University News

National Science Board Approves National Action Plan for 21st Century STEM Education
NIH Funds New Program to Investigate Causes and Treatment of Autism
Grant From Foundation is Largest in UC History
Biz School Receives $21 Million Gift from Lippo Group
Alumnus Krishna Singh Gives $20 Million to Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science
MIT Adds New Graduate Program in Microbiology
UCLA’s Confucius Institute to Open Aug. 16
Red Planet Mission: UT Dallas Professor Contributes to Exploration of Other Worlds
Weaver to Head Diversity Efforts in the Graduate School

Industry News

BP and CAS Forge Partnership for Clean Energy Commercialization
Intel Endorses Industry Specification to Simplify Blade Server Design
Nortel Announces Appointment of New President for Japanese Market
General Dynamics Awarded $605 Million in Defense Contracts
Ohio Awards EDS $100 Million Medicaid Contract
Bell Aerospace Services Awarded Support Contract from 2nd and 3rd Marine Air Wings

Venture Capital News

Biotech Hit by Market Jitters in July

Commentary

Erwin Chemerinsky and Charles Clotfelter: Abandoning the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education

Upcoming Events

NanoTX’07 to Feature Important Printed Electronics Summit (Oct. 3-4) (Feb. 15)
BioPartnering Europe (BPE) Calls for Applications to Present (Oct. 7-9) (Feb. 15)
2007 IEEE Dallas Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop (Nov. 11-12) (Feb. 17)