 1700." |
November 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Jacalyn McComb & Laura Long to Present Paper | Dr. Jacalyn McComb, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Texas Tech University and a former graduate student in Exercise Physiology, Laura Long, will be presenting a paper entitled, "Resonance Breathing Training and Heart Rate Variability: A Pilot Study," at the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's 2009 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Mrs. Long will be starting her doctorate in January 2010 at Auburn University. | November 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Kanika Batra to Publish Article | Dr. Kanika Batra, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature in the Department of English, will publish the article "'Our own gayful rest': A Postcolonial Archive of Gay and Lesbian Community Building in Jamaica" in Small Axe: A Journal of Caribbean Criticism (Duke University Press). | November 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Ron Milam Appointed to National Board | Ron Milam, associate professor of history, has been appointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of the David Westphall Veterans Foundation. | November 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Graduate Student Presents at Conference | Philip Pope, a Graduate Student in the Department of History recently presented a paper at the American Studies Association of Texas annual conference at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. | November 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing to Publish Three Poems | Rick Pierce, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish three new poems--"Waiting for the Reservations Window to Open," "Manke Dreams He's His Dead Dog, Mitch," and "Coming To"--in the Birmingham Poetry Review. | November 14, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Mark Gring Publishes Book Chapter | Dr. Mark Gring, Asssociate Professor of Communication Studies, published, "We Have Nothing to Fear but": A Rhetorical Analysis of Fear in Post 9/11 Sermons, Chapter 5 in Catherine Chaput, Mary Jean Braun, and Danika M. Brown (Eds) Entertaining Fear: Rhetoric, Social Control, and the Political Economy of Global Capitalism. Published by Peter Lang. | November 14, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Juliann Scholl Co-authors Article on Student Drinking Behaviors | Dr. Juliann Scholl, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, co-authored ⿿Who are the college students behind the wheel after drinking. The article appears in the International Electronic Journal of Health Education, vol. 11. | November 14, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Provides Keynote Address | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, will visit the Russian Federation of Higher Education, Sverdlovsk Region Government and Economy Institute of the Russian Science Academy, Ural Department to present the Master Class Lecture on ⿿Culture and Crisis Management in Global Organizations and give the keynote address at the International scientific conference ⿿Innovational Potential of Integrated Communications (IMC): Regional aspect at Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia. | November 14, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Jose Olascoaga Delivers Paper at International Conference |
Jose Olascoaga, a PhD candidate in Spanish in CMLL, delivered a paper in the "International Poetry Symposium Celebrating the Work of Cesar Vallejo (1892-1938)" at Hofstra University, October 30-31, 2008. The title of the paper was "Experiencia y transcendencia de la imagineria incaica en 'Nostalgias Imperiales' y otros poemas de 'Los heraldos negros'" [Experience and Transcendence of Incan Imagery in 'Imperial Nostalgia' and 'The Black Heralds']. |
November 13, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: International Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Laura Beard Gives Fulbright Lecture | Laura J. Beard, Associate Professor in Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures, currently occupying the University of Alberta Fulbright Research Chair in Native Studies, gave her Fulbright lecture, entitled "'Killing the Indian in the Child': Narratives of the Indian Residential School Experience" as part of the University of Alberta Faculty of Native Studies 20th Anniversary Research Symposium, November 7, 2008. | November 13, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Rick Carter Co-Authors Book Chapter | Dr. Rick Carter, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Texas Tech University and Dr. Brian Tiep, Professor and Physician, City of Hope Medical Center and Western University School of Medicine, Duarte, CA, co-authored an invited book chapter entitled "Therapeutic Oxygen" appearing in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Guidelines to Success, edited by John E. Hodgkin, Bartolome R. Celli and Gerilynn L. Conners, Mosby Publishing, St. Lewis, MO. | November 13, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Rick Carter Participates in Webinar | Dr. Rick Carter, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Texas Tech University and Dr. Brian Tiep, Professor and Physician, City of Hope Medical Center and Western University School of Medicine, Duarte, CA presented a nationally distributed Webinar entitled "Reducing Hospitalizations through COPD Collaborative Management" sponsored by the World Research Group. | November 13, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bob Shaw Gives Series of Lectures in China | Dr. Robert W. Shaw, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has returned to TTU after giving a series of invited lectures in China during the period of Oct. 11-24, 2008. | November 12, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Richard Strauss Receives Mortar Board Recognition | Dr. Rich Strauss, Professor in Biological Sciences, was one of five faculty at Texas Tech University recognized by Mortar Board this fall semester for their contributions to undergraduate education. Dr. Strauss and colleagues were honored during the halftime show at the Oklahoma State football game on November 8th. In his notification by Mortar Board, the letter indicated that the organization received a phenomenal number of nominations from students in his name. | November 11, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Carleton Philips and Ronald Chesser Give a Presentation on the Dismantling of North Korean Nuclear Weapons Facility. | At the invitation of the United States National Academy of Science and Korea Institute for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control, Biological Sciences Professors Carleton J. Phillips and Ronald K. Chesser presented their strategic plan for nuclear scientist redirection and dismantlement of the North Korean nuclear weapons facility at Yongbyon. Their respective presentations were made to South Korean government and other officials in Seoul, Korea, on 20 October. Funding was provided by the U. S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, which also is actively engaged in promoting threat reduction and nonproliferation activities on a global scale. | November 11, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Gene Wilde, Biological Sciences, Presents Two Papers at National Meeting. | Dr. Gene Wilde, a Professor in Biological Sciences, presented two papers at the World Recreational Fishing Conference that was recently held in Dania Beach, FL. Dr. Wilde's talks were entitled: 1) A conceptual model for trophy fish production, and 2) Latitudinal variation in maximum weight of angler-caught fishes. | November 11, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Roman Taraban's Book Reviwed by Choice | Roman Taraban, professor in the Department of Psychology, recently had a book reviwed by Choice, a service that reviews for academic libraries. Dr. Taraban's book, Creating Effective Undergraduate Research Programs in Science, was positively reviewed with it being "highly recommended" by the service. | November 11, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Fulbright Award Given to Professor of Physics | M.A.K. Lodhi, Professor of Physics awarded Fulbright Award | November 10, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Financial Stability, Human Resources, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Physics Professor to Write an Article for Encyclopedia | Dr. M.A.K. Lodhi to write for the Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources | November 10, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Texas Tech Faculty and Students Attend 24th Severe Local Storms Conference | Dr. Christopher Weiss (Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Science) and four graduate students attended the American Meteorological Society⿿s 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, held in Savannah, Georgia, from 27-31 October. | November 10, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Student Access and Diversity, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Greg Mumma Publishes Article | Greg Mumma, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, and Phil Smith, a doctoral student published an article entitled "A multi-wave web-based evaluation of cognitive content specificity for depression, anxiety and agner, in Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32, 50-65. | November 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Psychology Doctoral Students Present at National Meetings | A number of doctoral students presented papers and posters at recent meetings of the National Academy of Neuropsychology in New York, the Society for Psychophysiological Research in Austin, Texas, and the Association for the Behavioral Scientists and Medical Education meeting in San Diego, CA. Among doctoral students presenting were David Trotter, Valier Hobson, Joy Humphreys. Faculty members included Jeff Larsen, and Sid O'Bryant. | November 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Jeff Larsen Has Paper Accepted for Publication | Jeff Larsen, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, had a paper entitled "A facial electromyographic investigatin of affective contrast" accepted in the journal Psychophysiology. | November 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ken DeMarree Has Paper Accepted for Publication | Ken DeMarree, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, had a paper entitled "Priming and the influence of self versus other focused attention" accepted in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. | November 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Kelly Cukrowicz Has Paper Accepted for Publication | Kelly Cukrowicz, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, had a paper entitled "The moderating influence of suicidality on preventive intervention for anxiety and depression" in teh Journal of Clinical Psychology | November 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing Wins $500 Prize |
Jessicca Vidrine, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the winner of the $500 nonfiction prize from So to Speak, a semi-annual journal of feminist poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. "Inheritance" will be published in the Winter/Spring 2009 issue. |
