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Texas Tech University

University information
NameTexas Tech University
MottoFrom here, it's possible.
EstablishedFebruary 10, 1923
TypeState university
EndowmentUS$434 million (Lubbock campus not including Health Sciences Center) $775 million as of 2011 (Texas Tech University System), US$775.2 million (systemwide)
PresidentGuy Bailey
Faculty2482
Students32327
Under graduates26,063
Post graduates5,566
Doctoral students698
Other students1,796 (Texas Tech ISD)
CityLubbock
StateTexas
CountryU.S.
CampusUrban, 1839 acre (7.4 km2)
Former namesTexas Technological College
ColorsScarlet and Black   
Athletic nicknameRed Raiders
MascotMasked Rider
Raider Red
AffiliationsTexas Tech University System
Big 12 Conference

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Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public, coeducational, research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the seventh largest student body in the state of Texas. With 1839 acre (7.4 km2), it has the second largest contiguous campus in the United States and is the only school in Texas to house an undergraduate institution, law school, and medical school at the same location.

The university offers degrees in more than 150 courses of study through 13 colleges and hosts 60 research centers and institutes. Texas Tech University has awarded over 200,000 degrees since 1927, including over 40,000 graduate and professional degrees. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Texas Tech as having "high research activity". Research projects in the areas of epidemiology, pulsed power, grid computing, nanophotonics, and wind energy are among the most prominent at the university. The Spanish Renaissance-themed campus, described by author James Michener as "the most beautiful west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford", has been awarded the Grand Award for excellence in grounds-keeping, and has been noted for possessing a public art collection among the ten best in the United States.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are members of the Big 12 Conference and compete in Division I for all varsity sports. The Red Raiders football team has made 33 bowl appearances, which is 18th most of any university. The men's basketball team has made 14 appearances in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Bob Knight, the winningest coach in men's NCAA Div. I basketball history, served as the team's head coach from 2001 to 2008. The Lady Raiders women's basketball team won the 1993 women's national championship. In 1999, Texas Tech's Goin' Band from Raiderland received the Sudler Trophy, which is awarded to "recognize collegiate marching bands of particular excellence".

Though the majority of the university's students originate in the southwestern United States, the school has served students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. Texas Tech University alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment.

