University News

Columbia Scientist Wally Broecker Awarded 2006 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
Baughman, Zakhidov Win Prestigious Medal From Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Atkins Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Center for Weight and Health
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Receives $6.5 Million Grant to Study Tumor Environment
Cornell and BTI Receive $1.8 Million from National Science Foundation to Continue Tomato Sequence Project
New Fund to Provide $1.1 Million for Collaborative Research in the Humanities
Carnegie Mellon Professor Jeannette Wing Chosen to Head Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate at NSF
UT Dallas Appoints Dr. James B. Gary Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Industry News

Bath Iron Works Awarded $257 Million to Complete DDG 1000 ZUMWALT Class Detail Design
Lockheed Martin Receives $166 Million Contract for Rocket System
European Space Agency Signs $97 Million Agreement with EDS for Management of IT Infrastructure and Services
EDS Names Derganc to Lead Global Business Development
Ericsson Finalizes Acquisition of Redback Networks
U.S. Navy, Nortel to Cooperate on Secure Wireless R&D
3M Acquires Industrial Adhesives Product Line from Chemence Inc.

Venture Capital News

Cambridge Enterprise Now Limited Company
Strategic Venture Association Joins Collective IQ as Special General Partner
Motorola Invests in DARTdevices
After Successful Exit, Entrepreneur Turns Once Again to Central Florida Resources to Grow Next Startup

Commentary

Dr. Da Hsuan Feng: Do Well While Do Good!

Upcoming Events

ACSC 2007: Australasian Computer Science Conference (Jan 29 – Feb. 2, 2007)
RSA Conference 2007 (February 5-9, 2007)
2007 Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids (March 5-8, 2007)
SOLAS Science 2007: A SOLAS Open Science Conference (March 6-9 2007)
LPSC 2007: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (March 12–16, 2007)
NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference 2007 (March 19-22, 2007)
2007 IRMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology (May 19-23, 2007)
ETech 2007: Emerging Technology Conference (March 26-29, 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)
Sensors Expo 2007 (June 11-13, 2007)
PPPS 2007: Plasma Science and Pulsed Power Conference (June 17-22, 2007)