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Tech's chapter of National Society of Black Engineers earns national honor
The Louisiana Tech chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has been named the 2011-2012 National Distinguished Chapter of the Year. The group received the honor during the 38th Annual NSBE Convention held last week in...
Assistant history professor studies early Islamic books
Written texts that recorded oral traditions were essential to the initial establishment and spread of Islam. But how were books produced, authenticated and distributed in the Middle East during the centuries before the printing press was...
Tech Talk staff, editors receive first from SPJ
Editors and the staff of Louisiana Tech’s student-run newspaper, The Tech Talk, received top honors from the regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence awards for Region 12. The Tech Talk staff received first place in Best...
Business professor to speak at international conference
Dr. James J. Cochran, Bank of Ruston Endowed Research Professor and Associate Professor of Quantitative Analysis at Louisiana Tech University, will give the plenary presentation at the 17th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and...
Louisiana Tech takes the checkered flag again at Shell Eco-marathon
A team of engineering students from Louisiana Tech University won first place for design and first place for diesel fuel mileage in the Urban Concept class and first place for Team Spirit at the 2012 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, held this past...
Events scheduled for Shakespeare Birthday Festival, "Shakespearit"
Louisiana Tech’s English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta is hosting a series of events as part of “Shakespearit,” the Sixth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Festival, April 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the GTM Courtyard. The schedule of events...
Louisiana Tech Eco-car to be featured nationally on ESPN2
Louisiana Tech’s record-setting Eco-car “Roadster” will be featured nationally on ESPN2’s “NASCAR Now” program this Sunday in a segment hosted by NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger. Allmendinger and Shell Indycar driver Helio Castroneves raced the...
Louisiana Tech announces high school rally winners
Winners in the 2012 North Louisiana District Rally qualifying for the State Rally in Baton Rouge or who won first through fifth place in a subject for which there is only district testing have been announced following competition at Louisiana...
Fishing club members catch winning prize
Two members of Louisiana Tech’s Bass Fishing Club have reeled in some serious cash. Sophomore agriculture business major Peyton Igo and sophomore construction engineering major Matthew Loetscher placed first at the National Guard Forrest L....
Hurtig publishes article in 'French Review'
Dr. Dolliann Hurtig, an associate professor of foreign languages at Louisiana Tech University, recently published an article in the spring edition of the “French Review.” Hurtig reviewed the book, “The French Who Fought for Hitler,” which was...