University News

Caltech Names New President: Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau
Regents Approve Patents and Commercialization of Research as New Consideration for Faculty Tenure
Arrillaga Gives $100 Million to Stanford in Largest Single Gift Ever From Individual
UGA Receives $4 Million From The Goizueta Foundation to Continue Educational Programs for Hispanic Students
Princeton Awarded $2.2 million for Biology Education
Two New Graduate Programs Available at Columbia This Fall
Unique Underground Ecosystem Revealed by Hebrew University Researchers Uncovers Eight Previously Unknown Species
UTD Scientist Co-authors Nature Paper Describing Undersea Volcanic Eruptions

Industry News

Boeing Senior Executive in Germany Announces Retirement
3M to Build Safety Products Manufacturing Facility in Korea
General Dynamics Awarded $31 Million Contract for RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicles for the Canadian Military
Rockwell Collins Completes Acquisition of Evans & Sutherland Simulation Business
The University of North Carolina Health Care System Teams With IBM to Implement Advanced Electronic Medical System

Venture Capital News

Martin Falkevall Joins InnovationsKapital
WebGen Systems, Inc. Raises $9.5 Million in Funding
Encover, Inc. Raises $8M in Series C Financing
Pageflakes Secures Funding from Benchmark Capital
Patriot Capital Funding Completes a Recapitalization of Fairchild Industrial Products Co.

Commentary

Lakshan Yapa: Public Scholarship: Integrating Research, Teaching and Service

Upcoming Events

IEEE Dallas Section Professional Activity Program: Systems on a Chip (June 7)
At The Forefront Of A Modern Rail-volution: An Update On DART's Plans For The Future (June 8)
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Meeting: "The Next Generation of Personal Area Networks(PAN)" (June 13)
10½ Mistakes Most Managers Make And How To Avoid Them (June 15)
Leadership in the Global Economy (June 15)
Panel Discussion on Start-Up Experience (June 20)
Neuroengineering Now (June 26-28)
AeA China RoHS Program (June 28)
Bringing the Metroplex to Life: BIOTECH Venturing In the DFW Region (beginning July 5)
14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (July 14-16)
The Sixth Annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) (August 10-12)
Ross Perot to Open Major Nanotechnology Event in Dallas (Sept. 27)