News Radio 710 KEEL » Louisiana Tech http://710keel.com Depend On It! Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Local Teams do Well at Shell Eco-Marathon http://710keel.com/local-teams-do-well-at-shell-eco-marathon/ http://710keel.com/local-teams-do-well-at-shell-eco-marathon/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:05:45 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=152413 Once again, a team of students from Louisiana Tech University came out on top at the Shell Eco-Marathon in Houston. The Tech students claimed first place in the diesel-powered Urban Concept Vehicle category with 315.9 mpg.

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]]> http://710keel.com/local-teams-do-well-at-shell-eco-marathon/feed/ 0 Louisiana Tech Students to Participate in Shell Eco-Marathon http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-students-to-participate-in-shell-eco-marathon/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-students-to-participate-in-shell-eco-marathon/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:39:46 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=149966 A team of eighteen Louisiana Tech students leaves next Wednesday for Houston to compete in the 7th annual Shell Eco-Marathon. The objective is to see which team can get the best mileage from the vehicles the students have designed and built

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-students-to-participate-in-shell-eco-marathon/feed/ 0 Louisiana Tech photo Large Asteroid Headed Close To Earth [INTERVIEW] http://710keel.com/large-asteroid-headed-close-to-earth-interview/ http://710keel.com/large-asteroid-headed-close-to-earth-interview/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:55:06 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=142596 Louisiana Tech Physics Professor Lee Sawyer talked with Dennis Foley and I in detail about a 150-foot, 130,000 metric ton asteroid that's flying close to Earth this afternoon. He says there's no reason to fear.

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]]> http://710keel.com/large-asteroid-headed-close-to-earth-interview/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of NASA TV Louisiana Tech Physicist Says Recent Solar Activity Could Impact Earth http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-physicist-says-recent-solar-activity-could-impact-earth/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-physicist-says-recent-solar-activity-could-impact-earth/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:14:50 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=134874 An enormous and explosive mass of electrically charged solar plasma – known as a coronal mass ejection, or CME – exploded from the sun’s atmosphere a few days ago and is moving closer and closer to Earth.

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-physicist-says-recent-solar-activity-could-impact-earth/feed/ 0 Did Louisiana Tech Snub the Independence Bowl? http://710keel.com/did-louisiana-tech-snub-the-independence-bowl/ http://710keel.com/did-louisiana-tech-snub-the-independence-bowl/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:43:49 +0000 Erin McCarty http://710keel.com/?p=125519 Many Louisiana Tech faithful are not happy about the decision not to play in the Independence Bowl.

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]]> http://710keel.com/did-louisiana-tech-snub-the-independence-bowl/feed/ 0 Bob Levey, Getty Images Louisiana Tech Mourning the Loss of Mascot Tech XX http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-mourning-the-loss-of-mascot/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-mourning-the-loss-of-mascot/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:00:03 +0000 Turner And McCoy http://mykisscountry937.com/?p=87079 This afternoon officials at Louisiana Tech learned of the death of their mascot, Tech XX. The English Bulldog was reported missing from the Sexton Animal Center. It was announced this afternoon that Tech XX died as the result of negligence by an employee at the animal center.

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-mourning-the-loss-of-mascot/feed/ 0 Tech XX, Photo courtesy Dr. Patrick Sexton Louisiana Tech Mascot 'Tech XX' is Missing, $2,000 Reward Offered For His Safe Return http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-missing-mascot/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-missing-mascot/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:13:16 +0000 Danny Fox http://1130thetiger.com/?p=96629 There’s a big dog hunt going on as Ruston residents look to bring Louisiana Tech University mascot Tech XX back home.

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-tech-missing-mascot/feed/ 0 Three Time 'Professor Of The Year' & Community Icon Wayne Hogue OUT At LSU-Shreveport [INTERVIEW] http://710keel.com/three-time-professor-of-the-year-community-icon-wayne-hogue-out-at-lsu-shreveport-interview/ http://710keel.com/three-time-professor-of-the-year-community-icon-wayne-hogue-out-at-lsu-shreveport-interview/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:50:28 +0000 Chris Dee http://710keel.com/?p=96724 Longtime professor and an icon known throughout all of North Louisiana, Wayne Hogue was recently let go from LSU-Shreveport!

Hogue has the title of  Professor of the Year (for three consecutive years), and he's the originator of the widely successful Black Tie Or Not Ball, that raises well over $10,000 annually for the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission!

So, wait, why is this happening?!

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]]> http://710keel.com/three-time-professor-of-the-year-community-icon-wayne-hogue-out-at-lsu-shreveport-interview/feed/ 0 Facebook Interview With Paul Sisson, New Chancellor of LSU-Shreveport http://710keel.com/interview-with-paul-sisson-new-chancellor-of-lsu-shreveport/ http://710keel.com/interview-with-paul-sisson-new-chancellor-of-lsu-shreveport/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:00:54 +0000 Chris Dee http://710keel.com/?p=87722 Recently, I sat down with the interim head of Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Paul Sisson.

Sisson took the new position, after the lingering threat of a merger with Louisiana Tech University, that would have resulted in the loss of personnel, organizations on campus, and the loss of their highly ranked athletics programs.

