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Released: 3-Dec-2015 4:05 PM EST
For Statistics Guru, Correct Data ‘A Matter of Social Justice’
Texas Tech University

Quantitative specialist Todd Little is director of IMMAP, an innovative statistical analysis center he pioneered at Texas Tech.

Released: 10-Nov-2015 11:05 AM EST
Award-Winning Feminist Family Researcher Examines Sense of Feminist Fraudulence in Her Work
Texas Tech University

A Texas Tech University professor garnered national attention in her field when she openly questioned whether she was a bad or imperfect feminist. She unveiled complex challenges of conducting feminist research within the backdrop of post-feminist, neoliberal sensibilities.

Released: 21-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
'Boys Will Be Boys' and 'She Just Likes Him' Wrong Approach to Bullying, Expert Says
Texas Tech University

Educational psychologist Patricia Hawley, who researches bullying, power and aggression, led a workshop for 120 student teachers discussing how to recognize bullying and what to do about it when they see it.

Released: 27-Jul-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Education Professors Taking Message of Reform on the Road
Texas Tech University

Prior to new education standards coming in 2017, two Texas Tech educators are offering advice to teacher education programs in other states on the process of reform.

Released: 8-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Flooding in Central, South Texas Puts Layers of Climate, Economy on Display
Texas Tech University

From infrastructure to climate change, the disaster impacts areas of daily life.

Released: 29-Jan-2015 4:30 PM EST
Pioneer of Infectobesity Movement Continues Groundbreaking Research at Texas Tech
Texas Tech University

Nikhil Dhurandhar, who discovered a strain of virus that appears to cause obesity while also causing low cholesterol and low triglycerides, is the chairman of the Nutritional Sciences department

Released: 3-Dec-2014 12:00 PM EST
Historian Explores Wonder Woman’s Role as Feminist Icon
Texas Tech University

Keira Williams, an assistant professor in history and women's studies at Texas Tech University, discusses her Wonder Woman research.

Released: 3-Dec-2014 11:00 AM EST
Ask the Experts: Coping with Stress
Texas Tech University

Richard A. Lenox, director of the Student Counseling Center and a licensed psychologist discusses ways college students can cope with stress.

Released: 17-Nov-2014 12:35 PM EST
Experts Available for Great American Smokeout Thursday (Nov. 20)
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University’s Lee Cohen, a smoking cessation expert and clinical psychologist, can explain what smokers should consider before quitting as well as what makes a quitting attempt successful. Psychology professor Yi-Yuan Tang can discuss how a certain type of Chinese mindfulness meditation unexpectedly helped smokers reduce tobacco use even when they didn’t intend to do so.

Released: 14-Nov-2014 10:00 AM EST
Nutritionist Discusses Role of Diet in Diabetes Treatment
Texas Tech University

Over the last three decades, the number of Americans with diabetes has more than tripled. Jamie Cooper, an assistant professor of nutrition at Texas Tech University, discussed how healthy eating habits and regular exercise can not only control Type 2 diabetes, but also reverse the condition.

Released: 10-Sep-2014 11:15 AM EDT
Texas Tech Experts Commissioned for Report on Economic Impact of Permian Basin Oil and Gas Industry
Texas Tech University

The region’s petroleum business generates billions of dollars, thousands of jobs.

Released: 22-Aug-2014 5:00 PM EDT
Pig Pheromone Proves Useful in Curtailing Bad Behavior in Dogs
Texas Tech University

A professor at Texas Tech discovers Androstenone can stop dogs from barking, jumping.


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