November 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Rick Carter Publishes Paper | Dr. Rick Carter, Professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Jim Williams, Associate Professor Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, with Brian Tiep, Professor of Medicine at Western University School of Medicine and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA have published a paper entitled "Oxygen on the Go" in RT-For Decision Makers in Respiratory Care, July 2008. | November 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Sarah Stevenson Selected as TEACH Fellow | Sarah Stevenson, a doctoral student in the Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences Collaborative doctoral program with the College of Education has been selected as a TEACH Fellow in the TEACH Program. Sarah's doctoral focus is in the area of Sport Psychology. | November 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Anna Tacon & Dr. Jacalyn McComb have Article Accepted | Dr. Anna Tacon, associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and Jacalyn McComb, Professor of Health Exercise and Sport Sciences, had an article accepted on "Mindfulness Based Exercise for Women with Breast Cancer" in the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine which is scheduled for publication in the December 2008 issue. | November 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Les Podlog to Publish Paper | Dr. Les Podlog, assistant professor of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences has been accepted for publication in the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport for his paper "Psychological Need Fulfillment among Workers in an Exercise Intervention: A qualitative Investigation". | November 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Dr. John Miller Elected as President-elect of SRLA | Dr. John Miller, associate professor of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences has been elected as President-elect of the Sport and Recreation Law Association and Chair of the Sport Management and Athletic Administration National Convention Planning Committee for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Association. | November 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Melanie Hart Inducted into Teaching Academy | Dr. Melanie Hart, associate professor of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences was inducted into the Teaching Academy. The ceremony was held on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 from 3:00-4:00pm in the Croslin Room of the University Library. | November 4, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| TTU Authors Dominate in Technical Communication Journal | In the November 2008 issue of Technical Communication (a special issue on qualitative research), four of the seven articles are by students or graduates of TTU's Ph.D. program in Technical Communication and Rhetoric. TC is the refereed research journal of the Society for Technical Communication, a 20,000-member international professional association. | November 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Alumni Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Lara Crowley Publishes Article | Dr. Lara Crowley, Assistant Professor of 17th Century British Literature in the Department of English, has published the article "Donne, not Davison: Reconsidering the Authorship of 'Psalme 137'" in Modern Philology 105.4 (2008): 603-36. | November 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Jerry Green to Present Paper at Graduate Student Conference |
Jerry Green, a Philosophy graduate student, will present a paper at the Second Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at Western Michigan University, December 5-8 2008. His paper is entitled "Problems with Agent-Based Virtue Ethics." |
October 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Native American Historian Paul Kelton to Deliver Public Lecture |
On November 6, as part of the Texas Tech's American Indian Event, Ethnohistorian Paul Kelton will deliver a public lecture based upon his research titled "Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast." The event will be held in the Red Raider Lounge of the Student Union Building with a reception starting at 6:00pm followed by Dr. Kelton's Lecture at 6:30 pm. |
October 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors | ||
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| Panel Discussion on Global Economic Crisis | European Studies and the History Graduate Student Organization are pleased to invite all interested faculty and students to a panel discussion on the political and historical resonances of the current global economic crisis. Dr. Lynne Fallwell and Dr. Justin Hart of the History Department, Dr. Hoon Lee of Political Science, and Dr. Victor Valcarcel of Economics, will be speaking on the current economic situation on Wednesday, October, 29, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in Holden Hall 129. | October 27, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Financial Stability, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Other News | ||
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| Juliann Scholl Honored at Young Professionals of Greater Lubbock | Juliann Scholl, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, was honored at the Twenty Under Forty award ceremony held by the Young Professionals of Greater Lubbock on October 23. Dr. Scholl was among 20 professionals chosen from almost 100 nominees for their professional and civic contributions to their companies, industries, and their communities. | October 27, 2008 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| MA Student in Creative Writing to Publish Short Story | Nancy Reyes, M.A. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will publish the short story "Lost in Summer" in the Fall 2008 issue of Concho River Review. | October 24, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Jill Patterson's Short Story Included in Journal's 50-Year Best-Of Anthology |
