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Monday, January 9, 2006

The Association of American Universities named Robert Berdahl as the association's new president.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center selected John Chaffee and Randall Johnson as directors of the center's new eastern and southeastern regional offices.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

The Association of American Universities named Robert Berdahl as the association's new president.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center selected John Chaffee and Randall Johnson as directors of the center's new eastern and southeastern regional offices.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

Virginia Gov.-elect Tim Kaine named Aneesh Chopra as his administration's secretary of technology.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds announced that Jim Hagen will resign as secretary of the Department of Tourism and State Development, effective Jan. 17.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

David Hollister announced he will leave his position as director of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth on Feb. 3, to head Prima Civitas, a newly formed nonprofit agency promoting economic development.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

Bill Mahoney is the new president of the South Carolina Research Authority.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

Guin Robinson is the new director of the newly created Talladega office of the Alabama Technology Network.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

Phillip Singerman resigned as executive director of the Maryland Technology Development Corp.. Renee Winsky will serve as interim executive director until a permanent replacement is named.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

Georgia Tech announced that Dr. Jeffrey Skolnick will join its faculty this spring as the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology.

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Monday, January 9, 2006

The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development appointed Benjamin Wu as the assistant secretary for the Capital Region and senior advisor for technology policy.

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Investing in a Brighter Future: Building Tech-based Economies - Atlanta, October 19-21, 2005 - SSTI's 9th Annual Conference

Monday, September 5, 2005


Only 13 days left to register early for SSTI's 9th Annual Conference!

Save $100 by Registering Before Sept. 20, 2005.

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North Carolina Creates SBIR/STTR Incentive, Matching Program

Monday, August 29, 2005

With the passage of the state's biennial budget, North Carolina's small businesses are now eligible for follow-on support from the state for research projects funded under the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

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Initiatives Aim to Close Digital Divide Among Low-Income Households

Monday, August 29, 2005

Two initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide, particularly among low-income Americans, were announced earlier this month.

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Southern Growth Offers Index Tool for Creating Stronger Communities

Monday, August 29, 2005

The bottom line for all regional economic development initiatives should be improving the quality of life for the area's residents. A new report from the Census Bureau — revealing the increased percentage of the U.S. population living in poverty and median household income remaining flat again, after two years of decline — provides a not-too-subtle reminder for the technology-based economic development (TBED) field.

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NIH Releases Final Ethics Rules

Monday, August 29, 2005

Ban on Outside Consulting with Industry Remains in Force

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The Scuttlebutt on SSTI's Annual Conferences

Monday, August 29, 2005

Many of the readers are new to the Digest since last year's conference, so we're getting questions about how SSTI's upcoming 9th annual conference, to be held in Atlanta on Oct. 19-21, differs from other events.

The easiest way to answer that is to let the conference speak for itself — through the comments we received from past participants:

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State Tobacco Settlement Funds & TBED: Where Are They Now?

Monday, August 29, 2005

Following the 1998 Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement, states across the country set out to dedicate significant amounts of funding from their share of the settlement to support research and other TBED programs.

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EDA Telecast to Discuss SACI Recommendations

Monday, August 29, 2005

On Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, the Economic Development Administration will host a one-hour telecast, to discuss the final report of the Strengthening America’s Communities Advisory Committee.

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SSTI Job Corner

Monday, August 29, 2005

For more information on the positions below, visit SSTI's online Job Corner at http://www.ssti.org/posting.htm.

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Kentucky Aims to Achieve World-Class Status in Life Sciences

Monday, August 22, 2005

With the proper utilization of existing resources, the development of key new programs, strong leadership within state government and coordinated efforts among all programs and stakeholders, Kentucky has the opportunity to become a world leader in specific niches of the life sciences industry, says a report from the Governor's Life Sciences Consortium.

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Recent Research:What Is a Cluster Anyway?

Monday, August 22, 2005

Cluster theories for explaining geographically distinct areas of economic activity have guided state and local economic development policy to varying degrees for the past 25 years. Encouraging cluster growth will be hot in one state’s strategies to encourage growth while cooling or completely absent from its neighbors.

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"Maximizing Impact" Pre-conference Workshop Ideal for Advanced Practitioners

Monday, August 22, 2005

When it comes to managing a portfolio of programs, do you know what really works to ensure they will have the most impact for building a tech-based economy? "Maximizing Impact: Evaluating Science and Technology Programs," one of four full-day pre-conference workshops to be held at SSTI's 9th Annual conference on Oct. 19-21, 2005, strives to answer the question.

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Recent Research:"Neither a borrower..." Scratch That. Start Again.

Monday, August 22, 2005

There is increasing speculation that China's surge in the global economy is unsustainable, in part, because of its debt (see the Aug. 22, 2005 issue of Business Week). Closer to home, others point out, with the addition of the recent record U.S. budget deficits, America’s national debt will be too burdensome on generations X and Y and whatever letter comes next.

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Monday, August 22, 2005

Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne named Idaho National Lab Director John Grossenbacher as the new chairman of the Governor's Science & Technology Advisory Council.

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