NIGMS Invests Millions
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has invested $16.4 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to jump-start a range of research projects that address critical gaps in the basic biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Nurses Needed For H1N1 Clinics
With the influx of H1N1 flu clinics coming up they need to hire several nurses, and they are offering signing bonuses of us to $2,000.

Doctors Stress Mammograms At 40
Some leading Amarillo physicians are criticizing a change in breast cancer screening recommendations for women younger than 50 issued by a government task force this week.

Littleton-Anglin Family Of West Texas Gift
Researchers at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center will benefit from the Littleton-Anglin Family of West Texas. A gift of $260,000 was presented to the TTUHSC Department of Neurology for the establishment of the Littleton-Anglin Families Endowment Fund for Parkinson's Disease Research.

Sounds Processing, Phonetic Drift and New Research
International experts in acoustics reported on new research at the 158th meeting of Acoustical Society of America. They represented scientific disciplines as diverse as medicine, music, psychology, engineering, speech communcation and marine biology.

Design for Bush's Library Unveiled
Former first lady Laura Bush on Wednesday unveiled the design of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, which will be a modern brick and limestone building set amid a Texas-inspired landscape including wildflowers and prairies.

Gene Lake Honored
Texas Tech University's Health Organization Management Program recently awarded Gene Lake with the 2009 Carlton J. Whitehead Award for Leadership Excellence in Health Organizational Management (HOM).

Curry Leads Hope Lodge In Achieving Goal
The American Cancer Society announced Monday it raised $11 million needed to complete construction of the lodge, which will provide accommodation for cancer patients and their families who travel away from home for treatment, as well as entice cancer researchers to Lubbock.

Bioo and TTUHSC Collaborate In Fight Against HIV
Dr. Premlata Shankar, Professor and Co-Director, Center of Excellence of Infectious Disease Research at Texas Tech University, recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with Bioo Therapeutics.

Jenna Bush Hager To Speak At Fundraiser
Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager will visit Amarillo as a guest speaker at a benefit luncheon for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Events

Friday, November 13, 2009

Date: November 13, 2009 to December 10, 2009
The Office of Student Services and TTUHSC Student Government Association is once again happy to sponsor The Salvation Army Angel Tree program.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Date: November 16, 2009 to November 20, 2009

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Date: December 02, 2009
Time: 5:00 PM
The Texas Tech Alumni Association and Texas Tech Federal Credit Union will co-host the sixth-annual Pre-Lighting Festival prior to the Carol of Lights. All Texas Tech Alumni, students, and members of the community are welcome to attend.

Date: December 02, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM
Carol of Lights is an annual tradition at Texas Tech University. Over the past 51 years Carol of Lights has been an attractive event to residents of the community, alumni of Texas Tech University, and especially Texas Tech students.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Date: January 23, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
January Symposium Will Be Good For Women's Health

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Date: January 30, 2010 to January 31, 2010
PA Specialty Training for Emergency Medicine
January 30th & 31st 2010 in Las Vegas
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Friday, February 05, 2010

Date: February 05, 2010

Saturday, March 06, 2010

Date: March 06, 2010 to March 16, 2010

Friday, March 19, 2010

Date: March 19, 2010
Time: 10:45 AM