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• Eugene England and William England of C.R. England trucking company

  - 2008-02-01

  EUGENE ENGLAND and WILLIAM ENGLAND of C.R. England Trucking Company were inducted into the David Eccles School of Business Hall of Fame at the University of Utah. Both were recognized as entrepreneurs who have made a contribution to the Utah business community.

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• U of U continues to be economic engine for state of Utah

  - 2007-09-03

  The University of Utah is an economic engine for the State of Utah and 2007 fiscal year-end results prove it. Seventeen companies were launched from technologies developed at The University of Utah within the last year. The firms are based on research in fields such as medicinal sciences, engineering and...

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• 17 new firms grow from U. research

  - 2007-08-22

  More than a dozen new companies grew from research completed at the University of Utah in the past year. The start-up companies, 17 in all, are based on research in fields such as medicinal sciences, engineering and fine arts, and help propel additional U. research by bringing in...

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• Lassonde gives $13.25 million to Utah's business school

  - 2006-10-01

  The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah received a $13.25 million gift from Pierre Lassonde SME, president of Newmont Mining. Lassonde is an alumnus of the business school.The Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Center will include the prc-exisling Pierre and Claudette MacKay Lassonde New Venture Development Center. Additional...

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• Mining executive to speak at U. annual convocation

  - 2006-09-09

  Peter Lassonde, president of Newmont Mining, will deliver the keynote address at the annual Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation Wednesday at the University of Utah. Lassonde recently donated $13.25 million to the U.'s David Eccles School of Business to create the newly renamed Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Center. Lassonde is...

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• 10 finalists announced in Entrepreneur Challenge

  - 2006-04-22

  The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah has announced the 10 finalist teams for the 2006 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, a statewide business plan competition. The finalist teams are: Collective Medical Technologies, which formed an Internet service that tracks medical records between facilities....

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• The David Eccles School of Business

  - 2005-05-01

  Salt Lake City -- The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah has announced the winning business plans for the 2005 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. First prize of $40,000 went to Wasatch Microfluids, Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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• University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business

  - 2005-03-01

  JACK BRITTAIN, dean of the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business, was named vice president of the new Tech Ventures. Brittain will oversee a suite of new and existing programs--the Technology Commercialization Office, the Faculty Innovation and Commercialization Office, the Utah Entrepreneur Center and the Bureau of Business...

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• Student-Run University Venture Fund's $5 Million Closing is Richest-Ever

  - 2005-01-12

  SALT LAKE CITY -- --Largest Student-Run Private Equity Fund Raises Capital from Big-Name Limited Partners, Including UBS Bank USA and Morgan Stanley Bank. Business Students Get a Real-World Education on Roller Coaster of Venture Capital Industry. University Venture Fund UVF, the largest student-run private equity fund in the United...

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• Entry forms available for Innovation Awards

  - 2004-01-26

  Entry forms for the second annual Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Awards are available for download at www.stoel.com/innovation2004. Entry forms are due Feb. 25. The awards program is sponsored by Wasatch Digital iQ magazine, the Utah Engineering Experiment Station at the University of Utah and the law...

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