The short story "Any Minute" by Dr. Jill Patterson, Associate Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, has been reprinted in Descant: Fifty Years (Texas Christian University Press, 2008) a best-of Descant anthology that includes Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Penn Warren, Charles Bukowski, Denise Levertov, Charles Harper Webb, and others. |
October 24, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Seshadri Ramkumar Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board of Textile Review | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has been invited to serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of Textile Review, a monthly technical and trade journal published by Saket Projects, Ltd., Ahmedabad, India. | October 23, 2008 |
| Goals: Engagement | ||
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| Jacqueline Kolosov-Wenthe Receives TSRA Award | The Red Queen's Daughter (Hyperion, 2007) by Dr. Jacqueline Kolosov-Wenthe, Associate Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, has been named as an Honor Book in Young Adult Literature by the Texas State Reading Association. | October 23, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Three A&S Faculty Featured in the Presidential Lecture & Performance Series | On Tuesday, October 28, at 3:30 in the Matador Room of the SUB, the President's Lecture & Performance Series will feature a panel discussion by the most recent winners of the President's Book Award: Dr. Michael Borshuk of English, Dr. John Beusterien of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, and Dr. Stefan Estreicher of Physics. Book signing opportunities will be available during the reception that follows. The panel and reception are free and open to the public. Please attend! | October 20, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Thomas Barker's Research Featured In Healthy Emergency Newsletter | Dr. Thomas Barker, Professor of Technical Communication in the Department of English, on faculty development leave this semester in Alberta doing research on risk communication regarding pandemics, is featured in the Fall 2008 issue of the Health Emergency Preparedness Press, a quarterly newsletter published by Alberta Health Services - Capital Health of Canada. | October 20, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Physics Faculty and Graduate Students Present Papers | Physics Faculty and Graduate Students Present Papers at Texas Section Meeting of American Physical Society | October 20, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Financial Stability, Partnerships, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, Student Achievements | ||
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| Min-Joo Kim to Publish Article | Dr. Min-Joo Kim, Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English, will publish the article "E-type Anaphora and Three Types of kes Construction in Korean" in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, an international journal of theoretical linguistics. | October 20, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Psychology Doctoral Student Wins Research Award | Cassondra Hoskinson, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, will receive the Family Psychology Student Merit Research Award from the Texas Psychological Foundation at the upcoming annual meeting of the Texas Psychological Association to be held in Austin, Texas in mid-November. | October 20, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Other News, Student Achievements | ||
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| Dr. Allan Kuethe Presents Papers at Conferences in Europe | Horn Professor of History Allan Kuethe recently papers at the International Congress of the European Association of Historians of Latin America in the Netherlands and the Coloquio: El primer siglo XVIII americano, problemas y perspectivas (1700-1750) in Madrid, Spain | October 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Allan Kuethe Publishes Two Artcles and One Book Chapter | Dr. Allan Kuethe, Horn Professor of History is currently engaged in a flurry of publication activity including two articles and one chapter in an edited volume. | October 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Texas Tech to Host Conference on Death in the Hispanic World |
This weekend Texas Tech University will be hosting an interdisciplinary conference entitled "Death in Images and Words: The Case of the Early Modern Hispanic World." The conference kicks off this Thursday, October 23 with public lectures given by art historian Dana Leibsohn (Smith College) and artist Eugene Rodriguez (de Anza College). The conference also features two other keynote speakers, John Beverley (University of Pittsburgh) and Carolyn Dean (University of California, Santa Cruz) and over twenty-five junior and senior scholars from academic institutions across the United States. In conjunction with the Conference, the School of Art will present the opening of an art exhibition, "Death and Memory in Contemporary Art" in the Studio Gallery. On Saturday October 25, the conference will conclude in Texas Tech University's Southwest Collections at the historical exhibition "The Medieval Southwest" with a concert presented by the "Collegium Musicum," Texas Tech's early music ensemble. The concert will feature music from medieval and renaissance Spain. "Death in Images and Words: The Case of the Early Modern Hispanic World" focuses on the representation of death in the Hispanic world and kicks off local celebrations in Lubbock for el Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), which begin the following week. Conference events are free and open to the public. For details see http://www.emitsociety.com or contact John Beusterien john.beusterien@ttu.edu. |
