University News

UNT Regents Name Dr. Scott Ransom as Finalist for Presidency of UNT Health Science Center
Obituary: Denice D. Denton — UC Santa Cruz Chancellor
Knight Foundation Grant Funds Leadership Initiative at Columbia
UT Southwestern Biochemist Wins $1 Million Research Prize
UT System Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction Appointed
HHMI Helps Physicians Launch Careers in Research
Cambridge Lecturer Receives National Fellowship
University of Nottingham Appoints UK's Only Female Professor of Brewing Science
UTD Professor Elected to Policy Post at American Sociological Association

Industry News

EDS Signs $700 Million Contract with Bank of America
Marvell To Purchase Intel’s Communications And Application Processor Business For $600 Million
U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Contract
U.S. Joint Forces Command Extends General Dynamics Contract
Raytheon Awarded $45 Million U.S. Navy Contract
U.S. Air Force Awards $28 Million Contract to Rockwell Collins for Next-Generation GPS Technology

Venture Capital News

Oxford University Signs £12m Funding Deal with Technikos
Yale Licenses Potential Anti-HIV Agent to Oncolys BioPharma of Japan
LLR Partners and Quaker BioVentures Announce Sale of Portfolio Company Medmark Holdings Inc.
Dow Jones VentureOne Adds China to Its VentureSource Database

Commentary

Ben S. Bernanke: 2006 Commencement Address at MIT

Upcoming Events

Bringing the Metroplex to Life: BIOTECH Venturing In the DFW Region (beginning July 5)
Pentagon Official to Discuss WW II Aerial Attacks As Part of UTD's Annual Jalonick Lecture Series (July 8)
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Meeting (July 11)
14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (July 14-16)
Chinese Presence in Richardson: Past, Present & Future (July 20)
The Sixth Annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) (August 10-12)
Ross Perot to Open Major Nanotechnology Event in Dallas (Sept. 27)
Call For Papers: The 6th International Triple Helix Conference on University-Government-Industry Links (NOW)
AeA Texas Council Hosts Summit Emphasizing U.S. and Global Competitivenes (Aug. 30)
IEEE Emerging Technologies Conference (September 15)