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Volume 6, Issue 58
July 20, 2007

Circulation: 18,120
Editor: Beth Keithly

Friday FYI

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

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University News

President Bush Announces 2006 Laureates of National Medals of Science and Technology
Microsoft Research Commits More Than $6 Million to Academic Collaborations
Consortium Wins £3 Million to Investigate How Ancestors Coped With Climate Change
NSF Announces First Annual Computer and Information Science and Engineering Distinguished Education Fellows
Dr. Robert H. Rutford Named President Emeritus of UT Dallas
Researchers at UC Berkeley and LBNL Share Gruber Cosmology Prize for Discovering Universe Acceleration
Indian President Awarded King Charles II Medal
Zeppos Named Vanderbilt's Interim Chancellor
Calvin Jamison Named UT Dallas’ Vice President for Business Affairs

Industry News

Air Force Awards $1.1 Billion Contract to Lockheed Martin
General Dynamics Awarded $116 Million for Virginia-Class Submarine Design and Development
Nortel CEO Appointed to National Security Telecommunication Advisory Committee
Head of IBM Research Paul Horn Retires; John E. Kelly, III to Succeed
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems Names Executives to Lead Human Resources and Information Systems
Peter Moore Resigns From Microsoft
3M to Acquire Rochford Thompson Equipment Ltd.
Dell Plans to Acquire Silverback Technologies, Inc

Venture Capital News

Red McCombs Announces New Private Lending Enterprise
Calvert Holdings Announces Formation of Calvert BioCapital, A New Investment Limited Partnership
Wood Creek Capital Management Names Glenn Pease as Chief Financial Officer
Cleantech Network Projects 2007 Cleantech Investment in China Will Total $580 Million and More Than $720 Million in 2008
Bay Area Venture Capitalists’ Confidence High with Active IPO Market
StepStone Group Announces Five New Hires

Commentary

Richard C. Levin: Journeys

Upcoming Events

Lunch with AT&T Chairman of Board and CEO Randall Stephenson (Aug 29)
NanoTX'07 to Feature Important Printed Electronics Summit (Oct. 3-4)
BioPartnering Europe (BPE) Calls for Applications to Present (Oct. 7-9)
2007 IEEE Dallas Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop (Nov. 11-12)