University News

Bush Awards Medals for Science, Technology
National Academy of Engineering Elects 76 Members and Nine Foreign Associates
NIH Director Welcomes Five New Members to the Advisory Committee to the Director
Frederick Murphy, Researcher Who Helped Identify Ebola and Marburg Viruses, Joins UTMB Faculty
Emory Appoints New Director of University Science Strategies
$30 Million Gift Jump Starts Stanford Effort for Environment
$25 Million Gift from Jules and Gwen Knapp Will Help Build 10-Story Medical Research Facility at the University of Chicago
Hebrew University and Yissum Establish Research Partnership With Johnson & Johnson
Republic of China Push for First Rate Universities

Industry News

Raytheon Awarded $31.7 Million U.S. Navy Contract
Alcatel Selected by T-Mobile International to Deploy a Fully Integrated Interactive Mobile TV Solution in Europe
IBM and Spector Sign Three-Year Outsourcing Contract
Nortel Signs 2G/3G Deal with Cingular Wireless
Cisco Systems Appoints David Rubio as Vice President, Cisco Services Asia Pacific
Toshiba to Strengthen Presence in Russian Market
3M to Acquire OMNII Oral Pharmaceuticals
Vodafone Signs Strategic 3G Handset Partnership with Huawei

Venture Capital News

The Walt Disney Company, Cisco Systems and Intel Corporation Invest in MovieBeam, Inc.
picoChip Receives Strategic Investment from AT&T
Konarka Raises $20 Million in Venture Capital Financing Led by 3i
Applied NanoWorks Secures $2.0 Million to Expand Nano-Materials Manufacturing
National Venture Capital Association Endorses Bi-Partisan Efforts On U.S. Competitiveness

Commentary

William J. Rothwell: American Workers – Offshore Yourselves!

Upcoming Events

IEEE CVT: Growing RFID Businesses: Transforming Supply Chains (Feb. 21)
Dallas IEEE Reliability Society: Bond Failures Related to the Plating Rework Process (Feb 21)
Society of Women Engineers Meeting: Salary Negotiation (Feb. 21)
Bridging the Gap 2006: Invention, Innovation and Commercialization (Feb. 22)
From Concept to Seed Money to Venture Money: A Case Study in Launching and Growing Business (Feb. 22)
North Texas Seminar on Health Policy Research (Feb. 23)
A Closer Look At The SEC (March 2)
Society of Women Engineering: Play With the Boys and Still Be a Girl (March 21)