University News

Academy Honors 18 For Contributions to Science
Researcher to Use $10 Million Grant to Revamp Cornell Labs to Advance Cellulose-to-Biofuel Research
T. Boone Pickens Donates $5 Million to UT Dallas to Advance BrainHealth
Steve Kang Named New UC Merced Chancellor
UCLA Announces Appointments of Acting Executive Vice Chancellor and Acting Social Sciences Dean
NIH Director Welcomes Seven New Members to the Advisory Committee to the Director
Four New Members Named to UChicago Argonne LLC Board
The University of Pennsylvania Health System to Purchase Graduate Hospital
Adrian Raine Named Fourth PIK Professor at Penn

Industry News

Lockheed Martin Wins $135 Million CDC Contract to Support Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Raytheon Awarded $29 Million Contract for Early Warning Radars Sustainment
U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $13 Million for Abrams Tank System Technical Support
EDS To Establish National Center of Excellence for Electronic Health Records in Rhode Island

Venture Capital News

RoundTable Healthcare Partners Completes Acquisition of Advantis Medical, Inc.
GBP Deal of the Year Winners Emphasize Extent of Life Sciences Activity in Georgia
New Enterprise Associates Names Richard Whitney Venture Partner
77% of Americans Say U.S. Must Do More to Spur Green Technologies, According to New Poll

Commentary

Dr. Arden L. Bement: Transformative Research: The Artistry and Alchemy of the 21st Century

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)
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 IRMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology (May 19-23, 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)