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Friday FYI

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

University News

KAIST Decides Not to Extend President’s Term
Canadian University Lures Nobel Laureate From Boulder With $10-Million for Science-Education Project
Cambridge Awarded £2.3m Grant for Cambridge Statistics Initiative
UTD Professor Awarded $1.3-Million NIH Contract To Build PDA Interface for Hearing Impaired
Better Way to Cool Computer Chips Receives NSF Support
UTD Researchers Granted $240,000 to Study Communication Among Bacteria
UGA Institute of Higher Education Partners with Jilin University
Studies Link Cancer, Inflammatory Disease

Industry News

Alcatel Wins Contracts with Shanxi Mobile in China
TI Opens R&D Center
Northern Territory Government Selects Fujitsu for $150 Million Desktop Contract
KYOBO Life Insurance Signs a 10-Year Outsourcing Contract With IBM
Ken Quaglio to Lead EDS Global Alliances Organization

Venture Capital News

Intel Establishes $50 Million Venture Capital Fund For Brazil
VC Firm Plans Fund for Russia, Eastern Europe
U.S. Venture Funds Take Direct Route to Israeli Startups

Commentary

Jerry Sheehan: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Link Between Innovation and Economic Growth

Upcoming Events

Using LEGO Bricks and Robotics: Engineering Education For All (April 4)
Naval Aviation Enterprise "AIRSpeed" Lean Six Sigma Productivity Improvement (April 5)
Discovery of the Y(4260) (April 5)
Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas Meeting (April 5-6)
Cyber Threats of the 21st Century (April 6)
The Future of Semiconductor Processing (April 6)
US-China Issues Forum (April 12)
The Sixth Annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) (August 10-12)