University News

$2.5 Million Great Lakes Center to Link Research, Teaching
MacArthur Foundation Awards $1.86 Million to Fund Cornell Research and Training Positions in Peace Studies
Dr. Larry D. Terry Appointed UTD’s Vice President for Business Affairs
Jackson Named UGA Vice President for Public Affairs
Yale Appoints Three New Trustees
UW Medical Center First in Nation to Install Next-Generation PET/CT Scanner
Sir Roger Penrose Honored for Math Communication
Director of Oncology Nursing and Transplant Services Wins Book of the Year Award

Industry News

Raytheon Upgrades Fighting Vehicles with US$121 Million in New Awards
General Dynamics Awarded $24 Million Spare Parts Contract
IBM Acquires CIMS Lab, Inc.
Rockwell Automation to Acquire Caribbean Integration Engineers, Inc
Ericsson's Acquisition of Marconi Assets Completed
Lockheed Martin Completes Aspen System Acquisition
J. S. Simon, Samul Palmisano Elected Directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation Board
Nortel Appoints New Corporate Operations Leaderh

Venture Capital News

Venture Capital Investing Steady at $21.7 Billion in 2005 - Holding On to 2004's Gain
ITA Software Announces $100 Million in Equity Financing
MAP Pharmaceuticals Closes $25.25 Million Series C Financing
Splunk Receives $10 Million in Series B Funding

Commentary

Da Hsuan Feng: A Tale of Two Speeds — Challenges for Research Universities

Upcoming Events

Commercialization of Nanotechnology in Texas (Feb. 7)
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Meeting (Feb. 7)
IEEE: Business Is About People: Fine Tune Your People Skills and Be More Successful at Work (Feb. 9)
3rd Taiwan/US Air Force Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Workshop (Feb. 9-11)
Dallas IEEE Consumer Electronics Society presents "Digital World: Technologies Transforming Our Lives" (Feb. 14)
Visit by Shimane Prefecture Leadership (Feb. 16)
Society of Women Engineers Meeting” Resume Writing and Interviewing Techniques (Feb. 21)