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Volume 5, Issue 9 Apr. 1, 2005 Circulation 19,448
Newsletter from the Office of Vice President of Research and Graduate Education

University News

Professor Hiroshi Komiyama elected as New President of the University of Tokyo
Trichopoulos to Receive $5.8 million 'Innovator Award' Grant
UTD Professor Wins $1.5-Million NIH Grant To Improve Cochlear Implant Devices
Cyberlaw Expert Jonathan Zittrain Elected to Oxford's First Chair of Internet Governance and Regulation
Robert Rosner named Director of Argonne National Laboratory
Caltech Physics Team Invents Device For Weighing Individual Molecules
DoD, Calit2 Fund $500,000 Investment in Advanced Chip Technology
N.Y. Agency Gives Cornell Researchers $300,000 to Develop Biodegradable Plastics
Collaboration Reveals the Complex Origins of Pain

Corporate News

EDS-Led Consortium Signs Contract with U.K. Ministry Of Defense for Defense Information Infrastructure Project
General Dynamics Awarded $128 Million for Towed Artillery Digitization Digital Fire Control Systems
Raytheon Awarded $51.5 Million Contract for Patriot Upgrades
Boeing Program Receives $43.6 Million Order
Lockheed Martin Awarded $37.8 Million Contract
Nortel Names Gary Kunis as Chief Technology Officer
Mark Stevens Named President, Nortel Australia and New Zealand
Alcatel Selected by Chinese Government for Network Deployment
Ericsson makes Ethernet DSL Access Breakthrough in Northern Latin America

Commentary

Dr. Da Hsuan Feng:Report of UT Dallas Research Advisory Board Meeting: March 25, 2005: Globalization, Nonlinear Growth, Name Branding

Upcoming Events

Nanotechnology Networking Group Lunch (April 7)
Getting Hired for Your Next Project (April 11)
Education and Career Opportunities in the Video Gaming Industry (April 19)
Distributed Mobile Switching (April 19)
Nanotechnology Networking Group Dinner (April 21)
Lunch with Congressman Joe Barton (Apr. 29)

Other News

India Alters Patent Law
Alfa Wants Stake in Turkcell
UK DNA Profiling of Babies Rejected
Great Extinction Came in Phases