University News

Prof. Rivka Carmi Elected President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
SG$9 Million Boost for Maritime R&D at NUS
MIT Nuclear Energy Projects Get $2M in DOE Grants
Gates Grant Will Help Emory, Finland Build International Public Health Network
Fogarty Announces Awards for Biodiversity-based Drug Discovery Research
Sullivan Selected as Provost for University of Michigan
Inventors of Charge-Coupled Device and Founders of Learning Factory Receive Highest Engineering Honors for 2006
Partial Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around Star

Industry News

Top Spanish Financial Services Firm “la Caixa” Extends EDS Relationship With Four-Year, €200 Million Contract
Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for 30 New Greek F16s
U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $64 Million Contract for Lead Yard Services
Huawei Wins China Telecom’s 1.2 Million ADSL2+ Lines Contract
Alcatel Acquires GMK to Expand into Brazilian and Latin American
Nortel Acquires Tasman Networks to Strengthen End-to-End Convergence Solutions
Rockwell Collins Appoints Carmichael to New Post
AK Steel Awards IBM Five-Year Contract Extension

Venture Capital News

Aisling Capital Announces Close of US$550M Life Sciences Fund
Athenix Secures $13 Million in Series C Financing
Cortec Group Announces the Acquistion of Snyder Industries, Inc.
Event: “The Boardroom” (Jan. 24)

Commentary

Richard E. Sparks: Rethinking, Then Rebuilding New Orleans

Upcoming Events

Accounting and Tax Concerns for Consultants (Jan. 9)
Dallas IEEE Consumer Electronics Society presents "Voice & Video over IP" (Jan. 10)
Before the Big Bang: A Radical New Perspective (Jan. 17)
Technology Day: Creating Value Through Your Business (Jan. 21)
VC TaskForce “The Boardroom” (Jan. 24)
DFW Texchange Meeting with Philip Romano (Jan. 25)
UTA Workshop on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (Jan. 27)
3rd Taiwan/US Air Force Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Workshop (Feb. 9-11)