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Volume 6, Issue 25
July 14, 2006

Circulation: 20,096
Editor: Beth Keithly

Friday FYI

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

University News

Bill to Bring $174 million to UTSA, UT Health Sciences Center and New Texas A&M Campus in San Antonio
UNC Administrator Gretchen M. Bataille Named Sole Finalist for UNT Presidency
Jacobs Institute to Create New Medicines, Biomedical Devices
University of Nottingham Globalization Center Receives Grant
Page-Campbell Merges with Vanderbilt Heart Institute
UCSC Creates New Major in Computer Game Design
Yale Psychiatry Researchers Receive NARSAD Awards

Industry News

Raytheon Awarded $72 Million Radar Equipment Contract for Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer
General Dynamics Awarded $23 Million Contract for MK47 'STRIKER40' Weapon Systems
Boeing Projects $2.6 Trillion Market for New Commercial Airplanes
ntl:Telewest Chooses Ericsson for Voice Network Capability

Venture Capital News

STARTech Portfolio Company Acquired By Cisco Systems
Health Care Venture Capital Investors on Track for Record Year, According to Healthcare Corporate Finance News
Angel Groups Growing, Says Angel Capital Education Foundation Analysis
Florida Venture Forum Names Brekka to Board of Directors
Grubhub.com Wins the University of Chicago New Venture Challenge

Commentary

Stan Dermott: Create a Telescope Program Focusing on Education, Research

Upcoming Events

14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (July 14-16)
Seminar on International Project Management in the DFW Area (July 17-19)
Chinese Presence in Richardson: Past, Present & Future (July 20)
Nano-Network of New Mexico (July 25)
The Sixth Annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) (August 10-12)
AeA Texas Council Hosts Summit Emphasizing U.S. and Global Competitiveness (August 30)
Call For Papers: The 6th International Triple Helix Conference on University-Government-Industry Links (NOW)
IEEE Emerging Technologies Conference (September 15)
Ross Perot to Open Major Nanotechnology Event in Dallas (Sept. 27)