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Friday FYI

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

University News

$400 Million Donation to Support HKUST's Drive Towards World Class Excellence
$50 Million Gift to UCSF for Cardiovascular Research and Treatment
$10 Million to Spur CORE's R&D at NUS
David B. Prior Named Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Stanford Engineer Awarded the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize
Shirley Ann Jackson to Receive the Vannevar Bush Award
Two from UT Dallas to be Lauded at Speech-Language-Hearing Convention
Mailman School of Public Health’s Sherry Glied, PhD, Named to U.S. Congressional Budget Office Panel of Health Advisors
Niehaus Family to Endow Center for Globalization and Governance at Woodrow Wilson School

Industry News

Lockheed Martin Awarded $260 Million for Aegis Weapon Systems for Australian and Spanish Ship Programs
General Dynamics Awarded $22 Million Medium Caliber Ammunition Contract
BP Solar Will Expand Its Cell Manufacturing Capacity in Spain
Intel To Build 300mm Wafer Fabrication Facility In China
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC Names Tom Arnsmeyer Vice President of Homeland Security Solutions Product Line
Boeing Florida Operations VP to Retire, Acting Senior Executive Named

Venture Capital News

China's First Fully Integrated Refining, Petrochemicals and Fuels Marketing Joint Ventures with Foreign Participation
Waterside Capital Corporation Announces New CEO
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Further Expands Global Investment Team; Steve Wiggins Joins as Operating Partner
Sue Siegel Joins MDV with Focus on Life Science Investing
Dr. Sanuj Ravindran Joins Radius Ventures as Principal

Commentary

Richard C. Levin: Welcome Remarks at the "Japan and the World: Domestic Politics and How the World Looks to Japan" Conference

Upcoming Events

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)