University News

NCI and NSF Launch Collaboration; Training Grants Awarded for Nanobiotechnology
NSF Awards $11.16 Million to Caltech's Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials
UW Jewish Studies Gets $10 Million gift From Althea Stroum
$7.5M NSF Grant Establishes a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Emory's Symptoms Center Receives $1 Million Renewal from NIH
Oxford University and GE Healthcare Announce Cancer Research Collaboration
Major Upgrades Nearly Complete at Nanotechnology Research Facility
UT System Associate Vice Chancellor for Research is Appointed
Urie Bronfenbrenner, Father of Head Start Program and Pre-eminent 'Human Ecologist,' Dies at 88

Industry News

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $142 Million For North Texas Projects
NIAID and MedImmune Join Forces to Develop Potential Pandemic Influenza Vaccines
Rockwell Collins Contracts with Sikorsky on Canadian Helicopter Program
Lockheed Martin Receives $50 Million Contract for Laser-Guided Bomb Kits
U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $8.4 Million Planning Contract For Submarine Repair Work
Telefónica Móviles Mexico Converges Internal Voice, Data Traffic Using Nortel Multiservice Platform
Huawei and Ubiquity Software Sign Partnership Agreement
Ericsson Signs HSDPA and Managed Services Extension Contract with Maxis
EDS Names Storrow Gordon General Counsel

Venture Capital News

Midwest Will Be Next Biotech Hotbed According to Burrill & Company
Venture Capitalists Eyeing Microsoft License Program
Shop.com Secures $25 Million From Oak Investment Partners
Modulus Video Secures $10 Million in Funding From Thomas Weisel Venture Partners & Trinity Ventures
Identity Engines Secures $8.7 Million In Series A Financing

Commentary

Robert Weisbuch, President of Drew University: “Taking Office”

Upcoming Events

Mapping Texas Communities: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis Workshop (Oct. 6 or 7)
Owens, Then And Now (Oct. 6)
The Contribution of the Italian Researchers in the World The Past- The Present- the Future (Oct. 9)
IEEE Consultants Network Presents Being An Expert Witness (Oct. 10)
IEEE Dallas Consumer Electronics Society Presents Home Networking for IP Video (Oct. 11)
Supply Chain Management, Master of Science Contration & Certificate Program Information Session (Oct. 13)
North Texas: From National Distribution Center to International Inland Port (Oct. 18)
Society of Women Engineers October Meeting (Oct. 18)
Nano Impact Summit (Oct. 19)
U. T. Dallas to Host Conference On ‘New Era’ of Commercialization (Oct. 19-20)
The Brain: An Owner's Guide – Insights into Senior Moments (Oct. 25)