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Volume 6, Issue 59
Aug 24, 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

Rice Announces $30M Gift, Plans for 'Greenest' Building Yet
UCLA Researchers Awarded $9 Million Contract for National Study Identifying Antibiotic Treatment for Resistant Staph Infection
Emory Center for AIDS Research Awarded $8 Million from National Institutes of Health
Civic Knowledge Project Receives $1 Million Anonymous Gift
Cambridge Scientists Receive Grant to Fight Breast Cancer
NIH MERIT Award Advances Fetal Alcohol Research
Oxford’s New Director of Research Services Announced
Acclaimed Stem Cell Scientist Joins Gladstone Institutes
Princeton’s Debenedetti Earns Award for Research on Liquids

Industry News

U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics Contract for 30mm PGU-15 Ammunition Production
Lockheed Martin Selects Camden Arkansas as Manufacturing Site
Boeing Projects $70 Billion Market for Russia and the CIS
Alcatel-Lucent Announces Changes in its Senior Leadership Team
3M to Acquire Neoplast Co. Ltd.

Venture Capital News

Allegiance Capital to Open Twin Cities Office in Fall 2007
Norwest Venture Partners Hires Joshua Goldman as Venture Partner
Gary Martin Joines Heelys Inc as Chairman
Event: What Do Venture Capitalists Want in a Marketer? (Aug. 28)

Commentary

Shih Choon Fong: A Tide is Upon Us

Upcoming Events

The Regional Medical Technology Landscape: Technology and Market Trends (Aug. 29)
Dallas IEEE CVT Meeting: Voice Over Wireless Local Area Networks (Sept. 18)
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)