Matt McGuire, who was serving as interim president and CEO for Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center, has been selected for the position on a permanent basis.Continue reading
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Castle Biosciences Announces Data Demonstrating Ability to Identify Esophageal Cancer Patients Resistant to Standard Pre-Surgical Treatment of Chemotherapy and Radiation
Enables physicians and patients to proactively avoid toxicities from treatments unlikely to provide benefit. Data presented at ASCO’s 2014 Gastrointestinal Cancers SymposiumContinue reading
University of Arizona Senior Earns SynCardia’s 1st Annual Anna Salazar Memorial Engineering Scholarship Award Honors Late Senior Quality Engineer Anna Salazar and Helps Female Engineering Students Further Their Education
A University of Arizona senior whose aim is to develop medical devices that monitor heart health is the first recipient of the Anna Salazar Memorial Engineering Scholarship presented by SynCardia Systems, Inc.Continue reading
Insys Announces Details of Product Development Pipeline
PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: INSY) today unveiled details of its portfolio pipeline, focused on innovative supportive care and therapy products. The Company intends to file one New Drug Application (NDA) and at least three Investigational New Drug (IND) applications with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2014.
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Finding Keys to Understanding Immunity as We Age
UA researchers have discovered that two separate defects combine to contribute to reduced T cell responses with aging.Continue reading
UA Solution for Deadly Shrimp Disease to Become Available Worldwide
UA researchers have developed a rapid screening test to detect disease-causing bacteria in commercial shrimp farms.Continue reading
Opportunity Alert: Plasmid Repository Services available at ASU Biodesign
DNASU distributes plasmids to researchers worldwideContinue reading
Washington Update and 2014 Preview
Despite the partisan battles that have led to near constant gridlock in the Capitol over the past few years, lawmakers ended 2013 on a positive note. Democrats and Republicans were able to overcome their differences to produce a bipartisan compromise on the federal budget, helping to alleviate the threat of another government shutdown and providing some sequestration relief. As Congress moves into 2014, this newfound bipartisanship will be put to the test when legislators must pass an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government by January 15 and agree to raise the debt ceiling by spring. Aside from fiscal issues, Washington saw movement on healthcare issues—including proposals to permanently replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)—while progress moved at a slower pace on other key initiatives like tax reform and the Farm Bill.Continue reading
Sign up for the Spring 2014 Fulton Engineering Career Fair
Spring 2014 Fulton Engineering Career Fair
Registration is now open. To register online, log in to your existing account or register for a new account. The registration link will be on your homepage. Register today!
Thursday
February 13, 2014
noon-5 p.m.
Second floor ballrooms
Memorial Union
Tempe campus [map]
Arizona State University and the Fulton Engineering Career Center invite you to attend our Spring Engineering Career Fair.
Please save the date for your opportunity to recruit from one of the best engineering schools. Reach a highly diverse group of students from a top ABET accredited school.
The Fulton Engineering Career Fair is open to all disciplines of engineering and geared toward both internship and full-time career opportunities. We are expecting more than 2,000 engineering students to attend.
Registration includes entrance to the fair, refreshments in the hospitality suite, and admission to the Dean’s Employer Welcome. It also includes a six-foot display table and two chairs, parking for up to two vehicles (carpooling is required) and targeted marketing to all engineering students.
The cost to organizations to attend is:
$500 Small Business Rate—defined by Arizona Statute as organizations with less than 100 employees and not dominant in their field
$600 Government and Nonprofit Rate
$800 Corporate Rate
$1,000 Sponsorship Rate—includes color logo and listing as a featured employer in the bound student career fair guide
If you would like to increase your visibility, additional sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more details on sponsorship, please contact Lauren Majure at 480-727-9563.
Contact:
Cher Stevens, Industry Relations Coordinator
Arizona State University, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Engineering Career Center
P.O. Box 875811, Tempe, AZ 85287-5811
480-965-2276
First CASIS payloads take off.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL., January 9th, 2014 (CASIS PR) — The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) is proud to announce its first sponsored research payloads have launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Orbital Sciences Corporation Cygnus cargo capsule. This launch marks a historic moment for the nonprofit responsible for promoting and managing research on board the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, as a variety of investigations under the CASIS manifest are part of Orbital’s first full resupply mission to the orbiting laboratory.Continue reading