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Volume 6, Issue 46
March 9, 2007

Circulation: 18,120
Editor: Beth Keithly

Friday FYI

Newsletter from the The Office of Global Strategies and International Relations - U. T. Dallas

University News

Gift Launches Center for Psychiatric Research
Antarctic Peak named for Robert Rutford, UT Dallas Professor, Former President
UCI Receives $1.8 Million Donation from Estate

Industry News

IBM Opens Calgary Oil Sands Centre of Excellence
BP to Purchase Chevron’s Manufacturing Business in the Netherlands
Lockheed Martin Awarded $311 Million Arrowhead Modernized TADS/PNVS Production Contract

Venture Capital News

Guidelines Offered for Responsible Technology Licensing
HP Joins UCSC and NASA in Groundbreaking Collaborative Venture
Samsung Venture Investment Corp. Makes Investment in Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc.

Commentary

US Secretary Margaret Spellings: State of Higher Education

Upcoming Events

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)