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a. Telecom Signs New Zealand and Australia Network Management Deals with Alcatel Worth US$106 Million

b. Lockheed Martin Receives USAF Contract for F-16 Upgrades

c. Raytheon Awarded US$11.2 Million to Study U.S. Air Force GPS Receiver Modernization

d. ACS Signs US$1.4 Million Contract with Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

e. J. Philip McCormick Joins Board of Directors of Advanced Neuromodulation Systems

f. Alcatel Breaks World Record in Deep-Sea Cable Repairs in the Pacific Ocean

 

a. UT System Vice Chancellor Shirley Bird Perry to Retire

b. Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Appointed at The University of Texas at Austin

c. UTA Administrator Receives National Award from LULAC

d. Advanced Research Program Cut From Budget

e. Development of Prostate Drug Based on UT Southwestern Research

f. UT Health Center Professor Elected to Fellowship in the American Association of Microbiology

g. Researchers Map Location for Aortic Aneurysm Gene

h.
Texas Tech Receives Gift for Health Science Center's Institute for Healthy Aging

i. UNT Receives US$900,000 to Fund Chemistry Related Research

j. KPMG Endows Accounting Chair at Texas A&M

j. Senator Cornyn Secures Funding to Establish UTHSC's Hispanic Nutrition, Education Center

k. Abilene's Nonprofit Management Center joins ACU's Center for Building Community

a. Blaming Wilbur and Orville - The Wright Patent Suits and the Development of American Aviation: June 28

d. Dallas Demographic Analysis Workshops: July 1 or 2

e. Perfecting Your 30-Second Elevator Speech: July 14

f. International Symposium Explores New Business Vulnerabilities: July 28-30

g. 2003 NanoSummit: July 31

h. The Third Annual TechTitans Metroplex Technology Awards: August 22

SARS news

a. Polynesians Get Free Wireless Web

b. Towards an AIDS Vaccine: Unusual Antibody That Targets HIV Described by Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute

c. Wake Forest Scientists Figure Out Bizarre Visual Condition

a. Hong Kong Declared SARS-Free

b. Report from WHO on SARS Containment

a. House Clears Homeland Security Funding Bill

b. Secretary Tom Ridge Announces Members and First Meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

c. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge Announces Director of International Affairs

d. Two-Thirds of Large Municipal Water & Wastewater Systems Require Upgrades for Homeland Security Requirements

e. Event - International Symposium Explores New Business Vulnerabilities: July 28-30

 

         
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