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Volume 6, Issue 8
Feb. 24, 2006

Circulation 20,096

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Newsletter from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development- U. T. Dallas

University News

Bridge From China to the World: Official Opening by Deputy PM
Summers to Step Down as Harvard President
UT System, UT Permian Basin Sign Teaming Agreement
KAIST Won't Publish Dean Evaluation
Steve Wrigley to Direct Carl Vinson Institute of Government
National Academies Name Biology Teaching Fellows and Mentors
UTD Social Sciences Dean Named Fellow of American Institute of Certified Planners
NanoMedicine Center Strives to Develop Technologies for Regenerative Medicine

Industry News

IBM Wins Georgia Services Contract
United Kingdom Awards Lockheed Martin $2.65 Million Contract
Fujitsu Consulting to Acquire Rapidigm
General Dynamics to Acquire Ammunition Producer SNC Technologies Inc.
KPN Selects Alcatel to Deliver Managed Communications Services
Nortel Names George Riedel Chief Strategy Officer
Raytheon Names David Wajsgras Chief Financial Officer
EDS Names Vargo and Haubenstricker Interim Co-Chief Financial Officers

Venture Capital News

Software Services Companies Get Hotter Among VCs
IT Deals Fuel Rise in Irish VC Investment
Yale Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Detection Technology Licensed by LabCorp
Space Adventures Announces $265 Million Global Spaceport Development Project
Third Screen Media Secures $5 Million in Series B Funding
Former President of Guidant Vascular Intervention Joins Aesthera Board

Commentary

Da Hsuan Feng: Ambitious Effort of Republic of China (Taiwan) to Establish "International First Rate Universities" in the 21st Century

Upcoming Events

Cosmology: The Science of the Whole Universe (Feb. 27)
A Closer Look At The SEC (March 2)
Raytheon and Systems of Systems Engineering (March 16)
Society of Women Engineering: Play With the Boys and Still Be a Girl (March 21)