a. Lockheed Martin Receives US$127 Million Contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System

b. Lockheed Martin Receives US$119 Million Multiple Launch Rocket System Guided Unitary Contract

c. Hungarian Railways Awarded Alcatel with Two Signaling Contracts, Worth Euro 22 Million

d. ACS Selected By Hawaii Judiciary for Statewide Integrated Justice Information System

e. Infineon Pushes Ahead With Restructuring Plans; Human Resources Administration Functions Outsourced To EDS

f. Contract Calls For Creation And Management Of New Business-To-Business E-Commerce Tools

g. EDS Signs Manufacturing Industry Contracts in the United States

a. Monsignor Joseph of University of Dallas Announces Retirement

b. Legislature Approves US$45 Million in Tuition Revenue Bonds for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

c. More than US$34 Million in SPORE Grants Spurs Research in Leukemia, Endometrial, Pancreatic and Lung Cancers Awarded to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

d. Finalists Named for President of U.T. Arlington

e. U.T. Dallas Nanotechnologist Invents Molecular-Scale Mechanical Amplifiers

f. Light and Nano Quantum Mechanics vs. Classical Optics

g. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Names New Executive Vice President

h. UTMB Physician Wins Nation's Top Prize in Bipolar Research

i. UNT Receives US$900,000 for Chemistry Awards

j. Researchers Find New Structure for Drug-Metabolizing Protein

k. UTHCT Microbiologist Receives Grant to Evaluate Drug that Treats Lung Infections in People with Cystic Fibrosis

l. Small Business Center Gets US$5,000 Grant

m. University of North Texas Establishes Center for Psychosocial Health

n. UT Health Center Ultrasound Lab Re-Accredited

o. TWU Pioneer School Earns NAEYC Reaccredidation

p. Meier Elected President of PMRA

q. Murali Varanasi Named Electrical Engineering Department Coordinator for UNT's College of Engineering

r. Texas Tech President Appointed to State Committee

s. UTD's Suresh Sethi Elected Fellow of Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences

a. ICCCN: Oct. 20-22

b. Two UTD Management Professors Next in McDermott Library Lecture Series: Oct. 20

c. New Product Development (NPD) Project Innovation '03: Oct. 20-22

d. How Old World Beauty & High Technology Both Thrive in Suzhou City: Oct. 21

e. Strategic and Technical Issues with 3G Network Evolution: Oct. 21

f. The Capital Network Southwest Equity Capital Summit: Oct. 22-23

g. DFW Homeland Security Solutions Expo: Oct. 22

h. Grow Your Business: Creativity That Works: Oct. 23

i. Forum on Workplace Diversity to Be Held at U. T. Dallas: Oct. 24

j. TCU Physics and Astronomy Hosting Joseph Morgan Lecture: Oct. 27

k. The Next Century - Intelligence for Today and Tomorrow: Oct. 28-30

l. National Academy of Engineering President to Speak: Oct. 29

m. Dallas Local Demographic Analysis Workshop Announcement: Oct. 29 and 30

n. Intellectual Property & Technology Exploitation Forum 2003: Oct. 30-31

o. Third International Conference on Light Materials for Transportation Systems: Nov. 2-6

p. From Product Developer to Intrapreneur to Entrepreneur: Nov. 5

q. Diversity Issues to Be Focus of Texas A&M Conference in Houston: Nov. 5-7

r. Texas Tech Mathematics Department Hosts Mini-Symposium: Nov. 6-8

s. Unleash Your Creative Intelligence for Business Solutions: Nov. 10

t. Neuroscientist Priest to Deliver Stem Cell Lecture: Nov. 10

u. It's a Girl Thing - From High Tops to High Tech: Nov. 15

v. The Future of Wireless Communications: Nov. 18

w. Pervasive Computing: Vision and Challenges: Nov. 19

x. Cal Ripken Jr. to be M. D. Anderson Living Legend: Dec. 2

a. Pioneering Use of 'Bionic' Electrodes Aims to Improve Arm and Hand Movement

b. One Egyptian Twin Comes off Coma Drugs

c. FDA Approves Alzheimer's Disease Drug

d. Appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong

e. SAIC Names Kenneth C. Dahlberg as New CEO

a. House, Senate Split on Funding for Iraq

b. Raytheon Working with Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Systems for Homeland Security Competition to Equip Commercial Aircraft Against Missile Threat

c. Event - DFW Homeland Security Solutions Expo: Oct. 22

d. Event - Homeland Security/Combating Terrorism Conference: Oct. 27-31