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Volume 6, Issue 28
Aug. 4, 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

Johns Hopkins' Singapore Center to Close
University of Chicago's New Team to Manage Argonne National Laboratory
NIKE Founder Gives $105 Million to Stanford's Graduate School of Business
Princeton’s Fragile Families Study Earns $17 Million Federal Award
Moore Foundation Gives $5.6 Million to Caltech for New Center to Study Cell Regulation
Yale Names New Associate Vice President for Research Administration
Columbia Names Vice Provost for International Relations
Materials Scientist George Malliaras Named Head of Cornell NanoScale Facility

Industry News

Florida Turnpike Enterprise Selects Raytheon to Negotiate for $221 Million Terminal Replacement Program
General Dynamics Awarded $46 Million Long-Lead Contract for M1A2 Abrams Tank Reset
Alcatel Awarded a €30 Million Contract with ITPC For A Nation-wide Backbone in Iraq
IBM Acquires Webify
Movistar Chile Selects Ericsson to Move Towards All-IP in Chile
3M Completes Acquisition of Both Archon Technologies Inc. and  Security Printing and Systems Limited
Toshiba Appoints Vice President of Business Operations

Venture Capital News

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists' Confidence in Future High Growth Venture Environment Declines to Lowest Level in Over 2 Years
Canaan Teams With Yahoo! Inc. In An $8.6 Million Investment In BharatMatrimony
California Venture Capital Executive Recruited to RCGA Team
American Ventures Sells Coral Gables Office Tower

Commentary

Peter D. Blair: Science and Technology Advice to Congress: Then, Now and Looking Forward - The Current and Potential Role of the National Academies

Upcoming Events

IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Meeting (August 8)
State of The North Texas Technology Industry (Aug. 10)
The Sixth Annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) (August 10-12)
IEEE Consultants Network Meeting: Business Protocol - Social Savvy Strategies for a Polished Professional (Aug. 14)
Former Surgeon General to Speak at UTD (Aug. 24)
AeA Texas Council Hosts Summit Emphasizing U.S. and Global Competitiveness (Aug. 30)
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
(Conference Date: May 16-18, 2007)
IEEE Emerging Technologies Conference (September 15)