University News

Nobel Laureate Receives US$18 Million Grant
Columbia Dedicates $15M to Enhance Ongoing Efforts to Diversify Faculty
U-M Researchers Awarded $6 Million to Develop New Cancer Drugs
UW-Madison Gets $3.4 Million for MS Study
British Researchers Target ‘Viral-Induced Wheezing’
Psychiatry Professor Wins Prestigious International Prize
Princeton’s Hopfield Earns Einstein World Award of Science
MIT Finds Genetic Clue to Bone and Fat Production
Stanford’s Solar Car Team Wins 1st Place

Industry News

EDS Awarded $99 Million Contract
Raytheon Awarded Contract Worth $82.1 Million in the Former Soviet Union
Dell to Establish Customer Contact Center in Philippines
General Dynamics, Carroll County, State of Maryland Partner to Build Production and Operations Center
McKeon Named Chairman of ThalesRaytheonSystems
SAP Appoints Ike Nassi to Oversee SAP Research, Americas
Movicel Selects Nortel for Wireless Network in Africa
Alcatel Awarded GSM/GPRS Mobile Network Expansion for Coscom in Uzbekistan

Commentary

Peter West: The Role of Academics in a Time of Troubles

Upcoming Events

Professional Certificate in Lean 6 Sigma Classes (Sept. 2005)
Professional Certificate in Supply Chain Management Classes (Sept. 2005)
Professional Certificate in Product Lifecycle Management Classes (Sept. 2005)
Fort Worth Life Sciences Coalition Summer Social (Sept. 1)
5th Annual Health Policy & Technology Forum (Sept. 13)
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide – The Tinderbox in the Teenage Brain: A Development Period of Vulnerabilities and Opportunitie (Sept. 13)
Galderma Laboratories: Global Leader in Dermatology (Sept. 15)
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide – Prozac and the Brain (Sept. 20)
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide – Insights into Senior Moments (Oct. 25)

Other News

Yahoo Buys $1 Billion Stake in Alibaba
NSF Announces Three New Chemical Bonding Centers
International Team Maps Rice Genome
Mars Express Radar Collects First Surface Data
Mars Probe Launches at Third Try
First Triple Asteroid System Found