University News

A&M System Chancellor Bob McTeer Announces Retirement
Wanda E. Ward Named Acting Head of NSF's Education Directorate
Yudof Announces Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Strategic Management
Vanderbilt University Wins $10 Million to Study Impact of Performance Incentives in Schools
UCLA Scientist Awarded $7.9 Million for National Study on Alzheimer's
UW Business School Receives $4.5 Million from Former Starbucks CEO
Patricia Gumport Named Stanford's Vice Provost for Graduate Education
UCSD Names Prof. Tony Haymet, Distinguished International Researcher and Science Leader, as Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences
Senior Appointments at HKUST Announced

Industry News

Telstra and Alcatel Announce €270 Million Works Program for 2006/07
General Dynamics Awarded $45 Million For Abrams Urban Survivability Kits
Raytheon Receives $20.7 Million Contract Award for Towed-Decoy Production
Dell Plans Second Customer Contact Center in Philippines
Ericsson Acquires Assets of Finnish Software Company Distocraft
Boeing Wins $5.6 Million U.S. Air Force Contract to Enhance Threat Monitoring
First Digital Wireless Communications System for African Railway Network

Venture Capital News

Event: Ernst & Young will Host Journey 2006 Conference for Venture Capital Funds and Entrepreneurs of Emerging Growth Companies
Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. Completes Series A Financing Round and Announces Development Agreement
Wireless Services Secures $30 Million in Financing, Acquires Mobile Media North America
In-Q-Tel Announces Christopher Darby as New CEO
Morrison Cohen LLP Announces Addition of Peter K. Anglum Jeffrey A. Lowin

Commentary

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Upcoming Events

MTBC Nanotechnology Focus Group (Sept. 5)
September SPUG (Silicon Processing Users' Group) Meeting: The Fast and The Furious: The Fab & Technology Race (Sept. 7)
September IEEE Consultants Network Meeting "The Artful Dodger: How to Survive Long Enough to Make Effective Presentations" (Sept. 11)
The Crisis in Health Care Cost (Sept. 14)
IEEE Emerging Technologies Conference (September 15)
UTD's Santosh D'Mello to Chair Conference on Treatment Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Sept 18-19)
IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology Society September Meeting (Sept. 19)
Ross Perot to Open Major Nanotechnology Event in Dallas (Sept. 27)
11th Annual International Business Achievement Awards (IBAA) (Oct. 10)