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Volume 6, Issue 36
Oct 27, 2006

Circulation: 18,120
Editor: Beth Keithly

Friday FYI

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

University News

UC San Diego to Receive $52 Million For Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study
SESAME to Open: Particle Accelerator Spurs Middle East Science Partnership
Center for Urban School Improvement Receives $1.6 Million Media Literacy Grant
Company Founded by UT Dallas Ph.D. Student Receives $1.5 Million Emerging Technology Grant
Researchers Awarded $1.2 Million Training Grant for Cancer Epidemiology
Global Climate and Energy Project Announces $1.15 Million in Research Awards
UCLA and JPL Form Partnership
UT System Chief Information Security Officer Appointed

Industry News

Clear Channel Considers Buyout
Alcatel Wins €53 Million GSM/GPRS Network Expansion Contracts
Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Orative
U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $18 Million for Training Systems
Oracle and Intel to Collaborate on Enterprise Computing

Venture Capital News

TA Associates Completes $130 Million Leveraged Recapitalization of American Access Care
Research Triangle Park-Based Aurora Funds Combines with the Trelys Funds to Expand into South Carolina
zouk ventures Announces Two Senior Appointments
Sevin Rosen Funds Names William D. Paiva as Venture Partner

Commentary

Professor Shih Choon Fong: A Good University Teaches, a Great University Transforms - State of the University Address

Upcoming Events

Business Issues Regarding Future Computers (Nov. 7)
Texas Life Science Conference (Nov. 9-10)
Society of Women Engineers Meeting: "How to Manage and Promote Your Career and Move Forward" (Nov. 21)
Workshop on Monte Carlo Simulation in Finance (Nov. 30)
Institute of Innovations and Advanced Studies Inaugural Workshop (Dec. 12-15)