October 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| CMLL Faculty and Graduate Students to Read from Their Literary Works |
The Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures at Texas Tech University will host three Faculty Reading Events: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:00-4:30 p.m. Readings by Hafid Gafaiti, Frederick Suppe and Esteban Valle-Garcia Monday, October 27, 2008 3:00-4:30 p.m. Readings by Francois Kabue, Antonio Ladeira, Victoria Surliuga and Bill VanPatten Monday, November 3, 2008 3:00-4:30 p.m. Readings by Keith Anthis, Curtis Bauer, Caleb Clardy and George Cole Each of the three events will be held in the Qualia Room, Room 09 of the Foreign Languages Building. |
October 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Psychology Doctoral Student Awarded Scholarship from the American Psychological Foundation | Arathi Sethumadhavan, a doctoral student in human factors in the Department of Psychology, was recently awarded a $3000 scholarship from the American Psychological Foundation and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology. The scholarship, the 2008 Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship, is awarded after a national application process and competition. | October 14, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Sara Spurgeon to Publish Article | Dr. Sara Spurgeon, Associate Professor of Literature of the Southwest in the Department of English, will publish the article "Mimesis and the Bomb: Race, Masculinity, and (de)Colonial Identities in Martin Cruz Smith's Stallion Gate" in a special issue of the journal Southwestern American Literature. | October 13, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Jeff Lee Presents Paper | Geographer Jeff Lee presented a paper at the joint meeting of the Geological Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America in Houston. The title of the paper is "Multiple Causes of the Dust Bowl." | October 10, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Kevin Mulligan Presents Research |
Geographer Kevin Mulligan presented a paper at the joint meeting of the Geological Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America in Houston. The title of the paper is 'A Regional Analysis of Groundwater Depletion for the Ogallala Aquifer in Texas' |
October 10, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Geographer Tina Delahunty Co-Presents Paper at South Florida GIS Expo | Tina Delahunty of the Dept. of Economics and Geography recently co-presented a paper titled "Creating Maps of Urban Growth Using Historical Satellite Imagery" at the South Florida GIS Expo. The research provides an historical landcover change methodology for planners in South Florida. | October 10, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Julie Nelson Couch Publishes Article | Dr. Julie Nelson Couch, Assistant Professor of Middle English Language and Literature in the Department of English, has published the article, "Defiant Devotion in MS Laud Misc. 108: The Narrator of Havelok the Dane and Affective Piety," in the journal Parergon (25.1: 2008). | October 9, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Kanika Batra to Publish Article in Collection | Dr. Kanika Batra, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature in the Department of English, will publish the article "Polygamous Postcolonialism: Surrogate Masculinity and Political Power in Tess Onwueme's The Reign of Wazobia" in the forthcoming collection titled Emerging Perspectives on Tess Onwueme, edited by Maureen Eke and published by Africa World Press. | October 8, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bill Poirier Receives Grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund | Dr. Bill Poirier, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, recently received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund. This "New Directions" grant will enable an accurate quantum dynamical study of carbon nanotubes as potential hydrogen storage devices. | October 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Michael Borshuk to Publish Short Story | Dr. Michael Borshuk, Assistant Professor of African American Literature in the Department of English, will publish the short story "Nights in Radio" in the literary journal Short Story. | October 7, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Mark Webb Publishes Article on Religion |
Mark Webb, Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department, has had an article, "An Eliminativist Theory of Religion," accepted for publication in the journal SOPHIA. |
October 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Psychology Graduate Students Awarded Scholarships | Erin Buck, Erin McCrory, and Adrianne Sloan, all doctoral students in the Department of Psychology, were awarded $300 scholarships from the South Plains Association of Psychologists to attend the annual meeting of the Texas Psychological Association to be held in Austin, November 20-22nd. | October 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Ken DeMarree Publishes Paper | Ken DeMarree, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "Understanding the role of self in prime to behavior effects: The active-self account" in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review, 11, 234-261. | October 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Mike Serra Publishes Paper | Mike Serra, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper entitled "Do older adults show less confidence in their monitoring of learning?" in the journal Experimental Aging Research, 34, 379-391. | October 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Kelly Cukrowicz Publishes Paper | Kelly Cukrowicz, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a paper titled "Personality factors and perceived social support among depressed older adults" in the jounrla Aging and Mental Health, 12, 665-672. | October 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Presidential Lecture & Performance Series: Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin 10/19 |
