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In this tech-saturated society of iPhones and TiVo, the latest technology is the hottest commodity. That’s why students at Texas A&M University are focusing on innovation through the annual Ideas Challenge event, hosted by the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship (CNVE) at Mays Business School. text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comARGUS Software Makes $200,000 Gift
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ARGUS Software, Inc., a global company specializing in commercial real estate software, recently gave a gift-in-kind worth $200,000 to Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. The gift provided 50 copies of their ARGUS Valuation DSC software, which students will be able to use in a campus computer lab.text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comSix-Month Follow-Up Diagnostic Mammograms Recommended for Women with Probably Benign Lesions
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The study found that six-month short-interval follow-up examinations had an 83% sensitivity, which is similar to the sensitivity of other diagnostic mammograms, said Erin J. Aiello Bowles, MPH, lead author of the study from the Group Health Center for Health Studies. High sensitivity means identifying a high proportion of
\"true positives\" (actual cancer cases) and a low proportion of \"false negatives\" (cases mistakenly deemed benign). text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comUCSF receives funding for building from California stem cell agency
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Signifying a milestone in the evolution of its pioneering stem cell program, the University of California, San Francisco today received a $34.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to help support the construction of a regenerative medicine building on its campus.text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comUCSF celebrates 50 years of cardiovascular research with groundbreaking today
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The Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF is celebrating 50 years of research and medical innovation today (May 7) in grand style: a science symposium and a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the art building dedicated to its work. The events will take place on the UCSF Mission Bay campus. The morning symposium will cover achievements in cardiovascular research and the direction it will take in the future. The afternoon groundbreaking ceremony will be hosted by UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop. text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comUC Santa Cruz awarded $7.2 million grant for stem cell research center
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $7.2 million grant to fund a new stem cell research center at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The center will house an interdisciplinary program involving faculty from five departments at UCSC and collaborators at other institutions.text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comUC Santa Cruz to host groundbreaking arts festival May 15-17
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Titled \"Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice,\" the conference is taking art, performance, technology, and events out of the gallery and into other social and public spaces, in an effort to examine politics and everyday life. More than 50 artists, faculty, and students from the United States and abroad--ranging from performance artists to critics--are participating in a vast array of panels, performances, and exhibitions throughout the conference/festival.text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comPlatypus genome reveals evolutionary path that gave mammals reproductive edge, Stanford scientist says
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STANFORD, Calif. — The odd-looking platypus is often cited as proof that God has a sense of humor. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have turned to the strange animal to understand the genesis of an evolutionary tour de force that led to a reproductive advantage possessed by nearly all of today’s mammals.text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.com$43M grant will help fund state-of-the-art stem cell facility at Stanford
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STANFORD, Calif. — The Stanford University School of Medicine has received a $43.58 million grant toward funding a new building that will house stem cell research on campus, a facility that will consolidate stem cell researchers, speed the path toward new stem cell-based therapies and help recruit new faculty.text/html2008-05-10T01:15:02+01:00http://media-newswire.commedia-newswire.comWorld premiere of Westergaard\'s \'Alice\' set for May 22
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A cast of seven will play 38 roles. Twelve English handbells, along with a few whistles, tambourines, drums and other percussion paraphernalia, will make up the orchestra. A projection system will create the special effects needed for the vastly changing size of the set.
What may sound like a backyard production by young people is actually an ambitious professional staging of an adult opera by composer Peter Westergaard based on a children\'s classic.