University News

University of Texas Investment Management Company Board Announces President and CEO Bob Boldt Resignation
UT Southwestern Heart Research Aided by $11.9 Million from Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
UCLA School of Dentistry to Receive $1 Million to Establish the David and Miki Lee Endowment Fund
Amanda Oneacre Rockow Named U. T. Dallas' Vice President for Public Affairs
Harold Craighead Returns to Directorship of Nanobiotechnolgy Center
Oxford Scientist Wins Nature/Nesta Lifetime Achievement Award
Researchers Map Out Networks that Determine Cell Fate
Berkeley Aims For MRI On the Cheap and On the Go
Yale School of Management Launches New MBA Curriculum

Industry News

Visanet Extends EDS Relationship with US$209 Million Agreement
IBM Canada Wins $24-Million Services Agreement to Build Pan-Canadian Communicable Disease Surveillance System
Intel Announces Restructuring
Ericsson Acquires Assets of Finnish Software Company Distocraft
Lockheed Martin Announces Sale of Its Interest in International Launch of Services and LKEI
Raytheon Missile Defense Systems Key to Successful Ballistic Missile Intercept in Space
Rockwell Collins Acquires IP Unwired, Inc

Venture Capital News

Venture Capital Takes Root in Oklahoma
Mayfield Fund Hires Navin Chaddha as Managing Director
Elie Wurtman Joins Benchmark Capital As General Partner
The Sterling Group, L.P. Completes Acquisition of Roofing Supply Group

Commentary

The U.S. Edge in Higher Education: Richard H. Brodhead

Upcoming Events

September IEEE Consultants Network Meeting "The Artful Dodger: How to Survive Long Enough to Make Effective Presentations" (Sept. 11)
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society "Challenges of Digital Displays" (Sept. 12)
The Crisis in Health Care Cost (Sept. 14)
IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Distinguished Lecture - Automated Design of Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Connecting Biochemistry to Electronics CAD (Sept. 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)
Society of Women Engineers: Your Money Coach (Sept. 19)
Ross Perot to Open Major Nanotechnology Event in Dallas (Sept. 27)
Corporate Wellness – A Close Look at Employee Wellness Programs (Oct. 4)
11th Annual International Business Achievement Awards (IBAA) (Oct. 10)
BioEnergy Texas (Oct. 24-26)