Dazzling, spectacular, incredible - these are the kinds of adjectives used to describe Marc Andre Hamelin's performances. Tickets are still available @ Select A Seat for the performance Sunday, October 19, at 7:30 pm. A free reception will follow. All are welcome. |
October 6, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Human Resources, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, Other News | ||
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| Barbara P. Weinlich Initiates New Texas Tech Collaboration with American Academy in Rome | Upon the initiative of Barbara P. Weinlich, Assistant Professor Classics in the Department of CMLL, Texas Tech University has become an institutional member in the American Academy in Rome. In a collaborative effort by the Department of CMLL, the School of Art, the School of Architecture, and the ICC, one the most prestigious teaching and research institutions in Europe, the American Academy in Rome, will provide a unique venue for both students and faculty at Texas Tech who pursue Ancient studies, Medieval studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, and Modern Italian studies. The American Academy in Rome will offer a Study Abroad connection for both undergraduate students who major in Classics and graduate students of Classics in the department of CMLL. Moreover, faculty in Classics, Italian, History, Art, Art History, and Architecture will be able to apply for the Rome Prize as well as for residencies (2-4 months), affiliated fellowships (4-6 weeks), and the position of visiting artists/scholars (2-8 weeks) at the Academy. | October 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| TTU Geologists Attend International Geological Congress | Two members of the Department of Geosciences represented Texas Tech at the 33rd International Geological Congress. | October 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Scholarship Donations to Geosciences | Two donors gave a total of $30,000 for scholarships to the Department of Geosciences. | October 3, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Financial Stability, Human Resources, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity | ||
| Categories: Fundraising Achievements | ||
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| Conference of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA) to be Held on Campus | The Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA) will have its first ever meeting in Lubbock on October 3-4, 2008. Conference themes will be "Medieval Imagination" and "The Medieval Southwest." | October 2, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Priscilla Ybarra Publishes Article in MLA Teaching Series | Dr. Priscilla Ybarra, Assistant Professor of Latina/Latino Literature in the Department of English, has published the article (co-authored with Jorge Marcone of Rutgers University) "Mexican and Chicana/o Environmental Writing: Unearthing and Inhabiting" in Teaching North American Environmental Literature, Eds. Laird Christensen, Mark C. Long, and Fred Waage. New York: MLA, 2008. 93-111. This is the latest volume in MLA's Approaches to Teaching series. | October 1, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| History Graduate Students Present Papers At Mid-America Conference on History | Five Graduate Students in the Department of History Recently Presented Papers at the Mid-America Conference on History at Springfield, MO | October 1, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| West Texas Middle School Math Partnership Funded by NSF-MSP | TTU has been awarded an NSF-MSP grant for $6.1m to create the West Texas Middle School Math Partnership (WTMSMP). | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Razvan Gelca Awarded NSF Grant for Red Raider Mini-Symmposium | Razvan Gelca was awarded NSF grant for $15,000 to support the annual Red Raider Mini-Symmposium | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Don Kumudu Mallawaarachchi, a PhD Student in Mathematics, was Invited to Workshop | Don Kumudu Mallawaarachchi, a PhD student in Mathematics, was invited to the 2008 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology held at The Ohio State University. He gave a poster presentation entitled "Stability and Permanence in Stage-Structured Population Models for the Boreal Toad". | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Student Achievements | ||
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| Psychology Doctoral Student Receives Award | Arathi Sethumadhavan, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, received the "student member with honors" award at teh annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in New York this past week. | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bill Hase Gives Plenary Lecture at an International Conference on TACC | Dr. Bill Hase, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, gave the Plenary Lecture "Direct Dynamics Simulations of Post-Transition State Dynamics" at the International Conference on "Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry (TACC) - 2008", held in Shanghai, China, September 23-27, 2008. | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Louisa Hope-Weeks and Brandon Weeks Awarded Department of Homeland Security Grant |