Texas Tech University Video

www.killerschoolgirls.com Amazing clip shot by a UTPD officer of a UFO over the University of Texas campus. Actual details of the video can be seen during parts of the clip.
0.45 min. | 1.89 user rating		 American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never run out of energy thanks to it being fuelled by hydrogen. The video, provided by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech, shows the potential of the robot as it is powered by electricity. The paper, published in IOP Publishing's journal Smart Materials and Structures, can be downloaded from iopscience.iop.org "Hydrogen fuel-powered bell segments of biomimetic jellyfish" Tadesse Y et al 2012 Smart Mater. Struct. 21 045013
0.47 min. | 4.86 user rating		 The wickedly addictive nature of cocaine is thought to affect long-term decision making processes more than previously believed, says a Texas A&M University researcher who has just been given a unique $1.4 million grant to study the problem. Barry Setlow, a professor in the Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychology, has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the relationship of cocaine and its effects on choices. What is learned from the laboratory rats exposed to cocaine could change the way health care experts look at treatment methods for humans who are battling addiction to the drug. Read More: tamunews.tamu.edu
1.03 min. | 0 user rating		 MICROBIOLOGIST GARTH NICOLSON interview, (Sudbury, Ontario Aug. 30, 2008). Will YOUR doctor tell you about weaponized mycoplasma? About engineered mycoplasma pathogens in vaccines? Or will he or she treat your symptoms, hook you up for life (or death) on high-priced (and often dangerous) drugs? What's the real story of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gulf War Syndrome, AIDS and other degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Crohns, Parkinson's, Huntington's, Lupus, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes (type one) and MANY others? If your doctor doesn't know about (or isn't CURIOUS about) US chemical & biological warfare, Operation Paperclip, MKNAOMI, MKDELTA, Texas prison inmates being used as guinea pigs to test genetically engineered pathogens (mycoplasma fermentans incognitus), then get another doctor. You can't afford not to know what Dr. Nicolson is carefully, cautiously, telling us. Nicolson was a speaker at the 9th Common Cause Medical Research Foundation Conference, Sudbury Canada (Aug 29-31, 2008). GARTH NICOLSON is a whistle-blower. The kind that movies won't be made about because the conspiracy is huge, on-going, and reaches to the top. It reveals a key element (a silent weapon) in the quiet war on the 'lower orders.' But SURELY parents (and grandparents) want to know - for starters - what's going on with vaccines their children are forced to take by the Benevolent Homeland. This video is subtitled, 'Who's killing us, and <b>...</b>
10.50 min. | 4.84 user rating		 Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky May 9-12, according to the editors of StarDate magazine. For complete information, see: tinyurl.com Published bi-monthly by The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory, StarDate magazine provides readers with skywatching tips, skymaps, beautiful astronomical photos, astronomy news and features, and a 32-page Sky Almanac each January. To subscribe: stardate.org
0.08 min. | 4.69 user rating
We placed third in this year's senior design ECE competition here at UT Austin. Here's a little information about our project: Have you ever wanted a more immersive computer gaming experience? Tired of spending hundreds of dollars on multiple monitors just to feel like you're in the game? Kinect not doing it for you? Well, look no further! In this video, our group of three ECE students (two software engineers and one power systems engineer) made a project that allows for a more immersive gameplay environment. Your head, tracked via the webcam using face-tracking software, can be used as a control input to various computer games which allows for different gameplay experiences. The motorized projector moves along with your head to give you a view angle at all times. Our open house demonstration used two games: a flight simulator and FPS military simulator. In the flight sim, you used your head as essentially a joystick to control pitch and roll angles. In the FPS, your head was the in-game player's head. When you look right, the in-game player looks right, and the projector pan/tilts to where you're looking. It's almost like you're in the game! Ideally, we would have more money (we are students, after all) to get more powerful motors, a dome-like projection screen, and the best possible pico projector for the best resolution or perhaps even glasses as a display but we felt that glasses might be too intrusive to the user. Thanks for watching! Our project was featured at the <b>...</b>
0.88 min. | 4.57 user rating		 A brief capture of the highly secured area holding the Petawatt laser--the most powerful laser in the world-- at the University of Texas. Taken with phone cam. Only five people have access, so forgive the quality.
0.25 min. | 1.93 user rating		 This combat clip is from the perspective of a human judge,"Miguel," as he faces off against "Ty," which is actually UT^2, an artificially intelligent bot created by computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin. Ty wins. Miguel dies.
0.45 min. | 2.33 user rating		 This is a video of one of the librarians announcing the closing of the Alkek Library at Texas State University - San Marcos, TX. The announcement is made over the Simplex Fire Alarm Voice Evacuation System (not 100% of the model number)
1.17 min. | 3.43 user rating		 Texas A&M University staged a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" using robots as fairies. Researchers thought bringing 'bots to the Bard would be a great way to see how people respond to and interact with robots. Their findings could have implications for how robots are designed and how they are used in search and rescue operations.
0.55 min. | 4.22 user rating

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Dallas Morning News--Kendall is the director of -Texas Tech's- highly regarded toxicology research center, the Institute of Environmental and Human Health. ... - Date : Sun, 09 May 2010 07:36:23 GMT+00:00
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Jamaica Observer--Only Bryce Lamb of -Texas Tech University- has bettered the Jamaican this season with 8.05 metres. The Razorback will next compete at the SEC Championships ... - Date : Sun, 09 May 2010 08:19:25 GMT+00:00
Texas Tech enviromentalist says BP spill worst ever - Examiner.com Tweet this news
Examiner.com--AP Photo/Gerald Hebert -Texas Tech University's- Environmental and Human Health Director Ronald Kendall says BP oil spill in the gulf could be the worst in ... - Date : Tue, 04 May 2010 14:56:35 GMT+00:00

