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Friday FYI

Newsletter from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Education - U. T. Dallas

University News

Finalist Named for President of UT Austin
Science Historian Named Caltech/Huntington Professor
New Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers Announced
President Bush to Award the 2005 National Humanities Medals
MIT’s McGovern Center Opens
Dr. Israel German Appointed Senior Vice President and Director General of Technion
Alumni Make HK$10 Million Gift
One of World's Fastest Supercomputers to Aid Princeton Researchers
SDE's Lijiang Project Wins UNESCO Award
HKUST, Microsoft Launch Ph. D. Joint Scheme

Industry News

EDS Signs $108 Million IT Outsourcing Deal with First International Bank of Israel
General Dynamics Awarded $69 Million Stryker Reset Contract
Boeing 777-200LR Sets New World Record for Distance
Toshiba and NEC Electronics to Collaborate on 45-nanometer System LSI Process Technologies
Alcatel and Maplecroft Partner to Launch a Global Map of Digital Inclusion
AP, MSN Align for New Internet Video Network
Allianz Hungary Estimates $100,000-a-year Saving with Cisco Data Centre Network Architecture
Intel, Dell and Schlumberger To Deliver Feature Rich Platforms For The Oil And Gas Industry

Venture Capital News

Serena Software to be Acquired by Silver Lake Partners in a $1.2 Billion Deal
Power Paper Completes $30 Million Fundraising Round
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces More Than $1.5 Million Investment for Technology Project
Linden LLC Forms Health Care, Life Sciences Fund

Commentary

Alan MacDiarmid: "Science is People", comments at the dedication of the Alan MacDiarmid Energy Research Laboratory

Upcoming Events

Seminar Series for Life-long Learners: Teachers – Inquiry in the Science Classroom (Nov. 14))
IEEE: Ten Tips to Moving to a Culture of Disciplined Execution (Nov. 14)
Princeton Astrophysicist to Show 'Baby Pictures' of Universe (Nov. 14)
Micro & Nano-Systems Distinguished Speaker Series High Aspect Ratio MEMS/NEMS for RF, Photonics, and Bio Applications (Nov. 15)
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)
The Dallas Forum for Biomedical Technology: Creating a Competitive Opening (Jan. 4)
UTA Workshop on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (Jan. 27)