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]]> http://710keel.com/interview-with-paul-sisson-new-chancellor-of-lsu-shreveport/feed/ 0 LSUS.edu Proposal Made to Improve LSUS http://710keel.com/proposal-made-to-improve-lsus/ http://710keel.com/proposal-made-to-improve-lsus/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:11:45 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=60035 Instead of merging LSU-Shreveport and Louisiana Tech -- and moving LSUS to the University of Louisiana System -- the president of the LSU System has put forth another idea. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/proposal-made-to-improve-lsus/feed/ 0 lsusystem.edu Proposed Merger Clears Regents http://710keel.com/proposed-merger-clears-regents/ http://710keel.com/proposed-merger-clears-regents/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:36:30 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=57669 Louisiana's top higher education board has recommended merging LSU's Shreveport campus into Louisiana Tech University.

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]]> http://710keel.com/proposed-merger-clears-regents/feed/ 0 LSUS website BREAKING NEWS: LA Tech's Tyronne Duplessis Found Dead http://710keel.com/breaking-news-la-techs-tyronne-duplessis-found-dead/ http://710keel.com/breaking-news-la-techs-tyronne-duplessis-found-dead/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:14:49 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=50976 Louisiana Tech running back Tyronne Duplessis has been found dead at his off-campus apartment.

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]]> http://710keel.com/breaking-news-la-techs-tyronne-duplessis-found-dead/feed/ 0 Tyronne Duplessis, Louisiana Tech Athletic Deptartment Photo A.E. Phillips' Lego team brings first place trophy back to Louisiana Tech http://710keel.com/a-e-phillips-lego-team-brings-first-place-trophy-back-to-louisiana-tech/ http://710keel.com/a-e-phillips-lego-team-brings-first-place-trophy-back-to-louisiana-tech/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:50:44 +0000 amykeller http://710keel.com/?p=40141 RUSTON, La. – The Lego League Team from Louisiana Tech’s A.E. Phillips Laboratory School returned to Ruston with the first place trophy last week after competing in the First Lego League state championship in New Orleans

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]]> http://710keel.com/a-e-phillips-lego-team-brings-first-place-trophy-back-to-louisiana-tech/feed/ 0 LSU System Reports on LSUS http://710keel.com/lsu-system-reports-on-lsus/ http://710keel.com/lsu-system-reports-on-lsus/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:21:05 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=29915 A new LSU System report recommends developing a stronger LSU-Shreveport rather than merging the college with Louisiana Tech University or any other institution.

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]]> http://710keel.com/lsu-system-reports-on-lsus/feed/ 0 from LSUS website Experimental DNA Analysis Instrument to Be Tested by LA Tech Researchers http://710keel.com/experimental-dna-analysis-instrument-to-be-tested-by-la-tech-researchers/ http://710keel.com/experimental-dna-analysis-instrument-to-be-tested-by-la-tech-researchers/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:21:50 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=14137 Researchers from Louisiana Tech University will be floating above the Gulf of Mexico this month...literally. They'll be conducting zero-gravity testing of an experimental DNA analysis instrument developed at Tech that could benefit future NASA astronauts

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]]> http://710keel.com/experimental-dna-analysis-instrument-to-be-tested-by-la-tech-researchers/feed/ 0 DNA analyzer developed at Louisiana Tech University Tech's Nanosystems Engineering Program Accredited by ABET http://710keel.com/techs-nanosystems-engineering-program-accredited-by-abet/ http://710keel.com/techs-nanosystems-engineering-program-accredited-by-abet/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:40:05 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=12816 Louisiana Tech University's Bachelor of Science in Nanosystems Engineering, the first program of its kind in the United States, has become the nation's first undergraduate degree program in the nanoengineering field to receive accreditation from the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. A

]]> http://710keel.com/techs-nanosystems-engineering-program-accredited-by-abet/feed/ 0 Photo by: brewbooks/Flickr Tech Professor Named Chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists http://710keel.com/tech-professor-named-chairman-of-the-louisiana-state-board-of-examiners-of-psychologists/ http://710keel.com/tech-professor-named-chairman-of-the-louisiana-state-board-of-examiners-of-psychologists/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:23:50 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=12387 Dr. Tony Young is the Chester Ellis Endowed Professor in Education at Louisiana Tech and manager of its Psychological Services Clinic. As chairman, he'll coordinate the work of the board, which is responsible for overseeing the practice of psychology in Louisiana

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]]> http://710keel.com/tech-professor-named-chairman-of-the-louisiana-state-board-of-examiners-of-psychologists/feed/ 0 Dr. Tony Young Tech Professor Honored http://710keel.com/tech-professor-honored/ http://710keel.com/tech-professor-honored/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:37:56 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=10195 A Louisiana Tech University professor gets a big honor. Dr. James Cochran -- Bank of Ruston-Barnes, Thompson & Thurman Endowed Research Professor at Tech's College of Business -- has been named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Th

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]]> http://710keel.com/tech-professor-honored/feed/ 0 Dr. James Cochran LA Tech Wins Award For Campus Housing http://710keel.com/la-tech-wins-award-for-campus-housing/ http://710keel.com/la-tech-wins-award-for-campus-housing/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:09:37 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=1775

RUSTON, LA - Opened in September 2009, the modern Louisiana Tech residential life facility was chosen for design and construction excellence from over 100 similar projects throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

"Campus development must meet the changing expectations of students," said Dr. James King, vice president for stud

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