Texas Tech University

AcademicsCollege of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources * College of Architecture * College of Arts & Sciences * Rawls College of Business * College of Education * Whitacre College of Engineering * Graduate School * Honors College * College of Human Sciences * School of Law * College of Mass Communications * College of Visual & Performing Arts * University College
AthleticsSports: Baseball * Basketball (Men's, Women's) * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Track and Field
Facilities: City Bank Coliseum * Dan Law Field * Fuller Track * John Walker Soccer Complex * Jones AT&T Stadium * The Rawls Course * United Spirit Arena
MediaThe Daily Toreador * KOHM radio * KTXT radio * KTXT television * La Ventana * Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal * Texas Tech University Press
PeopleAlumni (Sports) * Faculty * Presidents * Texas Tech Alumni Association
CampusList of Texas Tech University buildings * Lubbock Lake Landmark * Museum of Texas Tech University * National Ranching Heritage Center * Public Art Collection * Texas Technological College Historic District (Administration Building, Agricultural Pavilion, Dairy Barn, Riding Into the Sunset)
ResearchShackleton Glacier Expedition * Uysal �Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative * Vietnam Center and Archive * Wind Science and Engineering Research Center
Student Life "Fight, Raiders, Fight" * Goin' Band from Raiderland * Sabre Flight Drill Team * Society of Engineering Technologists * "The Matador Song"
TraditionsHistory of Texas Tech University * Double T * Guns Up * The Masked Rider * Raider Red
MiscellaneousTexas Tech University Independent School District

Texas Tech University System

Angelo State University: San Angelo
Texas Tech University: Abilene &bull; Amarillo &bull; Fredericksburg &bull; Highland Lakes &bull; Junction &bull; Lubbock (Main Campus) &bull; Quedlinburg, Germany &bull; Seville, Spain
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: Abilene &bull; Amarillo &bull; Dallas &bull; El Paso &bull; Lubbock (Main Campus) &bull; Highland Lakes &bull; Permian Basin

Big 12 Conference

North DivisionColorado Buffaloes (leaving in 2012) * Iowa State Cyclones * Kansas Jayhawks * Kansas State Wildcats * Missouri Tigers * Nebraska Cornhuskers (leaving in 2011)
South DivisionBaylor Bears * Oklahoma Sooners * Oklahoma State Cowboys * Texas Longhorns * Texas A&M Aggies * Texas Tech Red Raiders

Universities Research Association (URA)

United StatesAlabama * Arizona * Arizona State * Boston University * Brown * Buffalo * University of California (Berkeley, * Davis, * Irvine, * Los Angeles, * Riverside, * Santa Barbara, * San Diego) * Caltech * Carnegie Mellon * Case Western Reserve * Chicago * Colorado * Columbia * Cornell * Duke * Florida * Florida State * Harvard * Hawaii * Houston * IIT * Illinois * Indiana * Iowa * Iowa State * Johns Hopkins * LSU * Maryland * MIT * Michigan * Michigan State * Minnesota * Nebraska * New Mexico * New Mexico State * North Carolina * North Texas * Northeastern * Northern Illinois * Northwestern * Notre Dame * Ohio State * Oklahoma * Oregon * Penn * Penn State * Pittsburgh * Princeton * Purdue * Rice * Rochester * Rockefeller * Rutgers * SMU * South Carolina * Stanford * Stony Brook * Syracuse * Tennessee * University of Texas (Arlington, * Austin, * Dallas) * Texas A&M * Texas Tech * Tufts * Tulane * UIC * Utah * Vanderbilt * Virginia * Virginia Tech * Washington * Washington University * Wayne State * William & Mary * Wisconsin * Yale
InternationalMcGill * Pisa * Toronto * Waseda

Public universities in Texas

University of Houston SystemUniversity of Houston * University of Houston �Clear Lake * University of Houston �Downtown * University of Houston �Victoria |
University of North Texas SystemUniversity of North Texas * University of North Texas at Dallas |
University of Texas SystemUniversity of Texas at Arlington * University of Texas at Austin * University of Texas at Brownsville * University of Texas at Dallas * University of Texas at El Paso * University of Texas �Pan American * University of Texas of the Permian Basin * University of Texas at San Antonio * University of Texas at Tyler |
Texas A&M SystemPrairie View A&M * Tarleton State * Texas A&M * Texas A&M �Central Texas * Texas A&M �Commerce * Texas A&M �Corpus Christi * Texas A&M International * Texas A&M �Kingsville * Texas A&M �San Antonio * Texas A&M �Texarkana * West Texas A&M |
Texas State SystemLamar * Sam Houston State * Sul Ross State * Texas State �San Marcos |
Texas Tech SystemAngelo State * Texas Tech |
IndependentsMidwestern State * Stephen F. Austin State * Texas Southern * Texas Woman's |



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