University News

Hebrew University Leads Israeli Universities in EU Grants
UT System Announces Additional Financial Commitments to Attract Top-Notch Faculty
Asset Manager Steve G. Stevanovich Donates $7 Million to Center for Financial Mathematics at University of Chicago
Princeton Names First Dean for Research, Restructures Support for Funding Efforts
NIBIB Welcomes Four New Members to Advisory Council
New University Research Institute to Produce Clean Energy Technologies for a Greener Future
UT Dallas Professor Receives Appointment To National Sickle Cell Disease Association
Lawrence Sherman of Penn Appointed to Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Industry News

BP Solar to Invest $70 Million to Expand US Facility
General Dynamics Awarded $46 Million by U.S. Marine Corps
Microsoft Announces New Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Services
Raytheon Names Darlington to Lead Raytheon Technical Services Company Engineering and Technology

Venture Capital News

Symyx Technologies Creates New Sensors Company
Linden Adds Veteran Healthcare Executive Anthony K. Kesman as Operating Partner
Serial Entrepreneur Jothy Rosenberg Joins ANGLE Technology Ventures
Sevin Rosen Funds Adds Jerry Bowerman As Entrepreneur in Residence

Commentary

Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.: When the Jobs in the Nation Change, So Does the Job of the Scientist

Upcoming Events

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (January 3-6, 2007)
ACSC 2007: Australasian Computer Science Conference (Jan 29 – Feb. 2, 2007)
SOLAS Science 2007: A SOLAS Open Science Conference (March 6-9 2007)
LPSC 2007: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (March 12–16, 2007)
2007 Conference on O.R. Practice (April 29-May 1, 2007)
CLEO/QELS 2007: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) (May 6-11, 2007)
2007 Decision & Risk Management Conference: Convergence Between Finance and Industry (May 21-22)
EuroCogSci07: Cognitive Science Conference (May 23- 27, 2007)
PPPS 2007: Plasma Science and Pulsed Power Conference (June 17-22, 2007)