Drs. Louisa Hope-Weeks (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Brandon Weeks (Chemical Engineering) have been awarded a Department of Homeland Security grant for $625,000 over 5 years. This award is part of a larger collaborative award to form a center to study explosives and related threats. The title of the award is Awareness and Localization of Explosive-Related Threats (ALERT), which has an overall budget of 2.2 million. |
September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, National Recognition | ||
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| Richard Bartsch Presents Feature Lecture at International Solvent Extraction Conference | Dr. Richard A. Bartsch, Horn Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, presented a feature lecture on ⿿Next Generation Extractants for Separation of Cesium from High-Level Waste at the 2008 International Solvent Extraction Conference held in Tucson, Arizona, on September 15-19. | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar Invited to Deliver Keynote Address at International Conference | Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been invited by the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to deliver a keynote address at the International Conference on Nonwovens and Technical Textiles. | September 30, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, Other News | ||
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| Idoia Elola, Vanessa Rodriguez-Garcia, and Kate Winfrey Co-author Article | Dr. Idoia Elola, assistant professor of Spanish in CMLL, Vanessa Rodriguez-Garcia, PhD student in Spanish in CMLL, Kate Winfrey, former graduate student in Spanish, will publish the article "Online dictionary use and vocabulary choices in L2 writing" in ELIA, a Journal of Linguistics from Spain. The article is due for publication in December. The study was conducted at Texas Tech University and used Camtesia software to record students' online dictionary use and their vocabulary choices as a means to categorize item difficulty at different levels of language proficiency. | September 26, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran to Present Paper at Student Leadership Symposium | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies, will present a paper entitled, ⿿Leading competently in the global world at the seminar for Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center⿿s student Leadership symposium at the United Sprit Arena on 9/26/08 | September 26, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Bolanle Olaniran Publishes Book Chapter | Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Professor of Communication Studies published a book chapter entitled, "Electronic tribes (E-Tribes): Some theoretical Perspectives and implications" in T. Adams & S. Smith (Eds.), Electric Tribes: The virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers (pp. 36-57). Austin, TX: The University of Texas Press. | September 26, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Perry Carter Publishes Article | Dr. Perry Carter (Dept. Economics and Geography) has co-authored an article titled "Imagining Plantations: Slavery, Dominant Narratives, and the Foreign Born" in Southeastern Geographer 48 (3) p.288-302. | September 25, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| West Texas Mesonet Team Members to Receive the 2008 Larry R. Johnson Special Award from the National Weather Association. | Wes Burgett, along with West Texas Mesonet Team members Brian Hirth and Ross Williamson and Faculty Director Dr. John Schroeder, were recently notified that the West Texas Mesonet would be receiving the 2008 Larry R. Johnson Special Award from the National Weather Association. | September 25, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Human Resources, Partnerships, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Staff Achievements, Student Achievements | ||
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| Antonio Ladeira to Present Paper at Yale University |
Antonio Ladeira, Associate Professor of Portuguese at CMLL, will present the paper "Antonio Nobre: 'The Great Poetess'?" at Yale University on October 8, 2008. His paper is part of the Sixth International Conference of the "American Portuguese Studies Association." |
September 23, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Barbara P. Weinlich Presents Paper and Keynote at International Conference |
Barbara P. Weinlich, Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of CMLL, presented a paper at the international and multidisciplinary conference "Refashioning the Classics: Modern Fabrications of the Ancient World" at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, September 20-21, 2008. She also gave an invited address in the Research Seminar in Ancient History and Classics hosted by the Department of Classics & Ancient History of the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia, September 18. |
September 23, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| Ken DeMarree Receives 2007 Best Social Cognition Paper Award | Dr. Ken DeMarree, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, has received the 2007 Best Social Cognition Paper Award from the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON). The paper was entitled "Understanding the Role of the Self in Prime-to-Behavior Effects: The Active-Self Accont" and was co-authored with Christian Wheeler and Rich Petty. | September 22, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| HFES Student Chapter Receives Award | The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) student chapter in the Department of Psychology will be awarded the Gold Level Chapter honor on Tuesday September 23rd at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in New York. Gold level designation is the highest award level for a student chapter. | September 22, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, National Recognition, Student Achievements | ||
