University News

$45 Million Headed for Stem Cell Research in California
NIDDK Welcomes Seven New Members to Advisory Council
Princeton’s Tilghman Names Committee to Advise on International Opportunities
Hebrew University Vice President of External Relations, Avi Armoni, Resigns
Oxford Names New Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Planning and Resources
Yale Professor Wins Dru Carlson Award for Ultrasound Research
UGA Researcher Receives Grant to Study Risks of Jet Fuel Exposure

Industry News

EDS Awarded $92 Million Task Order for CMS Enterprise Data Center Contract
Raytheon Receives $27.7 Million for V-22 Support
SAP America Inc. Names Peter Dunning to Its Executive Leadership Team
Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Reactivity
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil to Launch Barzan Gas Project

Venture Capital News

Global Venture Capital Firms Invest More Than $1 Billion in Blade.org Members
Wisconsin Institutes for Discover Seed Grant Winners Named
Hathaway Global Announces Hiring of Chief Operations Officer

Commentary

Mark B. Myers: A Patent System for the 21st Century

Upcoming Events

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)