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• Texas' Test for Legal Sanity Extremely Narrow and Flawed, as Evident in Yates Trial, Experts Say.

  - 2006-03-29

  Byline: Texas Tech University LUBBOCK, Texas, March 29 AScribe Newswire -- The legal test for insanity in Texas is one of the narrowest in the country, according to three law professors and experts in mental illness and Texas law. Texas Tech School...

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• In Memoriam: William F. Schwiesow

  - 2006-01-01

  William F. Schwiesow, PhD South Dakota State University, passed away on April 24, 2005. A World War II veteran, Dr. Schwiesow was a professor at Texas Tech University for thirteen years and worked in a variety of capacities with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for seventeen years.

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• Text messaging scam hits Amarillo, Texas.

  - 2004-10-29

  By George Schwarz, Amarillo Globe-News, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 29--A new scam using text messaging sent to cell-phone users is hitting Amarillo. According to a professor at Texas Tech University at Abilene, scam artists are starting to...

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• Aluminium-iron oxide nanocomposites--the next rocket fuel?(Nanotechnology)

  - 2004-08-01

  Scientists at Texas Tech University, USA, have made a nanocomposite of aluminium and iron oxide ([Fe.sub.2][O.sub.3]) that reacts exothermically when ignited. The material has potential applications in explosives and as an energy source in space vehicles. Current techniques for making nanoscale composites with high...

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• Newsmakers.

  - 2003-03-01

  * IIE member John Kobza, Ph.D., received the Aviation Security Research Award for his work with Sheldon Jacobson, Ph.D., in access control and checked baggage screening. Kobza, an associate professor at Texas Tech University, earned a B.S. in electrical engineering, an M.S. in electrical engineering, and...

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• Fellows of the Crop Science Society of America Elected in 1999.

  - 2000-05-01

  VIVIEN GORE ALLEN VIVIEN ALLEN is a professor and holds the Thornton Distinguished Chair in Plant and Soil Science at Texas Tech University at Lubbock. She was born and reared in Tennessee. She received the B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee, Martin, in...

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• Sabe McClain Kennedy, Jr. (political scientist) (In Memoriam) (Obituary)

  - 1994-03-01

  Political Science University Professor Sabe McClain Kennedy Jr. died on September 12, 1993. He finished his undergraduate training in Texas Tech and subsequently taught there after acquiring his PhD from the University of Colorado. He served in the US Army during World War II and was active in the Army...

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