Texas Tech University
What to Know:
- Texas Tech University has formalized a partnership with the FBI and rebranded its Reese research facility to expand its role in national security research and workforce development.
- The university system has secured multiple multimillion-dollar grants from the Department of Defense and Army Research Laboratory to support advanced materials, radar and semiconductor research.
- Angelo State University’s Regional Security Operations Center is integrated into the FBI partnership and will contribute to provide cybersecurity training, monitoring and collaboration with public-sector and military entities.
Lin Zhou, who has served Texas Tech as CIO and vice president for the past year, will help advise the Department of Information Resources on its strategic plan for the 2026-2030 period.
The center has been offline for about three weeks after a cybersecurity incident, according to officials. Few details have been released.
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the monies to establish a university-based cybersecurity center.
Keith Halman has been appointed to a one-year term by the governor.
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is looking for proposals for a digital front door that will bring together health-care information, services and additional services.
More than 30 years after venturing into telemedicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center continues health outreach and services with new technologies to connect 108 West Texas counties.
Four universities are seeking information security officers or VPs with several years’ experience in the field.
The grant will fund training in cybersecurity across multiple levels of education.
