University News

NIAID Awards $47 Million Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats
National Cancer Institute Announces US$35 Million in Awards to 12 Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships
NIH Funds Nine Science Education Partnership Awards
NSF Renews Support for Penn's Laboratory for Research On the Structure of Matter with $21.6 Million Grant
NSF Awards $7.6 Million for ISR National Election Studies
UGA College of Public Health Receives $1.94 Million Grant to Establish the First Geriatric Education Center
Whitehead Research Opens Door to New Stem Cell Work
Terry Foundation Adds UTD To Its Prestigious Scholarship Program
UT Regents Receive Additional Settlement in Patent Suit

Industry News

Mike Zakirovski Named Nortel President and CEO
Cisco Systems to Invest Over US $1 Billion in India over Next Three Years
BP and HPCL Sign Letter of Intent to Form a Refining and Marketing Joint Venture in India
First Space Safety Conference in Nice, France
Mercer Human Resource Consulting Awards IBM $58 Million Contract
Esterline’s Palomar Products Wins Lockheed Martin $6.8 Million VH-71 Helicopter Subcontract
Microsoft and Yahoo! Announce Interoperability Agreement
Alcatel Deploys Its First Mobile NGN Network in China with Zhejiang Mobile
EDS and Guthy-Renker Extend Long Term Relationship Through 2010

Venture Capital News

Vernier Networks Secures $21 Million In Oversubscribed Round
ManiaTV Raises $12 Million in Second Round of Funding
Chinese Dot-Com Gets $8M
Ty Miller, Former President and CEO of Bank One Global Treasury Services Joins Austin Ventures

Commentary

Da Hsuan Feng: “UTD’s ‘Journey to Greatness’ to Benefit Entire Metroplex

Upcoming Events

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Edward Larson To Speak on Evolution Teaching Controversy (Oct. 24)
The Brain: An Owner's Guide – Insights into Senior Moments (Oct. 25)
Department of Energy to Discuss 20 Year Plan and Receiving Grants (Oct. 26)
Materials and Processes for Flexible Electronics (Oct. 26)
The Father of BioInformaticsTo Give Lecture at UTD (Nov. 2)
UTD NanoTech Director Ray Baughman Gives Presentation On Innovative Carbon Nanotubes (Nov. 9)
Building A Medical Product Development Services Company In North Texas (Nov. 9)
Seminar Series for Life-long Learners: Teachers – Inquiry in the Science Classroom (Nov. 14)
Society of Women Engineering Meeting: Combining Work and Family (Nov. 15)
MIT Forum: The Power of Revolutionary Thinking (Nov. 17)
Information Session on Professional Certificate Programs (Nov. 22)
5th Annual State of Technology Luncheon (Dec. 1)