Texas Tech University

A study is starting soon from Texas Tech University researchers within the Department of Natural Resource Management, utilizing new technology to study rangeland recovery two years after the devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire.

This weekend, Texas Tech University announced the immediate pause of business travel to certain countries in the Middle East. The U.S. Court of International Trade has ordered the Trump administration to repay tariffs imposed by President Trump just over a year ago. Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports many Texas businesses may wait years for any reimbursement. Former candidate competing to represent the Republican Party for Lubbock County Clerk, Jim Baxa has dropped out of the May runoff race.

As the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents met in Dallas, students and faculty gathered at Memorial Circle to protest policies from System Chancellor Brandon Creighton. Our Michelle Waida spoke with a Tech professor who was out advocating for her students. In a Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees meeting last week, Superintendent Kathy Rollo addressed the response to a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of Lubbock High School on Feb. 20.

Texas Tech students and faculty gathered at Memorial Circle Thursday afternoon to protest against new restrictions on course materials.

Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced his support and funding for a new Electromagnetic Pulse testing site and cybersecurity enhancement at Texas Tech University. Our reporter Charley Maranville has more on the $149 million grant. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to waive environmental regulations to speed up border wall building in the Big Bend region. Marfa Public Radio’s Travis Bubenik reports U.S. Customs and Border Protection has declined to say where exactly physical walls will be built.

An event organized by a student group intended to discuss abortion was cancelled by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center late last month, after backlash from conservative activists and Turning Point USA at Texas Tech. Now, another free speech group is calling on the TTUHSC to allow them to reschedule the event.

The system’s chancellor meant to instill clarity and accountability, but three weeks into the spring semester, some instructors say the standards have led to “censorship.”

Six years ago, Texas Tech University opened its Institute of Anatomical Sciences. Its capabilities and capacities were quickly tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and since then has continued to serve doctors and donors across the region through its educational services and its Willed Body Program.

Amid one of the best starts in program history, Texas Tech women’s basketball climbed into the AP Top 25 behind one of the Big 12’s top defenses. Now, with some of the conference’s toughest opponents ahead, the Lady Raiders face the most demanding stretch of their season.

As students return to colleges and universities across Texas, questions remain regarding discussions of gender and race in the classroom and on campus. Our Samantha Larned reports on the latest from the Texas Tech and Texas A&M university systems.