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| Distinguished Lecturer to Discuss Covert Action as an Instrument of Foreign Policy, 9/29 at 7:30 pm | Click on the link for details about Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr. Loch Johnson's free public lecture on American foreign policy, Monday, September 29, at 7:30 P.M. in 169 Human Sciences. All are welcome. | September 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, Other News | ||
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| Lucia Barbato and Colleen Barry-Goodman Receive NSF Award | Lucia Barbato, Center for Geospatial Technology and Colleen Barry-Goodman, Department of Political Science received an NSF research grant of $747,528, shared with colleagues at Angelo State University and North Carolina A&T University. | September 19, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| TTU High-Energy Physicists Featured in Lubbock Avalanche Journal | TTU High Energy Physicists featured in a top news on the September 10th edition of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal | September 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Accountability, Engagement, Financial Stability, Technology, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, Grants and Grant-Supported Activities, International Recognition, National Recognition, Other News | ||
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| High-Energy Physicists Hosts Open House and Public Lecture | TTU High Energy Physicists, Dr. Nural Akchurin, Dr. Sung-Won Lee, Dr. Alan Sill, Dr, Igor Volobouev, Dr. Richard Wigmans, and their research team hosted a special event in science lecture room 7 on September 9, to celebrate the first circulation of a proton beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. | September 17, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Technology | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition, National Recognition | ||
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| Kelly Crager to Serve as Moderator for the National Museum of the Pacific War's Annual Symposium |
Dr. Kelly Crager, Oral Historian for the Vietnam Center and Archive, will serve as moderator for the National Museum of the Pacific War's Annual Symposium in Fredericksburg, Texas on September 20 and 21. The focus of this year's symposium will be the Battle for the Philippines and the Battle of Iwo Jima which were two watershed events in the Pacific War in 1944-1945. |
September 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements | ||
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| Professor of Anthropology in SASW, Dr Robert R. Paine has been appointed to the editorial board of the Italian journal, Journal of Anthropological Sciences. |
Dr Robert R. Paine has been appointed to the editorial board of the Italian journal, Journal of Anthropological Sciences as an associate editor. JASs is the official publication of the Istituto Italiano di Antropologia (ISItA). It is the continuation of the Atti della Società Romana di Antropologia (from 1893 to 1910) and Rivista di Antropologia (until 2003). Bob is the first American Anthropologist to be named to the editorial board. |
September 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Faculty Achievements, International Recognition | ||
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| SASW Archaeologists Brett A. Houk and Tamra L. Walter Organizing Annual Meeting of Texas Archeology Society in Lubbock in October | SASW faculty members Brett A. Houk and Tamra L. Walter are organizing and hosting the Annual Meeting of the Texas Archeology Society at the Holiday Inn Park Plaza, October 24-26, 2008. | September 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships, Student Access and Diversity, Tradition and Pride | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, Faculty Achievements, National Recognition | ||
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| Robert Bradley Completes Extensive Field Research Trip to Mexico | Dr. Robert Bradley, Professor in Biological Sciences and Curator of Mammals, Museum of TTU, conducted an extensive 18 day field trip to 15 sites across 8 states in Mexico in August 2008 to document small mammal diversity in this region. Dr. Bradley, along with 6 graduate students, three undergraduates, including one Howard Hughes Fellow, traveled over 5,400 miles on the trip. They collected 507 specimens, over 50 species including at least 2 undescribed species. Specimens obtained on this trip will be used for a collaborative project, several Mexican and U.S. Universities that is examining the landscape level patterns of mammalian-borne viruses and their hosts. | September 16, 2008 |
| Goals: Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Grants and Grant-Supported Activities | ||
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| Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar to Speak September 30 | Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr. Loch Johnson will discuss "The Use and Misuse of Covert Action as an Instrument of Foreign Policy" on Monday, Sept. 30 in 169 Human Sciences. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. Click on the link for more details. | September 15, 2008 |
| Goals: Academic Excellence, Engagement, Partnerships | ||
| Categories: Distinguished Visitors, Other News | ||
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| Dr. Idoia Elola Publishes Article on Study Abroad in Seville | Idoia Elola, assistant professor in CMLL, is co-authoring the article "Blogging: Fostering intercultural competence in foreign language and study abroad contexts" in the journal Foreign Language Annals. She co-authored the article with Dr. Ana Oskoz and it is due to appear in the Fall 2008. This study analyzed the use of | |