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University News

The University of Chicago Receives Anonymous $100 Million Gift for Undergraduate Financial Aid
UCSB Receives $12.5 Million Gift from Virgil Elings and Betty Elings Wells to Support Research and Innovation at the California NanoSystems Institute
Neuroscience Project Granted HK$27.5M Funding for World Class Excellence
UCR Biologist Receives $1.75 Million Grant to Study Plant-Threatening Bacteria
U.S. Education Department Awards UT System $1.4 Million Grant to Recruit, Retain Educators at Disadvantaged Texas Schools
First Lyme Disease Research Center in Nation at Columbia University Medical Center
Five New Members Named to NIH Advisory Committee on Research On Women’s Health
MIT Economist Will Head Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Michael J. Cleare Named Penn’s Associate Vice Provost for Research and Executive Director of Technology Transfer
$1.8 Million Gift Will Advance Health Research

Industry News

IBM and India Tax Authority in $45 Million Services Agreement
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract from Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
Raytheon Receives $29 Million Contract for Production of Towed Decoys
General Dynamics Awarded $11 Million Seaport-e Order to Support the Naval Postgraduate School
3M Acquires Diamond Productions Inc.
Steven S. Reinemund Elected to ExxonMobil Board

Venture Capital News

Benchmark Capital Creates Balderton Capital
Mayfield Fund Expands India Team
Netage Group, Inc. Appointed Kakutaro Kitashiro, Former IBM Japan President, to External Board Member
Financial Services Firms Bullish on Outsourcing, with Demand Increasing in Traditional and Emerging Processes, According to EquaTerra Perspective Paper

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